Hebrides Ensemble
Hebrides Ensemble
(credit: Tom Baker)
Hebrides Ensemble has built a reputation as Scotland's foremost chamber group, touring frequently throughout Scotland, appearing at international music festivals and broadcasting regularly on BBC Radio 3. Its concerts are acclaimed for their imaginative and innovative programming and for the outstanding quality of performance. For its work in 2005 Hebrides Ensemble was nominated for a Royal Philharmonic Society award.
The Ensemble has commissioned and premiered new works by more than forty composers including Gordon Mcpherson, Nigel Osborne, Lyell Cresswell and Haflidi Hallgrimsson and performs a celebrated series of concerts each year at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
Festival appearances include a residency at the St. Magnus Festival, Orkney and a performances, to outstanding critical acclaim, at the 2005 and 2006 Edinburgh International Festivals. In November 2006, the Ensemble will perform a prestigious Scottish Arts Council Tune Up tour.
Recent press quotes
"...the amazing Hebrides Ensemble"
THE HERALD
"...imaginative and innovatory."
THE TIMES
"Not to be missed."
THE HERALD
"The Hebrides Ensemble has a well deserved reputation for its inspiring performances..."
THE SCOTSMAN
"Fluency, technical brilliance and a sense of the personal and the epic characterised the performances."
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
The Ensemble has commissioned and premiered new works by more than forty composers including Gordon Mcpherson, Nigel Osborne, Lyell Cresswell and Haflidi Hallgrimsson and performs a celebrated series of concerts each year at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
Festival appearances include a residency at the St. Magnus Festival, Orkney and a performances, to outstanding critical acclaim, at the 2005 and 2006 Edinburgh International Festivals. In November 2006, the Ensemble will perform a prestigious Scottish Arts Council Tune Up tour.
Recent press quotes
"...the amazing Hebrides Ensemble"
THE HERALD
"...imaginative and innovatory."
THE TIMES
"Not to be missed."
THE HERALD
"The Hebrides Ensemble has a well deserved reputation for its inspiring performances..."
THE SCOTSMAN
"Fluency, technical brilliance and a sense of the personal and the epic characterised the performances."
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH