Eduardo Paniagua

Eduardo Paniagua is probably the more interesting music artists to get led dual professions: like a conductor, blowing wind participant, and percussionist he has received enthusiastic compliment for his concerts and numerous recordings of music of Medieval Spain, but he’s also quite an accomplished architect. One might additional add businessman to his réamounté, since he’s the founder from the Spanish record label Pneuma. Paniagua was created in Madrid, Spain, in 1952. He originated from a musical family members and as a kid displayed uncommon musical skill. By 14 he was playing in Atrium Musicae, an ensemble specialized in types of early music from European countries. For the reason that group Paniagua performed with three brothers, Luis, Carlos, and Gregorio (the group’s movie director). Eduardo performed types of flutes and percussion devices within the ensemble and by 16 experienced produced four recordings. Paniagua continued to be an associate of Atrium Musicae from 1966 to 1983, an interval where he also founded two additional groups specialized in early music, Calamus and Hoquetus, the previous a vocal/instrumental ensemble concentrating on Medieval Arab and Andalusian music as well as the second option a vocal group specialized in the performance of varied Medieval functions. In 1994 the occupied Paniagua founded two even more ensembles, Musica Antigua and Ibn Baya. Once again, the repertory of the groups focused mainly on historic music, using the second option group consuming Arab-Andalusian functions as a niche. Right now Paniagua and his ensembles experienced developed a big following, both one of the concert-going general public and record purchasers. Sony Classics authorized Paniagua to some agreement in 1995 that could produce 14 CDs by the finish of 1998. Ten of these presented Musica Antigua in some Cantigas (Cantigas de Italia, Cantigas de Francia, et. al.), and four of these had been with Ibn Baya in a variety of Maluf (Andalusi) functions. It was for this period, as well, that Paniagua founded the label Pneuma, which he afterwards utilized to re-release the 10 Cantigas recordings designed for Sony. By 2006 Pneuma got issued a lot more than 40 game titles. In 1997 Paniagua was nominated for Greatest Classical Music Musician with the Academy of Spanish Music. He received exactly the same nomination in 2000 and 2004. Paniagua’s afterwards recordings include Un Camino De Santiago (2005), and Lo Mejor de las Cantigas (2006), both offering choices of Cantigas made out of Musica Antigua for his Pneuma label.