Leadership, performance, creative work, recordings, education and grants. For the biography in three lengths see the biography.
Chamber music organization co-founded with pianist Josefina Urraca. Programs an annual season of original productions combining live performance with theatrical design, projection and dance, alongside concerts and touring. Venues include The DiMenna Center, Mark Morris Center, The William Vale and New York Society for Ethical Culture. Supported by NYSCA; recognized by The New Yorker, Broadway World and Time Out. Grew from Cre.Art Project, founded in Spain in 2006.
creartbox.nyc ↗Annual itinerant festival presenting chamber music, new commissions and site-specific art in rural Asturias: village chapels, historic palaces and open landscapes rarely used as performance spaces. Founded 2020 in Leiguarda, Belmonte de Miranda. Supported by the Government of the Principality of Asturias.
festivaladar.com ↗Proposed and developed the school's Performing Arts Department from the ground up. Redesigned spaces to create dedicated studios: a live stage, a photo and video studio and a multimedia production room. Created curriculum and taught multimedia design, photography and video, performing arts and production.
Founder and Artistic Director of the CreArt Music Festival. Developed institutional partnerships with Steinway & Sons, Queens Theater, Park Avenue Armory and Flushing Town Hall.
Annual concert series at the Kosciuszko Foundation presenting chamber music with international soloists and emerging composers. 25+ concerts over six seasons.
"Music in Context": refined programming with talks by world-renowned speakers and musicians.
An opera-ballet-film production that follows the journey of a world-recognized photographer documenting his own life, exploring themes of legacy, success, and retrospection. Presented at Culture Lab, Queens, and Tenri Cultural Institute, NYC.
Project page ↗12 original preludes for flute and piano exploring memories before life-changing events, composed during the COVID period. Combined with original video art and projection design. Premiered at Culture Lab (NYC); toured to Cervantes Institute (Tokyo) and Madrid. Supported by Queens Council for the Arts, NYC Cultural Affairs, and NYSCA.
Project page ↗A trilogy, "Equilibrium," "Rupture," and "Metamorphosis," presented as a visual concert at Blue Gallery, NYC. An immersive experience exploring the fragility of our surroundings, influenced by actions and the passage of time.
Project page ↗An opera-ballet exploring the genesis of personal choices and the conscious and unconscious decisions that shape human lives: themes of addiction, routine, balance, guilt, and love. Featured as a "Critics' Pick" in The New Yorker. Plaxall Theater & Tank Theater, NYC.
Project page ↗A solo album with immersive video installation. Nine original pieces composed for flute, piano, electronics, and video, inspired by travels throughout Europe. Presented at Ryogoku Monten Hall (Tokyo) and Renee Weiler Concert Hall (NYC). Funded by the Spanish Embassy and the Amphion Foundation.
Project page ↗Shared the stage with Sir Roger Norrington, Andrew Litton, Pablo González, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Truls Mørk, Natalia Gutman, the Labèque sisters, Ainhoa Arteta, Jiri Barta and Heinrich Schiff. Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. Recorded for Warner Music, EMI and Naxos.
Deeply committed to expanding the flute repertoire in chamber music, through original compositions and transcriptions of pieces written for other instruments. Three studio albums released: Debussy & Respighi Violin Sonatas: Transcriptions for Flute and Piano (2019); Awave: Original Compositions for Flute, Piano, Electronics & Video (2020); 12 Preludes for Flute (2020). Available on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.
Opera by Laura Kaminsky. 14th Street Y Theater, NYC.
Multimedia production. Here Arts Center, NYC.
Musical. The Chain Theater, NYC and Toronto Playhouse.
Theater. Robert Moss Theater, NYC.
Independent design studio. Brand identity, web development (HTML, CSS, WordPress, Shopify) and marketing strategy for artists and businesses. Portfolio of 100+ clients; manages a team of freelance designers and developers.
Original compositions for the opera-ballet-film.
Original preludes connected to memory, image and travel.
Original compositions for flute, piano, electronics and video.
Transcriptions for flute and piano.
"Art and music top picks."
"A new ensemble devoted to multidisciplinary events designed by flutist."
"A shocking staging."
"You should check out this amazing presentation of Awave."
"Impeccable sound design by Guillermo Laporta."
"Guillermo Laporta knows how to design for a festival."
"An explosion of rhythm, color and sensitivity."
"Directed by Guillermo Laporta and Josefina Urraca, the remarkable production fuses art forms to create a wholly authentic, visually and aurally compelling experience."
"A full scale set design and a unique visual approach."