Gordon Bragg Conductor

Nokuthula Ngwenyama is a Los Angeles-born viola player and composer of Zimbabwean/Japanese parentage, globally respected as a virtuoso champion of her instrument and a uniquely eloquent, communicative composer.

Her 2018 Primal Message imagines the first contact we detect from elsewhere in the cosmos – or, perhaps, the most fundamental communication we exchange with each other. Tender and optimistic, Ngwenyama’s visionary work celebrates the joyful power of music to connect and unite.

This concert is part of the Digital Season 22/23

Four composers; four singular visions of music; one fantastic venue.

Discover – or rediscover – fresh sounds and new musical voices across four specially-conceived music videos filmed in Edinburgh’s iconic Leith Theatre. Join us across the year as each work is premiered online, showcasing the SCO’s exceptional musicians in both intimate and larger scale gatherings.

All four films are available to watch online (SCO website, YouTube and Facebook channels) for free for one month after broadcast date.