Allan Macdonald
Allan Macdonald is a musician who any piping enthusiasts will know of, and many consider to be peerless in the world of Piping/Gaelic music today. One of the three famous piping MacDonald brothers, Allan was raised in the isolated Gaelic- speaking community of Glenuig. He started piping when he was nine and went on to pursue a competitive career which included winning the Inverness Clasp on two occasions. He was taught first by Pipe Major John MacKenzie, Campbeltown and then piobaireachd by Bob Nicol, Ballater and Roddy MacDonald, South Uist.

He soon, however, became ambivalent towards the competitive discipline of piping and was at the forefront of efforts to introduce alternative styles of playing light music in the 1970s and 80s. In the more classical genre of Ceol Mor, he set out to explore the extent to which modern styles of piobaireachd playing differ from those of the early 18th century.

Currently teaching piping to the top young pipers at RSAMD, Allan's reputation as a Gaelic singer and composer/player of pipe music precedes him.

You can watch a video below & find out more about Allan here