“Her synthesis of Irish, Scottish and contemporary harping technique into an individual style represents the realization of otherwise unimagined possibilities for the Celtic Harp”

(Niall Keegan, IWAMD).

Ailie Robertson from Edinburgh is widely regarded as one of Scotland’s leading traditional musicians and Celtic harpists. A five-time National Mod Gold Medalist and a BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year finalist, Ailie also won first prize at the inaugural London Harp Competition, was judged best overall musician at the Edinburgh Competition Festival and won the St Albans New Roots award. Her debut solo album ‘First things first' won the 'Live Ireland' award for 'Best Instrumental Cut of the Year’. She has performed and taught all over the world, released 3 solo Celtic Harp CDs and published 7 volumes of harp sheet music. She gives performances, teaches private lessons, and has an online harp school.

"Innovative, assured and beautiful...her harp exerts an undeniable and inexorable tug at the heart strings" - Scotland on Sunday

"Flair, precision and consummate skill, plus passionate drive and gentle reserve. There's many clichés you could use such as 'old head on young shoulders', and 'talent beyond her years' – but they don’t come close. Inspired genius." - Folkwords

"A player of Ailie's class has the ability to tear your heart out" - Maverick

“Robertson's genius is in straddling the Irish and Scottish traditions with a fresh-faced and utterly bearable lightness of being.” - Irish Times

'She is a superior musician, understands the tradition, has her own style and is at home in trad as in the jazz idiom. The amount of major awards she has won for her harp playing would fill this column. The awards don't tell the story. This is wonderful. A major new star' - LiveIreland.com