Chris Stout (born 1976) is a Scottish fiddle/

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player from

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, now based in

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. Stout grew up in

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and lived there until 8 years of age before moving to Sandwick on the Shetland

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, then on to Glasgow in the 1990s. Stout has studied under prominent Shetland fiddlers including Willie Hunter and

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and is adept at a variety of violin styles, drawing on a range of influences from folk,

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and classical. In 1990 he won both the Shetland " Young Fiddler of the Year" competition for his skills as a traditional fiddle player and the Shetland "

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" competition for his classical violin abilities. In 2015, ''Hirda'', A New Opera for Shetland, co-composed with Irish composer, Gareth Williams and produced by NOISE, toured Shetland and performed in Glasgow and

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Education

primary school, Shetland *

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Primary, Shetland * Sandwick school, Shetland * Anderson High School, Shetland * Douglas Academy music school,

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(RSAMD), Glasgow (attained a degree in classical violin) *

(RSAMD), Glasgow (attained a master's degree in electro-acoustic music)

Discography

Solo albums

* ''First O' the Darkenin'' (2004) * ''Devil's Advocate'' (2007)

Groups and collaborations

* ó, Beaglaoich S,

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, and Chris Stout. Begley, Mckay, Stout., 2014. Sound recording. *

Fiddlers' Bid Fiddlers' Bid are a Shetland based instrumental group known for playing contemporary arrangements of traditional Shetland fiddle tunes. The seven piece line-up consists of four fiddles, acoustic guitar, bass guitar and piano/Clàrsach. The band ...

– ''Around the World'' (1994) * Fiddlers' Bid – ''Hamnataing'' (1998) * DJ Trevor Reilly – ''Down with the Underground'', and mix by

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(1998) * Various – ''Big Sky'' (1999) * Finlay MacDonald – ''Finlay MacDonald'' (2000) * The Clydesiders – ''Crossing the Borders'' (2000) * Keltic Electrik (2000) * Duncan McCrone – ''Just a Glasgow Boy'' (2001) * Dean Owens – "Anything" (CD single) (2001) * Fiddlers' Bid – ''Da Farder den Da Welcomer'' (2002) * Annie Whitehead and Alistair Anderson – ''Northern Lights'' (2002) * Catriona McKay – ''Catriona McKay'' (2002) * Finlay MacDonald Band – ''Pressed for Time'' (2003) * Salsa Celtica – ''El Agua De La Vida'' (2003) * Kevin Mackenzie's Vital Signs – ''Another New Horizon'' (2004) * Blair Douglas – ''Angles from the Ashes'' (2004) * Joseph Malik – ''Aquarius Songs'' (2004) *

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– ''Fearless'' (2005) * Duncan McCrone – ''All You Need to Know'' (2005) * The Unusual Suspects – ''Live in Scotland'' (2005) * Catriona McKay and Chris Stout – ''Laebrack'' (2005) * Fiddlers' Bid – ''Naked and Bare'' (2005) * Christianne Neves – ''Duas Madrugadas'' (2005) * Salsa Celtica – ''El Camino'' (2006) * Finlay MacDonald Band – ''Re-Echo'' (2007) * Yvonne Lyon – ''A Thousand Questions Why'' (2007) * Lise Sinclair – ''Ivver Enchantin Wis'' (2007) * The Macdonald Bros (2007) * Fiddlers' Bid – ''All Dressed in Yellow'' (2009) * Catriona McKay & Chris Stout - White Nights (2010) * Chris Stout's Brazilian Theory Live in Concert (2011) * Brend Works (2012) * Kyle Carey - ''North Star'' (2014) * Catriona McKay & Chris Stout - White Nights (2010) * Chris Stout & Catriona McKay, Scottish Ensemble - Seavaigers (2014) * Chris Stout & Catriona McKay - Bare Knuckle (2017)

As a producer

* Tommy O'Sullivan – ''Songs Ablaze'' (2006) * Lauren MacColl – ''When Leaves Fall'' (2007)When Leaves Fall (Lauren MacColl)
Retrieved 24 May 2016

References

External links

* http://www.chrisstout.co.uk * http://www.fiddlersbid.com * https://web.archive.org/web/20081210232641/http://www.shetland-music.com/prominent_artists/artistes/christopher_stout/ Scottish fiddlers British male violinists People from Fair Isle Shetland music Living people 1976 births Shetland fiddlers 21st-century violinists 21st-century British male musicians {{Scotland-musician-stub