About me
I am Pedro Miguel Aguinaga, your violinist
I have dedicated my entire life to music.
My professional career began in 1986 and, since then, has focused on teaching violin at the Escudero Conservatory in San Sebastián.
But I have also dedicated myself to performing.
For many years I have participated in various ensembles, both symphonic and chamber music groups.
My musical interests have led me to explore very different repertoires, offering concerts of Basque music, tango, fado, world music, symphonic rock, and, of course, classical music.
I have also had the opportunity to collaborate with great musicians, both from the classical and folk music fields.
After an in-depth study of the modern repertoire, I have created electric violin arrangements of the most current pieces, as well as more “classical” but popular ones.
In a short time, I have been requested to provide music for weddings and events at various estates and top-tier hotels in the Basque Country and Navarre with my electric violin.
I have also been hired to perform at major corporate and institutional events.
I also collaborate with the leading DJs in Gipuzkoa.
More info about me
Pedro Miguel Aguinaga
Born in San Sebastián, I studied violin at the San Sebastián Conservatory (with María Ángeles Echeveste), later perfecting my skills with professors such as P. Bucataru, V. Martín, G. Comellas, F. Ayo, A. Pavlovich, A. León Ara, I. Ozim, E. Illif, and G. Claret.
I joined the JONDE (Spanish National Youth Orchestra) and participated in projects with the ECYO (European Community Young Orchestra).
Since 1986, my teaching has been based at the Escudero Conservatory in San Sebastián. I have also taught violin at the Errenteria Orchestra Courses, the Gaztelu Music Camps, the Basque Country Music Schools Orchestra, and the EIO Orkestra. In addition, I organize and direct teacher training courses within the GARATU Plan of the Basque Government’s Department of Education.
As concertmaster and soloist, I am a member of the Donostia Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, the Donostia Conservatory Youth Orchestra, the Errenteria Musical Orchestra, the San Sebastián Baroque Ensemble, the Aita Donostia Orchestra, the Gipuzkoa Chamber Orchestra, the Pamplona Baroque Studio, the Donostia Symphony Orchestra, the Luis Mariano Orchestra of Irun, the Basque Country Lyric Orchestra, and the AGAO Opera Orchestra of Pamplona.
I collaborate with groups such as the Basque Country Symphony Orchestra, the Logroño Orchestra, the Concerto Orchestra, the Irun Orchestra, the Arrasate Musical Orchestra, the Cotê Basque Orchestra, the Basque Soloists, the Berceo Symphony Orchestra, the Conductus Ensemble, the Camerata Cambrensis, and the Kuraia Ensemble, among others.
I work extensively in chamber music, participating in various ensembles: the Usandizaga Quartet since 1987, the Vilacello Quartet (1989-1991), as well as other chamber groups.
I participate as a soloist or member of chamber groups in prestigious international festivals such as the San Sebastián Musical Fortnight, Musikaste, the Bach Festival, and Orchestrades Europeenes.
I also collaborate on numerous projects and recordings in the fields of folk, pop, rock, and jazz.
I have been a member of the Cuarteto Tango Querido since 2004.
In 2005, I founded Sotto Voce, my personal project, and have been its director ever since.
In recent years, I have worked extensively accompanying opera singers, both in small ensembles and in opera productions. I have also dedicated myself to managing and organizing groups of all kinds. However, above all, I have specialized in providing entertainment for events.
I play a violin built by Benjamin Banks (Salisbury, 1793) and in the field of electric violin I work with a Yamaha YEV 104.
