Carme López

Exploring what constitutes traditional music, the event begins with a performance by Carme López. A Galician artist, she has recently focused her projects on experimenting with new possibilities for the bagpipes, moving away from traditional contexts to create dense and unique soundscapes.

Originally from Galicia, Carme López is an artist, teacher and researcher of the oral tradition in Galician music. In her most recent projects, she has explored new sonic possibilities for the bagpipe, moving away from traditional contexts to create denser, more experimental soundscapes. Through this approach, she also proposes a critical reflection on the historical associations between the instrument and masculinity, affirming her own artistic language.
López has been part of musical groups such as Os Minhotos, Raiceira and the Orquestra Folclórica Galega Sondeseu, with whom she released several recordings and won prizes in various traditional music competitions for solo bagpipe, quartet and singing. Her recent releases as a solo artist include Quintela (2024), an experimental record featuring bagpipe, as well as Vinde todas (2024), her first album as Carmela, which brings together past and present to portray the vibrant reality of traditional music in Galicia.

Photography: Carolina Ribeiro