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Conal Ó Gráda

February 24, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Born in Cork in 1961, Conal Ó Gráda has long been at the forefront of traditional Irish flute-playing and truly has one of its most distinctive sounds. A multiple All Ireland winner in his youth, Conal’s debut recording ‘The Top of Coom’ in 1990 is still regarded as a seminal recording of flute-playing. Conal takes the basic elements of traditional music and forges them into a personal style which, once heard is unforgettable. His fast, rhythmically precise flute-playing has an earthy raucous tone reminiscent of the saxophone and is driven by a spirit from the true heart of traditional music. Conal has played, toured and recorded with many of the music’s leading exponents and his long overdue second recording ’Cnoc Buí’ was released in 2008. Conal is a very experienced teacher and published a book on flute-playing in 2012 entitled An Fheadóg Mhór…Irish Traditional Flute Technique to huge critical acclaim.

Conal
Ó Gráda

Instructor – Flute

2012

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