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For the love of music

25/26 SEASON

30 Concerts
12 Venues

Welcome to your 2025/26 Season

This Season, we honour our shared love of music through a series of interviews with our players. We explore their profound connection to the music and audiences, and reveal a few of their stories along the way.

For the love of music

Book for a minimum of four eligible concerts across Edinburgh, Glasgow or St Andrews to qualify for Multibuy Package discounts.

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Your 25/26 Concerts

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  1. VIBE in the Borders

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    Workshop

    Galashiels
    Join VIBE and the Harris Trust's SPaRKs programme.
  2. VIBE Particpants in 2025 performing at the Melrose Music Festival

    VIBE in the Borders

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    Workshop

    Galashiels
    A FREE music-making project for 30 students in S1-3 who love singing or playing an instrument.

  3. Cello Classics

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    Summer Tour

    Arbroath
    Aberdeen
    Fraserburgh
    ...and more!
    Experience the cello like never before with this vibrant programme led by SCO Principal Cello Philip Higham.
  4. Illustration of musicians and children

    Big Ears, Little Ears at V&A Dundee

    Summer Tour

    Dundee
    These interactive performances are playful, multi-sensory introductions to live orchestral music.

  5. Dementia-Friendly Concert

    Summer Tour

    Glenrothes
    Our popular dementia-friendly concerts take pride of place in our Summer Tour.
  6. Moira Morrison leads a small group in Craigmillar Castle

    Make Music Day

    Community

    Edinburgh
    Make Music Day, which takes every year, encourages everyone to participate in music!

  7. Duruflé Requiem

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    Summer Tour

    Edinburgh
    St Andrews
    Join the SCO Chorus for an evening of profound beauty and spiritual depth.

  8. Summer Classics

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    Summer Tour

    Oban
    Callander
    Kingussie
    ...and more!
    An evening of wit and Mediterranean warmth awaits you, as Lucas Macías conducts a programme that lets our wind soloists truly shine.

  9. Highland Classics

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    Summer Tour

    Inverness
    Findhorn
    Blair Atholl
    This summer, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra brings a sparkling programme of classical favourites and virtuosic flair to Highland audiences.

  10. SCO at East Neuk Festival

    Summer Tour

    St Monans
    East Neuk Festival 2026 closes on a high note with Haydn and Mozart at their most splendid and entertaining.

Booking Information:

Book for a minimum of four eligible concerts across Edinburgh, Glasgow or St Andrews to qualify for Multibuy Package discounts.

Current 12+ Multibuy bookers
Mon 24 Mar – Fri 11 Apr 2025

12+ Multibuy bookers for the 2024/25 Season will receive a telephone call from us to arrange their booking for the 2025/26 Season during the booking period above.

Current 4-11 Multibuy bookers
Mon 14 Apr – Fri 2 May 2025

4-11 Multibuy bookers for the 2024/25 Season can book Multibuy packages for the 2025/26 Season via the SCO website, over the phone or by sending us a completed booking form.

New Multibuy bookers
Mon 12 May – Fri 26 Sep 2025

New bookers can purchase Multibuy packages for the 2025/26 Season via the SCO website, over the phone or by sending us a completed booking form.

Single Tickets
From Monday 19 May 2025

If you wish to book fewer than four concerts, tickets will be available from the venue box offices from Monday 19 May 2025.

For more information on booking dates - see here.

Concerts4-89-1314-1819+
Discount10%15%20%25%

5 25/26 For the Love of Music Interviews  

Max Mandel smiles. He wears a white shirt and black blazer.

Max Mandel

5:33

Cerys Ambrose-Evans

4:46

Eric de Wit

4:22

Katherine Bryer

2:59

Marta Gómez

4:10

Your 25/26 Guest Artists

Meet the 25/26 Guest Artists

  1. Colin Currie

    Percussion
  2. Soprano Anna Dennis gazes towards the right of the image, her head held high, a serious look on her face.

    Anna Dennis

    Soprano
  3. Rachel Redmond smiles to the camera. She wears a ed tunic like dress.

    Rachel Redmond

  4. Alina Ibragimova

    Violin
  5. Pianist Yeol Eum Son poses leaning against a piano, her elbows resting on its edge, one hand cradling the other in mid-air, while she tilts her head back and gazes upwards.

    Yeol Eum Son

    Piano
  6. Andrew sits and crossed one leg across the other. He smiles and wears glasses and a black shirt.

    Andrew Manze

    SCO Principal Guest Conductor

  7. Anthony Marwood

    Violin

  8. Paula Murrihy

    Mezzo-soprano

  9. Andrew Staples

    tenor

  10. Roderick Williams

    baritone

  11. Callum Thorpe

  12. Peter Whelan

    Conductor

  13. Tara Erraught

    Mezzo-soprano

  14. Eleanor Hudson

    Harp

  15. Lorenza Borrani

    director / violin
  16. Violinist Nicola Benedetti leans against a wall, holding her violin.

    Nicola Benedetti

    violin

  17. Jess Gillam

    Saxophone
  18. Violinist Pekka Kuusisto, eyes closed, holds his violin close to his face, plucking the strings with his fingers, as he looks down.

    Pekka Kuusisto

    conductor / violin

  19. Dreamers' Circus

  20. Jonian Ilias Kadesha

    Violin
  21. Violinist Lawrence Power sits, smiling and looking to his left, holding his violin close to his chest.

    Lawrence Power

    Viola

  22. Riccardo Minasi

    Conductor

  23. Louise Alder

  24. Hanna Hipp

    Mezzo-soprano

  25. Julien Henric

    Tenor

  26. Daniel Okulitch

    Bass baritone

  27. Steven Osborne

    Piano
  28. Aaron Azunda Akugbo squats down, holding his trumpet, laughing.

    Aaron Azunda Akugbo

    Trumpet
  29. Black and white image of Alberto

    Alberto Miguélez Rouco

    Countertenor
Jess Gillam smiles up holding her saxophone.

New Dimensions

Explore new sound worlds

Experience provocative premieres, stimulating minimalism and modern Scottish classics, and rediscover iconic works in a laid-back, informal concert format.

6 Concerts
2 Cities
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25/26 Digital Season

Experience the SCO from your home

Experience the thrill of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in performance – wherever you are in the world with three specially commissioned films from SCO Associate Composer, Jay Capperauld.

3 Films
Online
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Eric plays the cello. He wears a black suit.

Discounts

Learn more about the savings available including group bookings, disability discounts and savings for young people.

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An audience member of the Tea Dance concert smiles with delight.

Dementia-Friendly Concerts

Learn more about our Dementia-Friendly Concerts that are happening this Season.

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25/26 Press Area

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Latest news

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  1. Music to be proud of: a history of LGBTQIA+ composers

    1 June 2026

    Join us as we celebrate Pride Month with a look at queer composers over the centuries!
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  2. 3 members of the Craigmillar youth choir sing, they wear school unirom.

    Tapestry: a celebration of the SCO's Craigmillar residency

    29 May 2026

    Watch Tapestry, the culmination of the SCO's work within the Craigmillar community over the last five years.
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  3. Double concertos

    25 May 2026

    Concertos for more than a single instrument are a comparative rarity, making their performance something of a treat for everyone.
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  4. The (mis)numbering of symphonies

    18 May 2026

    We look at the thorny issue of how symphonies are numbered. Warning: may cause confusion!
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  5. Visions of the afterlife: the Requiem Mass

    11 May 2026

    Depending on whom you ask, death can be comforting or inspire holy terror, including in composers writing a Mass for the Dead.
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  6. A man plays the cello, his bow on the string

    The SCO cellists on Cello Classics: "I thought of the music that we would all relish playing"

    4 May 2026

    We sat down with all four of our cellists for a chat ahead of their starring role in the first of this year's Summer Tour concerts.
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  7. Beethoven's Seventh: the apotheosis of the dance?

    27 April 2026

    How has Wagner's epithet affected the way we approach this favourite Beethoven symphony?
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  8. Silent Teachers

    23 April 2026

    Read about our collaboration with Edinburgh Medical School, celebrating its 300th anniversary.
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  9. Beethoven 200

    23 April 2026

    Join us as we mark the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's death next Season.
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  10. Maxim extends his SCO contract

    23 April 2026

    Wonderful news from our Principal Conductor!
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