15 Years of Traditional Music at Aberdeen International Youth Festival

(and a farewell to Ceòl Mòr)

Guest blog by Stewart Aitken

Since 2000 AIYF has been producing a range of events designed to introduce, inform and inspire young musicians to the wealth of opportunities through playing Scottish traditional music. Led by David Francis, the annual summer programme as part of the international festival has explored, mentored, commissioned and performed some of the most original “new” traditional music available in the country.
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