To recognise the wealth of international bagpipe music today, we have published a photo series taken at Piping Live!,The Glasgow International Piping Festival, from 2009 to 2019, featuring a wide variety of international bagpipes and musicians. Piping Live! will return this year from August 6 – 14. For all the most up to date info on the festival, please subscribe to the newsletter for email updates.
The National Piping Center is offering a flash sale of 10% off everything (except bagpipes, lessons and gift vouchers) for the whole day (March 10, 00:00 to 11:59). Visit thebagpipeshop.co.uk and grab yourself a bargain today!
•All photos ©JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news
Robyn Ada McKay at Piping Live! 2013 
Anna Rynefors of Swedish piping duo Dråm at Piping Live! 2019 
Maelann Hervé and Enora Morice at Piping Live! 2018 
Mladá Dudácká Muzika perform Czech folk music at Piping Live! 2017 
Jose Manuel Tejedor at Piping Live! 2014 
The LA Scots Pipe Band at Piping Live! 2011 
Paddy Keenan at Piping Live! 2014 
Sri Dasmesh Pipe Band from Malaysia at Piping Live! 2015 
Anxo Lorenzo at Piping Live! 2011 
The RSPBA international band’s parade at Piping Live! 2010 
A young Breton piper at Piping Live! 2012 
Mike Katz and Alisdair White of Battlefield Band at Piping Live! 2011 
The City of Washington Pipe Band at Piping Live! 2010 
Xeremiers de Sóller at Piping Live! 2013 
The RSPBA international band’s parade at Piping Live! 2011 
Piping Live! 2018 
Glasgow Skye Association Pipe Band at Piping Live! 2013 
Steven Bodénès and Sylvain Hamon at Piping Live! 2017 
Rubén Alba Garcia on Asturian pipes at Piping Live! 2019
Cätlin Mägi of Torupilli Jussi at Piping Live! 2017 
Brìghde Chaimbeul at Piping Live! 2016 
Portuguese trad music band Cornes, playing at the Piping Live! Street Cafe, 2009 
Asturian pipe Borja Baragaño at Piping Live! 2015 
Michael Vereno playing Austrian pipes at Piping Live! 2014 
Hamish Moore at Piping Live! 2013 
Franco Calanca of Le Pive nel Sacco at Piping Live! 2013 
Konogan An Habask at Piping Live! 2013 
Angus MacColl at Piping Live! 2013 
Pipe Major Ian K. MacDonald and Michael Grey with the Toronto Police Pipe Band at Piping Live! 2013 
Piping Live! 2011 
Cillian Vallely of Lúnasa at at Piping Live! 2011 
Ross Ainslie at Piping Live! 2010 
Pipe Major Bill Livingstone with the 78th Fraser Highlanders at Piping Live! 2010 
Xeremiers de Sóller at Piping Live! 2010 
Armagh Pipers’ Society at Piping Live! 2010 
Piero Ricci playing the Italian zampogna at Piping Live! 2015 
Portuguese trad music band Cornes, playing at the Piping Live! Street Cafe, 2009 
Piping Live! 2013 
The United Drones of Slovakia at Piping Live! 2016 
Matt MacIsaac and Mac Morin at Piping Live! 2016 
Uilleann piper, Jarlath Henderson at Piping Live! 2019 
Gael Rutowski of Duo Lagrange Rutkowski at Piping Live! 2016
