
Simon Thompson
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Cologne
19 Oct 2026
Igor Levit’s Beethoven tour arrives in Cologne’s Philharmonie

Cologne
16 Oct 2026
In Cologne, a long wait for a lacklustre Rosenkavalier


Edinburgh
1 Oct 2026
Emelyanychev leads the SCO in Bach’s St Matthew Passion

Edinburgh
18 Sept 2026
Søndergård’s final RSNO season opens with majestic Mahler

Haddington
12 Sept 2026
Punchy Mozart from Jeremy Denk and the RNS

Edinburgh
30 Aug 2026
Scriabin and Beethoven from the Berlin Phil in Edinburgh

Edinburgh
27 Aug 2026
BBCSSO in Edinburgh: Mahlerian melodrama, Schubertian shadow

Edinburgh
17 Aug 2026
Edinburgh International Festival launches its Alfred Brendel tribute

Edinburgh
10 Aug 2026
National Youth Orchestra of the USA pass the test in Edinburgh

Torre del Lago
18 Jul 2026
Tosca goes over the top at Torre del Lago


Torre del Lago
17 Jul 2026
Puccini Festival at Torre de Lago opens with a centennial Turandot

Crail
4 Jul 2026
East Neuk Festival: Three concerts, three quartets, three Razumovskys

Edinburgh
12 Jun 2026
Beethoven 9 ends the RSNO’s season with blockbuster flair

Edinburgh
15 May 2026
Elgarian emotion from the Benedetti, Karabits and the RSNO

Edinburgh
24 Apr 2026
Stephen Hough makes a convincing case for Rachmaninov 1 with the RSNO

Edinburgh
20 Mar 2026
Kristiina Poska makes an exciting return to conduct the RSNO


Glasgow
21 Feb 2026
Felix Klieser plays Strauss with the RSNO, before Bruckner exodus

Edinburgh
8 Feb 2026
Sweeping Rachmaninov and scorching Barber from the BBC Scottish

Paris
13 Dec 2025
Les Arts Florissants play an abbreviated Christmas Oratorio in Paris

Edinburgh
5 Dec 2025
Giedrė Šlekytė conducts the RSNO in passionate, exciting Mahler

Brussels
15 Oct 2025
Ensemble Jupiter end European tour of Handel’s Theodora in Brussels

Antwerp
14 Oct 2025
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen’s Parsifal: digital drama, celestial singing

Bruges
11 Oct 2025
Antwerp Symphony opens season with magical Weber and exciting Schumann

Edinburgh
9 Oct 2025
A tale of two Glorias: Poulenc and Vivaldi with the SCO in Edinburgh

Edinburgh
3 Oct 2025
Mahler magic: RSNO opens season with the Seventh Symphony


Haddington
10 Sept 2025
Heft and delicacy: Philharmonia makes Lammermuir Festival debut

Haddington
7 Sept 2025
I Fagiolini make their Lammermuir Festival debut

Edinburgh
24 Aug 2025
A dramatic, declamatory Elijah closes the 2025 Edinburgh Festival

Edinburgh
21 Aug 2025
Canellakis brings sparkle and shine to Stravinsky and Bernstein

Edinburgh
18 Aug 2025
Aurora dazzle in Edinburgh International Festival debut


Edinburgh
12 Aug 2025
LSO launches Edinburgh International Festival residency


Edinburgh
5 Aug 2025
Edward Gardner brings the London Philharmonic to the EIF

Anstruther
29 Jun 2025
A constellation of quartets end the East Neuk Festival

Crail
27 Jun 2025
A soul-shaking Winterreise from Mark Padmore and Joseph Middleton

Edinburgh
30 May 2025
Melting Mendelssohn from Randall Goosby and the RSNO in Edinburgh

Edinburgh
25 Apr 2025
Three meditations on death and mourning with the RSNO in Edinburgh


Hamburg
6 Apr 2025
5-star musicianship in Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie


Edinburgh
27 Mar 2025
Super Schubert saves the day: SCO with Isabelle van Keulen


Edinburgh
21 Mar 2025
Anna Clyne's magnificent cello concerto crowns the RSNO programme

Edinburgh
21 Feb 2025
A Mahler 9 teetering on the edge of the abyss

Edinburgh
14 Feb 2025
David Niemann conducts a searing Pathétique with the RSNO

Edinburgh
19 Jan 2025
A winner from start to finish: National Youth Orchestra of Germany


Edinburgh
5 Dec 2024
SCO brings warmth and period transparency to Prokofiev and Brahms

Edinburgh
14 Nov 2024
Three centuries of music from Andrew Manze and the SCO

Edinburgh
31 Oct 2024
Northern Lights: Nordic Music Days festival visits Scotland

Edinburgh
10 Oct 2024
Music of the 20th and 18th centuries in dialogue

Edinburgh
4 Oct 2024
The RSNO's season begins with Mahler's Resurrection Symphony


Glasgow
27 Sept 2024
Dvořák’s music takes centre stage in the SCO's season opener

East Linton
10 Sept 2024
An evening of song from La Belle Époque with Veronique Gens

Edinburgh
17 Aug 2024
Sir Mark Elder bows out with Mahler 5 in Edinburgh
