Iberian musicians

Here are some Iberian musicians that we (Lisbon/Telheiras) have come across who can play Scottish music:

 (1) Tambaron (Madrid). Ceilidh music, ceilidh calling.  Sample video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL9F4FL6JXs The contact is Hamish at nascballads (a) gmail.com. They also now have a website  https://tambaron.weebly.com/ 

(2) Tomás Gonçalves (fiddle) and Benoît Gibson (piano)  (based in Lisbon area)  - Duo who play Scottish country dance music. Contact tomasgoncalves@sapo.pt  You can get a good impression of their music from this series of videos made by Martina Mueller-Franz at the 2025 Lisbon February weekend, where they were the musicians for both classes and balls  https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk2mmmnIvouXZQu-OFnfKiMcg_y4w9Cgb&si=HnbXhvprL9X5GK4g  This video has particularly exciting music  https://youtu.be/6_PYzhy-WXs?feature=shared 

(3) Dois ao Quadrado (Oporto). Very versatile musicians, who claim to play “any type of music, anywhere”! João plays fiddle and Abel plays guitar. Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/2quadrado  Contact João Lopes, johnloopx (a) gmail.com

 (4) McMaravel (Lisbon). Unfortunately this band of five musicians is not currently active, but it played music for Scottish country dancing. Sample video https://youtu.be/V5UWY6FayuI 

 (5) Scottish Piper (Lisbon). Gonçalo Marques, contact marquesgoncalo (a) gmail.com