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cillian playing the uilleann pipes during a lúnasa concert http://www.cillianvallely.com non_vocal_instrumentalist uilleann pipes , flutes , tin whistles irish traditional photo concert le 25 juillet - 004.jpg - festival de cornouaille 2013 - lúnasa en cillian vallely
 cillian vallely
cillian vallely

cillian vallely is an irish musician , born in armagh , northern ireland .
he plays traditional irish music on the uilleann pipes and low whistle , and studied at the armagh pipers club with his mother and father , brian and eithne , and then with the late armagh piper mark donnelly .
his brothers , niall and caoimhín , also play traditional music .
since 1999 , he has been a member of the band lúnasa , with whom he has recorded 7 albums .
he has also performed and toured with riverdance , natalie merchant , tim o'brien & mary chapin-carpenter in the crossing , new york-based whirligig , and the celtic jazz collective with lewis nash and peter washington .
in the past couple of years , he has worked on various collaborations between traditional and classical music , along with his brother niall and the composer micheal o'suilleabhain he has recorded on over 40 albums including callan bridge with his brother niall , on common ground with kevin crawford and various guest spots with natalie merchant , alan simon 's excalibur project with fairport convention and moody blues , gaia with the prague philharmonic orchestra , and singer karan casey .
he has recently recorded on two movie soundtracks , irish jam and the golden boys and played uilleann pipes on the bbc 's flight of the earls soundtrack .
in january 2014 , he played uilleann pipes , low whistle and tin whistle on the bruce springsteen album `` high hopes '' , an album topped the charts in 14 different countries .
