Simon Thoumire

Simon Thoumire (born 1970 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish Konzertinaspieler, composer and music producer.

Thoumire played at the age of nine years bagpipes in a Boys Brigade. About a sister who was a student of accordion Chrissie Leatham, he came to the concertina. He has performed in various folk clubs and became a member of Hopscotch Ceilidh Band. He is best known as a member of Seannachie, which he joined in 1987 and with whom he recorded two albums. In 1989 he won the Young Tradition Award from BBC Radio 2

Published in 1990 Thoumire with guitarist Ian Carr his first solo album Hootz. With Kevin MacKenzie and Brian Shiels, he founded the Simon Thoumire Three, a group that combined traditional Scottish music with jazz and their most successful album March, Strathspey, & Surreal appeared in 1996.

With keyboardist Fergus MacKenzie Thoumire, in 1995, the album Exhibit A, in cooperation with the American folk band The Molly Album Trip to Scotland was born. At the first session of the Scottish Parliament was premiered at the Royal Concert Hall Glasgow his Music for a New Scottish Parliament in 1999. 2000, the world premiere of his The Scottish Requiem took place.

In 1999, Thoumire the record label Tartan Records and its sublabel Foot Stompin ' Records, which among other things Albums by Liz Doherty and Fiddlesticks The produced. 2000 followed the Scottish Traditional Music Trust and 2003 Hands Up for Trad. In addition, he founded the traditional folk band Keep It Up. Since 2000 he has worked with pianist David Milligan, with whom he performed in Canada and at various festivals in Europe.

Discography

  • Seannachie: Take Note, 1987!
  • Hootz with Ian Carr, 1990
  • Seannachie: Devil's Delight, 1991
  • Simon Thoumire Three: Waltzes for Playboys 1993
  • Simon Thoumire Three: March, Strathspey and Surreal, 1996
  • Trip to Scotland, 1997
  • Hamish MacGregor: Scottish Love Songs, 1998
  • Simon Thoumire Orchestra: Celtic Connections Suite 1998
  • Simon Thoumire Orchestra: Music for a New Scottish Parliament, 1999
  • John Rae 's Celtic Feet, 1999
  • Solo 1, 2000
  • John Rae 's Celtic Feet: Beware the Feet, 2001
  • The Big Day In by David Milligan, 2001
  • John McCusker: Goodnight Ginger, 2002
  • Kevin MacKenzie 's Vital Signs: A New Horizon, 2004
  • Brothers in Music: Paul Dunmall, Simon Thoumire, Phil Gibbs, John Edwards, 2004
  • Experiments in Culture, 2005
  • Free C, 2007
  • Third Flight Home by David Milligan, 2007
Scottish Parliament general election, 1999
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