Bassoonist Emily Crump will represent Edinburgh at the Scottish Young Musicians Solo Performer of the Year
Bassoonist Emily Crump was named the overall winner of the Edinburgh Scottish Young Musicians final and will represent Edinburgh at Solo Performer of the Year 2025.
Article Source: Scottish Young Musicians
Last Updated: 3 April 2025 9:48
The Edinburgh Scottish Young Musicians final has once again showcased the exceptional musical talent across Edinburgh, providing young musicians with the opportunity to compete for a place in the Scottish Young Musicians Solo Performer of the Year competition at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on Sunday 25 May.
On Monday 31 March, all schools in Edinburgh were invited to take part in their local final at St Augustine’s RC High School. This year’s competition saw an incredible standard of musicianship from young performers across the city. The adjudicators faced the difficult task of selecting winners from an exceptionally talented group of musicians.
Scottish Young Musicians, Scotland's leading festival of music competitions, has returned for 2025 to give young people across the country the chance to compete for the titles of Solo Performer of the Year, Ensemble of the Year and Brass Ensemble of the Year. Participation in this career-enhancing competition has been offered to every Local Authority in the country as well as independent schools, in the hope that more young people than ever before will take up the opportunity to perform and take part.
S4 pupil Emily Crump was named the overall winner for their outstanding performance of Filutek’s Adventure by Paciorkiewicz. Their skill and interpretation impressed both audience and judges alike, securing them the top award in the competition. Emily described the piece as fun and playful, qualities that shone through in their artistic impression.
Runners up were pianist Annie Tait, a pupil from Craigmount High School, who performed a fabulous rendition of Merikanto’s Valse Lente and pianist Pawel Szulc, a pupil from Broughton High School, who impressed with a powerful performance of Rachmaninoff’s Etude in A Minor, Opus 39 NO. 6.
Solo Performer of the Year is open to all young musicians who go to school in Scotland, whatever age or standard. Each local authority will select a regional finalist, with all of them hosting local and regional heats across different schools to decide who will represent their area at the National Final, which will take place at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on Sunday 25 May 2025.
In only 3 years, Scottish Young Musicians has become the largest and most important national music competition in schools, with around 99% of the school population taking part last year. The competitions give young people a life-changing and unforgettable experience, as well as the confidence to continue to compete at the highest level and to do so across all socio-economic backgrounds, providing an opportunity which would otherwise not have existed.
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