Lachlan Green

Lachlan Green on the big screen at the 2008 National Folk Festival

Accomplished young fiddler Lachlan Green has played with the Canberra Scottish Fiddlers since 2000.

Lachlan has recently launched his solo career with performances at several festivals and folk clubs in Australia and overseas, including a packed concert at the 2009 National Folk Festival , and a tour of Australian East Coast festivals in 2009/2010. Accompanied on guitar, bouzouki and bodhran by Phil Green, they play Celtic music influenced by a variety of styles from Scotland, Ireland, Scandinavia and North America.

Lachlan and Phil performed as a duo at the Woodford Folk Festival, held in Queensland from 27 December to 1 January 2010. Lachlan and Phil also played a week later at the Cygnet Folk Festival, held in Tasmania on 8-10 January 2010. Two weeks later they appeared at the Newstead Live! Music Festival, held at in central Victoria on 22-25 January 2010.

Lachlan is an experienced teacher of the Scottish fiddle and has learned from some of the world’s best folk fiddlers such as Alasdair Fraser, Nancy Kerr, Chris Duncan, Catherine Fraser, Hanneke Cassel, Gregor Borland and Blazin’ Fiddles.

"The sweetness of Lachlan's playing is a spell you don't want to break. Steeped in tradition, his fiddle music is intense, delicate and moving." Nicole Murray, cloudstreet.

Lachlan Green sitting by Neil Gow's Fiddle Tree on the banks of the River Spey, Scotland

Demo recordings by Lachlan Green