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Congratulations to the 2022 winner Eryn Rae!

Hailing from the Scottish Borders, Eryn started learning the fiddle at the age of 7 under the tuition of renowned Shetland fiddler, Catriona Macdonald. Now based in Glasgow, Eryn is about to embark on her final year studying Traditional music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Scotland’s most talented young musicians competed in the semi-finals of this prestigious traditional music award. Twelve musicians performed for a distinguished jury at ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scotland’s Pacific Quay headquarters, only six were selected to go through to the final which will take place on 4 February 2024 in Glasgow’s City Halls as part of the Celtic Connections Festival.

Here's the full list of finalists for 2024.

Breanna Wilson is a fiddle player from Glasgow. She is currently entering her fourth year at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She grew up playing trad music in Glasgow and has competed at the Fleadh multiple times. She has performed at various festivals such as Celtic Connections, Celtic Colours and IMBOLC and is also an avid composer.

A young and innovative Harper from Glasgow, Scotland routed in Irish and Scottish traditional music with heavy influence from a line of harp playing within the family. Coming from a competitive playing background in Ireland whilst recording performing and releasing my music in Scotland, sharing new styles, compositions and expressing a new style of Clarsach playing.

Hailing from the Scottish Borders, Eryn started learning the fiddle at the age of 7 under the tuition of renowned Shetland fiddler, Catriona Macdonald. Now based in Glasgow, Eryn is about to embark on her final year studying Traditional music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Saffron Hanvidge is a native Gaelic speaker and music student at Sabhal Mor Ostaig. She is a four-time Puirt-a-Beul winner and well-known Royal National Mod competitor. Saffron has been a prominent Inverness busker for fifteen years. Most recently she was part of the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Christmas program 'Alleluia na Nollaige'.

Malin is a piper, fiddler, whistle player and instrument maker from the Isle of Skye. They have studied piping at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. As well as composing music, Malin also performs on a set of self-made two-octave Smallpipes.

Sophie Joint is a pianist from Glasgow with a background in Scottish and Irish traditional music. She is in her final year at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and has won a Danny Kyle Award at Celtic Connections and The Molloy Award at Birmingham Trad Fest. Sophie enjoys composing and arranging in a contemporary style with strong traditional roots and has performed at international festivals including Festival Interceltique de Lorient and Celtic Colours in Canada.

Breanna Wilson (Fiddle)

Ross Miller (Bagpipes)

Malachy Arnold (Harp, Clarsach)

Eric Linklater (Fiddle)

Alasdair MacDonald (Piano Accordion)

Saffron Hanvidge (Gaelic Song)

Malin Lewis (Highland Bagpipes)

Scott Figgins (Bagpipes)

Romy Wymer (Harp, Clarsach)

Eryn Rae (Fiddle)

Isla Ratcliff (Fiddle, Singer)

Sophie Joint (Piano)