Navarro is considered one of the most important names in film music in Spain and is nowadays the most prolific and awarded composer from the Canary Islands. Successful films such as “Capture the Flag”, winner of a Goya and multiple awards, or “The Mauthausen Photographer” stand out in his filmography. He has received several national and international nominations and awards.
Navarro founds and directs, since 2007, FIMUCITÉ, The Tenerife International Film Musica Festival. Navarro has conducted a great number of world premieres of big Hollywood and European blockbusters that were arranged especially for the FIMUCITÉ festival, most notably the Universal Pictures Studios only Centennial Concert (2012 – FIMUCITÉ), the American Society of Composers Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) 100th Anniversary Concert (2015 – Krakow FMF), the DreamWorks Animation Studios Tribute Concert (2013 – FIMUCITÉ), the 40th Anniversary concert of Hollywood Film Music Record Label Varèse Sarabande in Scotland (2018) and the HBO and Netflix concerts ( FMF 2021).
In 2022, Navarro conducted the 40th anniversary of “Conan the Barbarian” with director John Milius, as host, and was introduced by Francis Ford Coppola and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Among his film music repertoire as orchestra conductor, Diego Navarro has a wealth of experience working with great film music composers, and conducting scores by Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore, Elliot Goldenthal, Michael Giacchino, Christopher Young, Patrick Doyle, Dario Marianelli, Jan Kaczmarek, Bruno Coulais or Antón García Abril, etc.
On the other hand, Navarro’s conducting gathers an extensive repertoire of film classics such as Bernard Herrmann, Alex North, Ennio Morricone, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, John Barry, George Delerue, Maurice Jarre, Wojciech Kilar, Phillipe Sarde, etc. Always achieving great reviews worldwide.