Rodrigo Joglar
Asturian bagpipes tutor
I was born in Xixón in 1988 and started playing music at the age of 10. I began to play bagpipes under the tuition of Juan Carlos Varela to go shortly after to Pedro Pangua’s classes at the Escuela Municipal de Música de Llanera. A while after, I also began to learn diatonic accordion with Xuan Nel Expósito and continued my studies at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Uviéu, where I was part of the first class of the Professional Bagpipe Degree. In addition to that, I have a degree in Pedagogy and a Master’s degree in Socio-educational Intervention and Research at the University of Uviéu.
Musical career
Since 2000 I have partaken and collaborated with countless groups, musical groups, pipe bands, and folk groups. I am currently co-director of LaKadarma, a group that works on the arranging possibilities of the Asturian bagpipes. I played or collaborated, among others, with the following groups and artists: Verdasca, Rubén Bada, Elías García and Andrea Joglar, Fonte Fuécara, La Raitana, Ribeseya and Villa y Condáu de Noreña pipe bands, Rodrigo Cuevas, Felpeyu, ¿Aú? , Llan de Cubel, Tarna, Desakato, Xera, Anabel Santiago, Teatru Margen, Xeitu, Caldo y Os Rabizos, Héctor Braga, JOEMPA, AICA, Orquesta de Cámara del Conservatorio del Nalón, La Banda Latira or Cerezal.
Bands
Currently, in addition to performing as a solo bagpiper, I play in the bands Loína, Urso Dakoff, La Banda… Latira! and I co-direct LaKadarma.
Teaching
I have been professionally teaching traditional music since 2012, mainly in the field of Asturian bagpipes, although I also teach traditional percussion and diatonic accordion classes.
I worked at:
- Escuela Municipal de Música de Nava
- Escuela de Música y Danza Tradicional Villa de Xixón
- Escuela de Música Molín del Sutu
I currently teach at:
- Escuela de Música y Danza Popular de Noreña
- Escuela de Música Tradicional LaKadarma (L’Infiestu, Piloña)
- TradiGaita online school
- EMTO online school
as well as different face-to-face and online private classes.