This is a list of bagpipers, organized by type of

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Historically notable bagpipers

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Daniel Laidlaw Daniel Logan Laidlaw VC (26 July 1875 – 2 June 1950), nicknamed "The Piper of Loos", was a Scottish soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awar ...

, (1875–1950), VC Piper to the Kings Own Scottish Borderers who received the

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during World War I, the highest award for gallantry that can be awarded to

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Bulgarian gaidars

Kostadin Varimezov Kostadin Varimezov ( bg, Костадин Варимезов) (1918, Rossenovo, Bulgaria-2002) was a famous Bulgarian bagpiper (gaidar). He was born in the village of Rossenovo, Burgas Province Burgas Province ( bg, Област Бургас, ...

Highland bagpipes

Northumbrian smallpipes

Scottish smallpipes

Fred Morrison Fred Morrison (born 1963 in Bishopton, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish musician and composer. He has performed professionally on the Great Highland Bagpipes, Scottish smallpipes, Border pipes, low whistle, Northumbrian Smallpipes and uilleann pipe ...

Iain MacInnes Iain MacInnes is a Scottish folk musician, currently working as the producer of the BBC Radio Scotland bagpipe music program ''Pipeline''. He was formerly presenter of that program, before taking a one-year sabbatical in 2002 to write a book on ...

Brìghde Chaimbeul Brìghde Chaimbeul (; born 1998) is a Scottish bagpipe player, who plays the traditional Great Highland bagpipe and the revived Scottish smallpipes. Life Chaimbeul was born in 1998 and brought up in Sleat on the Isle of Skye, and is a native ...

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Asturian bagpipers (gaiteros)

Hevia José Ángel Hevia Velasco, known professionally as Hevia (born October 11, 1967 in Villaviciosa, Asturias), is a Spanish bagpiper – specifically, an Asturian gaita player. He commonly performs with his sister, María José, on drums. I ...

Galician bagpipers (gaiteiros)

Anxo Lorenzo Anxo Lorenzo is a musician who plays the gaita, the traditional Galician bagpipe, from Moaña (Tirán), a small village on the Atlantic Coast of Galicia (Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Esc ...

Avelino Cachafeiro Avelino Cachafeiro Bugallo, called O Gaiteiro de Soutelo (May 26, 1899 – April 13, 1972) was a Galician musician, who played the gaita, the traditional Galician bagpipe. Cachafeiro also wrote poetry, painted, and owned businesses. In 1969, he pu ...

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Cristina Pato Cristina Pato Lorenzo (born August 17, 1980) is a Galician bagpiper, pianist and composer. She is a member of the Silk Road Ensemble led by Yo-Yo Ma and an educational adviser to the Silk Road Project. In 2017 she was collaborating with Harvard ...

Susana Seivane Susana Seivane (born 25 August 1976) is a Galician musician. She was born in Barcelona, Spain, into a family of well-known Galician luthiers and musicians, the Seivane family, whose workshop is the Obradoiro de Gaitas Seivane. She is influence ...

Swedish bagpipes

Anders Norudde Anders Norudde (born Anders Stake, 1960) is a Swedish folk musician, multi-instrumentalist, and luthier. After finishing school, Anders took a job at the ironworks in Degerfors, where, in his spare time, he practiced orienteering and played rock ...

* Olle Gällmo *

Per Gudmundson Per Gudmundson, born 1955, is a Swedish folk musician. He plays the fiddle and has also been instrumental in the revival of the Swedish bagpipes in Swedish folk music together with instrument maker Leif Eriksson.Canadian pipers in World War I Canadian pipers in World War I were soldiers who contributed to the First World War by playing the bagpipes as they marched the troops to the front. These men were often members of a pipe band, that chose to enlist at the outbreak of World War I ...

List of pipe bands A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. There are many such bands in the world, which play for ceremonial purposes, recreation, competition or all three. This list encompasses only notable pipe bands with their own W ...

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