flute, piccolo, alto flute, bass flute, glissando flute
Upcoming Performances
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QL at Sphinx Connect 2026
Quinteto Latino presents Leading with Love and Joy, a performance/workshop exploring themes of identity at Sphinx, the largest and longest-standing global convening dedicated to excellence and inclusion in classical music.
Thu, Jan 22, 2026
3:30 - 5pm—
Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center
Detroit, MichiganDetails here
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QL performs at CSMA
Quinteto Latino returns to Community School of Music and Art’s beautiful Tateuchi Hall for an evening of music by some of our favorite composers.
Liduino Pitombeira, Suite Hermética
Tania León, De Memorias
Cole Reyes, Realizing Dawn
Marcus Siqueira - Signs of anachronous winds *premiere* (composed for Quinteto Latino)Saturday, February 21, 2025
7:30pm—
Finn Center
230 San Antonio Circle
Mountain View, CA 94040Free!
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QL in NY
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
7:30 pm
Manhattan School of Music
Miller Hall
130 Claremont Avenue, New York
QL is looking forward to performing a formal concert and coaching MSM students in brass and woodwind workshops.
Thursday, March 19, 2026
7pm
Americas Society
680 Park Avenue, New York
After a wonderful recorded concert in 2021, Quinteto Latino is live onstage with music by composers from the United States, Cuba, and Brazil.
Current Projects
Quinteto Latino
Quinteto Latino, founded in 2004 by French horn player Armando Castellano, is a dynamic wind quintet dedicated to showcasing Latino compositions and engaging diverse communities through music. The ensemble performs classical works culturally relevant to Latino communities and advocates for Latino composers through commissioning and performances. Alongside Castellano, the quintet consists of Diane Grubbe (flute), Kyle Bruckmann (oboe), Leslie Tagorda (clarinet), and Jamael Smith (bassoon).
Learn More about Quinteto Latino
sfSoundGroup
The latest music of the European Avant-Garde to the grittiest sounds of the West Coast Improv-Underground, encompassing iconic and recent trends. “Bravely carrying the visionary torch of the Bay Area's rich experimental musical heritage”
About Diane Grubbe
Diane Grubbe is a regular performer in the San Francisco Bay Area in a variety of musical genres. She performs regularly with Pocket Opera and has also appeared with the Stockton Symphony, Symphony Silicon Valley, Lamplighters, Festival Opera, and many others. She is a founding member of Quinteto Latino, a wind quintet focusing on contemporary music from Latin America and Latino-Americans. With a special interest in contemporary music and new performance techniques on flute, piccolo, alto and bass flutes, Diane enjoys improvising as well as studying and performing new works. She is a member of the contemporary music ensemble sfSound, and has been a guest performer with Earplay, the Eco Ensemble, Santa Cruz New Music Works, and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players.
Diane holds a Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory where she studied with Lloyd Gowen and Tim Day. Her Bachelor of Music degree is from San Francisco State University where her flute instructor was Paul Renzi. Other important instructors have been Barbara Chaffe and Jim Walker of the San Francisco Ballet and Opera Orchestras as well as famed flutist/composer/innovater Robert Dick. She has performed in masterclasses with Julius Baker, Heinz Holliger and Robert Stallman.
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