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The finalists and judges at the St Mary’s Music School Directors’ Recital Prize 2019. From left to right: Sofia-Ros Gonzales, Fraser Mason, Finn Mannion, Sheila Colvin, Marie-Sophie Baumgartner, Jo Buckley and Maureen Morrison

Violinist wins music school’s recital prize

Music | Scotland
An eighteen-year-old student violinist has won Scotland’s national music school’s highly prestigious Directors’ Recital Prize 2019. Marie-Sophie Baumgartner, who is Swiss-Ukranian, was declared the winner...

Search for Young Trad Musician of the Year

Music
Entries are now open for the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year award. The event has been running since 2001, raising...

Violinist Jessica is home and hitting the high notes

Music | Scotland
Violist Jessica Beeston is sharing her skills with the next generation. The musician recently returned to Scotland having been based in London and Salzburg. An...

American band connect with their Scots fans

Music
It was the first visit to Scotland for the members of country band LANCO, but it was an incredible debut. Opening the night with single...
The Maxwell Quartet

Paxton House prepares for chamber music festival

Music
A summer festival of glorious international chamber music takes place on the banks of the River Tweed this summer. Being held Paxton House, in the...

Piping Live! 2019 will bring music stars to Glasgow

Music
The world’s biggest week of piping is set to bring 40,000 music fans to Glasgow this summer. Glasgow’s Buchanan Street was today transformed into the...
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