Rowan Rheingans

Rowan Rheingans is an award-winning fiddle player, banjoist, songwriter, theatre-maker and audio producer. Best known for her work with acclaimed bands Lady Maisery and The Rheingans Sisters, Rowan has won two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (‘Best Original Track’ in 2016 & ‘Best Album’ in 2017) and is a six-times nominee. Her duo The Rheingans Sisters were nominees for the prestigious ‘Best Duo/Band’ award in 2019. Rowan's debut theatre show 'Dispatches on the Red Dress', co-written with Liam Hurley, premiered at 2019's Edinburgh Fringe and won a Fringe First Award as well as nominations for the Carol Tambor 'Best of Edinburgh' Award and the Filipa Braganca Award for Best Emerging Female Artist.  

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In 2021, Rowan was awarded the Paul Hamlyn Award for Composers.