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Chamber and committees

Falkirk's Ethan Lock Reaches Grand Final of BBC Young Musician of the Year Awards 2022

  • Submitted by: Michelle Thomson, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2022
  • Motion type: Standard Motion
  • Motion reference: S6M-06322

That the Parliament congratulates Ethan Loch on reaching the grand final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Awards 2022; acknowledges that the 18-year-old pianist won the keyboard final to claim his place in the grand final of the prestigious competition; notes that Ethan was born with a genetic condition and diagnosed as blind from birth, and has been playing the piano since he was four years of age; considers that it takes an incredible amount of hard work and dedication to achieve this level of musical craftsmanship while being visually impaired; understands that Ethan feels that the music is like a language to him, and uses his emotions and ability to pitch sounds in any frequency to communicate with the listeners of his music; congratulates Ethan on reaching the grand final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year 2022, and wishes him well in his future endeavours.


Supported by: Karen Adam, Jeremy Balfour, Miles Briggs, Siobhian Brown, Alexander Burnett, Stephanie Callaghan, Maggie Chapman, Foysol Choudhury, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Annabelle Ewing, Dr Pam Gosal MBE, Stephen Kerr, Bill Kidd, Fulton MacGregor, Gillian Mackay, Gillian Martin, Stuart McMillan, Jenni Minto, Audrey Nicoll, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance