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BIOGRAPHY

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.
Photo by Anxo Cabada

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)



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)


 
Photo by Anxo Cabada