Hearing bagpipe music may pop images of men in kilts from the Scottish Highlands into your mind. Cristina Pato would like to add her own image representing Galicia in northern Spain, where she gained ...

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 ...

The world’s most adventurous bagpipe player doesn’t hail from Ireland. Or Scotland. Or Wales. Or even France’s historically Celtic Brittany region. No, the most progressive piper comes from Spain. In ...

Renowned Spanish musician Carlos Núñez will be bringing his Galician bagpipes (gaita) to Oakville for a performance stopover during his North American tour. The show on Saturday (Oct. 13) is a ...

In their 2005 performance at the Phillips Center, The Chieftains introduced a young piper who dazzled the audience with the sweet sound of a different sort of bagpipes. The Chieftains called the ...

Spectacular Spanish Bagpipes (Carlos Núñez with the Victoria Symphony) When: Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. Sunday, 2 p.m. Where: Royal Theatre Tickets: $15 to $80 (including student and senior discounts ...

Galicia, in the northwestern corner of Spain, is a land very unlike the stereotypical Spanish landscape. More akin in mood and look to Ireland and Scotland than to the beaches of the Costa del Sol or ...

Scotland’s traditional instrument has a new breed of fans—and a very different songbook When it came time for John Walsh—a two-time world bagpipe champion—to pick out his first competition tune, he ...

IT sounds like an entirely odd combination: Spanish bagpipers playing a rock song in a military marching style with bagpipes. But, strangely, it works. Crowds gathered to watch the band - called ...