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Bill Stewart - Violin

Born: October 1, 1957

Find more videos on YouTube, username "billfiddle" Visit the Bill Stewart Quintet www.myspace.com/thebillstewartquintet Started classical violin at the age of ten. —First prize in the Scottish Central Counties Music Festival in 1970, 1971, 1972 First prize in the Glasgow Music Festival in 1973 Won the McFarlane scholarship to attend the Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Glasgow at the age of fourteen. While at the Academy he won the first prize in the Robert Highgate Scholarship for violin in 1975. Played with: —Scottish Chamber Orchestra —BBC Scotland —Scottish Opera Scottish Baroque Ensemble Virtuosi Scotland and at 19 toured Britain as the youngest leader of the Scottish Ballet Orchestra. At the age of 21 Bill left Scotland to take a position as leader of the Passau State Opera Orchestra in Germany before joining the world famous Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Herr