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Music for everyone across Scotland

Summer Tour 2026

12 programmes
26 venues

Welcome to the SCO Summer Tour 2026!

This summer, we are bringing world-class music to 26 towns and cities across Scotland, stretching from Fraserburgh in the northeast to Kirkcudbright in the southwest! We look forward to performing at a venue near you.

With special thanks to Summer Tour sponsors Eriadne & George Mackintosh and Claire & Anthony Tait

23 May – 11 Sep 2026

£6 tickets for students & under 26s*
FREE for under 18s*

*excluding festivals

Your Summer Tour 2026 concerts

  1. SCO Wind Soloists in Concert

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    Summer Tour

    Cumnock
    Kirkcudbright
    Annan
    ...and more!
    Join us for an unforgettable evening as the SCO’s wind players take centre stage in a programme brimming with charm and colour.

  2. Mozart's 'Turkish' Concerto

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    Summer Tour

    Stirling
    Greenock
    Forfar
    Discover a programme alive with colour, character and charm as the SCO performs under the direction of Bogdan Božović.

  3. Autumn Classics

    Summer Tour

    Linlithgow
    Step into a world of musical colour and joy as the SCO present three charming masterpieces.
  4. Javier stands by a piano

    Lammermuir Festival

    Summer Tour

    Haddington
    Beethoven’s C minor Piano Concerto is a formidable vehicle for the stellar musicianship and superb pianism of Javier Perianes.
  5. 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.
  6. An opera singer sings with the SCO behind.

    Mozart’s Don Giovanni

    EIF 2026

    Edinburgh
    Experience Mozart’s great opera of seduction, trickery and retribution with the SCO.
  7. Maxim conducts in a black suit and white shirt.

    Maxim Emelyanychev & SCO Wind Soloists

    EIF 2026

    Edinburgh
    Wind soloists from the SCO explore music by Poulenc, Ravel and Françaix, with Maxim Emelyanychev at the piano.

  8. Sigur Rós

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    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    The SCO will join Sigur Rós on the last leg of their epic world tour.
  9. Stephanie Gonley smiles and looks out to the right, she holds her violin.

    Autumn Classics

    St Andrews
    To launch the 2026/27 St Andrews Season, Stephanie Gonley directs the Orchestra in a vibrant programme.
  10. Maxim raises his hand as he conducts.

    Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

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    Perth
    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    We launch our 2026/27 Season with a dazzling homage to Berlioz, the ultimate musical trailblazer.
  11. Maxim conducts the orchestra with the chorus singing behind.

    Bach St Matthew Passion

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    Choral

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    To mark 300 years since its first performance, we present Bach’s St Matthew Passion at the heart of our 2026/27 Season.

Your SCO Summer Tour 2026 Guest Artists and Soloists

  1. Maxim sits and leans forward with his hands interlocked.

    Maxim Emelyanychev

    Principal Conductor
  2. Philip stands with his cello. He wears a dark suit and white shirt.

    Philip Higham

    Principal Cello
  3. Su-a laughs. She sits with her cello resting back onto her. She wears her hair in space buns, wears glasses and a dark outfit.

    Su-a Lee

    Sub-Principal Cello
  4. Donald plays the cello. He wears a black suit and tie.

    Donald Gillan

    Cello
  5. Eric smiles and sits with the cello lying across his lap. He wears a dark suit and white shirt with tie.

    Eric de Wit

    Cello and Orchestra Advisor

  6. Michael Bawtree

    Conductor

  7. Lucas Macías

    Conductor
  8. Maxi plays the clarinet. He wears a black suit and black tie.

    Maximiliano Martín

    Principal Clarinet
  9. Cerys stands, resting her bassoon upright. She wears a black top and trousers.

    Cerys Ambrose-Evans

    Principal Bassoon
  10. Andre smils as he holds his flute up to play. He wears a dark suit.

    André Cebrián

    Principal Flute
  11. Marta stands and smiles with her flute held down. She wears a smart black jumpsuit.

    Marta Gómez

    Sub-Principal Flute

  12. Stephanie Gonley

    Leader

  13. SCO Chorus

  14. SCO Wind Soloists

  15. Gregory stands and looks at the camera. He wears a black suit and white shirt.

    Gregory Batsleer

    Chorus Director

Summer Tour 2026 Assets

You can view all downloadable press and promotional materials here.

Including the 2026 trailer, press release, images and copy.

Discover here