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Ronan Browne as guest piperWe're happy to announce that Ronan Browne will be the guest piper at the 2009 Tionol of the Dutch Uilleann Pipers Club.At the tender age of seven, Ronan was told he was to play the uilleann pipes. Not knowing anyone else his age doing that at the time, he was quite surprised and not terribly enthusiastic. Over three decades later he is a very happy lad indeed. He has close friends the world over and have visited every continent except Antarctica - all thanks to a little bag of sticks, seven reeds and some very smart parents! He was taken under the various wings of the old masters who showed him quickly what was nice - and what wasn't! While his heart is most definitely set on playing old flat pitch uilleann pipes (often with Peter O'Loughlin), He love to throw himself headlong into anything new which comes along. He has been involved in over 75 album recordings since his first venture into the studio in 1982 and have collaborated with many top artists playing traditional Irish music, classical, pop, jazz and country. As well as playing pipes, flute and whistle, He makes up tunes for film and television all on his own, creating strange (and sometimes very loud) sounds on computers in his recording studio An Tubar Fuaime. His music has appeared in many Hollywood films including Circle of Friends, Rob Roy, The Secret of Roan Inish and The Gangs of New York. To non-musicians he is best known for my membership of the diminutive cult super-group CRAN and as the original piper with both Riverdance and the Afro Celt Sound System. He lives in Conamara in the west of Ireland in a lovely bright dry house with his partner, son and daughter, some small wild cats, a few foxes and pheasants, a huge heron and a herd of hares. It has recently been put about that he may be the tallest Leprechaun in the world, almost twice the height of Ireland's smallest piper! He likes to eat ice cream and to go flippering in the sea on hot days. Ronan Browne's website for more info The 24th annual Dutch Tionol will take place on the weekend of the 25th-27th of September.
The Dutch Uilleann Pipers Club welcomes anyone with an interest in the Uilleann pipes, players of any level, prospective players, and non-players alike. To become a member of NVUP simply send us an E-mail. If you want to participate in this year's Tionol please fill out the booking form. | |
Today is 11/3/2010
-166 days, to the Tionol! (25/09/2009) 24 years NVUP Tionols 1985 Eugene Lambe 1986 Nick Adams 1987 Neillidh Mulligan 1988 Nollaigh McCarthy 1989 Tommy Reck 1990 Alain Froment 1991 Ronan Browne 1992 Mick O'Brien 1993 Brian Gallagher 1994 Tommy Keane 1995 Kevin Rowsome 1996 Neillidh Mulligan 1997 Sean Talty (cancelled) 1998 Tommy McCarthy 1999 Brian MacNamara 2000 Leo Rickard 2001 Kevin Rowsome 2002 Mick O'Brien/Brian Vallely/Jarleth Henderson 2003 Johannes Schiefner 2004 Pat Broderick 2005 Mikey Smyth 2006 Brian Mac Aodha 2007 Tiarnán Ó Duinnchin 2008 Martin Nolan |
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