Guerrero Baroque Collective is the UK's newest period instrument ensemble. Bringing together instrumentalists from top London groups and international singers in different formations, it explores under-performed repertoire alongside better-known favourites.
EVENTS
THE COLLECTIVE
Charlie Morris graduated with a music degree from Cambridge University and went on to study with Royal Academy Opera in London. Recent engagements include The Messiah at Cadogan Hall and Bach's B Minor Mass, both with the London Mozart Players and a return last year to ENO for Handel's Rodelinda covering the role of Bertarido, and Partenope covering the role Armindo. Operatic credits include The Shaman (cover) at ENO, Guido in Flavio, the title role in Cavalli’s Il Giasone with Royal Academy Opera conducted by Jane Glover, Cupid in Venus and Adonis with La Nuova Musica, Rutilia in Hasse’s Lucio Papirio at the London Handel Festival, Athamas in Semele, Satirino in La Calisto conducted by Anthony Legge, and The Spirit in Dido and Aeneas.Oratorio credits include Chichester Psalms at the Barbican, Handel’s Saul with Laurence Cummings at the Spitalfields Festival, Bach’s St Matthew Passion with Masaaki Suzuki at Snape Maltings, and Handel’s Messiah with Sir John Lubbock and the Orchestra of St John’s at Kings Place and St John’s, Smith Square. Other oratorio performances include appearing as a soloist on BBC Radio 3, performing a concert series of Bach’s alto cantata Vergnügte Ruh with the orchestra Charivari Agréable, a Messiah tour of Ireland with the Irish Baroque Orchestra and a program of Bach Cantatas at The Royal Albert Hall for the Proms with Solomon’s Knot. ​Further operatic engagements include covering the role of Baba the Turk in Stravinsky's the Rake's Progress at the Aix-en-Provence opera festival, playing Arsace in Handel’s Partenope, The Prince in Daisy Chain at the Tête à Tête Opera Festival, previewed at LSO St Luke’s, Dido and Aeneas with Kiez Oper in Berlin, and a tour of the staged Messiah with the Merry Opera.
Baroque cellist, writer and broadcaster Kate Kennedy studied at Cambridge University and the Royal College of Music, where she specialised in continuo playing for singers. She has since pursued a varied career, that both includes and moves beyond musical performance. She was part of the founding team for Southbank Sinfonia (now Sinfonia Smith Square), has played with numerous baroque ensembles around London and the UK, and plays (on a modern instrument) as principal of Oxford Sinfonia. Kate is deeply committed to communicating the stories around the music she plays in ways that extend beyond the cello. She is in demand as a public speaker and performs in literary and music festivals across the UK, most recently including the Edinburgh Festival, Hay Literary Festival, Purbeck International Chamber Music Festival and Sacconi Chamber Music Festival. She has been a regular presence on BBC Radio 3 since 2009, as guest on Building a Library, Record Review, Music Matters, or The Proms, or presenting her own research in The Essay, or Sunday Feature. She has written opera libretti, and her collaborations with Charlotte Bray have twice been performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Out of the Ruins and Making Arrangements). With director Tom Morris she devised the two-person show Through Silence to Sound, a blend of cello performance, visuals and spoken word, which she tours with cellists Natalie Clein and Cara Berridge. She is the Director of the Museum of Music History, a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the author of two award winning books, Cello - A Journey Through Silence to Sound (Bloomsbury) and Dweller in Shadows: A Life of Ivor Gurney (Princeton University Press), as well as four edited collections on subjects from Benjamin Britten to music and the First world war. In 2021 and 2025 her work was shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society storytelling Award, and she has also been the recipient of Oxford University's Vice Chancellor's prize for public engagement with research, and the American Musicological Society prize.
British-Spanish soprano Ana Beard Fernández performs internationally and is known for her imaginative and versatile singing. Equally at home on the opera stage and in early and contemporary repertoire, she has appeared with distinguished ensembles including Academy of Ancient Music, Dunedin Consort and I Fagiolini, and performed at venues such as the Wigmore Hall, theLinbury Theatre, and Longborough Festival Opera. Her recent CD with Roderick Williams features works specially arranged for voice and cello ensemble, and she also researches and arranges music for her cross-cultural baroque ensemble La Locura.
As a percussionist Louise Duggan has toured internationally with Agnes Obel, Galya Bisengalieva, Patrick Wolf and supported David Byrne on his American Utopia tour. She has recorded with Thom Yorke on his solo album ‘Anima’ and was a featured soloist on the ‘Assassin’s Creed’ film soundtrack. Early music has been a constant for Louise, playing with ensembles such as Academy of Ancient music, I Fagiolini, The City Musick, Joglaresa, and Apollo’s Cabinet on percussion and Hammered Dulcimer. ‘Minihi’ is her original music outlet with writing partner Zands Duggan. They released their debut track ‘Tokaido’ on Deutsche Grammophon in 2020, their debut album ‘Recaptures’ in 2021, and their sophomore album ‘Stasis Loops’ in 2023. Louise has worked as a Musical Director for shows at Shakespeare’s Globe, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, and the National Theatre, and as a percussionist for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court. As a composer for theatre, Louise has composed for Shakespeare’s Globe, BBC Doctor Who 'Time Fracture', Regent’s Park Open air theatre, Chichester festival theatre, Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre, Trafalgar Studios, and Ballet D’Jerri.
Iain Hall is a Scottish recorder player and baroque cellist specialising in early chamber music. He is the co-founder of Liturina and performs internationally with various ensembles. He studied at the Royal College of Music, where he received the McKenna Prize for the highest recital mark in the Historical Performance faculty.
Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde is an Argentine-born, London-based music producer and guitarist whose work bridges early music, world traditions and contemporary expression. Raised in Buenos Aires, he began guitar at six and soon gravitated toward flamenco, inspired by the lineage of Paco de Lucía.
Trained as a choir master, Ignacio’s foundation in vocal polyphony and ensemble direction informs his distinctive approach to harmony, texture and musical dialogue. Since relocating to London in 2013, he has developed a broad artistic profile that intertwines flamenco with baroque, classical and global traditions. His work as a composer and recording engineer has led to collaborations with artists from the Middle East, South Asia and Europe, as well as projects with the Royal College of Music, the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the British Museum. As a producer and engineer, he has recorded and produced five albums for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, alongside multiple projects at Abbey Road Studios.
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As a performer, Ignacio has appeared across Europe, Asia and the Americas, including UK performances at the London Festival of Baroque Music and broadcasts on BBC Radio 3. He has also contributed to international festivals such as the Ketevan World Sacred Music Festival (India), the London Strings Festival, FesTeLõn – Festival of Spanish Theatre of London, and The Mosaic Series, a platform dedicated to global musical exchange.
His discography — from Del Canto Gitano (ARC Music, 2021) to Flamenco: Pasado y Presente (2022) — reflects his exploration of Andalusian, Sephardic, Arabic, Indian and classical influences, weaving together centuries of musical heritage.
Ignacio is the recipient of the Latin UK Award for Musician of the Year (2019) and holds both an Honorary Fellowship and a Doctorate from J. H. Pestalozzi University, recognising his contributions to world music across performance, composition, production and sound engineering.
