TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS
PRESENTS

CRISTINA PATO
AND THE MIGRATIONS BAND

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2012, 8:00 P.M.
AT BASS CONCERT HALL

Presented in partnership with KUT Music

“Ms. Pato’s sound is unlike any bagpipe playing you’ve heard: imagine the timbres of an oboe, a metal-ready electric guitar, and a screaming trumpet rolled into a single, virtuosic burst of energy” – The New York Times

After a 2011 show-stealing performance as the green-haired member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, Cristina Pato returns to the Bass Concert Stage with her Migrations Band. Hailed by the BBC as “the Galician bagpipe diva,” Pato’s astounding command of the instrument known as a Gaita has made her an in-demand musical powerhouse. Renowned for her dramatic performances, Pato fuses influences of Sephardic, Latin, jazz, pop, and contemporary music to create a sound and vision that is energetic, flamboyant, and virtuosic.

In 1998, Cristina Pato became the first female Gaita player to release a solo album, and has since collaborated with some of the biggest names in world, jazz, classical, and experimental music, including The Chicago Symphony, Yo-Yo Ma, The Chieftains, and the Royal Pipe Band. Ms. Pato produced and composed the soundtrack for the Spanish film El Hombre de Arena (Sony Pictures, Iroko Films, Spain).

For more information on this performance, please visit: http://texasperformingarts.org/season/cristina-pato-migrations-band-aust....

CALENDAR LISTING

Saturday, December 1, 2012, 8:00 p.m. –Texas Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Austin presents Cristina Pato and the Migrations Band at Bass Concert Hall (2350 Robert Dedman Dr.; E. 23rd St. and Robert Dedman Dr) A map of the campus: texasperformingarts.org/visit/maps_directions. Tickets ($32.00 / Limited $10 student tickets / discounted tickets available for UT faculty & staff, seniors and Military) are on sale now at authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at www.TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO.

CALENDAR LISTING:

Thursday, November 29, 2012, 8:00 pm –Texas Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Austin presents the Glenn Kotche & Darin Gray: On Fillmore at the McCullough Theatre (2375 Robert Dedman Dr.) A map of the campus: texasperformingarts.org/visit/maps_directions. Tickets ($32 / Limited $10 student tickets / discounted tickets available for UT faculty & staff, seniors and Military) are on sale now at authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at www.TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO.

PRESS CONTACT:
Gene Bartholomew; 512.471.0632;
gbartholomew@TexasPerformingArts.org