Cristina Pato

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Cristina Pato (born in 1980 in Ourense, Spain) is a bagpiper.

The first female Galician bagpiper who recorded a solo CD in Spain, she has released three CDs as a solo bagpiper and collaborated in international tours with bands such as The Chieftains, Hevia, Royal Pipe Band, Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, Galicia Symphony Orchestra and in more than twenty recordings as a guest artist.

She has given more than 400 concerts in Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom (Celtic Connections 2004, Glasgow), France, Italy (Etnofestival, San Marino 2002), Germany (Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Berlin 2003), Mexico (Palacio de Bellas Artes 2004), many of them recorded and broadcasted by television stations such as BBC, TVG and TVE.