Yla Steven, Conductor
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Yla Steven lives in Edinburgh where she began learning the violin at the age of seven. She continued her studies in Perthshire and later graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Glasgow. She now teaches violin and viola for the City of Edinburgh Council Department of Education. In the field of Scottish fiddle music she has won championship awards at most of the major fiddle festivals - Ayr, Aberdeen, Banchory and Kirriemuir. In 1976 she was the first winner of the Daily Record's Golden Fiddle Award. More recently her energies have been concentrated on the training of young fiddle players - conducting the Lothian Schools Strathspey and Reel Society. She has also conducted the Central Region Schools Strathspey and Reel Society, the Craigmount Strathspey and Reel Players and many Youth Fiddlers' Rallies throughout Scotland. She is one of the leading fiddle teachers in Scotland today. Having run many workshops, master classes and summer schools for fiddle players of all ages she is now one of the most sought after adjudicators in the country. As well as her solo performing she also plays in the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra and performs solo at most of their concerts. With various groups she has performed in Argentina, Canada, the Soviet Union and many other European countries. There are several recordings of her solo fiddle playing and she has broadcast on both radio and television. |