Cristina Pato Lorenzo (born August 17, 1980) is a Galician bagpiper,

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...

and composer. She is a member of the

Silk Road Ensemble Silkroad, formerly the Silk Road Project, Inc., is a not-for-profit organization, initiated by the cellist Yo-Yo Ma in 1998, promoting collaboration among artists and institutions, promoting multicultural artistic exchange, and studying the ebb and ...

led by

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and an educational adviser to the

Silk Road Project Silkroad, formerly the Silk Road Project, Inc., is a not-for-profit organization, initiated by the cellist Yo-Yo Ma in 1998, promoting collaboration among artists and institutions, promoting multicultural artistic exchange, and studying the ebb and ...

. In 2017 she was collaborating with

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as one of its Blodgett Distinguished Artists in Residence. Cristina Pato is a member of the Artist Committee of Americans for the Arts and a regular collaborator of the Turnaround Arts educational program of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.

Music career

Pato received a master's degree in Piano Performance and a master's degree of in Music Theory and Chamber Music from the

Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu () is a music college in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was created in 1837 with the name ''Liceo Filo-dramático de Montesión''. In 1847 the institution inaugurated the opera house Gran Teatre del Lic ...

in Barcelona. She received a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Digital Arts (Computer Music) from the

Universitat Pompeu Fabra Pompeu Fabra University ( ca, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, UPF, ; es, link=no, Universidad Pompeu Fabra) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia in Spain. The university was created by the Autonomous Government of Catalo ...

in Barcelona. She earned a doctorate of Musical Arts (Collaborative Piano) from

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's Mason Gross School of the Arts. Pato is the first female

Galician gaita The Galician gaita ( gl, Gaita galega, pt, Gaita galega, es, Gaita gallega) is the traditional instrument of Galicia and northern Portugal. The word is used across northern Spain as a generic term for "bagpipe", although in the south of Spain ...

musician to record a solo album. She appeared on the Grammy Award-winning albums ''Yo-Yo Ma and Friends: Songs of Joy and Peace'' (2008) and ''Sing Me Home'' (2016) and in the documentary ''The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble,'' directed by academy award winner

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''.'' She has also worked with Arturo O'Farrill, Paquito D’Rivera,

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, and the

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, as well as dancers Damian Woetzel and

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Discography

As leader

* ''Tolemia'' (Fonofolk, 1999) * ''Xilento'' (Fonofolk, 2001) * ''From Russia to Brazil'' with Patrice Jegou (Zouma, 2006) * ''The Galician Connection'' (Zouma, 2010) * ''Migrations'' (Sunnyside, 2013) * ''Rustica'' with Davide Salvado, Anxo Pintos, Roberto Comesana (Zouma, 2015) * ''Latina, Galician Bagpipes & Piano'' (Sunnyside, 2015)

References

External links

Official website
* James R. Oestreich, September 16, 200

''The New York Times'' * Allan Kozinn, August 21, 200

''The New York Times'' * Cristina Huete, August 31, 200
"La nueva Cristina"
''El Pais'' 2009 (in Spanish) * Lara De Meo July 17, 200
"The many shades of Mason Gross musician Cristina Pato"
''Rutgers Focus'' * Vivien Schweitzer, September 19, 200

''The New York Times'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Pato, Cristina 1980 births Musicians from Galicia (Spain) Players of Galician bagpipes Living people Spanish women musicians 20th-century Spanish musicians 20th-century women musicians 21st-century Spanish musicians 21st-century women musicians Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu alumni Sunnyside Records artists Castelao Medal recipients Galician traditional music groups 20th-century Spanish women

Music career

Discography

As leader

See also

References

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