There will be performance from Allan MacDonald, alongside his hand-picked band of Iain MacFarlane, Finlay MacDonald and Ali Hutton with a guest appearance from Uilleann Piper Leonard Barry.
Each of the six bands from across the world will send four of their best pipers to compete in this head-to-head challenge. The International Quartet Competition will feature six of the top Grade I pipe band quartets in the world, including the Simon Fraser University band and Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia. Annually a sell-out success, performances this year will come from Callum Beaumont, Finlay Johnston, Sarah Muir, Angus MacColl and Matt MacIsaac. The competition will pit five top pipers against each other as they take to the stage to perform a medley of their favourite tunes. The Pipe Major Alasdair Gillies Memorial Recital Challenge, Piping Live!’s flagship evening of solo piping, will make a welcome return this year. There will also be artists from Estonia – Est Pipes – Uilleann Piper Leonard Barry, and Hungarian duo Balázs Istvánfi & András Németh will perform their traditional-based contemporary modal music on bagpipe and hurdy-gurdy. Liana Sharifian, the first ever Iranian professional female piper and daughter of the legendary Mohsen Sharifian, will perform alongside her father as well as Habib Meftah. Piping Live! prides itself on being at the centre of the international piping community and year on year it extends a hand of musical friendship to artists and audiences across the world. Since then they have gone on to tour the world and this summer the band will headline the very festival that launched their career over a decade ago.
RURA started their journey as a band 12 years ago as one of the “emerging talent” groups at Piping Live!’s Street Café. The headline event of this year’s Piping Live! will take place at the Old Fruitmarket with the multi award-winning folk band RURA, alongside the hugely talented multi-instrumentalist Ross Ainslie and winner of the 2019 BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award and 2016 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk award, Brìghde Chaimbeul. The Piping Live! team, with thanks to their funding supporters Glasgow Life and EventScotland, have put together an eclectic and varied programme, including world-class performances, music sessions, recitals, talks, competitions, book launches, workshops and so much more. Now in its 19th year, the festival annually attracts over 30,000 attendees to Glasgow.
SCOTTISH BAGPIPE PLAYER FESTIVAL FULL
The world’s biggest piping festival celebrates its return to the full in-person programme for the first time since 2019, offering a blended showcase of in-person gigs and online events, so both local and international audiences can enjoy the array of world-class performances. Listed Under Music Events / Days Out Events / Family and Kids Events / Nights Out Events / Summer Holiday Events
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