Eduardo Paniagua

Eduardo Paniagua, born in Madrid in 1952, is an architect and conductor. He has performed early music since the year 1966 with ensembles such as Atrium Musicæ (Atrium Musicae de Madrid), Hoquetus and Calamus, and currently directs the groups Música antigua and Ibn Báya (Arab-Andalusian music). He is the founder and director of the recording label Pneuma. His most significant projects are the recording of the Cantigas of Alfonso the Wise and his work on Andalusi music. From 1995 to 1998 he was contracted by Sony Classical to record the Hispanica medieval music collection. His work in the dissemination of such unknown styles of music (he has made over 55 recordings) has earned excellent reviews and international prizes, such as his nomination as Best Classical Music Artist in the Spanish Music Academy Prizes in 1997 and 2000.