John O'Brien (2)

Irish uilleann pipes & whistle player, primary school teacher, and whistle designer and maker. He has toured extensively in the U.S, Europe and Japan since his early teens and performed in venues from Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall in New York to The Apollo Theatre in London. He joined Riverdance - The Lagan Company in late 1997 before becoming the uilleann piper with Riverdance on Broadway in 2001. He has also featured as a solo artist on numerous commercial DVD recordings including Live at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, The Voice of Hope with Tommy Fleming and the platinum selling DVDs 'Celtic Woman' and 'Celtic Woman A New Journey'. His film and TV credits include the soundtrack Albert Nobbs, the RTÉ series 'The Island', the TV series 'Irish Tenors and Friends', plus various other programmes for RTÉ, BBC and UTV. He has performed at the National Theatre of Ireland and has played and recorded with a variety of international acts including Riverdance, Celtic Woman, Celtic Thunder, Heartbeat of Home, Anthony Kearns, The Irish Tenors, Dolly Parton, The Celtic Tenors, Nikola Parov, Ragús and Sessions from the Hearth. A versatile player, John is greatly in demand as a session musician working with David Hayes, Bill Whelan, Brian Byrne, Seamus Brett and the Irish Film Orchestra.