Carlos Núñez in Concert
Date/Time
October 10, 2024
7:30 pm
Event Registration Link
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Location
Mary Winspear Centre
2243 Beacon Ave, ,
Sidney,
Carlos Núñez is returning to BC in October.
Carlos Núñez is the undisputed master of Galicia’s signature musical instrument, the gaita, or Galician bagpipes. From northern Spain’s Celtic coast, Núñez connects the musical tradition of his native Galicia with that of Ireland, Scotland, Brittany and beyond.
Tickets $56.18
Child 12 and under $49.88
Group 4+ $49.88
Carlos Núñez is one of Galicia’s most revered artists, undisputed as the tradition’s greatest piper. Núñez started playing the gaita at the age of eight. He studied recorder and Baroque music at Madrid’s Royal Conservatory. At the age of 12, he performed at Brittany’s Festival InterCeltique. It was there he first heard The Chieftains. By the age of 17, he was touring with The Chieftains, and grew to earn the title, as bestowed on him by Paddy Moloney, head of the group as the “seventh Chieftain”.
The gaita is Galicia’s signature sonic symbol, dating back at least to the 11th century, and Carlos’s utter mastery of this bagpipe has been integral to its rising popularity inside and outside Spain. His ability in fingering the chanter to bend, extend, or cut notes, sustain and change tempos, explore harmonic nuances and tonal colors, and complement and counterpoint other musicians’ playing is nothing short of astonishing, and those musical hallmarks are not limited to his playing of the gaita.
Carlos’s instrumental arsenal also includes the ocarina, assorted whistles, Scottish highland pipes, uilleann pipes, bombarde (a variety of Breton oboe), biniou koz (Breton bagpipes) and pastoral pipes (18th-century precursor of the uilleann pipes). This impressive panoply of instruments provides Carlos and his audiences with a variety of textures matched to that of his repertoire.