Interview
Alison Lawrance – a fond farewell
An interview with Alison Lawrance as she sadly departs Scottish Ensemble after a whirlwind thirty-three years as our principal cellist.
18 December 2025
Interview
Insights from some of our musicians, collaborators, participants and peers.
Interview
Five minutes with… Sheila Colvin
Longtime supporter, and former SE trustee, Sheila Colvin opens up about her lifelong passion for music and the important work of the Calder Commissioning Fund.
27 November 2025
Interview
Meet our 2025 Young Artists
Meet Annabel and Lauren, our Young Artists for 2025.
30 June 2025
Interview
Five minutes with… Héloïse Werner
Meet Héloïse Werner, soprano and composer, who is performing with us this summer at Concerts for a Summer's Night.
12 May 2025
Interview
Five minutes with… Donald Grant
Fiddle player, composer and regular Scottish Ensemble collaborator, Donald Grant tells us a bit about himself.
18 March 2025
Interview
Five minutes with… James Hardie
Join us in welcoming new Chief Executive, James, to Scottish Ensemble.
27 January 2025
Interview
Meet our Young Artists
Find out more about the 2023-24 Young Artists
24 November 2023
Interview
Jonathan Morton on Goldberg Variations: ternary patterns for insomnia
Jonathan Morton reflects on Scottish Ensemble’s long-running collaboration with Andersson Dance ahead of the return of Goldberg Variations: ternary patterns for insomnia.
27 February 2023
Interview
Örjan Andersson on Goldberg Variations: ternary patterns for insomnia
Hear from Örjan Andersson, director of Andersson Dance on his collaboration with Scottish Ensemble.
25 January 2023
Interview
Andrew Berridge on Breathe
"it taps into something very primal within us all"
We speak to violist Andrew Berridge about the Breathe tour, which he's curated.
We speak to violist Andrew Berridge about the Breathe tour, which he's curated.
25 October 2022
Interview
10 minutes with…Kate Suthers
"I can’t remember a time when music wasn’t present in my life"
We talk to violinist Kate Suthers who is directing our Scottish Creations tour.
We talk to violinist Kate Suthers who is directing our Scottish Creations tour.
23 May 2022
Interview
Jonathan Morton on ‘Tchaikovsky by Heart’
Ahead of our memorised performances of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings we caught up with Scottish Ensemble Artistic Director Jonathan Morton to ask him more about the project.
13 February 2022
Interview
Exploring Baroque Take Two: In conversation with guest director Jonathan Cohen
Ahead of our collaboration together, Scottish Ensemble violinist Joanne Green catches up with acclaimed cellist and harpsichordist Jonathan Cohen about all things Baroque
19 June 2019
Interview
Exploring Elemental: In conversation with Aidan O’Rourke
Scottish Ensemble talks to wildly celebrated folk musician Aidan O’Rourke about a new commission, inspired by the poetry of Edwin Morgan and the politics and landscape of a bruised and battered Scotland.
19 June 2019
Interview
In conversation with French-Iranian multi-instrumentalist Keyvan Chemirani
Journalist Keith Bruce speaks to French-Iranian percussionist Keyvan Chemirani – zarb virtuoso and the lead collaborator on Scottish Ensemble’s Continental Drift – about a career spent exploring different musical cultures
27 February 2019
Interview
Can music do more to help?
Ahead of the European premiere of her new commission, Babel, Scottish Ensemble sits down with Gabriela Montero to discuss music, political activism, and how the two can connect.
10 January 2019
Interview
Making Prelude – skydiving from a dream
Ahead of Prelude – skydiving from a dream, Scottish Ensemble Artistic Director Jonathan Morton and Andersson Dance Artistic Director Örjan Andersson sat down to discuss the inspiration behind the two companies’ second collaboration.
1 November 2018
Interview
Work & Play: An interview with Matthew Hunt
Ahead of the Chamber Notes tour, we caught up with clarinetist Matthew Hunt for a quick chat about life as a musician, on tour and at home.
4 October 2018
Interview
Anna Meredith on Anno
Ahead of the world premier of Anno at Spitalfields Music Summer Festival in London, we caught up with Anna Meredith to find out more about the work.
3 June 2016