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Chamber and committees

BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Classical Musician of the Year 2024

  • Submitted by: Paul Sweeney, Glasgow, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2024
  • Motion reference: S6M-13570

That the Parliament congratulates Melia Simonot, winner of BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Classical Musician of the Year competition, which was held in association with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland; notes that Melia Simonot, who plays accordion, was born in the South of France where she began playing the instrument at the age of eight and that she is a student in Glasgow in her final year of an undergraduate degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland; congratulates all the finalists, including harp player Gina Gallacher, pianist Vita Hofinger Mihelic, and oboist Chris Vettraino; recognises that the award is the first ever BBC Radio Scotland Young Classical Musician of the Year title, which follows in the musical footsteps of BBC Radio Scotland’s much-respected Young Traditional Musician of the Year and the more recent introduction of the station’s successful Young Jazz Musician of the Year and the BBC Introducing Scottish Act of the Year competitions, and wishes those involved every success.


Supported by: Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Alasdair Allan, Jackie Baillie, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Stephanie Callaghan, Maggie Chapman, Foysol Choudhury, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Annabelle Ewing, Fergus Ewing, Kenneth Gibson, Pam Gosal, Dr. Sandesh Gulhane, Bill Kidd, Monica Lennon, Fulton MacGregor, Liam McArthur, Stuart McMillan, Audrey Nicoll, Paul O'Kane, Emma Roddick, Kevin Stewart, Annie Wells, Tess White