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Hebrides Ensemble is Scotland's foremost contemporary music group, specialising in new, twentieth and twenty-first century chamber music, music theatre and chamber opera.
Led by the cellist and conductor William Conway and drawing upon the finest musicians within Scotland and Europe, Hebrides Ensemble tours frequently to venues from the far North of Scotland to the Wigmore Hall, performs at international festivals and broadcasts and records regularly.
Acclaimed for imaganitive and innovative programming and presentation of works and its outstanding quality of performance the group has recently been invited to join the prestigious Re: New network of European contemporary music ensembles.
The recent nomination and short-listing in the Chamber Music category in the 2009 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards was a welcome confirmation of our growing success.
Next Concerts:
Season 2011/12
American Pioneers: 6-9 November
Recent Reviews:
'impassioned and dramatic' 4* (The Scotsman)
'Profound and powerful' 4* (The Guardian)
'Dazzlingly brilliant' 4* (The Scotsman)
'A once in a lifetime experience' (Bach Track)
'remarkable' 5* (The Scotsman)
The Guardian 5*
'brilliant' 4* (The Herald)
Podcast Series:
Soprano Elizabeth Watts and composer Martin Suckling talk about Kafka Fragmente which toured in June to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Leeds:
Listen to our podcast series on Soundcloud. Recent episodes feature soprano Clarron McFadden, pianist Llyr Williams, Elizabeth Watts, composer Martin Suckling, ecat's Peter Nelson, clarinetist Yann Ghiro and composer James MacMillan.
Support Us:
Archive Performances:
You can visit our archive website here for previous seasons and programmes before 2009.
Download a pdf of our performances and press reviews in 2009 and 2010.
For more information on William Conway and his cello and conducting career, please visit his NEW website here.
Hebrides Ensemble is registered in Scotland under No.132543 Registered Charity No. SCO17923
