Eduardo Paniagua facts for kids

Eduardo Paniagua (born in 1952 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish architect and a talented musician. He is especially known for his work with medieval Spanish music.

From 1966 to 1983, Eduardo was part of a music group called Atrium Musicae de Madrid. His older brother, Gregorio, led this group. Eduardo played wind instruments and percussion, like drums and flutes. Later, he helped start two new groups, Cálamus and Hoquetus. These groups focused on the music from Al-Andalus, which was a part of Spain where Arab culture was very strong a long time ago.

In 1994, Eduardo Paniagua created a group called Música Antigua. Their main goal was to perform and record the Cantigas de Santa Maria. These are old songs from the Middle Ages. In the same year, he also started the Ibn Báya Ensemble with an oud player named Omar Metioui. This group played and recorded music from Al-Andalus. Eduardo often works with singers from Morocco and an oud player from Algeria.

Paniagua also started and runs his own record company called Pneuma. Through Pneuma, he has released many of his own music recordings. Some of these recordings are new versions of older albums, or collections of songs from other Pneuma albums.

Music Albums

Eduardo Paniagua has made many music albums with different groups. Here are some examples of the music he has shared:

With Atrium Musicæ de Madrid:

• La Folía
• La Spagna
• Musique de la Grèce Antique (Music from Ancient Greece)

With Música Antigua: This group focuses on the Cantigas de Santa Maria, which are songs dedicated to the Virgin Mary from medieval times.

• PN 010 Cantigas de Toledo
• PN 240 Cantigas – Remedios Curativos (Healing Remedies)
• PN 340 Cantigas de Animales – Bestiario (Songs about Animals – Bestiary)
• PN 680 Cantigas – El Camino de Santiago en las Cantigas de Alfonso X el Sabio (The Way of St. James in the Songs of Alfonso X the Wise)
• PN 820 Cantigas celtas - Merlin (Celtic Songs - Merlin)
• PN 1530 Cantigas de Ultramar (Songs from Overseas)

With Ensemble Ibn Baya: This group performs music from Al-Andalus, mixing Spanish and Arabic sounds.

• Jardín de Al-Andalus (Garden of Al-Andalus)
• El Agua de la Alhambra (The Water of the Alhambra)
• Poemas de la Alhambra (Poems of the Alhambra)

With Ensemble Cálamus:

• The Splendour of Al-Andalus
• Medieval Women's songs

With Various Groups:

• Danzas medievales españolas (Medieval Spanish Dances)
• Tres culturas: judios, moros y cristianos en la España medieval (Three Cultures: Jews, Moors, and Christians in Medieval Spain)
• Sepharad (Music from the Jewish tradition in Spain)

Books

Eduardo Paniagua has also released some "book-discs," which are books that come with a music CD.

• PN770 Rumi-Ibn Arabí (about the poets Rumi and Ibn Arabi)
• PN960 Rabindranath Tagore (about the poet Rabindranath Tagore)
• PN1030 Ibn Gabirol. Caballero de la Palabra (about the philosopher Ibn Gabirol)

See also

In Spanish: Eduardo Paniagua para niños