Like every instrument, everything takes time and perseverance. What makes mastering this instrument challenging? The reality it is that every bagpipe of the world, from the Galician to the Bulgarian to the Scottish to the Iranian, represent a unique historical tradition that carries the cultural identity of those places in a very powerful way.
It has been fascinating to me to understand that depending on the part of the world you are, people would have a different preconceived idea of where bagpipes come from. One could say that wherever there was a shepherd there was a kind of bagpipe. From Persia to the Greek and the Roman Empires, to of course the Celtic nations. What distinguishes Galician bagpipe from other types, like the Scottish Highland bagpipe?īagpipes in general were present in almost every culture. And it’s somehow the sound of Galicia too. In Galicia this is a social instrument, an instrument that brings people together. I grew up going to festivals and playing for people to enjoy and dance and celebrate a life. The tradition of my instrument is about playing for the people with the people. I started playing when I was four years old, because my sisters started playing before me, so I just followed their lead… Bagpipes are incredibly popular, even today. I was born during a time in which Galician bagpipes were celebrated again as the national instrument of a historical nation with its own language and its own music. I enjoy both ways of living and understanding the role of culture in society. And then I started to embrace the beauty of feeling in between two different ways of understanding life. My roots are in Galicia, and that’s my home, but my roots go with me wherever I decide to go, and 16 years ago, when I came to the U.S., those roots re-rooted in New York City, and a new feeling and definition of what is home started to blossom for me. I consider both Galicia and NYC my home because those are two places that have had an enormous impact on how I see and interact with the world. The definition of home is a difficult one for me.
She founded the multidisciplinary Galician Connection Festival, writes a weekly column for Spanish newspaper La Voz de Galicia, and was the 2019-20 Chair of Spanish Culture and Civilization at the King Juan Carlos I Center at New York University.įusing Latin music, jazz, pop, and contemporary music in her music, she has published six gaita recordings and two as a pianist. During her time as artist-in-residence at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Pato co-created a ground-breaking class on memory with neuroscientist Kenneth S. Pato has multiple degrees, including a Doctorate of musical arts from Rutgers University, and she’s the learning advisor for Yo-Yo Ma’s Silkroad.
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She’s now performing in a digital production presented by the Chan Centre Dot Com Series that’s available online until December 21. Galician-born, she splits her time between that corner of northwestern Spain and New York and is also classical pianist, writer, and educator. His music was also featured in Walt Disney World at Epcot, just before the nightly IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth fireworks show.Cristina Pato is a master of the gaita, or Galician bagpipe, whom the New York Times once described as a “virtuosic burst of energy”. Two of Hevia's tracks, La Línea Trazada and El Garrotin (single release), appeared on the cross-platform video game Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense. The instrument was developed with Alberto Arias (pupil and computer programmer) and the electronic technician Miguel Dopico. Hevia is known for helping invent a special brand of MIDI electronic bagpipes, which he is often seen playing live. Possibly his most recognisable composition is the 1998 piece Busindre Reel, from his first album Tierra de Nadie. Hevia's concert at Festival Interceltique Lorient 2013 In 1992 he was awarded first prize for solo bagpipes at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient, Brittany. He commonly performs with his sister, María José, on drums. José Ángel Hevia Velasco, known professionally as Hevia (born Octoin Villaviciosa, Asturias), is a Spanish bagpiper – specifically, an Asturian gaita player.
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