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Amber Finalists 2010 Amber Fiddle Award
2010 Amber Fiddle Award
Selected from a record number of entries, my composition "The Ardgour Seamstress" was awarded 3rd place in this international event to celebrate creative fiddle composition and also the life and works of Niel Gow.

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Album Reviews
Long Time Getting Here
review from www.livingtradition.co.uk The title is only too appropriate. In the early 1980s, Donald Stewart's fiddle was at the core of Edinburgh's hottest young ceilidh band, Spootiskerry.
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English Dance & Songs ...“I was pleased to find that Donald’s tunes, while retaining close ties with traditional style,technique and structure, are melodic, original and distinctive,”
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FiddleOn magazine ...“this is a delightful CD with impressive fiddle playing from the talented and versatile Donald Stewart.”
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Press Releases
Fiddler on the Hoof
How to combine life as a corporate partner with a career in music.

Article published in Legal Week - 3rd February 2010 Times Online - My Weekend
...“Playing, composing and being involved in fiddle music is a huge release for me,”


Article published in 2007 in the Times and Times Online.