Golden Fiddle Awards
The Golden Fiddle Awards is the first awards system embracing all musical styles, which focuses on nurturing, supporting and rewarding the wealth of violin playing, performance and composing talent in Australia and New Zealand.
The Golden Fiddle Awards are for players, composers and teachers of classical, folk, rock, jazz, punk, celtic, country, bluegrass and alternate violin.
The big surprise at the Golden Fiddle Award show in January 2012 was the impromptu appearance of country recording star Troy Cassar-Daley. Troy’s career has spanned eight albums and he's won many awards including four ARIA’s, 21 Golden Guitars, two APRA Country Song of the year awards, seven Deadlys (Australian Indigenous artist awards), four CMAA Entertainer of the Year awards, and the 2008 Country Music Association of America Country Music Global Artist Award.
Winners of the 2012 Golden Fiddle Awards were announced at the Golden Fiddle Show at the Tamworth Town Hall on Australia Day. And who was the mystery recording star at the Show – none other than Troy Cassar-Daley? That's who! You should have been there – the audience went wild.
Read the media release
Read the full schedule of finalists and winners
An off-stage camera captured some of the dramatic scenes at the award show – four minutes of atmosphere and inspiration
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Golden Fiddlers Forte
An album of strung-out mayhem featuring some of Australia's finest fiddlers, most of whom have won Golden Fiddle Awards. If you wish to purchase the Golden Fiddlers Forte CD, please email us.
