The Bagpipe Society

Coronation of the Bagpipe Queen

Cätlin Mägi has featured in the pages of Chanter before, (The Estonian Torupill and In the Bag, Summer, 2015 (available online in the Chanter archive) and she is known as a talented and highly respected traditional musician.

However, her greatest contribution over the last 20 years has been restoring the once male-only centered world of Estonian bagpipes, which became extinct in 1960s during the 50 years of Soviet occupation in Estonia. Her latest project is the release of an album featuring 15 traditional Estonian bagpipe tunes which were originally recorded more than 100 years ago. Now these tunes have been arranged by Cätlin for a bagpipe ensemble featuring herself and six other female players.

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