Fraser Fifield is a highly innovative musician and composer with 20 years professional freelance experience to date. Fifield is experienced in international as well as domestic performance and collaborations. For the Shoormal Commission he will be collaborating with fellow musician Graeme Stephen.
These are two of Scotland's most distinctive musicians, over many years exploring where new music meets old and composing meets improvising. On low whistle, soprano sax, border pipes and guitar, the duo create music to evoke many places at once, an inspired globe-spanning amalgam of influence through a Scottish lens.
This wholly improvised music performance is fore-titled by it's inspiration, The Space Between, and encompasses a hint of introduction to the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta, from which one might decide afresh: was the music thoughtful or thoughtless?
"To call a musician’s work ‘unique’ is a bold statement. However, if any musicians come close, then Fraser Fifield would be among them. The originality of his work, the breadth of his inspiration, scope of invention and variety of instruments he uses to create his music make him unique – and one of Scotland’s most enthralling artists" - folkradio.co.uk
Fraser Fifield has 5 critically acclaimed solo albums with original composed content. He won the Ignition Award for Innovation in Scottish Traditional Music from Hands Up For Trad, and has been Nominated for Instrumentalist of The Year and Composer of The Year by Scots Trad Music Awards.
Fifield has a record of around 25 years to date playing as a professional musician both in Scotland and abroad with groups such as Wolfstone, Old Blind Dogs, Salsa Celtica, Capercaillie, Karen Matheson, Afro Celts, Zakir Hussain and many more. He has regularly collaborated with Graeme Stephen combining their personal musical interests. Graeme has won awards for his jazz guitar performances and a portfolio of imaginative compositions.
www.fraserfifield.com and www.graemestephen.net
Fraser and Graeme’s performance took place on Wednesday 18th September 2019, Mareel Main Auditorium. https://tickets.shetlandarts.org/sales/categories/eventsworkshops/shoormal-conference/shaping-futures-wednesday-18-s
