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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. A portrait of Mozart with the 25/26 Season branding overlay.

    Mozart’s Last Three Symphonies

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    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Aberdeen
    Discover – or rediscover – the compelling power of Mozart's last three symphonies as Maxim brings his vibrant visions to Scotland.
  2. The Grumpy Gaboon characters frame the image.

    The Great Grumpy Gaboon

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    Matinee

    Perth
    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    The Great Grumpy Gaboon returns in 2026 for a fun-packed performance.
  3. A skull.

    Bruckner's Skull

    Digital Season

    Online
    Premiered last Season to enormous acclaim, this audacious creation dares to stare death directly in the face.

  4. VIBE in the Borders workshops

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    Workshop

    Galashiels
    Explore creative art and music-making in these free cross-arts workshops for ages 11-18.

  5. Baroque Inspirations

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    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Maxim Emelyanychev returns with an annual highlight of the SCO Season, rediscovering the musical splendours of the Baroque.
  6. Maxim Emelyanychev sits at the keys. He smiles off to his left. He wears a black suit and bowtie.

    Maxim & Friends

    Matinee

    Edinburgh
    Experience the exceptional artistry of SCO Principal Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev as he showcases his passion for chamber music.
  7. Nicola Benedetti plays the violin.

    Benedetti plays Mendelssohn

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    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Mendelssohn’s exhilarating Violin Concerto is the ideal showcase for the world-renowned Scottish violin virtuoso’s consummate talents.

  8. Benedetti plays Mendelssohn (Inverness)

    Inverness
    Mendelssohn’s exhilarating Violin Concerto is the ideal showcase for the world-renowned Scottish violin virtuoso’s consummate talents.
  9. Lorenza Borrani smiles at the camera, holding her violin

    Borrani & Beethoven

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    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Lorenza Borrani returns for a second concert of the Season with an evening of wit, humour and magical evocations.
  10. Jess Gillam smiles up holding her saxophone.

    Saxophone Dreams with Jess Gillam

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    New Dimensions

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    St Andrews
    Jess Gillam brings her invigorating musical personality to a colourful and adventurous concert.

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. Conductor Andrew Manze stands in a suit, facing the camera, leaning against a wall to his right.

    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

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Tea Dance Concerts

Learn more about our Dementia-Friendly Tea Dance 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. A tribute to Caroline Garden

    21 January 2026

    We are sorry to announce the passing of Caroline Garden, a founding member of the Orchestra.
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  2. A violinist shown at three different ages: as a young man in a drawing, middle-aged in a painting and elderly in an old photo

    Joseph Joachim and the great German violin concertos

    19 January 2026

    Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bruch and Brahms: four violin concertos, all connected by a single violinist.
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  3. The search for Beethoven's successor

    19 January 2026

    Beethoven died in 1827. Who would be worthy to take on his mantle?
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  4. Musical quotations

    19 January 2026

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  5. Composers' miracle years

    12 January 2026

    In which we look at times when a composer barely paused for breath between one work and the next
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  6. Quickfire Questions with Hatty Haynes

    9 January 2026

    Get to know the newest SCO Second Violin!
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  7. Making a splash: water music beyond Handel

    5 January 2026

    We take a look at musical depictions of water, from trickling burns to the wide expanse of the ocean, to see what lurks below the surface.
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  8. Whisky Mouth by Jay Capperauld

    1 January 2026

    Celebrate the start of a new year with Jay Capperauld's Whisky Mouth.
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  9. Mozart and the symphony

    22 December 2025

    Stuck between the symphonies of Haydn and Beethoven, where do Mozart's fit in?
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  10. Unfinished symphonies

    15 December 2025

    Your starter for ten: besides Schubert, who has an unfinished symphony to their name?
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