DonalWe are delighted to announce that we will be taking part in the Cork Folk Festival again this year. We will have a fine display of uilleann piping from 3 great pipers in The Roundy on Sunday October 6 at 3pm: Blackie O’Connell, Eoin O Briain and Simon Pfisterer. See below for further details for what promises to be a fantastic afternoon of piping. Entry is €10 on the door.
Michael (Blackie) O’Connell
Lives in Ennis and nowadays ranks as one of Ireland’s most outstanding uilleann pipers, with an exuberant & fast-flowing performance style. He also fits in a teaching / tutoring role at the University of Limerick’s Irish World Academy of Music & Dance. Both of the following two performers are past pupils of his.
Eoin Ó Briain
Hails from Cullen, Co. Cork. Later when his family settled in Killarney, Co. Kerry he began attending tin whistle lessons with Pádraig Moynihan. In recent years Eoin has taken up the pipes. He currently attends the University of Limerick where he is studying for his Master’s Degree in Irish Traditional Music Performance – (for part of which he has researched the life and times of the late Jim Dowling, in whose honour an annual Uilleann Pipe & Trad Festival is held in Glengarriff.)
Simon Pfisterer
Originally from Bavaria in Germany, Simon started to play various kinds of bagpipes from the age of 8 before falling in love in 2011 with Irish music & especially with Uilleann Pipes. He is currently studying uilleann piping in the BA programme at UL under the tuition of Blackie and various guest tutors. Simon has been performing with his bands, projects and as a solo artist at festivals & concerts throughout Europe, in China and in the United States. You can listen to samples of his piping on his Youtube channel.
Le cabhair ó Comhairle Cathrach Chorcaí. This concert is part funded by the Cork City Council Arts Office who support us each year.