Spanish violist, improviser and performer Jacobo Díaz Robledillo (Ávila 1993) is the viola player and co-founder of the Fabrik Quartet, and he was an IEMA 2021/2022 fellow. He was also supported for his solo project by the Deutscher Musikrat "Neue Start Kultur" founding programm.
Jacobo frequently collaborates with orchestras and ensembles such as Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien, Schallfeld Ensemble, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Davos Festival Camerata, Ensemble Risonanze Erranti, Ensemble Horizonte, Grafenegg Academy Orchestra, He has played under the baton of conductors such as Stefan Asbury, Bas Wiegers, Pierre Bleuse, Ustina Dubitsky, Vimbayi Kaziboni, Chloé Dufresne, Lucas Vis, Johannes Kalitzke, Ingo Metzmacher, Holly Hyun Choe, Lautaro Mura and Francesc Prat.
His interest in contemporary music has given him the opportunity to work with composers such as Helmut Lachenmann, Liza Lim, Enno Poppe, Rebecca Saunders, Alberto Posadas, Kaija Saariaho, Diego Jimenez Tamame and others. With the Fabrik Quartet he has performed at international festivals such as the Darmstadt Ferienkurse, ENSEMS in Valencia... He also performed as soloist with the HR Sinfonieorchester, closing the Darmstadt Summer Courses in 2023.
Jacobo has taken part in various festivals as a soloist and with ensembles such as Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Manifeste Festival, ECLAT Festival, Heidelberg Frühling Streichquartettfest, Winter Music of AdK Berlin, Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Grafenegg Festival, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Lucerne Festival, Time of Music Festival, Klangspuren Schwaz Tiroler Festival für Neue Musik, Davos Festival Young Artists in Concert, Ostrava Days Festival, Allegro Vivo Festival.
He is currently studying for the Chamber Music Konzertexamen with the Fabrik Quartet under the direction of Lucas Fels (Arditti Quartet).
He studied at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu with Prof. Ashan Pillai. After his studies in Barcelona, he moved to Germany to study the Master Solist Programme at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold with Prof. Veit Hertenstein. He has also attended solo and chamber music masterclasses with Nobuko Imai, Garth Knox, Irvine Arditti, Roland Glassl, Geneviève Strosser, Donald McInnes, Peijun Xu, Lucas Fels, the Arditti Quartet and the Casals Quartet.
