Brìghde Chaimbeul
Brìghde Chaimbeul | |
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| Born | 1998 (age 25–26)[1] |
| Origin | Sleat, Isle of Skye, Scotland |
| Instrument(s) | Great Highland bagpipe, Scottish smallpipes |
| Website | www |
Brìghde Chaimbeul (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation:
Life
Chaimbeul was born in 1998 and brought up in Sleat on the Isle of Skye, and is a native Gaelic speaker.[2]
She learned the fiddle and piano before taking up the pipes at the age of seven, having been inspired to learn the pipes after hearing Rona Lightfoot at the age of four.[3] She received tuition from Niall Stewart, and competed successfully in solo competitions on the Great Highland bagpipe from a young age.[4]
Along with her four siblings, she attended St Mary's Music School in Edinburgh, where she received tuition from Iain Speirs.[5][6][7]
In 2014, Chaimbeul took up the Scottish smallpipes being gifted a set of pipes by Hamish Moore, and received tuition on the smallpipes from his son Fin Moore.[5][8][1] A bursary from the
Chaimbeul won the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2016, and the "Horizon Award" in the 2019 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.[2][3] Her debut album The Reeling was recorded in 2019 in the
Her older sisters Màiri and Steaphanaidh are
Discography
- The Reeling (2019)
- Las (2021), with Ross Ainslieand Steven Byrnes
- Carry Them With Us (2023), featuring Colin Stetson
References
- ^ ISSN 1352-3848. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d Buchanan, John D. "Brìghde Chaimbeul – Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "About Brìghde". Brìghde Chaimbeul. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ Anderson, Euan (1 May 2016). "Bruce addresses Oban, wins battle". pipes|drums. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ Hands Up for Trad. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Brighde Chaimbeul makes BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award final". Edinburgh Evening News. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "12-year-old makes it talented trio of sisters hitting high notes at music school". The Scotsman. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2020 – via PressReader.
- ^ "Brìghde Chaimbeul with Aidan O'Rourke". Kings Place. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ Rogers, Jude (8 February 2019). "Brìghde Chaimbeul: The Reeling review – ancient gothic drones". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ Dazed (7 March 2023). "Bagpipe bliss: meet the musician playing pipe on Caroline Polachek's album". Dazed. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Tour". Brìghde Chaimbeul. Retrieved 1 February 2021.