25/26 SEASON
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.
Your 25/26 Concerts
![Maxim conducts the Orchestra]()
From Darkness to Light
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Edinburgh
Glasgow
Perth
Join the SCO players and our electrifying Principal Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev on an unforgettable journey from darkness to light.![Maxim Conducts the Orchestra and the chorus sings]()
Gloria!
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Choral
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Exhilarating choral splendours from across two centuries, with the magnificent SCO Chorus and an exceptional line-up of vocal soloists.![]()
The Origin of Colour
Digital Season
Online
Discover (or rediscover) this dazzling, delightful music in a thrilling performance by the SCO and Maxim Emelyanychev.![Alina Ibragimova playsd the violin]()
Haydn’s Drum Roll
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St Andrews
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Violinist Alina Ibragimova leads us from grief and fear to radiant joy in her deeply emotional concert with the SCO.![Yeol Eum Son stands in front of a piano with her arms crossed]()
Yeol Eum Son plays Mozart
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Edinburgh
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Yeol Eum Son returns with two of the great composer’s most compelling concertos.![Colin Currie smiles as he conducts]()
Steve Reich+
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New Dimensions
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Minimalist masterpieces from maverick composer Steve Reich directed by his close friend and collaborator, Edinburgh-born Colin Currie.![Andrew Marwood holds a violin and looks to his left.]()
Schumann & Mozart
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2 Matinees
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Dumfries
British violinist Anthony Marwood makes a welcome return for music to captivate you and – perhaps – surprise you.![Abstract painting of a misty sun setting over a Irish beach.]()
Carmina Gadelica
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Matinee
Glasgow
St Andrews
Edinburgh
The SCO’s renowned Wind Soloists join forces with some of Scotland’s most accomplished young players for a kaleidoscopic concert.![Stained glass window depicting Virgin Mary, Joseph and the infant son]()
L'Enfance du Christ
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Choral
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Welcome the coming festive season with one of the tenderest, most captivating Christmas pieces ever created.![A blue nutcracker soldier is featured with a blue glistening backdrop.]()
The Nutcracker
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Perth
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Maxim Emelyanychev invites you to immerse yourself in all the sugar, snow and sparkle of the composer’s full ballet score.
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.
| Concerts | 4-8 | 9-13 | 14-18 | 19+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discount | 10% | 15% | 20% | 25% |
5 25/26 For the Love of Music Interviews
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
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Colin Currie
Percussion![Soprano Anna Dennis gazes towards the right of the image, her head held high, a serious look on her face.]()
Anna Dennis
Soprano![Rachel Redmond smiles to the camera. She wears a ed tunic like dress.]()
Rachel Redmond
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Alina Ibragimova
Violin![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![Conductor Andrew Manze stands in a suit, facing the camera, leaning against a wall to his right.]()
Andrew Manze
SCO Principal Guest Conductor![]()
Anthony Marwood
Violin![]()
Paula Murrihy
Mezzo-soprano![]()
Andrew Staples
Tenor![]()
Roderick Williams
Baritone![]()
Callum Thorpe
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Peter Whelan
Conductor![]()
Tara Erraught
Mezzo-soprano![]()
Eleanor Hudson
Harp![]()
Lorenza Borrani
Director / Violin![Violinist Nicola Benedetti leans against a wall, holding her violin.]()
Nicola Benedetti
Violin![]()
Jess Gillam
Saxophone![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![]()
Dreamers' Circus
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Jonian Ilias-Kadesha
Violin![Violinist Lawrence Power sits, smiling and looking to his left, holding his violin close to his chest.]()
Lawrence Power
Viola![]()
Riccardo Minasi
Conductor![]()
Louise Alder
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Hanna Hipp
Mezzo-soprano![]()
Julien Henric
Tenor![]()
Daniel Okulitch
Bass baritone![]()
Steven Osborne
Piano![Aaron Azunda Akugbo squats down, holding his trumpet, laughing.]()
Aaron Azunda Akugbo
Trumpet![Black and white image of Alberto]()
Alberto Miguélez Rouco
Countertenor
Your 25/26 Brochures
Edinburgh | Glasgow | St Andrews | Large Print
Latest news
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Symphonies and their nicknames
8 September 2025
Beethoven's Fifth has a nickname? Well, it does according to some people ...![]()
Listen to The Honours of Scotland Concert performed at Balmoral Castle
4 September 2025
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SCO Embarks on European Tour Showcasing Scottish Musical Excellence
2 September 2025
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The percussion concerto
1 September 2025
Our examination of the concerto now turns to percussion. Expect the unexpected!![]()
Mozart and the development of the piano concerto
25 August 2025
How one composer almost single-handedly raised the piano concerto to unprecedented heights![]()
The clarinet concerto
16 June 2025
It's the clarinet's turn to step centre-stage for a look at their concerto repertoire. It's possible Mozart is mentioned!![]()
Opera seria: a beginner's guide
9 June 2025
Ahead of the SCO's performances of two key opera seria in this year's Edinburgh International Festival, we look at the history of the genre.![Three men, dressed formally: one Victorian, with a short grey beard, one young and clean-shaven, in sepia, the last (in a painting) with a long grey beard and glasses]()
The lure of the exotic: northern Africa in classical music
2 June 2025
How does the west's fascination with the wider Arab world come across in music? We look at a few examples ...![]()
Beethoven's 'lesser' symphonies
26 May 2025
Why are some Beethoven symphonies better-known than others?![]()
The bassoon concerto
19 May 2025
For the last article in our concerto series (for now), we turn to an instrument too often dismissed as the orchestra's resident joker.
