Rafael Ruibérriz de Torres c.s.

The five exquisite, unpublished sonatas for flute and basso continuo by composer Luis Misón were found in a Sevillian palace several centuries after his death. But they confirm the suspicion that Misón played a leading role in Iberian classicism. Rafael Ruibérriz de Torres lets you enjoy this vintage find on an 18th-century six-valve flute.

Rafael Ruibérriz de Torres first came into contact with music as a chorister in the Seville Cathedral, after which he went on to study flute at the Seville Conservatory. Given a grant by the Andalusian Ministry of Culture, he went on to specialise in early flutes at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Wilbert Hazelzet. He has worked with conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Gustav Leonhardt and Philippe Herreweghe and regularly plays with the Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla. However, he is primarily active in the world of 18th, 19th, and 20th-century chamber music.

Isabel Gómez-Serranillos was born in Seville and began her Baroque cello studies with Manuel Tomillo. Isabel moved to Belgium to specialize with Alain Gervreau at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Brussels, finishing in 2016 with cum laude honours. She is a member of the groups El Arte Mvsico and Ensemble Apothéosis (Belgium) and has worked with other groups such as Clockwork Music Brussels, The New Baroque Times (Belgium) and Orquesta Barroca Conde Duque. She currently divides her time between concert activity and teaching at San Jorge University.

Santiago Sampedro was born in Seville in 1988. He completed his keyboard studies with Professor María Nieves Gómez and with Alejandro Casal at the Seville Conservatory of Music in 2013. Later he expanded his training at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague under the direction of Jacques Ogg, Kris Verhelst, Sungyun Cho and Patrick Ayrton. Sampedro is founder and director of the Santa Cecilia Chamber Group and the Santa Cecilia Ensemble. He has performed in numerous concert cycles at events such as the Seville Early Music Festival, the Utrecht Early Music Festival, the Álava Early Music Week and the Cádiz Spanish Music Festival.