Original work and living
traditional repertoire.
Original composition and recorded Asturian tradition. Available on streaming; direct sales coming soon.
Two formats,
one gaita.
Each format answers a different setting. Tell me yours and I'll prepare the show to fit.
Traditional
Gaita-and-drum duo, bandina or folk ensemble. The Asturian gaita on home ground: fiestas, romerías, festivals and celebrations.
Concert-talk
Gaita and piano, educational concerts and gaita with a pop-rock band for festivals. And the talk: innovation rooted in tradition.
Plain talk, no fuss.
I write about the gaita, Asturian traditional music and the Atlantic arc for beginners and for those who already play. Knowledge meant to be shared, not hoarded.
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TutorialThe pivot: the exercise my students use to memorise the notes of the Asturian gaita
I came up with this exercise years ago and I use it with all my students, at every level: you fix one note and alternate it with the others. This way you memorise the fingering of each note, learn to narrate the notes in your head while you play them, and gain the independence to play without sheet music.
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EssayThe Gaiteru de Veriña: the accompanist of the great Asturian tonada
Third instalment in the series on the pipers of tradition: the Gaiteru de Veriña, accompanist of the great tonada voices from the age of 15, and one of the few pipers who kept playing through the rural exodus of the 1960s.
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EssayHow we work at EMTI Fervienza
I designed my school so it doesn't depend on my schedule and the student's schedule lining up: recorded lessons, a platform that genuinely checks whether the student is progressing, and video tutorials that answer real questions and stay available for everyone. Here's how it works and why I built it this way.
Moving forward
from tradition.
I started playing in 1998, taught by Manolo Quirós, and I never stopped. Between 2007 and 2024 I was part of the Banda Gaites Camín de Fierro; today I compose, record and teach from Asturies, and I take the gaita where it isn't expected: from ceremonial repertoire to the production studio.
I look to the whole Atlantic family of the gaita —Galicia, Brittany, Ireland, Scotland, Cape Breton— but I start from here. It's not world music or folk fusion: it's roots Asturian gaita in dialogue with the Atlantic arc.