Steaph Chaimbeul

Born and brought up on the Isle of Skye surrounded by Gaelic song, music and culture, Steaphanaidh's music is largely influenced by her Gaelic roots as well as her extensive classical training. This mix of the traditional and the classical has been fused with playing modern, contemporary music giving Steaphanaidh's music a distinctive tone, sound and voice. Steaphanaidh graduated with a first class honours degree on the pedal harp from the Royal Northern College of Music in 2017. Upon graduating she studied the harp in Brest, Brittany for a year. Whilst at the Royal Northern College of Music she established a flute and harp duo called ‘Duo Reul’ who were finalists in the British Harp Chamber Music Competition in 2015 and also performed in many venues including at the Isle of Skye Festival, Didsbury Coffee Concert Series, and the Didsbury and Chorlton Arts Festivals. She has also been featured playing live on BBC Radio 3’s ‘In Tune’ playing Jeffery Mumford’s ‘Echoes From Within Brightening Fabric’ for Harp and Vibraphone. Steaph has twice been nominated for the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards. She have also played at numerous festivals all over the UK- highlights being Celtic Connections, the Hebridean Celtic Festival, the Cambridge Folk Festival and the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. In 2018 Steaphanaidh won the prestigious Gaelic Traditional Singing Gold Medal at the Royal National Mod. Since then she has gone on to sing at Dover House in London, at Am Bothan in Edinburgh and representing Scotland at the International Pan Celtic Festival in Ireland. She was the winner of the 2019 International Pan Celtic Festival traditional harp competition.