Cristina pato biography
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Cristina Pato
Artist, Interdisciplinary Educator. Galician Bagpipes, Piano.Silk Road Ensemble
Biography
Cristina Pato (Ourense, Spain 1980)
Artist and Interdisciplinary Educator.
Galician Bagpipes, Piano. Producer.
Member and educational advisor: Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble
Blodgett Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at Harvard University (Department of Music)
Cristina Pato is a master of the Galician bagpipes (gaita), a classical pianist, and a passionate educator. Hailed as “a virtuosic burst of energy” by the New York Times, and as “one of the living masters of the gaita” by the Wall Street Journal, her professional life is devoted to cultural exchange and forging new paths for the Galician bagpipe. Cristina has performed on major stages throughout the world and has released and produced six solo gaita albums and two solo piano recordings, and collaborated on more than 40 records as a guest artist.
In 1998, Cristina Pato became the first female gaita player to release a solo album, and since then she has collaborated with diverse artists including New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Yo-Yo Ma, Arturo O'Farril, Paquito D'Rivera and dancers Damian Woetzel and Lil’ Buck.
Education is a critical part of Cristina’s personal and professional life. She ser
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Cristina Pato
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Leben und Wirken
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Musician, writer, educator and producer, Cristina Pato, has been hailed as “a virtuosic burst of energy” by The New York Times. After 25 years of experience as a professional musician, touring around the world with the Galician bagpipes and piano, Cristina now channels her creativity into writing, producing, and teaching, focusing on the role of the arts in society.
Cristina has served as a visiting professor and artist-in-residence at New York University (NYU), Harvard University, and the University of California, Santa Barbara. Additionally, she collaborated for over fifteen years with The Silkroad Project, the non-profit organization founded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Since 2017, Cristina writes a weekly column titled “The Art of Restlessness” for Spanish newspaper La Voz de Galicia for which she was awarded the XVII Afundación Journalism Prize: Fernández del Riego. In 2022 she published her debut novel “No día do seu enterro” (“On His Burial Day”) with Editorial Galaxia (Colección Literaria, 2022), now in its third edition.
Cristina divides her time between New York City and Galicia and shares her life with photographer Xan Padrón.