Catriona McKay is a diverse musician who pushes one of Scotland’s traditional instruments – the Scottish harp, to its limits. Through her composition and performing worldwide she is widely recognised for her unique style, inventiveness and daring rhythmic use of the Scottish harp.

Catriona has made several cds and tours with Fiddlers’ Bid (Scots Trad Music Awards Album of the Year 2010) and is a diverse musician whose other works include duos with Swedish nyckelharper Olov Johansson and Strange Rainbow – a laptop & harp experimental music duo with Alistair MacDonald who features on her solo album Starfish.

She won instrumentalist of the year at Scottish Trad Awards 2007 and 2014.

Her music, while based in Scottish Folk tradition, is yet contemporary and above all adventurous and exciting.