Alasdair Fraser is a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 fiddle

Fiddle

The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...

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Fraser operates Culburnie Records

Culburnie Records

Culburnie Records is a California based record label specializing in Scottish traditional music, operated by Alasdair Fraser. Fraser, a Scottish fiddler, is also the most famous of their artists....

, and is a leading artist on the label. He has founded three summer fiddling programs: the Valley of the Moon fiddle camp in California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 (begun in 1984), a week-long course on the Isle of Skye (begun in 1987) and the more recent Sierra Fiddle Camp in California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 (begun in 2006). Adept in various Scottish idioms, in recent years, with cellist Natalie Haas

Natalie Haas

Natalie Haas is an American cellist. A graduate of the Juilliard School, she has toured extensively with Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser. Together they have recorded several albums. Also, she has toured and recorded with Mark O'Connor and his Appalachia Waltz Trio, and with Natalie MacMaster.Haas...

, he has helped reconstruct and revive the Scottish tradition of playing dance music on violin

Violin

The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

 and cello

Cello

The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...

 ("wee fiddle" and "big fiddle"). Fraser lives in northern California with his wife and two sons.

Discography

• "Highlander's Farewell" by Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas - released 2011
• In the Moment Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas - released 2007
• Fire and Grace Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas - released 2004 (winner, Scots Trad
  Scots Trad Music Awards
  The Scots Trad Music Awards celebrate Scotland's traditional music in all its forms and create a high profile opportunity to bring the music and music industry into the spotlight of media and public attention.-2010:...
  
   Album of the Year)
• Legacy of the Scottish Fiddle, Vol 2 with Muriel Johnstone (Piano) and Natalie Haas (Cello) - released 2004
• Live in Spain with Skyedance
  Skyedance
  Skyedance is a Celtic fusion group, founded by fiddler Alasdair Fraser in 1996.-Discography:# Way Out to Hope Street # Labyrinth # Live in Spain -Band members:* Alasdair Fraser * Mick Linden...
  
   Band - released 2002
• Legacy of the Scottish Fiddle, Vol 1 with Paul Machlis (Piano) and Natalie Haas (Cello) - released 2002
• Labyrinth with Skyedance
  Skyedance
  Skyedance is a Celtic fusion group, founded by fiddler Alasdair Fraser in 1996.-Discography:# Way Out to Hope Street # Labyrinth # Live in Spain -Band members:* Alasdair Fraser * Mick Linden...
  
   Band - released 2000
• Return to Kintail with Tony McManus
  Tony McManus
  Tony McManus is a Scottish Steel-string guitarist of Irish descent born in Paisley, Scotland. English guitarist John Renbourn described him as "the best Celtic guitarist in the world". His first self-titled album was released in 1996 on Greentrax Recordings...
  
   (Guitar) - released 1999
• Way Out to Hope Street with Skyedance
  Skyedance
  Skyedance is a Celtic fusion group, founded by fiddler Alasdair Fraser in 1996.-Discography:# Way Out to Hope Street # Labyrinth # Live in Spain -Band members:* Alasdair Fraser * Mick Linden...
  
   Band - released 1997
• Dawn Dance - Solo album - released 1996
• The Driven Bow with Jody Stecher
  Jody Stecher
  Jody Stecher is an American singer and musician, who plays bluegrass and old-time music on banjo, mandolin, fiddle and guitar, and Dagar-vani dhrupad on the sursringar, a rare Indian instrument that is a baritone relative of the sarod....
  
   (Guitar) - released 1989
• The Road North with Paul Machlis (Keyboards, Piano) - released 1987
• Skyedance with Paul Machlis (Keyboards, Piano) - released 1985
• Portrait of a Scottish Fiddler - Solo album -released 1982

Compilation appearances

• The Narada Wilderness Collection
• Celtic Odyssey (Narada
  Narada Productions
  Narada is a record label formed 1983 as an independent New Age music label and distributed by MCA Records. Now a fully owned subsidiary of EMI, Narada evolved through an expansion of formats to include music from other styles including world music, jazz, Celtic music, new flamenco, acoustic guitar...
  
  )
• Celtic Dance (Narada
  Narada Productions
  Narada is a record label formed 1983 as an independent New Age music label and distributed by MCA Records. Now a fully owned subsidiary of EMI, Narada evolved through an expansion of formats to include music from other styles including world music, jazz, Celtic music, new flamenco, acoustic guitar...
  
  )
• The Narada Nutcracker
• Treasure Planet
  Treasure Planet
  Treasure Planet is a 2002 animated science fiction film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on November 27, 2002...
  
  soundtrack (featured soloist, co-composer on "Silver Leaves" (contains "Alasdair Fraser's Compliments to Lorna Mitchell"))

External links

• Official web site
• concert photos
• http://www.crisoldecuerda.com/inicio1.html The new Spanish Fiddle and Cello Camp