Diego Castro

Chile (residence), Chile, Croatia (citizenship) °1978
research interests: contemporary performance, artistic research, contemporary music, music analysis, performance studies
affiliation: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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Diego  Castro-Magas  is  a  guitarist  and  researcher  specialising in  contemporary  music.  Diego  has  given  numerous performances throughout America, Europe and Oceania, and has released various CDs focusing  on the contemporary guitar repertoire. He obtained his PhD at the University of Huddersfield in 2016, and has lectured on the performance practice ofcontemporary music at important institutions in Europe and America, besides publishing articles in journals such as TEMPO, Divergence Press, Resonancias, Vortex and Revista Musica Hodie. Currently, he is Associate Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, where he teaches courses related to Performance, Analysis and Artistic Research. Also, he serves as Director of Research and Postgraduate Studies at the Faculty of Arts.