Highland fiddler Donald Grant from Lochaber has performed throughout the world and collaborated with an eclectic array of musicians from the folk, jazz, classical and pop genres. Genre hopping certainly doesn't seem to present any problem for the 28-year-old, who grew up in a Gaelic-speaking environment. He competed in the Mod, became involved with the Fèisan movement, which teaches and promotes Gaelic music, then studied at St Mary's Music School in Edinburgh and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, which immersed him in classical music. He continues to juggle folk and classical elements, playing with such English folk luminaries as Kate Rusby, Alistair Anderson and Roy Bailey, as well as touring extensively with the Elias String Quartet, a group he formed a decade ago with fellow college students. |
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