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Antón Davila was born in Beluso, Pontevedra
County, Galicia (Spain) in 1974. He started playing the Galician
pipes at the age of 7. When he first played with the pipe band “Novos
Ventos”, he toured all over Galicia as well as the
great cities in Spain.
In 1990 he left the pipe band and he entered the
Music School to learn to play the piano. He also attended some master-classes
conducted by well-known pipers.
In 1997 he travelled to Dublin
to immerse himself in Irish music. During this period he learned
to play the Irish pipes in the headquarters of Na Píobairí
Uilleann (The Society of Uilleann Pipers). For the following 2 years
he developed and cultivated his Uilleann and Galician piping at
many renowed music venues.
In March 1998, under the direction of “Els
Comediants” (the famous Catalonian company) he was
invited to play at the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin.
In August 1998, he was chosen to represent Galicia
in the “MacAllan” solo pipes championship
at the Lorient Festival in Brittany. While he also
played with the Simphonic Orchestra of Brittany.
In September 1998, he toured with the Irish band
“The Big Jigs” in Holland, Denmark
and Sweden.
In January 1999, he was invited to play at the
“Celtic Connections” festival in Glasgow.
At the Royal Concert Hall he performed the orchestral piece “L’Epopèe
Celtique” by the Scottish composer Eddie McGuire, sharing
the stage with more than 160 musicians from Scotland, Brittany,
Wales, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
In March 1999 while touring in Ireland he was invited
by the Cork University to give a master-class on
Galician music.
In November2000 he performed at a Sardinian
International Piping Festival, “The Tumbus Festival”.
In April 2001 and 2003 he was invited to perform
on Shennaghys Jiu festival in the Isle of Man.
For the last 3 years he has worked as a regular
teacher of Galician pipes for Galician immigrants all over Europe
and America and at present he’s a member of the bands ARAN,
BELADONA and CELTAS CORTOS and
olso a documentaries soundtrack composer and studio musician.
RECORDINGS:
•Novos Ventos (1984)
•The Big Jigs "Unreel" (1998)
•Tumbus (2000)
•Irtio "Mar de Pedra" (2002)
•Punto
Omega "Punto Omega" (2004)
•MacFéck "Save the Dragon" (2004)
•Aran "GalÉire" (2004)
•Celtas Cortos "Celtificado" (2004)
•Los
Suaves "El Jardín de las Delicias" (2005)
•El Sueño de Morfeo "1+1 son 7" (2004)
•Celtas Cortos "20 Soplando Versos" (2006)
•BSO Película CARS (2006)
•BSO Spot Mundial de futbol 2006 (2006)
•BSO Spot Asturias Paraíso Natural (2006)
•El Sueño de Morfeo "Nos Vemos en el Camino" (2007)
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DOCUMENTARIES:
•Terras de Merlín (TVG, 2002)
•Muiños Tradicionais en Pontevedra (2003)
•Amelia de Terra de Montes ( 2004-2005)
•Valle-Inclán, O Tempo de Vilanova (2005)
•Petroglifos, Testemuñas do Tempo (2006)
•A Muiñada do Salnés (2007)
•Julio Camba, Crónica dunha Vida (2007)
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