Meet Alasdair Fraser, founder and director of The San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers.
“The San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers may look like an orchestra, but
it’s really an unruly mob of rabble-rousing, anarchistic musical
adventurers and explorers.”
Three Northern California shows led by acclaimed Scots fiddler Alasdair Fraser fill the stage with more than 65 Bay Area musicians – on fiddles, cellos, drums, piano and more – playing tunes, songs, and dance rooted in the Celtic tradition.
Alasdair is one of the greatest exemplars of Scotland’s fiddle-playing tradition, not only a virtuoso but a musical ambassador whose warmly expressive playing, mastery of his instrument, and deep understanding of the genre has taught and inspired musicians on both sides of the Atlantic. He won – twice – the Scottish National Fiddle Championship.
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