Guillermo Laporta is a flutist, composer, and performing arts entrepreneur whose multidisciplinary artistic practice presents innovative connections between music, theater, dance, and video. Through his work as a performer, composer, and cultural producer, Laporta creates immersive experiences that challenge traditional boundaries of classical music presentation and advance the accessibility of world-class art to diverse audiences regardless of economic circumstance.
Artistic Vision: The Visual Concert
At the center of Laporta's artistic identity lies the concept of the "visual concert" — multimedia performances that intricately weave visual art and theatrical design into the fabric of live classical and contemporary chamber music. These immersive productions enhance the audience's auditory experience while respecting the integrity of the original musical compositions, enveloping listeners in atmospheres created through innovative lighting design, projections, and spatial composition.
Through these works, Guillermo advances a distinctive artistic philosophy that positions visual and theatrical elements as integral to the concert experience rather than supplementary. This approach has earned critical recognition for creating "a wholly authentic, visually and aurally compelling experience" (Broadway World) and "a full scale set design and a unique visual approach" (I Care if You Listen).
CreArtBox
Guillermo co-founded CreArtBox in New York City in 2013 with pianist Josefina Urraca, transforming it into a nationally recognized nonprofit arts organization. As Executive Producer and Co-Artistic Director, he has built CreArtBox from a small ensemble into a leading cultural force with a roster of more than 20 professional artists.
Under Guillermo's leadership, CreArtBox has established itself as a distinctive voice in contemporary classical music through innovative programming that blends classical and contemporary chamber music with original multimedia concepts. He has curated and produced more than 20 performances annually across multiple seasons and venues, including The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Culture Lab Queens, Mark Morris Center, The William Vale, and community partnerships with Greenwich House, New York Society for Ethical Culture, the Brooklyn Public Library, and the Queens Library Culture Pass program. These efforts have earned the organization sustained support from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and critical recognition from The New Yorker ("art and music top pick"), Broadway World, and Time Out.
The project traces its origins to 2006 in Europe, where Guillermo and clarinetist/performance creator Tagore González founded Cre.Art Project. That same year, Guillermo received the Montehermoso Contemporary Creation Award, a national prize that launched the concept of the visual concert and supported the creation of Cre.Art Project 1, an early chamber-music production integrating quadraphonic electroacoustic music, video art, and choreography. During the Spain-based period (2006–2012), the group developed several multidisciplinary works, including Cre.Art Project 1, Noctum (2011), and London: The Show (2009), a production with a budget exceeding $100,000 and a team of more than 25 artists, which Guillermo produced at age 22.
Festival ADAR
In 2020, Guillermo founded the Association for the Development of the Arts in Rural Areas (ADAR), establishing a platform dedicated to cultivating world-class musical projects in rural Spain. As founder and co-director, Guillermo has created the flagship Festival ADAR, an itinerant arts festival that brings internationally recognized classical music performances, artist talks, composer commissions, and multimedia collaborations to underserved rural communities.
Through ADAR, Guillermo has developed innovative programming that transforms rural landscapes into immersive artistic environments, connecting isolated communities with global audiences while providing meaningful performance and commissioning opportunities for professional musicians.
Major Creative Works
Architecture of a Common Man (2023) — An opera-ballet-film production for which Guillermo served as composer, dramaturg, librettist, and designer. The work follows the journey of a world-recognized photographer documenting his own life, exploring themes of legacy, success, and retrospection. Presented at Culture Lab, Queens.
Queens Preludes (2021) — A multimedia chamber music concert for flute and piano lasting 40 minutes, combining original composition with visual design. Presented at Culture Lab (NYC), Madrid, and Tokyo.
Fragile Form (2022) — A trilogy consisting of Equilibrium, Rupture, and Metamorphosis, presented as a visual concert at Blue Gallery NYC. The work explores the fragility of our surroundings, influenced by actions and the passage of time.
Two Roads (2019) — An opera-ballet production presented at Culture Lab Theater and Tank Theater for which Guillermo composed, wrote the dramaturgy and libretto, and served as designer. Featured as a "Critics Pick" in The New Yorker.
Awave (2018–2019) — A solo album with immersive video installation, showcased at Ryogoku Monten Hall in Tokyo and Renee Weiler Concert Hall in New York. Funded by the Spanish Embassy and the Amphion Foundation. Nine original pieces for flute, piano, electronics, and video, inspired by Guillermo's travels throughout Europe.
Visuality (2014–2016) — A concert-theater production presented and funded by Queens Theater in the Park and supported by the Queens Council on the Arts. Co-directed with Josefina Urraca.
Noctum (2011) — An opera production with music by Marcos Fernández for which Guillermo served as dramaturg and designer.
London: "The Show" (2009) — A musical theater production featuring over 100 artists, combining cinema and live theater with live jazz, drum & bass, Indian classical music, contemporary dance, acrobatics, video mapping, and narrative.
Flute Performance & Repertoire Development
Deeply committed to expanding the flute repertoire, particularly in chamber music, Guillermo dedicates himself to creating original compositions and transcribing pieces originally composed for other instruments. He has released three studio albums: Debussy & Respighi Violin Sonatas: Transcriptions for Flute and Piano (2019), Awave: Original Compositions for Flute, Piano, Electronics & Video (2020), and 12 Preludes for Flute (2020). He has also performed and recorded chamber repertoire with CreArtBox including works by Enrique Granados, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Joseph Haydn, J.S. Bach, and Gustav Mahler.
Performance Career
Guillermo studied the Postgraduate in Advanced Performance and the Undergraduate degree at the Royal College of Music in London with Jaime Martín, Paul Edmund Davies, and Sue Thomas, as well as the Superior Degree in Musikene (Spain) with Miguel Ángel Angulo.
He was co-principal flute of the Oviedo Filarmonía Orchestra from 2009 to 2012, one of Spain's major professional symphonic orchestras. Throughout his career as a flutist, he has performed a wide repertoire of symphonic, operatic, and chamber works with prestigious ensembles including the BBC Orchestra, Orquesta del Principado de Asturias, Le Train Bleu Ensemble, New York International Orchestra, and Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi. He has shared the stage with renowned musicians including Sir Roger Norrington, Andrew Litton, Pablo González, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Truls Mørk, Natalia Gutman, the Labèque sisters, Ainhoa Arteta, Jiri Barta, and Heinrich Schiff, performing in prestigious venues around the world including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.
He served as Principal Flute of the Herald Chamber Orchestra (2012–2015) and the New York International Chamber Orchestra (2013–2018). Since 2020, he serves as Associate Producer for the Aspect Chamber Music Series, an innovative concert experience known as "Music in Context" that integrates refined programming with talks by world-renowned speakers and musicians.
Design & Multimedia Work
Beyond his musical endeavors, Guillermo has contributed to numerous productions as a lighting designer, set designer, and video artist. Off-Broadway and theater credits include the opera As One (2018), 8 Million Protagonists (2014), the musical Pedro Pan (2016, 2018), and Painted Alice (2019). He has also worked as a sound designer and composer for virtual reality experiences including Inspirit, Puzzle Rain, and The Dreamsons, with companies including Mozilla, Unboring, Barrabes Internet, and Ivanovich Games.
Contact
Guillermo does not use personal social media. His work can be followed through @creartbox and @festivaladar, or by email at guillermo@creartbox.nyc.
