BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year

BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year
Country Scotland
Presented by BBC Radio Scotland
First awarded 2001

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.

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
2016 Mohsen Amini Glasgow Concertina
2015 Claire Hastings Dumfries Singer
2014 Robyn Stapleton Stranraer Singer
2013 Paddy Callaghan Glasgow Button accordion
2012 Rona WIlkie Oban Fiddle
2011 Kristan Harvey Orkney Fiddle[2]
2010 Daniel Thorpe Inverurie Fiddle
2009 Ruairidh Macmillan Nairn Fiddle[3]
2008 Ewan Robertson Carrbridge Guitar, singer[4][5][6]
2007 Catriona Watt Lewis Gaelic singer[7][8][9]
2006 Shona Mooney Borders Fiddle[10]
2005 Stuart Cassells Falkirk Bagpipes[11]
2004 James Graham Lochinver Gaelic singer[12]
2003 Anna Massie Fortrose Multi-instrumentalist[13][14][15]
2002 Emily Smith Thornhill Singer[16][17][18]
2001 Gillian Frame Arran Fiddle, singer[19][20][21]

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