The project “The Network of European Bagpipers” is being implemented under the Erasmus + program, in which representatives of 6 countries (bagpiper performers, masters and researchers) are united. The project is two years long and its goal is to promote a specific part of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) – the tradition of making and playing bagpipes.

Within the framework of the project, the representatives of the Polyphonic Research Center and the bagpiper player Murad Tavartkiladze participated in the training events held in Slovakia. Project participants from six partner countries (Georgia, Croatia, Spain, Italy, Belarus and Latvia) got acquainted with the Slovak bagpipes and other traditional musical instruments common in Slovakia, as well as training meetings on intangible and tangible cultural heritage. Within the framework of the project, we met the masters of traditional instruments, got acquainted with the technology of making Slovak Bagpipes and the traditions of performing it.

The project is ongoing, which involves visiting the representatives of all six countries, promoting the tradition of making and playing the bagpipes. The last visit of the project to Spain is planned in June of this year.