Juan
Díaz de Corcuera Herrador
Voice (tenor, in its historical meaning).
Roots
I was born in Bilbao (Vizcaya), but I don’t know Basque…. and I grew up in a small village in the south of Navarre.
Study
I was a pueri-cantor in the Escolanía de la Abadía de la Santa Cruz (San Lorenzo del Escorial). I studied singing at the Conservatory of Pamplona (Navarra). I completed my studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
Professional
Until shortly before the pandemic, I was a professor specializing in historical performance practice in the master’s degree program
“
Musical studies
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at the Universidad Central (Bogotá, Colombia). I am currently a freelance early music performer and work on musicological projects commissioned by other performers.
Why
Since childhood I have been seduced by the idea of playing the music of the past, studying the information we have about its performance.
Elective Affinities
Something that changed my life was a train trip through Italy in the summer of 1994, singing Monteverdi madrigals on the streets… that was beautiful and terrifying at the same time.
Something else
I just finished a Master’s degree in Applied Musicology at the University of La Rioja and I am about to start a PhD in Musicology at the same university. In 2000 I won the Musica Antiqua competition (Bruges) and the IYAP of Laus Polyphoniae (Antwerp) with the ensemble La Trulla de Bozes.
Interview on November project 2022 see details foldout video
2024
April
Ad narragoniam
Music in the ship of foolsBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
May
Jouissance vous donneray
A picture comes to lifeBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
September
The Bassanos
Homage to the recorderOctober
Magnum opus musicum 1604
Obituary for Orlando di LassoMartinskirche
Basel
November
Du Fay 550
Music for a lifetimeBarfüsserkirche
Historisches Museum Basel
December
Now sing and rejoice
Sing-along ConcertBarfüsserkirche