Presenter - Robert Wallace
Robert Wallace was appointed Principal of the College of Piping, Glasgow and editor of the Piping Times in 1999. He is one of Scotland's leading professional pipers and has enjoyed a successful solo piping career.
Highlights include the Gold Medals at Oban (1985) and Inverness (1995), the Clasp at Inverness (1999) and the Former Winners March Strathspey and Reel at Oban (1985).
He achieved a notable double in 1989 when he won both the Bratach Gorm (Blue Banner) and Gillies Cup at the London Piping Championship, the first piper to achieve this since the famous R.U. Brown in 1962.
In 1998 he achieved a rare 'double' taking the Dunvegan Medal and then, later the same day, the Clasp at the Skye Gathering. In 1996 Robert captured the Bratach Gorm for the second time, and in 2005 the Gillies Cup.
After a period of time in Ireland where Charles spent many hours in radio stations promoting specific events that he was running, Charles returned to Scotland on St. Patrick’s Day 1992.
Robert, a member of the famous Whistlebinkies traditional Scottish folk music group, has appeared on the concert stage with the Scottish Ensemble, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the RSNO Chorus and, at the 1997 BBC Proms in the Albert Hall, London, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
Robert Wallace has wide experience as a teacher. As well as teaching some of our leading pipers at the College he has taught extensively throughout Europe, in North America, South Africa, Hong Kong and Australia.
You can hear Robert present the monthly ‘Piping Programme’ on Celtic Music Radio 1530AM and Online. See the programme schedule for further details.
The Piping Programme is a Radio Six International Production, Glasgow.
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