In her career as an educator, Cristina has developed her own path to use the arts as a collaborative bridge between the humanities and the sciences in academic institutions. With Silkroad she has also served as Learning Advisor (2014-2019) collaborating closely in planning residencies and learning activities, including the multi-year partnership with Harvard University, serving also as faculty member for The Arts and Passion-Driven Learning Summer Institute for artists and educators, designed in collaboration with the Harvard Graduate School of Education. With the Silkroad Ensemble (2006-2020) she has toured China, Korea, Australia, United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Europe and the USA, performing in iconic stages such as Carnegie Hall, Hollywood Bowl or China’s National Center for the Performing Arts. Apart from commissioning more than a dozen works for Galician bagpipe and different ensembles, including the concerto for Gaita and orchestra “Widows of the Living and of the Dead” composed by Octavio Vázquez and recorded by Real Filharmonía de Galicia in 2018 (Odradek Records, 2021).Ĭristina has collaborated with Silkroad, the organization founded by Yo-Yo Ma, since 2006. Cristina’s unique and powerful style has been acclaimed in numerous occasions by The New York Times and praised by The Wall Street Journal and Downbeat Magazine.ĭuring her prolific career as a performer, she led the Cristina Pato QUARTET (USA), the Cristina Pato GALICIAN TRIO (Europe), and co-created the SOAS Duet (with singer Rosa Cedrón) and the Invisible(s) Project (with Mazz Swift).
Since 1999, her musical and cultural interests lead her to collaborate with world music, jazz, classical and experimental artists, including her mentor Yo-Yo Ma, Chicago Symphony and New York Philharmonic, Osvaldo Golijov, Arturo O’Farrill, and dancers Damian Woetzel and Lil’ Buck. She has also collaborated as a guest artist on various albums, including the Grammy Award winners Yo-Yo Ma and Friends: Songs of Joy and Peace (SONY BMG 2008) and Sing me Home: Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble (SONY Masterworks, 2016), the jazz album (Miles Davis tribute) Miles Español: New Sketches of Spain (Entertainment One Music, 2011), and the documentary film The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble (HBO, 2015), directed by Morgan Neville.
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During her professional career as a musician, Cristina Pato has published six gaita recordings and two as a pianist.
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