Luis Orias Diz trained for three years in France with Roberto Aussel and Javier Hinojosa and took part in seminars and courses in Argentina and abroad.
He was selected as a finalist for the International Scholarship Kate Neal Kinley Memorial, received a distinction at the U.F.A.M. Contest in Paris and later earned a two-year scholarship granted by the International Cooperation Secretary from the Ministry of Culture and Education. He completed his studies with four Golden Medals.
He has performed as a soloist and with chamber ensembles throughout Argentina and has given concerts and auditions in Illinois, Köln, Nice, Paris and London.
In 2002 he released his first CD featuring works by Hans Werner Henze, Torû Takemitsu, Leo Brouwer, Fernando Schulmeier and Juan Pablo Simoniello.
In 2004 he began producing his second CD in La Habana, Cuba with works by Eduardo Martín and participated as guitarist of the “Compañía Oblicua” (Contemporary Music Ensemble), invited to work within the Residencies Project at the Experimental Center of Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires in 2005. He performed and served as jury member at the III and IV International Festival Cochabamba (Bolivia) in 2004 and 2005 and opened the XI Festival Guitars of the World in 2005 and 2007 in Argentina, performing the premiere of “Acrílicos en la Sonrisa”, his second CD.
In 2006 he was selected to represent Argentina at the International Guitar Festival Bolivar Hall in London with the support of the Argentine Council and gave concerts and masterclasses at the Xème Rencontres de la Guitare Classique in Nice.
He currently teaches in various locations in Argentina and is regularly invited to give lectures, masterclasses and concerts. Since 2010 he has also taught in France at the Conservatoire de Musique et de Danse de la Ville de Saint-Louis and the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Départemental de Colmar.
In 2007 he released two chamber music CDs: “Kammermusik” (with works by Takemitsu, Reich, Henze, Berio and Franciosi) and “Interludio” with guitarist Adam Khan. This collaboration premiered in March 2008 at the IX ICPNA Festival of Classical Guitar in Lima, Perú. A second CD, “Voyage to Patagonia”, was later presented during a UK tour.
His latest CD/EP is dedicated to Steve Reich’s work “Electric Counterpoint”.
Discography
- equis-x (2002)
- Acrílicos en la Sonrisa (PAI Records 2005)
- Kammermusik (PAI Records 2007)
- Interludio (PAI Records 2007 « The Welshargentine Guitar Duo)
- Interludio (PAI Records 2007 « The Welshargentine Guitar Duo)
- Latitud Sur (2006 – Compañía Oblicua)
- Electric Counterpoint (EP-2009)
- Voyage to Patagonia (WAG-2009)
- Croisements (LOD-2014)
