10/24/2024
7:30 pm
Location
The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
86 Townsend Avenue
Boothbay Harbor
Event Type
Galician Piper Extraordinaire! He plays the gaita, the traditional Galician bagpipe, Galician flute, ocarina, Irish flute, whistle and low whistle. Honestly, we never thought we’d be able to bring Carlos back to our stage. He last played at the Opera House before the pandemic, and since then travel and visas have been especially challenging for European performers interested in touring the US. We are thrilled to announce the return of this beautiful act with his band – Jon Pilatzke, Pancho Alvarez and Xurxo Nunez. Don’t miss this concert!
Carlos Núñez is one of the world’s top bagpipers and an internationally acclaimed headliner on the Celtic/World Music scene. As a teenager he was discovered by Irish legends The Chieftains in his native Galicia, the Celtic region in North West Spain. He even became a honorary member of the band and they recorded a Grammy Award winning CD together, “Santiago”. SONY MUSIC has released his 12 albums to
date, that have sold 1 million copies since his debut in 1996, accumulating several Platinum and Gold CDs and DVDs, as well as 2 Latin Grammy nominations. They feature a wide variety of artists such as The Chieftains, Ry Cooder, Jackson Browne, and many more. He is classically trained on the recorder and plays with orchestras around the world, having performed at Carnegie Hall, Boston Symphony Hall, Musikverein in Vienna and the Royal Albert Hall in London. According to the BBC, “Carlos Núñez is one of the world’s most exciting, and most serious, musicians.”
If you’ve heard Carlos before, you are already eager to have tickets in hand. If you’ve never heard him, prepare yourself – he is a force of humanity to be delightfully reckoned with! Advance discount tickets $30, available only from the box office at 207-633-5159 (open Wed – Fri from 10-2). Regular tickets $35 online
at boothbayoperahouse.com, and on the day of show if available.
