David Sagastume
Countertenor and cellist
He has performed as a countertenor, both live and on recordings, with the Ricercar Consort, La Cappella Mediterranea, Les Sacqueboutiers de Toulouse, the Ensemble Gilles Binchois, and La Grande Chapelle, among others. He has been a member of the Capella Reial de Catalunya, directed by Jordi Savall, since 1998.
Also as a soloist with many groups, including the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Concert Français, Café Zimmerman, the Netherlands Bach Society directed by Gustav Leonhardt, and the Euskal Barrokensemble directed by Enrike Solinís.
What is less well known is that his true passion, which he has dedicated many years to, is playing the cello. He enjoys it so much that he received the extraordinary prize in his promotion’s final exam (he was born in 1972). At the same time, he studied harpsichord, viola da gamba, chamber music, and composition, as well as singing studies with R. Levitt and Carlos Mena, but playing the cello is what he enjoys the most in the world.
During his studies, he was a member of the “Jesús Guridi” Instrumental Ensemble, which was primarily dedicated to the interpretation of music from the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as a member of the Euskal Herria EGO Youth Orchestra for several years. He frequently worked with the Euskadi Symphony Orchestra.
He has sung in venues as diverse as the Sydney Opera House, the Palace of Versailles, Carnegie Hall in New York, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Chicago Symphony, the Paris Philharmonie, the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and the Chiquitos Missions in Bolivia, the Cartagena de Indias Festival, the Alhambra in Granada, and the Royal Palace in Fez.
He is a founding member of the group “Intonationes”, which specialises in the interpretation of Hispanic polyphonic repertoire from the 16th and 17th centuries.