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

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and tin whistle 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 fame. In 2011, he published a flute technique book, "An Fheadóg Mhór: Irish Traditional Flute Technique".

Discography

''The Top of Coom'' Claddagh 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