Abraham Cupeiro
Instrument builder & multi-instrumentalist
The instrument-maker and multi-instrumentalist Abraham Cupeiro specializes in historical instruments. He is known for rediscovering forgotten instruments and integrating them into new musical contexts. His classical trumpet training contrasts with his wide-ranging activities in the fields of folk, jazz and early music.
He is one of the few performers of the carnyx, a Celtic trumpet from the Iron Age. He has also revived the Galician corna, a traditional instrument played by his grandfather, which is depicted in the illuminations of Alfonso X.
His passion for organology has led him to establish a collection of more than 200 instruments, which he has presented in the performance Resonando en el Pasado.
He has performed with renowned national and international orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, the Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, the Orchestre National de Bretagne, the Kymi Sinfonietta and the Vaasa City Orchestra.
He was invited by the violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja to participate in her project Les Adieux.
His discography includes the recordings Os Sons Esquecidos (2017), Pangea (2020), Mythos (2024) and his most recent album Loira (2025), which is dedicated to forgotten works. He contributed to the major Netflix productions Our Planet (2023), directed by Steven Spielberg, and Mary (2024), a biblical thriller starring Anthony Hopkins, in which he played 25 different instruments. In cinema he has worked with Ridley Scott on Gladiator II and composed the soundtrack for Ignacio Vilar’s María Solinha. He is also involved with Hans Zimmer’s production company 14th Street Music.
Abraham Cupeiro’s diverse activities extend to scientific outreach projects such as Neuston Experiment 3 and work on fashion shows with Adolfo Domínguez.
He studied trumpet at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música in Madrid and received a Master’s degree in Early Music from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.