A true modern-day troubadour, Carlos Nuñez is a flautist, singer and storyteller.
But above all he is a specialist in the gaïta, this Galician bagpipe, and his concerts are as much a musical as a historical journey.
Its audience lets itself be carried away, and with joy, on a walk through Celtic land.
We were lucky enough to see him at the incredible Palace of Catalan Music building in Barcelona, where he played to a packed house.
The evening begins in a very intimate way: Carlos Nuñez is alone on stage to tell us about the origins of this music, the incredible mix of different traditions that it embodies before one, then two, then twenty other “
ringers” join him.
”,
as they are called.
Spectators are captivated as much by the power of sound as by the bewitching power of the melodies.
Because if the rhythms and tunes sometimes seem repetitive, the emotions they arouse gain in intensity as the concert progresses.
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We are surprised to learn that his latest record was created following an order from the company Brittany Ferries, who wanted him to compose their anthem
Mare brittanicum
.
From this advertising adventure was born a whole symphony,
Celtic Sea,
Chez Artfolk,
where we sail happily from Wales to Scotland, from Galicia, the musician's native land, to Asturias and finally from Ireland to Normandy.
We go to music from Mont-Saint-Michel or Saint-Pol-de-Léon to Compostela.
At 52, this bard continues to nourish his passion and ours.