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Since 2005, the Grade 4 Sons of Scotland Pipe Band of Ottawa have performed regularly for Queen Elizabeth at Balmoral, the royal family’s summer estate in Deeside in the northeast of Scotland. And the band will play at Balmoral for the fifth time on Wednesday, August 17th, in honour of […]
Piping Live! Closing Concert: Fred Morrison Trio with Paddy Keenan National Piping Centre Via live-stream 7:30 pm GMT, August 14, 2022 Reviewed by Iain MacDonald It’s a rare occasion when you can catch Fred Morrison and Paddy Keenan on the same stage. Demand was high for tickets and the show […]
Glasgow – August 13, 2022 – After two days of stressful competition under scorching sunny and hot conditions for Glasgow, Field Marshal Montgomery of Northern Ireland were crowned World Pipe Band Champions with the best combined results over four separate events – two Medleys and two MSRs – one of […]
After missing the last two years due to the pandemic, the World Pipe Band Championships returned to Glasgow Green in spectacularly warm, sunny and parched conditions. Sales of sun cream and tanning lotion were brisk, as temperatures soared (for Glasgow) to 29°C with many of the 14 Grade 1 bands […]
Glasgow – August 11, 2022 – Luke Kennedy of Dundee, Scotland, emerged the winner of the 2022 Pipe Idol solo piping competition for young pipers from around the world. Kennedy qualified for the final along with Bobby Allen, Glasgow; Australia’s David Stulpner; and Jamie Brownlie, Lanark, Scotland, after each were […]
We continue our Piping Live! Photo Feature series with a selection of images from Thursday, August 11th, captured by photographer Alister Sinclair of Crieff, Scotland. Just click the pics for a full-size image. We hope you have enjoyed our series of exclusive images from and around the 2022 Piping Live! […]
Ballater, Scotland – August 11, 2022 – Xavier Boderiou of Landrevarzec, Brittany, was the overall winner at the Ballater Highland Games in lush Royal Deeside, where a total of nine competed in extraordinarily hot and sunny 29°C weather. Piobaireachd 1st Brian Lamond, Dunfermline, Scotland 2nd Xavier Boderiou 3rd Angus MacPhee, […]
Glasgow – August 11, 2022 – The eighteenth running of the Pipe-Major Alasdair Gillies Memorial Recital-Challenge, the event that inspired the Piping Live! festival, returned to the 400-seat Strathclyde Suite of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and, ultimately, the five “covert” judges picked Matt MacIsaac of Aurora, Ontario, as the […]
For those from places like Florida, Texas, and Ontario, competing in intense heat is just part of the regular game. The thermometer hitting 27°C (80°F) suggests perfect conditions. But for those in the UK, that’s positively roasting. The city of Glasgow has had a week of spectacularly sunny and warm […]
We continue our Piping Live! Photo Feature series with a selection of images from Wednesday, August 10th, captured by Alister Sinclair. Although the Inveraray & District Pre-World’s concert, “A Night in That Land,” at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is not strictly speaking an official part of the festival, it’s […]
By Iain MacDonald One of the great things about Piping Live! – and something that has been a feature throughout the history of the festival – is the diversity of musical experiences on offer. There is always something new or different on offer, as well as the tried and true, […]
Legendary lead-drummer Gordon Brown of the Grade 1 Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia will retire after the 2022 World Pipe Band Championships, concluding an illustrious competing career that has spanned more than five decades. Longtime pupil and rising star on the world pipe band drumming scene, Kerr McQuillan, will […]
“A Night in That Land” Inveraray & District Glasgow Royal Concert Hall August 10, 2022 Reviewed by John Cairns The annual pre-World’s concert at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall has become one of the highlights for every piper, drummer, and enthusiast who is in Glasgow for the World Pipe Band […]
Connor Sinclair Piping Live! 2022 Lunchtime Recital National Piping Centre 1-2 pm, August 10, 2022 Reviewed by Neil Nicholson I’d call Connor Sinclair’s Piping Live! Lunchtime Recital, “Fingers and Music.” The Crieff-based piper’s musical and technical prowess was on show for the almost an hour, offering some respite from the […]
Donald MacPherson: A Celebration National Piping Centre August 10, 2022 The 100th birth-year of Donald MacPherson, one of the greatest Highland pipers in history, was celebrated before a small gathering in the centre’s auditorium at the National Piping Centre and online. The event was hosted by MacPherson’s long-time pupil and […]
Piping Live! is back in full force and that means our favourite Scottish photographer Alister Sinclair is out there each day capturing the festival for you. We asked Alister if he’d like to share with us his favourite images from each day, so here are pics from Tuesday, August 9th, […]