International Bagpipe Organisation

The International Bagpipe Organisation (IBO) was founded by Cassandre Balosso-Bardin in Autumn 2012, following the success of the First International Bagpipe Conference in March 2012.

The IBO has created a platform where bagpipe studies and music can be shared on an international level. Academic and non-academic studies of bagpipes have been carried out in many different parts of the world but the knowledge is often constrained to a geographical area. The IBO, with the organisation of a biennal International Bagpipe Conference, wishes to remedy this and bring the study of bagpipes to the world.

IBO COMMITTEE
Director: Cassandre Balosso-Bardin (FR/UK)
Secretary: Roger Landes (US)
Treasurer: Jan Debaillie (BE)
Editor: Arle Lommel (US)

Past Committee Members
David Faulkner (UK) 2017-2020

Logo Designer: Jaume Vich (Mallorca)

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE 2026
Dr. Roger Landes (Texas Tech University, USA)
Dr. Cassandre Balosso-Bardin (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Dr. Jean Pierre van Hees (Formerly Lemmens Instituut, Leuven, Belgium)
Dr. Anais Verhulst (Musical Instrument Museum of Brussels, Belgium)

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE 2026
​Musical Instrument Museum of Brussels
Leuven University
'T ey Muziekclub

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE 2024
Dr Michael Vereno
Dr Panayiotis League
Dr Roger Landes
Dr Cassandre Balosso-Bardin

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE 2024
Teodora Ignatova (BNBA)
Ivan Georgiev
Bulgarian National Bagpipe Association
Academy of Music, Dance, and Fine Art of Plovdiv

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE 2020
Dr Panayiotis League
Roger Landes
Dr Cassandre Balosso-Bardin

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE 2020
Roger Landes
Dr Panayiotis League

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE 2018
Dr Susana Moreno
Roger Landes
Dr Cassandre Balosso-Bardin

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE 2018
Càndid Trujillo
Toni Torrens
Cassandre Balosso-Bardin

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE 2016
Dr Susana Moreno
Dr Joshua Dixon
Dr Andy Letcher
Cassandre Balosso-Bardin

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE 2016
Cassandre Balosso-Bardin
James Beaton
National Piping Centre

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE 2014
Dr Jean Pierre Van Hees
Dr Andy Letcher
Cassandre Balosso-Bardin

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE 2014
Cassandre Balosso-Bardin
David Heath
Institute for Musical Research

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE 2012
Dr Andy Letcher
Cassandre Balosso-Bardin

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE 2012
Cassandre Balosso-Bardin
Dr Andy Letcher

CONTACT
Internationalbagpipeorganisation@gmail.com

FACEBOOK PAGE
www.facebook.com/InternationalBagpipeOrganisation

TWITTER
@IBO_Bagpipes

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