Ross Ainslie

Ross Ainslie (born 1983) is a Scottish traditional musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist. He plays highland pipes, smallpipes, border pipes, whistles and cittern, and is known for incorporating global influences including jazz, rock and Indian classical music into Scottish traditional music. Ainslie is a founding member of the Celtic fusion group Treacherous Orchestra and a member of Salsa Celtica. He frequently collaborates with fellow piper Ali Hutton, with whom he won Best Duo at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2017. As a solo artist, he has released five albums exploring personal and philosophical themes. He is a lecturer in bagpipes at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

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