Article
Five minutes with… Dame Seona Reid
Trustee, Dame Seona Reid, tells us about her inspirations, interests and role at Scottish Ensemble.
8 July 2025
Understanding Music
We seek to explore music more deeply – how it connects to contemporary life, stories from the past and our shared human experience.
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
Article
Composer profile: Hannah Kendall
Hannah Kendall's new work will premiere at this year's Concerts by Candlelight tour, find out more about the composer.
11 November 2024
Film
Announcing our 2024-25 season
A year of bold story-telling and collaborative musical adventure.
17 June 2024
Article
Insight into the development of Impulse: Music in Motion
Jonathan Morton and choreographer, Örjan Andersson offer an insight into the development of Impulse: Music in Motion.
26 February 2024
Article
Everything you need to know about Folded Landscapes
A true testament to the beguiling nature of Erland Cooper, is our ever-expanding collaboratory project with him...
5 May 2023
Film
Stories from Scottish Creations: Shetland
"There's something about people feeling connected to the areas they’re from that these tunes can bring very strongly, both to the players and the audience members"
Alastair Savage
Alastair Savage
3 November 2022
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
Film
Stories from Scottish Creations: Inverness
I like the way I can speak through the music...it’s like a voice. And I can express myself more easily than any other form of communication through the viola, which is what I really like about it.
Jane Atkins, violist
Jane Atkins, violist
10 October 2022
Film
Stories from Scottish Creations: Mull
“For me creativity is the way we make connections with each other, it's the way we communicate, it's the way we understand our place in the world and we process our emotions and what’s going on around us”
Composer Ailie Robertson
Composer Ailie Robertson
25 August 2022
Article
Strike up the Band: When pop and classical collide
Classical? Pop? Rock? Does anyone even care anymore? Music journalist Hugh Morris explores some of the genre-busting composers featured in The Bridge Festival.
18 April 2022
Article
Listening to Estonia
The northernmost Baltic state is famous for revolting in song. But its musical traditions run deeper than twentieth-century politics. Andrew Mellor explores.
12 April 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
Article
Why do we love live music?
Ahead of Common Sound, Rosie Davies lends us her perspective on what makes live so special.
22 October 2021
Audio
Nemone and Jonathan Morton: In Conversation
Ahead of Common Sound, we got Nemone, our guide, DJ and presenter, and Jonathan Morton, Artistic Director of Scottish Ensemble together to talk about the project, how it came about and what they hope it might explore and uncover.
20 October 2021
Article
Where did the classical concert come from?
Can learning more about music written 300 years ago help us to re-think and re-appreciate the modern concert experience? Ahead of Baroque: Take Two, we explore how the Baroque era changed our experience of classical music, and how we might
4 October 2019
Article
The surprising connections between music and food
Eating a meal together and sharing music together: two familiar experiences with a surprising amount in common. Ahead of Sound Bites, we take a deeper look at the connection between these functional, sensory and emotional experiences.
19 June 2019
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
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
Article
What does music do to the brain, body and soul?
Rosie Davies explores the myriad positive effects that music has on the brain, body and soul.
4 September 2018
Article
Five Pieces Of Music Inspired By Visual Art
We explore the relationship between visual art and music through five diverse works from the early twentieth century to the present.
9 March 2016