22nd International Festival “Ars vivendi clavicembalum” – DIEGO RUENES RUBIALES

Spanish harpsichordist Diego Ruenes Rubiales is professor at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Vigo (Spain). At International Festival Ars vivendi clavicembalum, Rubiales will present pieces from Troisieme livre de pieces de clavecin compose par monsieur Couperin (1722).
The concert is supported by the Instituto Cervantes in Belgrade, which is celebrating 20 years of work in Serbia this year, and Acción Cultural Española (AC/E).

Program:
François Couperin (1668–1733)
Treiziéme Ordre (Suite No. 13)
Les Lis naissans
Les Rozeaux
L’engageante
Les Folies françoises, ou les Dominos
L’âme-en peine

Dix-septiéme Ordre (Suite No. 17)
La Superbe ou
La Forqueray
Les Petits Moulins a vent
Les Timbres Courante
Les Petites Chrémieres de Bagnolet

Quinziéme Ordre (Suite No. 15) – excerpt
La Regente ou
La Minerve
Le Dodo ou L’amour au Berceau
L’evaporée La Douce, et Piquante
Les Vergers fleuris
La Princesse de Chabeüil ou La Muse de Monaco

Quatorziéme Ordre (Suite No. 14) – excerpt
Le Rossignol en amour – Double du Rossignol
La Linote éfarouchée
Les Fauvétes Plaintives
Le Rossignol Vainqueur
Le Carillon de Cithére
Le Petit-Rien

Biography:
Spanish harpsichordist Diego Ruenes Rubiales (1990. Oviedo) began his musical studies at age six in Oviedo, Asturias. Studying with Luisa Cambiella, he finished the Piano intermediate studies at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Oviedo, obtaining the “Final Prize”. He completed a Bachelor on Piano at the Conservatorio Superior de Música “Eduardo Martínez Torner” del Principado de Asturias with Francisco Jaime Pantín, finishing his studies with the highest mark and with “Extraordinary Final Prize Ángel Muñiz Toca”. Diego started his Harpsichord and early music studies with Aarón Zapico and Jorge López Escribano at the Conservatorio Superior de Música “Eduardo Martínez Torner” del Principado de Asturias, where he finished the Bachelor studies with a first class degree with honours and as the winner of the “Extraordinary Final Prize Ángel Muñiz Toca”. He moved to The Netherlands in 2014, where he earned a Master diploma with distinction in Harpsichord and Basso Continuo at the Koninklijk Conservatorium The Hague, with Professors Jacques Ogg, Kris Verhelst, Siebe Henstra and Patrick Ayrton. He has taken part in masterclasses and courses with Christophe Rousset, Pierre Hantai, Francesco Corti, Wilbert Hazelzet, Michael Borgstede, Ashley Solomon, Enrico Gatti, Philippe Pierlot, Sébastien Marq, Bruce Dickey, Catalina Vicens, among others. Diego has performed all over the world (Spain, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Latvia, Canada, Hong Kong), as a soloist and with different ensembles, in places like the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris (France), the Het Loo Palace (The Netherlands), De Doelen in Rotterdam (The Netherlands), the Lunenburg Academy (Canada), L’Auditori in Barcelona (Spain), Teatro Pérez Galdós in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain), Oratorio del Gonfalone in Rome (Italy) and the Palazzina Liberty in Milano (Italy), among others. His master research “La Courante Françoise. Historically Informed Performance of the French Courante for Harpsichord during the second half of the seventeenth century following the criteria obtained from the Baroque Dance” has been published by the Research Catalogue, an international database for artistic research. He holds a degree from Oviedo University in History of Art. Diego regularly lectures and masterclasses on topics such as historical dances, early keyboard repertoire, performance practice… Since 2023 Diego Ruenes Rubiales has taught harpsichord and basso continuo at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Vigo (Spain).