BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year
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The BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year is an annual music competition launched in 2001 open to young Scottish traditional musicians.
The award "exists to encourage young musicians to keep their tradition alive and to maximise their musical potential by the pursuit of a career in traditional music. The winner [is] provided with high profile performance opportunities and the necessary tools and advice they require to launch a career in traditional music."
The award "exists to encourage young musicians to keep their tradition alive and to maximise their musical potential by the pursuit of a career in traditional music. The winner [is] provided with high profile performance opportunities and the necessary tools and advice they require to launch a career in traditional music."
Winners
- 2011 - Kristan Harvey, Orkney - fiddler
- 2009 - Ruairidh Macmillan, NairnNairnNairn is a town and former burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around east of Inverness...
- fiddler - 2008 - Ewan Robertson (23) Carr-bridge - guitarist, singer
- 2007 - Catriona Watt (19), LewisLewisLewis is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The total area of Lewis is ....
- Gaelic singer - 2006 - Shona MooneyShona Mooney- copyvia :The following text was copied from her record label or her own website...
- Fiddler - 2005 - Stuart Cassells, FalkirkFalkirkFalkirk is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies in the Forth Valley, almost midway between the two most populous cities of Scotland; north-west of Edinburgh and north-east of Glasgow....
- bagpipesBagpipesBagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones, using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes of many different types come from... - 2004 - James GrahamJames Graham-British noblemen:*James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose , Scottish nobleman and soldier*James Graham, 2nd Marquess of Montrose *James Graham, 3rd Marquess of Montrose...
, LochinverLochinverLochinver is a village on the coast in the Assynt district of Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. A few miles northeast is Loch Assynt which is the source of the River Inver which flows into Loch Inver at the village. There are 200 or so lochans in the area which makes the place very popular with...
- GaelicGaelsThe Gaels or Goidels are speakers of one of the Goidelic Celtic languages: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx. Goidelic speech originated in Ireland and subsequently spread to western and northern Scotland and the Isle of Man....
singer - 2003 - Anna Massie, FortroseFortroseFortrose is a burgh in the Scottish Highlands, located on the Moray Firth, approximately ten kilometres north east of Inverness. The town is known for its ruined 13th century cathedral, and as the home of the Brahan Seer. In the Middle Ages it was the seat of the bishopric of Ross...
- multi instrumentalist - 2002 - Emily SmithEmily SmithEmily Smith is a children's author. She has contributed to some children's book series, such as Young Corgi, for a long time and also wrote her own book.- Young Corgi books :...
, ThornhillThornhill-People:*Alan Thornhill, British sculptor*Alan Thornhill, British Playwright, Leader of Oxford-Movement*Batt Thornhill, Irish sportsperson*Claude Thornhill, American pianist, arranger and bandleader*Frederick Thornhill, English cricketer...
- Singer - 2001 - Gillian Frame, ArranIsle of ArranArran or the Isle of Arran is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, and with an area of is the seventh largest Scottish island. It is in the unitary council area of North Ayrshire and the 2001 census had a resident population of 5,058...
- fiddler, singer