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title: "The Gaiteru de Veriña (José Antonio García Suárez)"
slug: el-gaiteru-de-verina
type: person
definition: "José Antonio García Suárez, «el Gaiteru de Veriña» (1928-2006), Asturian piper, the reference accompanist of the Asturian tonada for decades."
synonyms: ["José Antonio García Suárez", "Gaiteru de Veriña", "Gaiteru de Beriña"]
publishedAt: 2026-10-05
---
**José Antonio García Suárez**, known as **el Gaiteru de Veriña** (1928-2006), was a [piper](/en/concepto/gaitero) born in Poago (Gijón), son of the piper Ramón d'Antón. From a very young age he accompanied the great voices of the Asturian tonada, and kept playing the [Asturian gaita](/en/concepto/gaita-asturiana) through the rural exodus of the 1960s.