Founded in 2015 by violinist Daniel Pinteño, Concerto 1700 has since its inception aspired to the recovery and dissemination of the Hispanic musical heritage of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. To carry out its artistic project, they use original period instruments, as well as a rigorous musicological study of the performance practice of the period that allow them to achieve the genuine sound of the baroque times.
Concerto 1700 is a group of variable formation, ranging from trio to baroque orchestra. This versatility allows them to cover any baroque repertoire without losing any of its specific personality, based on a meticulous work on ensemble sound and stylistic appropriateness. However, the interest of their interpretations does not lie in the mere recreation of the past, but in their desire to generate an experience that is stimulating for today’s audiences.
In their seven years of career, they have managed to position themselves as one of the most relevant ensembles on the historicist scene in Spain, performing in some of the most prestigious festivals and venues, such as the CNDM’s Universo Barroco at the Auditorio Nacional de España, the Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada, the Festival Internacional de Santander, the Quincena Musical de San Sebastián, Otoño Musical Soriano, Festival de Música Española de Cádiz, Festival de Música Antigua de Aranjuez, Festival Internacional de Música de Úbeda y Baeza, and the Fundación Juan March, among others.
With the intention of extending his commitment to the dissemination of the Hispanic Baroque repertoire, in 2018 Concerto 1700 founded his own record label, 1700 Classics. In this way, they retain full autonomy over the musical and artistic outcome of their recordings, which are always dedicated to unpublished works from the Spanish 18th century. All their publications have been critically acclaimed in the main specialized magazines, receiving the qualification of Disco Excepcional from Scherzo, Disco Recomendado from Ritmo, Disque classique de le jour from France Musique as well as nominations for the ICMA Awards.
The 22/23 season they were resident group of the Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical (CNDM) with a concert tour that will include performances in the Auditorio Nacional de Música (Madrid), the Auditorio Fonseca in Salamanca, the Auditorio Príncipe Felipe in Oviedo, the Auditorio Ciudad de León, the Espacio Turina in Sevilla, the Palau de Les Arts de Valencia and St. John’s Smith Square within the programme of the London Festival of Baroque Music. In addition, since this season they have been developing an intense musical activity as a resident group at the Fundación Fernando de Castro in Madrid.
In 2024 they inaugurated the Patrimonio Nacional chamber music series, playing a public concert in the Royal Palace (Madrid) with the decorated Stradivarius instruments from the Royal Collections.