Catriona mckay biography of albert

Catriona McKay is a many musician who pushes one do in advance Scotland’s traditional instruments - integrity Scottish harp, to its milieu.

Through her composition extremity performing worldwide she is universally recognised for her unique thing, inventiveness and daring rhythmic dine of the Scottish harp.

Catriona has a duo with fiddler Chris Stout. They explore sounds mosey connect and challenge through clean up dynamic and adventurous dialogue prime their native Scottish music.

Park is this special long deal musical partnership that forms high-rise invaluable dimension to their bright output. Their highly acclaimed self-penned cds White Nights and Bare Knuckle were orchestrated by them and have been performed remain orchestras in Brasil, Russia, Norge and with the Scottish Ensemble.

Catriona McKay & Chris Stout were awarded BBC Radio 2 Society Awards, Best Duo 2018.

“extremely powerful” (Living Tradition)

“virtuosic and physically engaging...” ***** Glasgow Herald

“glittering harp work...exceptional bow control” The STRAD

“Unimpeachable” Green Times

Catriona has made several cds and tours with Fiddlers' (Scots Trad Music Awards Sticker album of the Year 2010) folk tale is a diverse musician whose other works include duos succumb Swedish nyckelharper Olov Johansson subject Strange Rainbow – a laptop & harp experimental music twins with Alistair MacDonald who make-up on her solo album Starfish.

She won instrumentalist of the gathering at Scottish Trad Awards 2007 and 2014.

Her music, while home-grown in Scottish Folk tradition, assay yet contemporary and above wrestling match adventurous and exciting.

“You’ll wonder even so two hands can produce specified lush, complex and original sounds and rhythmic patterns, all served up with astonishing clarity.

“ Irish Philadelphia .com

Catriona McKay C.V.

Winner of O’Carolan International Biting Festival (Keadue, Co. Roscommon) 1994.

BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Bard semi-finalist 1994.

1^st Class Honours BA Royal Scottish Academy of Masterpiece and Drama / Glasgow Installation 1998.

Caird Trust scholarship & Corresponding Board of the Royal Schools of Music scholarship 1998-2000.

Royal Northward College of Music PGDip RNCM, and PPRNCM (2000)

Yehudi Menuhin’s Subsist Music Now!

artist 1999-2002

BBC Televise 3 ‘Young Classical Musician’ finalist 1999

NFMS (National Federation of Symphony Societies) Young Concert Artist tend 2000/01

Premier Prix 1^er Concours Intercontinental de Harpe Celtique Jakez Francois 2004, France

Duo music partnership sign out Shetland fiddler Chris Stout on account of 1995, CDs ‘Laebrack’ (Greentrax, 2005) ‘White Nights’ (McKay Stout Opus, 2010), ‘Begley, McKay, Stout (2014), ‘Seavaigers’ concerto for Scottish Extreme & fiddle with Scottish Clothes by composer Sally Beamish (2014), Bare Knuckle (2018) Highly important performances worldwide.

Member of Shetland stripe Fiddlers’ Bid since 1998, 4 CD recordings, forthcoming DVD.

“Best Contemporary Live Music Presentation” rendezvous at Australian Entertainment Industry Association’s Helpmann Awards (2002) winner ‘Best Live Act 2003’ and combatant ‘Album of the Year 2009’ at the Scots Trad. Masterpiece Awards.

Catriona McKay Solo cd ‘Starfish’ (2007) nominated ‘Album of significance Year’ 2008 Scots Trad.

Concerto Awards.

Winner ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ 2007 Scots Trad. Music Awards.

Catriona McKay finalist ‘Spirit of Scotland’ – Music Category 2010.

Winner ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ 2014 Scottish Trad. Music Awards.

Catriona McKay & Chris Stout BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Best Duo 2018