ABOUT US
ABOUT US
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What does VESTIGIUM mean?
The Latin word vestigium means footprint, trace, mark. But for us, this word also encompasses different dimensions regarding our approach to and understanding of music.
First and foremost, our purpose as an ensemble is to move people and make a lasting impression. Concerts are experiences that change people and leave an indelible mark on them. This is what art means to us and the main reason why we make music.
Furthermore, as performers of music from other times, we follow every trace that can help us understand its nature. Being aware of the context and the aesthetics in which it was created, and mastering the instruments for which it was composed, give any work its full meaning.
Lastly, it also intends to convey that, even though we are dealing with historically informed performance practice, we firmly believe that this does not limit the existence of a space to interpret the music in a personal way and to leave our own footprint and personality on it.
Our trajectory
Vestigium was founded in 2023, year in which they won the first prize in the early music category of the Juventudes Musicales de España competition. This was undoubtedly the catalyst for many good things to come. Since then, they have performed on stages throughout Europe and participated in numerous competitions together, winning a total of five awards. They have played in renowned festivals such the fringe of the Oude Muziek Festival in Utrecht, the Festival de Música Antigua de Úbeda y Baeza and the famous Magdeburger Telemann-Festtage. They have also been part of very enriching projects such as the International Young Artistic Presentation in Antwerp.
Meet the members
Eliot X Dios Martínez
Eliot X Dios Martínez
Eliot, harpsichordist and specialist in historical improvisation, performs throughout Europe with his groups and as a soloist, improvising during his concerts and composing for his own projects.
He has won several national and international awards, including first prize at the Concours International de Musique Ancienne du Val de Loire (France) as a guest artist with the ensemble TRA NOI, and first prize at the Emerging Artist Competition Vancouver (Canada).
He obtained a master's degree in historical improvisation after earning a master's degree in harpsichord performance from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
He has taken courses with renowned musicians in the field of early music, such as Richard Egarr, Andrea Marcon, and Beatrice Martin, among others, and in the field of composition with Antón García Abril.
He currently works as an organist at the church in Thayngen-Opfertshofen.
Andrés García Fraile
Andrés García Fraile
Andrés, violist and cellist, has an international career collaborating with renowned early music ensembles, such as Cappella Mediterranea and Gli Angeli Genève. At the same time, he teaches viola da gamba, baroque cello and chamber orchestra at the Conservatoire de Grenoble and is also the artistic director of the Festival des Amis de la Sainte Chapelle in Chambéry.
He began his training with Javier Aguirre at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Salamanca. He then continued his higher education in viola da gamba and baroque cello at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel and the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, studying with Philippe Pierlot and Hervé Douchy respectively. Finally, he completed his studies with a master's degree in baroque cello and pedagogy with Bruno Cocset at the Haute École de Musique de Genève. He has also received lessons from prestigious musicians such as Christophe Coin, Paolo Pandolfo, Catherine Jones, Gaetano Nasillo, Hille Perl, Mieneke van der Velden, Itziar Atutxa, and Fahmi Alqhai.
Ana Fernández Anguita
Ana Fernández Anguita
Ana, specialist in historical and modern flutes, has performed under the direction of renowned conductors such as Paul Agnew, Laurence Equilbey, Reinoud van Mechelen, and Sigiswald Kuijken among others.
She has also participated with various ensembles in international festivals such as Musique et Mémoire in France, International Contius Bachfestival in Belgium, and Misteria Paschalia in Poland, and has played with major Spanish orchestras such as the Euskadi Symphony Orchestra and the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra.
She currently teaches flute at the Maison de la Musique in Divonne-les-Bains and at the École de Musique in Avully. With a master's degree in pedagogy from the Haute École de Musique de Genève, specializing in traverso, she previously obtained a master's degree in performance from the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel.
She has taken courses with prestigious musicians specializing in early music, such as Johanna Bartz, Anna Besson, Serge Saitta, Frank Theuns, Christophe Rousset, and Philippe Pierlot, among others.
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