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Aidan O'Rourke - Artist Page
Aidan O'Rourke
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Biography:
 
Aidan O'Rourke is a fiddle player and composer from Oban on the West Coast of Scotland. He has toured extensively in Europe and North America from the age of 15 and has made his name as one of Scotland?s most expressive and dynamic musicians.

At 19, Aidan formed Tabache with Claire Mann and went on to record the internationally acclaimed album Waves of Rush. Aidan now performs with the hugely successful Blazin? Fiddles (Live Act of the Year 2004) and is a much sought after session musician, having performed on over 60 albums ranging from Runrig to Michael McGoldrick and Karen Matheson.

Recently he was nominated as Instrumentalist of the Year at the Scots Traditional Music Awards and recent commissions have included a piece entitled Mantra Alba which welcomed the Dalai Lama to Scotland in June last year. Currently Aidan is musician in residence at the Tolbooth in Stirling. Sirius is his first solo album which evolved from a commission by Celtic Connections in 2003.


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Scottish, Celtic, Fiddle

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