When pianist and gaita (bagpipes) player Cristina Pato was growing up in Galicia, a northwest region of Spain, she had a life-changing experience. “I am not the only female bagpiper, but I was the ...

Allí donde la galleguidad late con emoción y con ciertas dosis de lamento, en la emigración, Xosé Lois Foxo (Folgoso do Courel, 1950) lideró la creación, en los albores de la democracia, en Barcelona, ...

The Wall Street Journal has called musician Cristina Pato “one of the living masters of the gaita.’’ What’s a gaita? You can find out when Pato performs Wednesday night at 7:30 at the Ware Center, as ...

Es uno de los instrumentos por excelencia del noroeste de Europa. Las llamadas naciones celtas (Galicia, Asturias, Bretaña, ...

Galicia is a province in northwestern Spain, bordered on the south by Portugal, whose people pride themselves in having unique and distinct cultural traits with strong Celtic connections, ...

Cristina Pato, the world’s first female gaita (Galician bagpipe player) and staple of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, will bring her invigorating and virtuosic music to the Barns at Wolf Trap tonight ...

Cristina Pato is a jazz pianist from Spain who also plays flute and sings. But on her new album, Migrations, there's a striking sound not often heard in jazz: a bagpipe. Pato has been playing the ...

Ordinarily, a long-distance interview on a phone connection so bad the interviewee can’t be understood is no way to get inside the thoughts and spirit of an extraordinary artist such as Carlos Núñez.

Cristina Pato has already opened historical new paths for the Gaita (Galician bagpipe). In 1998 Cristina Pato became the first female Gaita player releasing a solo album and since then she has ...