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Alasdair Fraser | |
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.jpg) Alasdair Fraser at the Celtic String Playhouse, 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 14 May 1955 |
| Origin | Clackmannan, Scotland |
| Genres | Scottish fiddle |
| Instrument(s) | Fiddle |
| Labels | Culburnie |
| Website | www.alasdairfraser.com |
Alasdair Fraser (born 14 May 1955, Clackmannan, Scotland) is a Scottish fiddler, composer, performer, and recording artist.
Fraser operates Culburnie Records and is a leading artist on the label. He has founded five summer fiddling programs: the Valley of the Moon[1] fiddle camp in California begun in 1984; Alasdair Fraser Skye Week, a week-long course on the Isle of Skye begun in 1987; Sierra Fiddle Camp[2] in California begun in 2006;[3] Crisol de Cuerda, a Trad strings program in Spain begun in 2008; and Stringmania!, a trad strings program in Australia in 2016. Adept in various Scottish idioms, in recent years, with cellist Natalie Haas, he has helped reconstruct and revive the Scottish tradition of playing traditional music on violin and cello ("wee fiddle" and "big fiddle").[4][5] Fraser lives near Grass Valley, California with his wife and two sons.[6][7]
In December 2011, Fraser was inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame.[8]
On November 2023, the violin on which Fraser had performed for the previous forty years was stolen from a rental car in downtown Portland, Oregon, along with his favored bows, a cello, and music notations. The cello was found and returned the same day. The violin and bows were recovered by local music store David Kerr Violin Shop the following month and returned intact to Fraser.[7]
- ^ "Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddle School". www.valleyofthemoon.org.
- ^ "Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Fiddle Camp". www.sierrafiddlecamp.org.
- ^ Shrader, Erin (2007). "The philosopher fiddler: as an educator, Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser has built as living legacy of talented, enthusiastic students". Strings. 21 (7): 51–54.
- ^ Weir, Rob (2005). "Outside in with Alasdair Fraser". Sing Out! (includes a discography). 49 (1): 24–27.
- ^ Maxham, R. E. (2001). "Alasdair Fraser: Ancientvoices, crystal truths". Fanfare. 25: 76–86.
- ^ Michael Simmons. "Alasdair Fraser: Scotland's Ambassador of Fiddling", Fiddler Magazine (Fall 2002), online issue
- ^ a b Green, Aimee (8 December 2023). "World-class fiddler joyfully reunited with violin after thief swiped it from car in downtown Portland". OregonLive. Portland, Oregon. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ "Alasdair Fraser". Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
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