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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EssayThe photo that named the school
I thought I already knew everything my family name meant. While researching a piece on the musicians of the valley, I found a photo that changed my mind — and ended up naming something I had just founded.
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GuideWhat is Asturian traditional music?
Asturian traditional music is not an instrument or a museum piece: it's a system with repertoire, oral transmission and real social contexts. Here I explain it in full, and place the gaita where it actually fits within it.
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ComparisonAsturian bagpipe vs. Great Highland Bagpipe: the real differences
Two bagpipes that get confused from the outside but sound and play differently: single drone versus three drones, flexible scale versus fixed scale, solo-piper tradition versus pipe band. The real differences, from having played both.
Moving forward
from tradition.
I started out playing the old tunes and I never stopped. 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.