News / Maggie remains champion of champions
SHETLAND’S Maggie Adamson has cemented her place as Scotland’s top traditional fiddle player after retaining the Glenfiddich Fiddle Championship for the second year in a row.
The 23rd championship drew fiddlers from all over the globe to perform at Blair Castle, in Perthshire, to compete for the most prestigious honour in Scottish traditional music.
Only musicians who have won recognition through other prestigious fiddle competitions during the last year are invited to take part, leading the winner to be referred to as the “champion of champions”.
Adamson said: “To have been invited to compete in the Glenfiddich Fiddle Championship is an honour enough, but to have won once, and now have won two years in a row is fantastic.
“To us as fiddle players, this really is the highest of accolades. I really want to thank Glenfiddich and the Gordon family for their continued investment in the instrument and for helping keep the tradition alive.”
The 20 year old has now firmly established herself at the top of the traditional fiddle world, after coming second in the championship two years ago.
2012 has been a big year for the young lass from Fladdabister, having already won the Oban Fiddle Masters, the championship at Kirriemuir and the Open Championship at Banchory.
On top of that she has played at the Royal Albert Hall in the Proms with the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland alongside Nicola Benedetti, perhaps Scotland’s most famous classical musician, and performed with the National Youth Jazz Orchetsra.
Also a keen sailor, she was one of the Olympic Games torch bearers who ran through Lerwick in June. Maggie Gordon descendant of William Grant, the founder of Wiliam Grant &Sons Limited, congratulated Adamson for her success.
“The fiddle event is growing every year with many of our attendees even coming from overseas to attend which is an incredible compliment for the event,” Gordon said.
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