Thomas Zöller

Thomas Zöller (born 1977) is a German author and player of the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipes, border pipes, and smallpipes. Zöller is a member of the trio As a' Phìob (Out of the Pipes) along with Clemens Bieger and Michael Klevenhaus.[1]

Zöller was educated on a scholarship by the Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Hessian Ministry of Science and Art) and the Naspa-Stiftung (Naspa Foundation) for initiative and performance; he has been a professional bagpipe player since 1998. He appeared several times in the SWR Fernsehen television, and the daily news television program Tagesthemen.

Zöller is the first German to gain a Bachelor's degree in Scottish music ("piping degree") from the National Piping Centre of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland.

Published works

  • Lehrbuch für den mittelalterlichen Dudelsack: Die Sackpfeifen-Fibel. Verlag der Spielleute 2009, ISBN 978-3-927240-90-2

References

  1. ↑ Joshua Dickson (9 October 2009). The Highland bagpipe: music, history, tradition. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 241–. ISBN 978-0-7546-6669-1. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
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