BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year

The BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year is an annual music competition launched in 2001 open to young Scottish traditional musicians and presented by BBC Radio Scotland. In 2007, the event was broadcast live on BBC Radio Scotland for the first time.[1]

BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year
CountryScotland
Presented byBBC Radio Scotland
First awarded2001

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."[1]

Winners
Year Name Hometown Instrument
2020 Alexander (Ali) Levack Dingwall Pipe and whistle[2]
2019 Benedict (Bene) Morris Glasgow Fiddle[3]
2018 Hannah Rarity Dechmont Voice (singer)[4]
2017 Charlie Stewart Glenfarg Fiddle[5]
2016 Mohsen Amini Glasgow Concertina
2015 Claire Hastings Dumfries Voice (singer)
2014 Robyn Stapleton Stranraer Voice (singer)
2013 Paddy Callaghan Glasgow Button accordion
2012 Rona Wilkie Oban Fiddle
2011 Kristan Harvey Orkney Fiddle[6]
2010 Daniel Thorpe Inverurie Fiddle
2009 Ruairidh Macmillan Nairn Fiddle[7]
2008 Ewan Robertson Carrbridge Guitar, voice (singer)[8][9]
2007 Catriona Watt Lewis Gaelic singer[10][11][12]
2006 Shona Mooney Borders Fiddle[13]
2005 Stuart Cassells Falkirk Bagpipes[14]
2004 James Graham Lochinver Gaelic singer[15]
2003 Anna Massie Fortrose Multi-instrumentalist[16][17][18]
2002 Emily Smith Thornhill Voice (singer)[19][20][21]
2001 Gillian Frame Arran Fiddle, voice (singer)[22][23][24]

References
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  2. "BBC - Ali Levack wins BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2020 - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. "Fiddle player wins young musician award". BBC. 28 January 2019.
  4. "Singer Hannah Rarity wins BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2018". BBC. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  5. "Charlie Stewart named young traditional musician 2017". BBC. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  6. "Audio and Video clips of all Genres - BBC Music". bbc.co.uk.
  7. "BBC - Celtic Connections 2009 - Artists - Ruairidh MacMillan MacMillan". bbc.co.uk.
  8. "Arts Journal". hi-arts.co.uk.
  9. http://www.screenmachine.co.uk/default.aspx.locid-hianewnen%5B%5D
  10. "BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2007 announced". Archived from the original on 19 May 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  11. "BBC NEWS - UK - Scotland - Highlands and Islands - Gaelic singer scoops BBC honour". bbc.co.uk.
  12. "BBC - Press Office - Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Of The Year 2007". bbc.co.uk.
  13. "Arts Journal". hi-arts.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008.
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. "Hands Up for Trad". footstompin.com.
  18. "Anna Massie - Glad Company CD review - The Living Tradition Magazine". folkmusic.net.
  19. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  21. "Hands Up for Trad". footstompin.com.
  22. "Hands Up for Trad". footstompin.com.
  23. "BBC - Somerset - Entertainment - Review: Back of the Moon and KTB". bbc.co.uk.
  24. "Living Tradition CD review of Gillian Frame and Back of the Moon". folkmusic.net.


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