Conal Ó Gráda (born in Cork 1961) is an Irish

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

and

tin whistle The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, putting it in the same class as the recorder, Native American flute, and other woodwind instruments that meet such criteria. ...

player and teacher.

Career

Conal's debut recording ''The Top of Coom'' in 1990 is still regarded as a seminal recording of flute-playing. Conal has played, toured and recorded with many of the music's leading exponents and his second recording ''Cnoc Buí'' was released in 2008 to widespread critical acclaim. As well as playing regularly with fiddler Maeve Donnelly, Conal is also a member of the group Raw Bar Collective, along with Offaly fiddler Dave Sheridan and Benny McCarthy of

Danú Danú is an Irish traditional music band. The founding members of Danú (Donnchadh Gough, Dónal Clancy, Daire Bracken, and Benny McCarthy) met in Waterford in Ireland in 1994, and consolidated as a band after performing in the Festival Interc ...

fame.

Discography

''The Top of Coom''

Claddagh Claddagh () is an area close to the centre of Galway city, where the River Corrib meets Galway Bay. It was formerly a fishing village, just outside the old city walls. It is just across the river from the Spanish Arch, which was the location of ...

1990 ''Cnoc Buí'' 2008 ''An Bodhrán'' with Colm Murphy

References

External links

Official site
1961 births 20th-century Irish male musicians 21st-century Irish male musicians Irish male flautists Irish tin whistle players Musicians from County Cork Living people Claddagh Records artists 20th-century Irish flautists 21st-century Irish flautists {{flautist-stub