Born in Edinburgh in 1952, Ian Hardie has been playing the fiddle since the age of six. Trained classically until his early teens, he has been at the forefront of Scottish fiddling since the early 1970s and has always played in his own very Scottish style but with an eclecticism which is reflected in much of his performance and new compositions over the years.

This eclecticism is now taking on another complexion with the late 2007 release of WESTRINGING, an own-label CD recording of tunes (many newly composed), in various altered tunings, drawing on the old-time fiddle tradition of Appalachia.

As a founder member of the seminal Scots folk band Jock Tamson's Bairns, Ian Hardie has been deeply involved in the Scottish instrumental and song revival from the 1970s with the body of work produced by The Bairns over the years being acknowledged as "a benchmark for others who aspire to understand and convey Scottish traditional music in its finest guise”.

Ian Hardie has performed and recorded extensively over the years as a soloist, with pianist Andy Thorburn and folk bands (other than JTB), The Ghillies and Highland Connection.

Ian Hardie - Scottish Fiddle Musician Soloist & Composer