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Bio of Ian Watt the guitar player from Fraserburgh who appeared on Classical Star on BBC TV
Ian Watt from Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire became a local hero when he appeared on BBC2 television programme Classical Star. Ian, a pupil at Aberdeen City Music School in Dyce Academy, was chosen during auditions with hundreds of musicians to become a contestant on Classical Star BBC 2. Ian Watt was the Aberdeen Young Musician of the Year 2007 winner. Classical Star was broadcast on a Tuesday evening at 9pm during October and November 2007. After this tough audition 18 contestants were chosen for the next round of auditions and teaching at a special Classical Star Academy in North London in a beautiful grand mansion.
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Ian Watt from the Broch and his fellow Classical Star contestants were tutored and assessed by a panel of famous judges which included the Academy Director Matthew Barley, conductors Charles Hazlewood and Jason Lai, double-bass player Chi-chi Nwanoku and celebrity star manager Steve Abbott. During the weeks at the Classical Star Academy Ian Watt and his fellow contestants of Classical Star played and learnt from professional musicians such as the jazz legend Julian Joseph and the pianist Lang Lang.
Ian Watt from Fraserburgh entered Classical Star on BBC 2 when he was 16 years old. He started to play the guitar at a young age because he wanted to be like his musician heroes The Beatles and Dire Straits, especially Mark Knopfler. Ian Watt started to play the guitar when he was nine years old. He particularly loves jazz music and classical music.
Ian Watt won a place in the final of Classical Star on BBC 2 after he gave a wonderful live performance with a string quartet at the South Bank centre in London. IanWatt and his fellow Classical Star contestants only had one hour to rehearse. This was broadcast during episode 5 of Classical Star.
In episode 6, the last episode of series one of Classical Star, Ian and two other finalists played with a 40 piece professional orchestra. The winner of Classical Star received a recording contract.
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Here are Ian Watt's choices of music that he played each week at the BBC2 Classical Star Academy during judging:
Episode 1: Prelude and Presto from Lute Suite in G minor by JS Bach
Episode 2: Sevilla by Albéniz
Episode 3: Invocacion y Danza by Rodrigo
Episode 4: Guitar Quintet No 4 in D major by Boccherini
Read more about Ian Watt and the Classical Star BBC TV programme at their official website at www.bbc.co.uk/classicalstar/series1 where you can also watch episodes of Classical Star and listen to audio clips of Ian Watt's performances.
The winner of Classical Star 2007 on BBC2 was piano player Sophie Cashell.
Ian Watt and his guitar performed in the 2008 Aberdeen Word Fringe at Midmar Church in May 2008. Read more about this annual festival on the AboutAberdeen WordFringe Aberdeen page.
On Sunday 16 March 2008 Ian Watt performed live at The Music Hall in Aberdeen City. Ian performed alongside the Aberdeen Symphony Orchestra.
Parkening International Guitar Competition
In June 2009 Ian Watt and his guitar won second place at the Parkening International Guitar Competition. The competition prize included a $12,500 prize. Ian played a concerto with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
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Ian Watt Classical Star BBC
Bio of Ian Watt the guitar player from Fraserburgh who appeared on Classical Star on BBC TV
Ian Watt from Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire became a local hero when he appeared on BBC2 television programme Classical Star. Ian, a pupil at Aberdeen City Music School in Dyce Academy, was chosen during auditions with hundreds of musicians to become a contestant on Classical Star BBC 2. Ian Watt was the Aberdeen Young Musician of the Year 2007 winner. Classical Star was broadcast on a Tuesday evening at 9pm during October and November 2007. After this tough audition 18 contestants were chosen for the next round of auditions and teaching at a special Classical Star Academy in North London in a beautiful grand mansion.
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My new novel:
The Aberdeen skies are under attack from an enemy jet. It is spilling a strange yellow smoke. Minutes later, people start killing each other.
Former Royal Air Force Regiment Gunner Jason Harper witnesses this and then his wife, Pippa, telephones him, shouting that she needs him. They then get cut off. He sets straight out, unprepared for the nightmare that unfolds during his journey. Everyone seems to want to kill him.
Along the way, he pairs up with fellow survivor Imogen. But she enjoys killing the living dead far too much. Will she kill Jason in her blood thirst? Or will she hinder his journey through this zombie filled dystopian landscape to find his pregnant wife?
The Fence is the first in this series of post-apocalyptic military survival thrillers from the torturous mind of local horror and science fiction novel writer C.G. Buswell.
Download Now.
Buy the Paperback.
Ian Watt from the Broch and his fellow Classical Star contestants were tutored and assessed by a panel of famous judges which included the Academy Director Matthew Barley, conductors Charles Hazlewood and Jason Lai, double-bass player Chi-chi Nwanoku and celebrity star manager Steve Abbott. During the weeks at the Classical Star Academy Ian Watt and his fellow contestants of Classical Star played and learnt from professional musicians such as the jazz legend Julian Joseph and the pianist Lang Lang.
Ian Watt from Fraserburgh entered Classical Star on BBC 2 when he was 16 years old. He started to play the guitar at a young age because he wanted to be like his musician heroes The Beatles and Dire Straits, especially Mark Knopfler. Ian Watt started to play the guitar when he was nine years old. He particularly loves jazz music and classical music.
Ian Watt won a place in the final of Classical Star on BBC 2 after he gave a wonderful live performance with a string quartet at the South Bank centre in London. IanWatt and his fellow Classical Star contestants only had one hour to rehearse. This was broadcast during episode 5 of Classical Star.
In episode 6, the last episode of series one of Classical Star, Ian and two other finalists played with a 40 piece professional orchestra. The winner of Classical Star received a recording contract.
Have you seen my beautiful golden retriever Lynne out and about in Aberdeen? Ask her for a high-five! She's a Bravehound PTSD assistance dog, so we'll often be in shops, restaurants, and the cinema together.
We've written a book where I talk about growing up in Aberdeen and then joining the army to be a medic and nurse, and developing military Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I also talk about losing my son to suicide and the therapy I have had at Royal Cornhill Hospital and grief support groups in Aberdeen.
The author, Damien Lewis, said of Lynne:
"A powerful account of what one dog means to one man on his road to recovery. Both heart-warming and life-affirming. Bravo Chris and Lynne. Bravo Bravehound."
Download.
Buy the paperback.
An army veteran moves his family back to his Aberdeenshire home, but his nightmare neighbour starts a battle of wits with him. Who will win this One Last War?
Buy this latest novel by local author C.G. Buswell on Kindle or Paperback.
Advertise Here from just £70.
Here are Ian Watt's choices of music that he played each week at the BBC2 Classical Star Academy during judging:
Episode 1: Prelude and Presto from Lute Suite in G minor by JS Bach
Episode 2: Sevilla by Albéniz
Episode 3: Invocacion y Danza by Rodrigo
Episode 4: Guitar Quintet No 4 in D major by Boccherini
Read more about Ian Watt and the Classical Star BBC TV programme at their official website at www.bbc.co.uk/classicalstar/series1 where you can also watch episodes of Classical Star and listen to audio clips of Ian Watt's performances.
The winner of Classical Star 2007 on BBC2 was piano player Sophie Cashell.
Ian Watt and his guitar performed in the 2008 Aberdeen Word Fringe at Midmar Church in May 2008. Read more about this annual festival on the AboutAberdeen WordFringe Aberdeen page.
On Sunday 16 March 2008 Ian Watt performed live at The Music Hall in Aberdeen City. Ian performed alongside the Aberdeen Symphony Orchestra.
Parkening International Guitar Competition
In June 2009 Ian Watt and his guitar won second place at the Parkening International Guitar Competition. The competition prize included a $12,500 prize. Ian played a concerto with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
More famous musicians from Aberdeenshire.
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