MP3 Kieran O´Hare - Kieran O´Hare

The acclaimed debut recording of the highly-respected American born piper: classic uilleann piping on a riveting selection of traditional music.

12 MP3 Songs
WORLD: Celtic, FOLK: Traditional Folk



Details:
Kieran O'Hare: uilleann pipes, tinwhistles
John Doyle: guitars, bouzouki
Liz Knowles: fiddle
Jesse Smith: fiddle
John Williams: concertina

Kieran OâHare is a highly respected and sought after performer on the uilleann pipes, concert flute, and tinwhistle. He was born into a musical Irish-American family, and he began to play at home while in his early teens. Kieran moved to Dublin, Ireland, in 1991, where he received a degree in Modern History from Trinity College, Dublin. He now resides in Chicago with his wife, the fiddler Liz Knowles.

In 1994, Kieran received the honor of being the first American-born player of Irish music invited to perform in the annual âAce and Deuce of Pipingâ concert, held in Irelandâs National Concert Hall. Since then, he has made countless appearances at festivals and concerts in North America, Japan, and Europe. Among the many artists with whom Kieran has performed, toured or recorded are Mick Moloney and The Greenfields of America; Chicago fiddler Liz Carroll; Cape Breton fiddlers Jerry Holland and JP Cormier; Canadian singers Dave Gunning and Gordie Sampson; Irish vocalists Danny Doyle and Niamh Parsons; Celtic and early music performers Ensemble Galilei; the Trinity Irish Dance Company; the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; Bonnie Raitt; The Paul Winter Consort; Josh Groban and Don Henley. Kieran also has worked extensively in designing music for the stage, and was the featured piper for Seamus Eganâs score for the Irish dance show âDancing on Dangerous Groundâ which premiered in 2000 in Londonâs West End. In 2002, Kieran appeared in a musical role in the Sam Mendes film Road to Perdition.

Kieran has a reputation as an outstanding teacher of Irish music, beginning with the years he spent as a teacher of the pipes in Na Piobairi Uilleann, The Pipersâ Club. Since then, Kieranâs reputation as a teacher of Irish music has grown, leading to stints at the Willie Clancy Summer School, The Swannanoa Gathering, the Catskills Irish Arts Week, The Augusta Heritage Festival, and at various pipersâ tionols and musical gatherings around the country.