Home Introduction About WS The bagpipe The launeddas Mouth organs
English French German Spanish
Countries
Thesaurus
Terminology
Hornpipes Launeddas Bladder pipes Bagpipes Mouth organs
Bagpipe parts Mouth organ parts
Persons Ensembles
All By Country
Books, &c. Dictionaries &c. Magazines & series Gramophone records Personal communication
All Museums (only) Festivals (only) Organisations (only) Websites only
Reviews, &c. Various
Contact

Lai, Luigi

*1932

piper (&c.) mentioned by name

Born in San Vito (Sarrabus area, prov. Cagliari); Having started to play the Launeddas when 8 years old, he was a pupil of Antonio Lara; After a 15 year residence in Switzerland, during which he even studied piano and saxophone at the Music Academy in Zurich, he returned to San Vito; Internationally the most famous living Launeddas player, he still holds this "rank" in 2018…; A relative of Benigno and/or Giovanni?; NB¹: In Sardu [Sardinian] he is officially called Maistu [Maestro] Luisu Lai; NB²: ➺ Gianfranco Meloni, and Fabio Vargiolu; NB³: ➺ "Cuncordia a Launeddas" (Cagliari).

Instrument: Launeddas / Launeḍḍas / Launedda [sic]

Sources

Weis Bentzon, Andreas Fridolin: The launeddas: a Sardinian folk music instrument. Copenhagen, 1969, p.87, 88.

Lallai, Ermenegildo: Le launeddas tra scrittori e viaggiatori. In: Launeddas: l’anima di un popolo (1997), p.38 & passim.

Web

➺ sardinia.net (Launeddas players)
Recital "Le Salon de Musique" (Cagliari 2009)
Melody in a D minor plagal scale, with gypsy scale elements (ws)