Cristina Pato & The Migrations Band to Return to Bass Concert Hall, 12/1

Texas Performing Arts to present, in partnership with KUT Music, Cristina Pato and the Migrations Band performing on Saturday, December 1st at 8:00 pm at Bass Concert Hall. 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-austin.

The Bass Concert Hall is located at 2350 Robert Dedman Dr.; E. 23rd St. and Robert Dedman Dr. For a map of the campus visit texasperformingarts.org/visit/maps_directions. Tickets are priced at $32.00 for general admission, Limited $10 student tickets, and discounted tickets available for UT faculty & staff, seniors and Military. All tickets 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.

Photo Credit: Robert Zimermann