Dichos Diabolos owes its name to the “Baile de los dichos diabolos”, one of the Canzone, Sinfonie, Fantasie, Capricci… (1650) by Andrea Falconiero (Naples 1585/6 - 1656).
Dichos Diabolos is a Barcelona based Project focused on exploring the performing techniques in Renaissance and Early Baroque Spanish repertoires. Its main interests are historically informed processes of orchestration, transcription and arrangement.
In 2016, Dichos Diabolos won the 1st prize at the Concours International de Cuivres Anciens in Toulouse, organized by Les Sacqueboutiers. The jury, chaired by Michel Becquet, included: Jean-Pierre Mathieu, Gebhard David, Adam Wolf, Fabrice Millischer, Wim Becu, Lluís Coll, Jeremy West and Adrien Mabire.
In 2018 Dichos Diabolos was selected to participate in the IYAP (International Young Artists Presentation) in Antwerp. Shortly after, they were selected for the EEEmerging+ project (Emerging European Ensembles) which supports young ensembles within the framework of the Creative Europe programme.
Dichos Diabolos have build a career perfoming in international and prestigious festivals such as: Festival d'Ambronay, Festival Internacional de Santander, Festival Barocco è il Mondo (Pavia), Festival de Arte Sacro (Madrid), Festival Clásicos en Verano (Madrid), Echoes Festival (London) and Festival Espurnes Baroques (Catalonia).
They currently organize, in partnership with the Conservatori Professional de Música de Badalona (Barcelona), Badalona's Early Music Course (Josep Borràs, artistic coordinator).
