BBC Radio Scotland
Celtic Connections
3 Feb 2013, Glasgow
Graham Mackenzie
Graham Mackenzie
Sun 3 Feb 2013 The Royal Conservatoire
Young Trad Finalist 2013

Graham Mackenzie (20), from Inverness, is currently in his fourth year at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Most recently, Graham was a finalist in the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award 2012 which was held in The Lowry, Salford in February.

He was the inaugural winner of the Highland Young Musician of the Year and has also won the Scottish Championships at junior and senior level, the Invitational Masters Competition in Oban and was a runner-up in the Glenfiddich Fiddle Championships held in Blair Castle.

Graham has appeared as a soloist at the Fiddle Festival in Edinburgh, Celtic Connections; where he was the youngest winner of a Danny Kyle Award, the Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Festival and Blas. He has had the privilege of working and playing alongside some of the folk scenes top musicians including Mike McGoldrick, Aidan O'Rourke, John Doyle, Phil Cunningham and Julie Fowlis.

Graham Mackenzie (20), from Inverness, is currently in his fourth year at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Most recently, Graham was a finalist in the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award 2012 which was held in The Lowry, Salford in February.

He was the inaugural winner of the Highland Young Musician of the Year and has also won the Scottish Championships at junior and senior level, the Invitational Masters Competition in Oban and was a runner-up in the Glenfiddich Fiddle Championships held in Blair Castle.

Graham has appeared as a soloist at the Fiddle Festival in Edinburgh, Celtic Connections; where he was the youngest winner of a Danny Kyle Award, the Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Festival and Blas. He has had the privilege of working and playing alongside some of the folk scenes top musicians including Mike McGoldrick, Aidan O'Rourke, John Doyle, Phil Cunningham and Julie Fowlis.