Sunday, February 23, 2020

Bagpipes: Not just for Scotland anymore

The Gaita is the Spanish bagpipe that is used in Galacia.

Yuki Kojima has mastered the bagpipe

AMA, Aichi Prefecture--Yuki Kojima is justified in blowing his own horn, following his victory in a Spanish music festival while playing the "gaita" bagpipe and is now preparing for a tour of Spain. Kojima, 34, became the first Japanese gaita player in July to win the Festival de Ortigueira, a Celtic music festival, which has a competition for individual players...
Kojima started playing the bagpipe around the age of 20, when he was living in Tokyo. He was particularly attracted to the gaita. He first learned Scottish techniques for playing the instrument at a bagpipe teaching group in Tokyo. After a while, he ordered a gaita from a studio in Spain. While visiting the studio to pick up the instrument, he learned that there was a gaita teacher and took lessons from the teacher for about a month. 



and her his band is playing Irish music

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