The Bagpipe Society

A Meeting with Rudi Lughofer

A little over a year ago, I was asked to interview Austrian bagpipe legend Rudi Lughofer in his hometown of Kremsmünster, Upper Austria. A bit nervous, I entered the “Hofschmiedhaus”, the house of Rudi and his family. Together with fellow piper, Michael Peter Vereno, and film-maker, Hubert Sielecki, we carried out a film interview with the man who became a main figure in the revival of Bohemian Bagpipes (Bock) in Austria and Bavaria.

...

Member only article

Members have exclusive access to the most recent two years of articles, and can download PDFs of Chanter editions. To read the whole of this article, please join the Bagpipe Society or sign in.