Born and raised in Connel, Argyll, Andrew Dunlop is a musician and composer interested in exploring the relationships and juxtapositions of various genres and musical styles. Equally at home at a ceilidh or on the concert platform, he received his doctorate from the Eastman School of Music, in New York. He recently released this first duo Album, Dithis with his sister Joy and his first volume of piano arrangements and transcriptions of Gaelic songs and melodies entitled Scottish Piano.