History

Musicantes arises looking to deepen the knowledge and performance of Medieval music and early Renaissance. . To this end, it has carried out intense dissemination work by holding workshops, seminars and concerts throughout the entire Spanish geography, as well as Portugal, Italy, Ireland, France, Belgium, Israel, Sweden and Bulgaria. The group is composed by Jaime Muñoz (flutes, medieval bagpipes and hornpipe), Adriana Arias (fiddle), Jaime del Amo (citole, medieval lute, zanfona, guiterne and conducting) and Wafir Shaikheldin (percussion).

TAmong its concerts, it is worth highlighting those held at the Festival Clásicos en Verano, Festival Veranos en Cuenca, Festival de La Ribagorza Clásicos en la Frontera, Festival de Música Provincia de Palencia, Otoño Musical Soriano, Festival de Música Medieval de Alarcos, Festival de Música Antigua y Sacra de Getafe, Semana de la Música Antigua de Estella-Lizarra, Festival de Música Antiga de Palma de Mallorca, Festival de Música Antigua de Almodóvar del Campo (Ciudad Real), Festival Almagro Enclave de Música, Festival Internacional de Música Antiga Fora do Lugar (Portugal), Festival Internacional de Música Antigua de Soto del Real (Madrid), Muestra de Música Antigua de Aracena, Festival de Artes y Patrimonio de Robledo de Chavela, Septiembre Musical de Santo Domingo de Silos, Festival Internacional de Música “Villa Navas de San Juan” (Jaén), Museo de Bellas Artes da Coruña, Museo Andrés Segovia, Casa Museo Fuente del Rey, Museo de Pontevedra, Museo Gretry de Lieja (Belgium), International Festival of Culture and Early Music Kalendamaya (Italy), Festival La Grange de Pouzol (France), Trollhattan Tidig Musik-Dagar (Sweden), Concert Hall Tamuz of Beer Sheva (Israel), Castillo de Rathfarnham (Ireland), Eivissa Medieval, Casino de Madrid, Festival Internacional de Guitarra de Hondarribia-Peñíscola, Festival de Guitarra Girona-Costa Brava, Ciclo las Noches del Mudéjar de Cuéllar (Segovia), Ciclo Las Noches del Castillo de Cullera (Valencia), Ciclo de Música y Patrimonio de Teruel, Ciclo “Música Nas Ruinas” de Pontevedra, Ciclo Internacional de música de Cámara de Torreperogil (Jaén), Ciclo de Música nas Igrexas “Pórtico Sonoro” (Redondela), Jornadas Medievales de Oropesa, Jornadas medievales de Manzanares (Ciudad Real), Jornadas Musicales de Calatañazor, Monasterio de Santa María la Real de Nájera (Logroño), Centro Asturiano de Madrid, Centro de Dialogo Intercultural de Leiria (Portugal), Baños árabes de Ronda (Málaga), Encuentro Intercultural Ciudad de Molina de Segura, Festival de Plectro de Valladolid y Festival de Plectro de Alcalá de Henares, among others, always receiving a great reception and excellent reviews from both early music specialists and the public.

The instruments used (citole, medieval lute, Arabic lute, rebec, psaltery, percussions, flutes, bagpipes and fiddle), are reproductions of original instruments of this period, inspired by the Spanish iconography, as the Portico of the glory of the Cathedral of “Santiago de Compostela”, slab of Serra Brothers of “Art Museum of Catalonia”, etc.

His repertoire ranges from thirteenth century to fifteenth century (monodic music of the Middle Ages, polyphony of the Ars Nova and early Renaissance) and consists in “Cantigas de Santa Maria”, “Llibre Vermell de Montserrat”, French, English and Italian dances, stampedes, saltarellos, laments, etc.