Mohsen Amini

[2] He began playing the concertina when he was around 10 years old,[1][2] and was tutored by the folk musicians Mairi Campbell and Catriona McArdle but largely taught himself.

[6] He attended Strathclyde University to study chemical engineering but dropped out to pursue his musical career.

[6] In 2016, he won the BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician award, the first concertinist to do so.

[2] At the 2018 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, he was named Musician of the Year, the youngest ever holder of the title.

"[2] He told The Economist that he experiments with technology like multi-sample pads and expression pedals in his spare time.