The Argentinian mezzo-soprano Luciana Cueto graduated from the Brabants Conservatorium’s Early Vocal Music Department in 2006. During her studies, she followed lessons with Dr. Rebecca Stewart and mezzo-soprano Xenia Meijer. As a complementary subject of her music education, Luciana studied viola da gamba with Paulina van Laarhoven
She participated in master classes and singing lessons with Emma Kirkby, Gabriel Garrido, Rosa Domínguez, Patrizia Bovi, Paula de Wit, Juan Carlos Asensio, Lavinia Bertotti, etc.
She has taken part in prestigious music festivals and concert halls around the world, such as Cité de la Musique (Paris), Utrecht Early Music Festival, Ambronay Early Music Festival,Musica Sacra Maastricht, Mozart Festival in Rovereto, Teatro Nacional Sucre (Ecuador), Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica, Music Before 1800 (New York), De Doelen (Rotterdam), Logan Center for the Arts (Chicago),Wittenberger Renaissance Music Festival, Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, etc…
As a freelance singer she is invited by prestigious ensembles, such as Elyma, La Violetta, Egidius Kwartet, Scholla Cantorum Bravantie, Delphin de Música and Música Temprana, with whom she sings, among other programs, the famous Canto de la Sibila as soloist.
Her fascination with early Iberian music led her to create the ensembles So el Ençina and Romanza (this last one together with the harp player Manuel Vilas Rodríguez and the organist Catalina Vicens), both focused on the study and interpretation of the Spanish Medieval and Renaissance music.
She has always been interested in polyphonic vocal techniques and textures as well as traditional and modal music.
Since 2017, she also carries out projects which aim to promote integration using music as a tool, such as the ‘Zwaluwkoor’ (a musical meeting point for europeans and newcomers) or the ‘International Women’s choir’ in Zeeburg Island.
Along with the ensembles La Violetta and Musica Temprana, she has made recordings for the labels Pentatone Music, Zefir Records, Etcetera and Cobra Records.
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