My Work

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2020

FEATURES AND INTERVIEWS

Royal Scottish National Orchestra's Going Places project (The Scotsman, Jun 2020)
Scottish orchestras after lockdown (The Scotsman, May 2020)
The Scotsman Sessions: Susan Tomes (The Scotsman, May 2020)
Nevis Ensemble's Living Room Ensemble (The Scotsman, Apr 2020)
The Scotsman Sessions: Katherine Wren (The Scotsman, Apr 2020)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra 2020-21 seasons (The Scotsman, Mar 2020)
Scottish Ensemble: We are in Time (The Scotsman, Feb 2020)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Alma Mahler (The Scotsman, Jan 2020)

MUSIC REVIEWS

Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Thomas Søndergård, Jane Irwin (soprano), Simon O'Neill (tenor) (The Scotsman, Mar 2020)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Nicola Benedetti (violin), Lawrence Power (viola) (The Scotsman, Mar 2020)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Kristian Bezuidenhout (piano), Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (violin), Philip Higham (cello) (The Scotsman, Mar 2020)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) (The Scotsman, Feb 2020)
Scottish Ensemble: We are in Time (The Scotsman, Feb 2020)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Kensho Watanabe, Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) (The Scotsman, Feb 2020)
Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier, Yeol Eum Son (piano) (The Scotsman, Feb 2020)

PROGRAMME NOTES

Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mendelssohn/Mozart (Mar 2020)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven/Shostakovich/Ligeti/Schubert (Feb 2020)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Haydn/Beethoven/Mozart (Feb 2020)

2019

FEATURES AND INTERVIEWS

The year ahead in classical music (The Scotsman, Dec 2019)
Live Music Now Scotland concerts at Edinburgh's Usher Hall (The Scotsman, Nov 2019)
Pietari Inkinen and the Prague Symphony Orchestra (The Scotsman, Nov 2019)
Jonathan Cohen and the Scottish Ensemble (The Scotsman, Oct 2019)
Lammermuir Festival's tenth anniversary (The Scotsman, Sep 2019)
Nevis Ensemble tours the Hebrides (The Scotsman, Aug 2019)
Nicholas Zekulin and the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland (The Scotsman, Aug 2019)
Jessica Cottis and the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland (The Scotsman, Jul 2019)
Philip Higham and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (The Scotsman, Jul 2019)
Komische Oper Berlin's Eugene Onegin at the Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Jul 2019)
Elisabeth Leonskaja at the East Neuk Festival (The Scotsman, Jun 2019)
Colin Currie and the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland (The Scotsman, Jun 2019)
Edinburgh Incidental Orchestra (The Scotsman, May 2019)
BBC Proms Guide 2019: interviews with Angelique Kidjo, Benjamin Hulett, Bramwell Tovey, Catriona Morison, Danae Kontora, Eric Lu, Fatma Said, Jeroen Berwaerts, Leonardo García Alarcón, Omer Meir Wellber, Paul Lewis, Tadaaki Otaka and Yeol Eum Son (BBC Proms, Apr 2019)
Ilan Volkov and Tectonics Glasgow (The Scotsman, Apr 2019)
Elim Chan and the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland (The Scotsman, Mar 2019)
Maxim Emelyanychev and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (The Scotsman, Mar 2019)
Marat Bisengaliev and the Symphony Orchestra of India (The Scotsman, Feb 2019)
Freddy Kempf and the St Petersburg PO (The Scotsman, Jan 2019)

MUSIC REVIEWS

Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Danny Elfman gala (The Scotsman, Dec 2019)
SCO Chorus Christmas Concert (The Scotsman, Dec 2019)
Scottish Ensemble: For a Winter's Night (The Scotsman, Dec 2019)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/John Mauceri, Alan Cumming (narrator) (The Scotsman, Dec 2019)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Gregory Batsleer, Stephanie Gonley (violin) (The Scotsman, Dec 2019)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Joseph Swensen (The Scotsman, Nov 2019)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Martin Yates, Vaughan Williams's The Future (The Daily Telegraph, Nov 2019)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (violin) (The Scotsman, Nov 2019)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Antony Hermus (The Scotsman, Nov 2019)
Scottish Ensemble, Aidan O'Rourke (violin), Kit Downes (piano) (The Scotsman, Nov 2019)
Brodsky Quartet, Martin Roscoe (piano) (The Scotsman, Nov 2019)
Sonica festival, Glasgow (The Scotsman, Nov 2019)
Flanders SO/José Luis Gomez, Miloš Karadaglić (guitar) (The Scotsman, Nov 2019)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Klaus Mäkelä (The Scotsman, Oct 2019)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Pekka Kuusisto (violin) (The Scotsman, Oct 2019)
sound festival, Aberdeen (The Scotsman, Oct 2019)
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Yuri Simonov (The Scotsman, Oct 2019)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/François Leleux, Javier Perianes (piano) (The Scotsman, Sep 2019)
Scottish Ensemble/Marianne Thorsen (violin) (The Scotsman, Sep 2019)
Dunedin Consort, Quatuor Mosaïques, Vox Luminus, Lammermuir Festival (The Scotsman, Sep 2019)
Llŷr Williams (piano), Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2019)
Steven Osborne (piano), Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2019)
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra/Long Yu, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2019)
Rachel Podger (violin), Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2019)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Elim Chan, Benjamin Beilman (violin) (The Scotsman, May 2019)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Emmanuel Krivine (The Scotsman, May 2019)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Donald Runnicles, Kelley O'Connor (mezzo-soprano), Paul Groves (tenor) (The Scotsman, Apr 2019)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/François Leleux (oboe) (The Scotsman, Apr 2019)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/John Storgårds, Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) (The Scotsman, Apr 2019)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Josep Pons, Bertrand Chamayou (piano) (The Scotsman, Apr 2019)
Counterflows festival, Glasgow (The Scotsman, Apr 2019)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Philip Higham (cello), Maximiliano Martín (clarinet) (The Scotsman, Mar 2019)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Richard Egarr, Carolyn Sampson (soprano) (The Scotsman, Mar 2019)
Scottish Ensemble: Continental Drift (The Scotsman, Mar 2019)
Symphony Orchestra of India/Martyn Brabbins, Marat Bisengaliev (violin) (The Scotsman, Mar 2019)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Andrew Manze, Francesco Piemontesi (piano) (The Scotsman, Mar 2019)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard, Javier Perianes (piano) (The Scotsman, Mar 2019)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Elim Chan, Lukáš Vondráček (piano) (The Scotsman, Feb 2019)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov, Carolin Widmann (violin) (The Scotsman, Feb 2019)

STAGE REVIEWS

Arabella Weir: Does My Mum Loom Big in This?, Edinburgh Fringe (The i/The Arts Desk, Aug 2019)
Enough, Edinburgh Fringe (The i/The Arts Desk, Aug 2019)
La reprise, Edinburgh International Festival (The i/The Arts Desk, Aug 2019)
Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran, Edinburgh Fringe (The i/The Arts Desk, Aug 2019)
Roots, Edinburgh International Festival (The i/The Arts Desk, Aug 2019)

2018

FEATURES AND INTERVIEWS

The year ahead in classical music (The Scotsman, Dec 2018)
Elim Chan and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (The Scotsman, Oct 2018)
John McLeod and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (The Scotsman, Oct 2018)
Mark Simpson at the Lammermuir Festival (The Scotsman, Sep 2018)
Michèle Losier at the Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2018)
National Youth Orchestras of Scotland summer collaborations (The Scotsman, Aug 2018)
Orkney's St Magnus International Festival 2018 (The Scotsman, Jun 2018)
Peter Oundjian bids farewell to the RSNO (The Scotsman, May 2018)
Lars Vogt: Why I love Brahms (Royal Northern Sinfonia, May 2018)
Mahan Esfahani: Harpsichord pioneer (Royal Northern Sinfonia, May 2018)
Viktoria Mullova: From Moscow to Rio (Royal Northern Sinfonia, May 2018)
Maxim Vengerov and the Wü rth Philharmonic (The Scotsman, Apr 2018)
Markus Poschner and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz (The Scotsman, Apr 2018)
BBC Proms Guide 2018: new music - women composers at Proms at... Cadogan Hall (Apr 2018) (first page image credit: Private Collection / Bridgeman Images (‘Summertime’ by DESSA [Deborah Petroz-Abeles], born 1948)
BBC Proms Guide 2018: interviews with Allan Clayton, Benjamin Grosvenor, Christina Gansch, Hornroh Modern Alphorn Quartet, Jane Glover, Karina Canellakis, Mark Simpson, Miloš Karadaglić, Otto Tausk, Seong-Jin Cho, Thomas Dausgaard and Thomas Søndergård (Apr 2018)
Scottish Opera's 2018-19 season (The Scotsman, Mar 2018)
Maeve Gilchrist/Edinburgh International Harp Festival (The Scotsman, Mar 2018)
Scottish Opera: Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos (The Scotsman, Mar 2018)
Valentina Lisitsa and the Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra (The Scotsman, Mar 2018)
Thomas Dausgaard and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Composer Roots (The Scotsman, Feb 2018)
Scottish Opera: Jonathan Dove's Flight (The Scotsman, Jan 2018)
Joshua Bell & the Academy of St Martin in the Fields (The Scotsman, Jan 2018)

MUSIC REVIEWS

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/John Wilson (The Scotsman, Dec 2018)
SCO Chorus Christmas Concert (The Scotsman, Dec 2018)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Karina Canellakis (The Scotsman, Dec 2018)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Thomas Søndergår d (The Scotsman, Nov 2018)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Emmanuel Krivine, Bertrand Chamayou (piano) (The Scotsman, Nov 2018)
Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra/Yutaka Sado, Angela Hewitt (piano) (The Scotsman, Nov 2018)
Mr McFall's Chamber: Music from Poland (The Scotsman, Nov 2018)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Joseph Swensen, Jane Atkins (viola) (The Scotsman, Oct 2018)
sound festival, Aberdeen (The Scotsman, Oct 2018)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra/Valentin Uryupin (The Scotsman, Oct 2018)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/François Leleux (oboe) (The Scotsman, Oct 2018)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Enrique Mazzola, Vilde Frang (violin) (The Scotsman, Sep 2018)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Karl-Heinz Steffens, Dunedin Consort/John Butt, Lammermuir Festival (The Scotsman, Sep 2018)
Scottish Opera: Britten's The Burning Fiery Furnace, Lammermuir Festival (The Scotsman, Sep 2018)
Hebrides Ensemble, Red Note Ensemble, Lammermuir Festival (The Scotsman, Sep 2018)
London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle, Krystian Zimerman (piano), Edinburgh International Festival (The Arts Desk, Aug 2018)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Matthias Pintscher, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Edinburgh International Festival (The Arts Desk, Aug 2018)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop, Nicola Benedetti (violin), Edinburgh International Festival (The Arts Desk, Aug 2018)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2018)
Dover Quartet, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2018)
The Beggar's Opera, Edinburgh International Festival (The Daily Telegraph, Aug 2018)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Peter Oundjian: Mahler Symphony No. 9 (The Scotsman, June 2018)
St Magnus International Festival, Orkney (The Scotsman, June 2018)
theartsdesk in Orkney: St Magnus International Festival 2018 (The Arts Desk, June 2018)
Würth Philharmonic/Maxim Vengerov (violin) (The Scotsman, June 2018)
Bruckner Orchestra Linz/Markus Poschner, Mahler Symphony No. 2 (The Scotsman, May 2018)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Peter Oundjian, Nicola Benedetti (violin): European tour 2018 (The Scotsman, May 2018)
Tectonics Glasgow 2018 (The Scotsman, May 2018)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Peter Dijkstra, Handel's Solomon (The Scotsman, May 2018)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Laura Samuel (violin), Claire Booth (soprano) (The Scotsman, Apr 2018)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Joseph Swensen, Amy Dickson (saxophone) (The Scotsman, Apr 2018)
Hippodrome Silent Film Festival 2018, Bo'ness (The Scotsman, Mar 2018)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Thomas Søndergård , Sunwook Kim (piano) (The Scotsman, Mar 2018)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Maxim Emelyanychev, Josef Špaček (violin) (The Scotsman, Mar 2018)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/François Leleux (oboe), Alison Mitchell (flute) (The Scotsman, Mar 2018)
Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra/Valery Polyansky, Valentina Lisitsa (piano ) (The Scotsman, Mar 2018)
Scottish Opera: Jonathan Dove's Flight (The Scotsman, Mar 2018)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/John Butt (The Scotsman, Feb 2018)
Hebrides Ensemble, Perth Concert Hall (The Scotsman, Feb 2018)
SCO Wind Soloists (The Scotsman, Feb 2018)
Scottish Ensemble/Matthew Truscott, Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) (The Scotsman, Feb 2018)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins, Alberto Menendez Escribano (horn) (The Daily Telegraph, Feb 2018)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Joshua Bell (violin) (The Scotsman, Jan 2018)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Andrew Manze, Sarah Fox (soprano) (The Scotsman, Jan 2018)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Robin Ticciati, Jane Atkins (viola), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) (The Scotsman, Jan 2018)

PROGRAMME NOTES

RSNO: Bernstein's MASS (May 2018)
RSNO: Scriabin's Piano Concerto (Apr 2018)
RSNO: Bernstein's Chichester Psalms (Apr 2018)
Scottish Opera: Jonathan Dove's Flight (Mar 2018)

STAGE AND FILM REVIEWS

Ulster American / Cold Blood, Edinburgh Fringe & Edinburgh International Festival (The Arts Desk, Aug 2018)
Coriolanus Vanishes / Check Up: Our NHS at 70 / A Sockful of Custard , Edinburgh Fringe (The Arts Desk, Aug 2018)
Underground Railroad Game / On the Exhale , Edinburgh Fringe (The Arts Desk, Aug 2018)
Daughter / Huff / First Snow/Premiè re Neige, Edinburgh Fringe (The Arts Desk, Aug 2018)
Nigel Slater's Toast / Status, Edinburgh Fringe (The Arts Desk, Aug 2018)
Orpheus / Bottom / Backup, Edinburgh Fringe (The Arts Desk, Aug 2018)
La maladie de la mort / The End of Eddy, Edinburgh International Festival (The Arts Desk, Aug 2018)
Home / The Prisoner, Edinburgh International Festival (The Arts Desk, Aug 2018)
A Ghost's Tale, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
About Lady White Fox with Nine Tales, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
All the Lights Are On, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
Can't Stop Can't Stop, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
Drenched, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
Erewhon, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
Famous Puppet Death Scenes, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
Fronting, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
Harpy, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
How to Keep Time: a Drum Solo for Dementia, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
No Kids, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
OTOSOTR, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
Showmanship, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
Sitting by Katherine Parkinson, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
The Abode, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
The Archive of Educated Hearts, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
The Basement Tapes, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
The Chore of Enchantment, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
The Shallow Entertainment Tour, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
Urban Death, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
User Not Found, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2018)
Postcards from the 48% (The Arts Desk, Jul 2018)
Score (The Arts Desk, Apr 2018)
Scott and Sid (The Arts Desk, Mar 2018)
The Islands and the Whales (The Arts Desk, Mar 2018)
Boy (The Arts Desk, Mar 2018)

2017

FEATURES AND INTERVIEWS

Gregory Batsleer & the SCO Chorus (The Scotsman, Dec 2017)
The year ahead in classical music (The Scotsman, Dec 2017)
Meow Meow & the Hebrides Ensemble (The Scotsman, Nov 2017)
Nikolaj Znaider and the Brussels Philharmonic (Scotland on Sunday, Nov 2017)
Sonica festival, Glasgow (The Scotsman, Oct 2017)
Sol Gabetta and the Basel Symphony Orchestra (Scotland on Sunday, Oct 2017)
Steven Osborne & the Lammermuir Festival (The Scotsman, Sep 2017)
Scottish International Piano Competition (The Scotsman, Aug 2017)
Verdi's Macbeth at the Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Jul 2017)
National Youth Orchestras of Scotland summer tour (The Scotsman, Jul 2017)
Mahan Esfahani at Music at Paxton (The Scotsman, Jul 2017)
Olivier Messiaen for AQA, OCR & Edexcel (Music Teacher, May 2017)
Scottish Opera's La bohème (The Scotsman, Apr 2017)
BBC Proms Guide 2017: interviews with Anoushka Shankar, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jayanthi Kumaresh, John Butt, Kārlis Rūtentāls (Latvian Radio Choir), Marcus Farnsworth, Nicholas McGegan, Robert Hollingworth, Sara Mohr-Pietsch, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Thomas Quasthoff & Van Kuijk Quartet (Apr 2017)
The Night With... series in Edinburgh and Glasgow (The Scotsman, Apr 2017)
Celebrating 175 years of the RSNO Chorus (RSNO, Mar 2017)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra US tour & 2017-18 season (The Scotsman, Mar 2017)
Carolyn Sampson and Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, Scottish Opera (The Scotsman, Feb 2017)
Philip Glass on The Trial, Scottish Opera (The Scotsman, Jan 2017)
10 Questions for Hull City of Culture 2017's Martin Green (The Arts Desk, Jan 2017)
Ones to watch in 2017: composer Lliam Paterson (The Scotsman, Jan 2017)

MUSIC REVIEWS

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Vedernikov, Denis Kozukhin (piano) (The Scotsman, Dec 2017)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Karina Canellakis, Benjamin Beilman (violin) (The Scotsman, Dec 2017)
The Fiery Angel, Scottish Opera (The Daily Telegraph, Dec 2017)
Hebrides Ensemble & Meow Meow: Restless Love (The Scotsman, Nov 2017)
Brussels Philharmonic/Stéphane Denève , Nikolaj Znaider (violin) (The Scotsman, Nov 2017)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Case Scaglione, Robert Levin (piano) (The Scotsman, Nov 2017)
sound festival, Aberdeen (The Scotsman, Nov 2017)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Olari Elts, Maxim Rysanov (viola) (The Scotsman, Nov 2017)
Sonica festival 2, Glasgow (The Scotsman, Nov 2017)
St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra/Alan Buribayev, Peter Donohoe (piano) (The Scotsman, Nov 2017)
Sonica festival 1, Glasgow (The Scotsman, Oct 2017)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Richard Egarr (The Scotsman, Oct 2017)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Roger Norrington, Roman Rabinovich (piano) (The Scotsman, Oct 2017)
La traviata, Scottish Opera (The Scotsman, Oct 2017)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Robin Ticciati, Mitsuko Uchido (piano) (The Scotsman, Oct 2017)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Gilbert Varga, China Story (The Scotsman, Oct 2017)
Orlando Consort, Gould Piano Trio, Red Note Ensemble, Quatuor Mosa ï ques, Lammermuir Festival (The Arts Desk, Sep 2017)
Steven Osborne (piano), Lammermuir Festival (The Scotsman, Sep 2017)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins, John Butt (harpsichord), Hebrides Ensemble, Lammermuir Festival (The Scotsman, Sep 2017)
Scottish International Piano Competition final (The Scotsman, Sep 2017)
BBC Proms in the Park 2017 (The Scotsman, Sep 2017)
Benjamin Appl & Pavel Kolesnikov, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2017)
Budapest Festival Orchestra/Iván Fischer, Nicola Benedetti (violin), Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2017)
Berlioz's La damnation de Faust, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2017)
François Leleux & Eric Le Sage, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2017)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Joshua Bell (violin), Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2017)
La Scala Philharmonic/Riccardo Chailly, Julian Rachlin (viola), Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2017)
La Scala Philharmonic/Riccardo Chailly, Edinburgh Festival Chorus , Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2017)
Mahan Esfahani, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2017)
Mariinsky Orchestra & Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Valery Gergiev, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2017)
L'incoronazione di Poppea, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2017)
René Pape & Camillo Radicke, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2017)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2017)
Seong-Jin Cho, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2017)
Trio Zimmermann, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2017)
Venera Gimadieva & Pavel Nebolsin, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2017)
Teatro Regio Turin Orchestra & Chorus/Gianandrea Noseda, Verdi's Requiem, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2017)
Don Giovanni, Edinburgh International Festival (The Telegraph, Aug 2017)
Greek, Edinburgh International Festival (The Telegraph, Aug 2017)
Andreas Haefliger, Edinburgh International Festival (The Arts Desk, Aug 2017)
Verdi's Macbeth, Teatro Regio Turin/Gianandrea Noseda, Edinburgh International Festival (The Arts Desk, Aug 2017)
Iestyn Davies, Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr, Edinburgh International Festival (The Arts Desk, Aug 2017)
Mahan Esfahani, Music at Paxton (The Scotsman, Jul 2017)
East Neuk Festival 2017 round-up (The Scotsman, Jul 2017)
Sasha Regan's All-Male The Mikado (The Scotsman, May 2017)
Tectonics Glasgow 2017 (The Arts Desk, May 2017)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Robin Ticciati, Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello) (The Scotsman, May 2017)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Clemens Schuldt, Maximiliano Martín (clarinet) (The Scotsman, May 2017)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/James Feddeck, Alice Sara Ott (piano) (The Scotsman, May 2017)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Nikolaj Znaider, Sergej Krylov (violin) (The Scotsman, May 2017)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Alexandre Bloch, Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) (The Scotsman, Apr 2017)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Matthias Pintscher (The Scotsman, Apr 2017)
Bluebeard's Castle & The 8th Door, Scottish Opera (The Arts Desk, Apr 2017)
Hippodrome Silent Film Festival, Bo'ness (The Scotsman, Mar 2017)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra & The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, James MacMillan's Stabat Mater (The Scotsman, Mar 2017)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/John Wilson, Benjamin Appl (baritone) (The Scotsman, Mar 2017)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Laurence Cummings (The Scotsman, Mar 2017)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Lahav Shani, Adrian Wilson (oboe) (The Scotsman, Mar 2017)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Andrew Manze, Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn) (The Arts Desk, Mar 2017)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Cornelius Meister, Simon Trpceski (piano) (The Scotsman, Feb 2017)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Arild Remmereit, Katherine Bryan (flute) (The Scotsman, Feb 2017)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins, Birtwistle's The Last Supper (The Arts Desk, Jan 2017)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard, Steven Isserlis (cello) (The Scotsman, Jan 2017)
Pavel Haas Quartet (The Scotsman, Jan 2017)

PROGRAMME NOTES

RSNO: Brahms's A German Requiem (Dec 2017)
RSNO: Psycho Live (Oct 2017)
RSNO: John Adams's The Chairman Dances (Oct 2017)
Scottish Opera: The 8th Door by Lliam Paterson and Matthew Lenton (Mar 2017)
Scottish Opera: Debussy's L'enfant prodigue (Feb 2017)
Scottish Opera: Philip Glass and Christopher Hampton's The Trial (Jan 2017)

STAGE AND FILM REVIEWS

The Reagan Show (The Arts Desk, Oct 2017)
Moon Dogs (The Arts Desk, Aug 2017)
Rhinoceros, Flight, Edinburgh International Festival (The Arts Desk, Aug 2017)
Adam, Eve, Nassim, Edinburgh Fringe (The Arts Desk, Aug 2017)
The Divide, Edinburgh International Festival (The Arts Desk, Aug 2017)
Pike St, Box Clever, Sugar Baby, Edinburgh Fringe (The Arts Desk, Aug 2017)
Meet Me at Dawn, The Shape of the Pain, Wild Bore, Edinburgh Fringe (The Arts Desk, Aug 2017)
Concerto for Comedian and Orchestra, Edinburgh Fringe (The Arts Desk, Aug 2017)
Transmission, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
Little Boy, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
Hero, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
Stegosaurus, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
Siri, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
The Sky Is Safe, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
Testosterone, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
Good With Maps, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
Gypsy Queen, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
Foreign Radical, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
Fag/Stag, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
Ancient Shrines and Half Truths, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
My Pet, My Love, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
Taiwan Season: Ever Never, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
A Heart at Sea, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
Let Me Look at You, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
Misterman, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
The Patchwork Odyssey, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
The Nature of Forgetting, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2017)
David Lynch: The Art Life (The Arts Desk, Jul 2017)
City of Ghosts (The Arts Desk, Jul 2017)
Charlie Sonata, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh (The Arts Desk, May 2017)
City of Tiny Lights (The Arts Desk, Apr 2017)
The Winter's Tale, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh (The Arts Desk, Feb 2017)
LoveTrue (The Arts Desk, Feb 2017)
Picnic at Hanging Rock, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh (The Arts Desk, Feb 2017)
Zero Days (The Arts Desk, Jan 2017)

2016

FEATURES AND INTERVIEWS

Sally Beamish's Piano Concerto No. 2 (Cauldron of the Speckled Seas) (The Scotsman, Dec 2016)
Opera North: Britten's Billy Budd (The Scotsman, Nov 2016)
I Fagiolini & Robert Hollingworth at St Andrews Voices (The Scotsman, Oct 2016)
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (Music Teacher, Oct 2016)
10 Questions for conductor Thomas Dausgaard (The Arts Desk, Sep 2016)
Cumnock Tryst: Eamonn Dougan and the Cumnock Tryst Festival Chorus (The Scotsman, Sep 2016)
Roman Rabinovich at the Lammermuir Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2016)
Palestine Youth Orchestra (The Scotsman, Jul 2016)
Pierre Boulez: 'He was a musical god' (The List, Jul 2016)
Pieter Wispelwey, Music at Paxton (The Scotsman, Jul 2016)
Mozart's Così fan tutte at the Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Jul 2016)
Weill & Brecht's The Seven Deadly Sins (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Apr 2016)
BBC Proms Guide 2016: interviews with Jérémie Rhorer, Julie Boulianne, Alistair McGowan, Jamie Cullum, Jonathan Cohen, Jiří Bělohlávek, William Christie, Baldur Brönnimann & Daniil Trifonov (Apr 2016)
T ender is the torment: Alina Ibragimova & Schumann's Violin Concerto (The Scotsman, Mar 2016)
Essence of the sea: Hebrides Ensemble & Sally Beamish's La mer (The Scotsman, Feb 2016)
Jonathan Biss & Mozart (The Scotsman, Jan 2016)

MUSIC REVIEWS

Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) (The Scotsman, Dec 2016)
Dunedin Consort/John Butt, Handel's Messiah (The Scotsman, Dec 2016)
Opera North: Britten's Billy Budd (The Scotsman, Dec 2016)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Rafael Payare, Lars Vogt (piano) (The Scotsman, Dec 2016)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Alpesh Chauhan, Lise Berthaud (viola) (The Scotsman, Dec 2016)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) (The Scotsman, Nov 2016)
Edinburgh festivals round-up (The Strad, Nov 2016)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Richard Egarr (The Scotsman, Nov 2016)
Czech National Symphony Orchestra/Heiko Mathias Förster & Libor Pešek (The Scotsman, Nov 2016)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov, Hear and Now: Anthony Braxton (The Scotsman, Nov 2016)
sound festival, Aberdeen (The Scotsman, Oct 2016)
I Fagiolini/Robert Hollingworth, Jonathan Harvey, King Creosote, St Andrews Voices festival (The Scotsman, Oct 2016)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Nicholas Carter, Valeriy Sokolov (violin) (The Scotsman, Oct 2016)
Dunedin Consort/John Butt: Fantasy and Madness (The Scotsman, Oct 2016)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard, Beethoven marathon (The Scotsman, Oct 2016)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov, Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins (The Scotsman, Oct 2016)
Alba New Music Festival, Edinburgh (The Scotsman, Oct 2016)
Britten's Noye's Fludde, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov, Lammermuir Festival (The Scotsman, Sep 2016)
Red Note Ensemble/Garry Walker, Lammermuir Festival (The Scotsman, Sep 2016)
Dunedin Consort/John Butt, Ensemble Marsyas/Peter Whelan & Liza Ferschtman/Roman Rabinovich, Lammermuir Festival (The Scotsman, Sep 2016)
Marian Consort, National Youth Choir of Scotland, Steven Osborne, Royal Northern Sinfonia/Lars Vogt, Lammermuir Festival (The Arts Desk, Sep 2016)
Mark Simpson, Antoine Tamestit & Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2016)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Herbert Blomstedt, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2016)
Mark Padmore & Kristian Bezuidenhout, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2016)
Andreas Ottensamer & Kelemen Quartet, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2016)
Patricia Petibon & Susan Manoff, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2016)
Richard Goode, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2016)
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/Antonio Pappano, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2016)
Stephen Hough, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2016)
Steven Isserlis & Robert Levin, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2016)
George Li, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2016)
Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2016)
Così fan tutte, Pekka Kuusisto, Schoenberg's Gurrelieder, Edinburgh International Festival (The Arts Desk, Aug 2016)
Boulez celebration, Andreas Ottensamer, Stephen Hough, Edinburgh International Festival (The Arts Desk, Aug 2016)
Palestine Youth Orchestra, Glasgow (The Scotsman, Jul 2016)
Cottier Chamber Project 2016, Glasgow (The Arts Desk, Jun 2016)
The Iris Murder, Hebrides Ensemble, Edinburgh (The Arts Desk, Jun 2016)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Emmanuel Krivine, Tedi Papavrami (violin) (The Scotsman, May 2016)
Tectonics Glasgow 2016 (The Arts Desk, May 2016)
Tectonics Glasgow 2016 (The Telegraph, May 2016)
Kronos Quartet, Usher Hall, Edinburgh (The Scotsman, May 2016)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Thomas Søndergård (The Scotsman, May 2016)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Oliver Knussen, Jane Atkins (viola) (The Arts Desk, Apr 2016)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Alexander Lazarev, Nikolai Lugansky (piano) (The Scotsman, Apr 2016)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Alexandre Bloch, Anika Vavic (piano) (The Arts Desk, Apr 2016)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Olari Elts, Ain Anger (bass) (The Scotsman, Apr 2016)
Hebrides Ensemble, Sally Beamish's La mer (The Scotsman, Mar 2016)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Emmanuel Krivine, Alina Ibragimova (violin) (The Arts Desk, Mar 2016)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Peter Oundjian, Nicola Benedetti (violin) (The Scotsman, Mar 2016)
Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema, Bo'ness (The Scotsman, Mar 2016)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Alexander Janiczek, Llŷr Williams (piano) (The Arts Desk, Mar 2016)
Scottish Ensemble, Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh (The Scotsman, Feb 2016)
R oyal Scottish National Orchestra/Peter Oundjian, Debussy & Vaughan Williams (The Scotsman, Feb 2016)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Christoph König (The Scotsman, Feb 2016)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Vassily Sinaisky, Boris Brovtsyn (violin) (The Scotsman, Feb 2016)
Scottish Opera: Handel's Ariodante (The Arts Desk, Feb 2016)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Carlos Miguel Prieto, Boris Giltburg (piano) (The Scotsman, Feb 2016)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Richard Kaufman, the Music of John Williams (The Scotsman, Feb 2016)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/John Storgårds (The Telegraph, Feb 2016)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis (cello) (The Scotsman, Jan 2016)
SCO chamber: Alison Mitchell, Jane Atkins, Eleanor Johnston (The Arts Desk, Jan 2016)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Matthias Pintscher, Matteo Cesari (flute) (The Arts Desk, Jan 2016)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov, Chin & Koechlin (The Telegraph, Jan 2016)

PROGRAMME NOTES

Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring (May 2016)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Bartók's The Miraculous Mandarin Suite (May 2016)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Stravinsky's Symphony in C (Apr 2016)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements (Apr 2016)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Debussy's La mer (Mar 2016)
Scottish Opera: Stuart MacRae & Louise Welsh's The Devil Inside (Jan 2016)

STAGE & FILM REVIEWS

The Eagle Huntress (The Arts Desk, Dec 2016)
Crude, Shed 36, Port of Dundee (The Arts Desk, Oct 2016)
The Suppliant Women, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh (The Arts Desk, Oct 2016)
Scottish Mussel (The Arts Desk, Sep 2016)
Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs, The Glass Menagerie, Mark Thomas: The Red Shed, Mouse: The Persistence of an Unlikely Thought, Heads Up, All In, Edinburgh International Festival & Edinburgh Fringe (The Arts Desk, Aug 2016)
Alix in Wundergarten, 4D Cinema, Bucket List, Blank, The Lounge, Edinburgh Fringe (The Arts Desk, Aug 2016)
Denton and Me, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
We Live by the Sea, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
Dublin Oldschool, Edinburgh Fringe (The List Aug 2016)
Nel, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
On Ego by Mick Gordon, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
Deal with the Dragon, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
Swivelhead, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
Jonas Müller Regrets Writing this F*cking Masterpiece, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
I Used to Hear Footsteps, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
Tank, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
The Road to Huntsville, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
Giant, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
Last Call, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
Skin of the Teeth, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
Ada/Ava by Manual Cinema, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
A Good Clean Heart, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
Bubble Revolution, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
A Regular Little Houdini, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
Erik Satie's-Faction, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
Us/Them, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
Bubble Schmeisis, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
Fossils, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
Waves, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
Callisto: A Queer Epic, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2016)
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 (The Arts Desk, Jun 2016)
Suburra (The Arts Desk, Jun 2016)
Where You're Meant To Be (The Arts Desk, Jun 2016)
The 306: Dawn, National Theatre of Scotland (The Arts Desk, May 2016)
The Iliad, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh (The Arts Desk, Apr 2016)
Golden Years (The Arts Desk, Apr 2016)
I am Thomas, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh (The Arts Desk, Mar 2016)
The Destroyed Room, Vanishing Point, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh (The Arts Desk, Mar 2016)
Mojave (The Arts Desk, Mar 2016)
The Propaganda Game (The Arts Desk, Feb 2016)
The Weir, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh (The Arts Desk, Jan 2016)

2015

FEATURES AND INTERVIEWS

We Made It: Concert Hall acoustics (The Arts Desk, Nov 2015)
Prescription for success?: Masterclasses pros and cons (The Strad, Nov 2015)
Scottish Opera: Stuart Stratford makes his mark (The Scotsman, Oct 2015)
theartsdesk at the Lammermuir Festival (The Arts Desk, Sep 2015)
San Francisco Symphony enthralls Edinburgh Festival crowds (San Francisco Chronicle, Aug 2015)
Pianists at the Edinburgh International Festival; Vivaldi's The Four Seasons (Edinburgh International Festival brochure, Aug 2015)
Mozart's The Magic Flute; Rameau and Charpentier; Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress (Edinburgh International Festival brochure, Aug 2015)
Sir James MacMillan's Symphony No. 4 (The Scotsman, Jul 2015)
Mozart's The Magic Flute from 1927 and Barrie Kosky (The List, Jun 2015)
theartsdesk in Orkney: St Magnus Festival (The Arts Desk, Jun 2015)
theartsdesk at the Cottier Chamber Project (The Arts Desk, Jun 2015)
The Business of Change: interview with Piers Linney (Digital R&D Fund for the Arts, May 2015)
Business Models: interview with Nicole Yershon (Digital R&D Fund for the Arts, May 2015)
Mobile: interview with Tom Grinsted (Digital R&D Fund for the Arts, May 2015)
Library of Possibilities: interview with Adam Farquhar (Digital R&D Fund for the Arts, May 2015)
Sibelius and the musical north (Royal Northern Sinfonia, May 2015)
Reclaiming Mozart (Royal Northern Sinfonia, May 2015)
John Luther Adams: 'We've forgotten how we fit into the world' (The List, Apr 2015)
Violinist Josef Špaček talks Tolkein (The Scotsman, Apr 2015)
A Study in Subtlety: Janáček’s Jenůfa (Scottish Opera, Mar 2015)
Edinburgh International Festival music brochure: artist interviews (Feb 2015)
Alexander Janiczek in front and behind the baton (The Scotsman, Jan 2015)

MUSIC REVIEWS

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Jac van Steen: Elisabeth Lutyens (The Scotsman, Dec 2015)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/David Hill: Bach's Christmas Oratorio (The Scotsman, Dec 2015)
NOISE: Chris Stout & Gareth Williams's Hirda (The Scotsman, Dec 2015)
Hebrides Ensemble: James MacMillan's Since it was the day of preparation... (The Arts Desk, Nov 2015)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov: Rebecca Saunders, etc (The Scotsman, Nov 2015)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins (The Telegraph, Nov 2015)
Edinburgh Royal Choral Union: Thea Musgrave, etc (The Scotsman, Nov 2015)
Edinburgh Quartet: Intimate Voices (The Scotsman, Nov 2015)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Peter Oundjian, Xiayin Wang (piano) (The Scotsman, Nov 2015)
Edinburgh festivals round-up (The Strad, Nov 2015)
RSNO Alchemy: Ancient Voices, New Voices (The Scotsman, Oct 2015)
sound festival, Aberdeen (The Scotsman, Oct 2015)
Scottish Opera: Bizet's Carmen (The Scotsman, Oct 2015)
Sonica 2015, Glasgow (The Arts Desk, Oct 2015)
Scottish Opera: Mozart's Così fan tutte (The Scotsman, Sep 2015)
Steven Osborne & BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lammermuir Festival (The Scotsman, Sep 2015)
Dunedin Consort/John Butt, Lammermuir Festival (The Arts Desk, Sep 2015)
The Secretary Turned CEO, Edinburgh Fringe (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
Celtic Dialogues, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
Classical Guitar - Jonathan Prag, Edinburgh Fringe (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
Guitar Multiverse, Edinburgh Fringe (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
St Lawrence Quartet, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
Orpheus and Eurydice, Edinburgh Fringe (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
Violin Variations, Edinburgh Fringe (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
A Requiem for Edward Snowden, Edinburgh Fringe (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Ensemble Guadagni, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
Alien Lullabies: Songs from a Decaying Future, Edinburgh Fringe (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
China Doll - A Neuropera in Four Seasons, Edinburgh Fringe (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
Budapest Festival Orchestra Soloists, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
Rudolf Buchbinder, complete Beethoven cycle, concert 5, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
Aceh Meukondroe, Edinburgh Fringe (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
Arcanto Quartet, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
The Power of Music, Edinburgh Fringe (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
Zehetmair Quartet, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
Rudolf Buchbinder, complete Beethoven cycle, concert 9, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
The Jazz Rites of Spring, Edinburgh Fringe (The Scotsman, Aug 2015)
The Last Hotel, Edinburgh International Festival (The Arts Desk, Aug 2015)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Edward Gardner, Colin Currie (percussion), Edinburgh International Festival (The Arts Desk, Aug 2015)
Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Edinburgh International Festival (The Arts Desk, Aug 2015)
Colin Currie and Friends, Edinburgh International Festival (The Arts Desk, Aug 2015)
English Touring Opera: Puccini's La bohè me, Perth Concert Hall (The Scotsman, May 2015)
Scottish Opera: Verdi's Il trovatore (The Arts Desk, May 2015)
Warsaw Philharmonic/Jacek Kaspszyk (The Scotsman, May 2015)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Olari Elts (The Scotsman, May 2015)
Luminate: Live Music Now Scotland celebrates 30 years (CD review) (The List, Apr 2015)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Litton (The Telegraph, Apr 2015)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Peter Oundjian: John Suchet's Beethoven (The Scotsman, Mar 2015)
Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema, Bo'ness (The Scotsman, Mar 2015)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Philippe Herreweghe (The Telegraph, Mar 2015)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Thomas Søndergård (The Scotsman, Mar 2015)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Gilbert Varga (The Scotsman, Feb 2015)
Jonathan Fournel (piano) (The Scotsman, Jan 2015)

NEWS ARTICLES

Rev Jesse Jackson and Alan Cumming announced for 2015 Edinburgh International Book Festival (The List, June 2015)
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 programme launch: what to see (The List, Jun 2015)
Scottish Opera new season 2015-16 announced (The List, May 2015)
Made in Scotland 2015 programme announced (The List, May 2015)
Pleasance, Underbelly, Gilded Balloon and Assembly launch programme for Fringe 2015 (The List, May 2015)
Edinburgh International Festival 2015 lineup announced (The List, Mar 2015)
Edinburgh International Science Festival launches its 2015 programme (The List, Feb 2015)
Highlights of 2015's Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema (The List, Feb 2015)
Glasgow Film Festival 2015 programme announced (The List, Jan 2015)

PROGRAMME NOTES

Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Poulenc's Organ Concerto (Nov 2015)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Khachaturian's Piano Concerto (Nov 2015)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Mussorgsky/Ravel's Pictures at an Exhibition (Oct 2015)
Edinburgh International Festival Hub Sessions: Chilly Gonzales & Kaiser Quartett; Robert Glasper Trio; Jason Moran: All Rise; From Scotland with Love; Anna Calvi & Heritage Orchestra; Oneohtrix Point Never; Alexi Murdoch; Bryce Dessner & Richard Reed Parry: Wave Movements; Sufjan Stevens: Round-Up (Aug 2015)
Edinburgh International Festival: Edinburgh Festival Chorus 50th anniversary concert (Aug 2015)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Bach's Goldberg Variations (May 2015)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Nielsen's Symphony No. 4 (May 2015)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Nielsen's Violin Concerto (Apr 2015)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Adams's Tromba lontana (Mar 2015)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Gershwin's An American in Paris (Mar 2015)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Magnus Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto (Mar 2015)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Sibelius's Symphony No. 6 (Mar 2015)
Scottish Ensemble: Sax Serenade tour (Glazunov & Kancheli) (Feb 2015)
Scottish Opera: James MacMillan's Inè s de Castro (Jan 2015)

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Editor of Fifty Years of the Edinburgh Festival Chorus (Edinburgh International Festival, Mar 2015) (image 1, image 2, designed by Dawid Nabialek, photography © Andrzej Majdanik)

STAGE & FILM REVIEWS

Tracks of the Winter Bear, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh (The Arts Desk, Dec 2015)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh (The Arts Desk, Dec 2015)
Sunset Song (The Arts Desk, Dec 2015)
My Skinny Sister (The Arts Desk, Nov 2015)
Just Jim (The Arts Desk, Sep 2015)
Waiting for Godot, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh (The Arts Desk, Sep 2015)
Misery Loves Comedy (The Arts Desk, Sep 2015)
887, Edinburgh International Festival (The Arts Desk, Aug 2015)
Murmel Murmel, Edinburgh International Festival (The Arts Desk, Aug 2015)
Angry, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
Phantasmagoria, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
Down and Out in Paris and London, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: The Bloody Countess, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
Mwathirika, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
Abacus, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
Electric Dreams, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
Awakening, Sweet and Sour Sensory Composition, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
Vagabonds: My Phil Lynott Odyssey, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
The Year of the Hare, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
We This Way, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
The Outsider, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
Skins and Hoods, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
Five Feet in Front (The Ballad of Little Johnnie Wylo), Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
Back to Blackbrick, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
Spillikin - A Love Story, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
Beowulf, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
Roughs (for Radio), Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
The Girl Who Fell in Love with the Moon, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
To Space, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
Eating Seals and Seagulls' Eggs, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
Jethro Compton presents Sirenia, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
Blind Man's Song, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
Richard III (a one-woman show), Edinburgh Fringe (The List, Aug 2015)
theartsdesk at the Edinburgh International Film Festival - part 2 (The Arts Desk, Jun 2015)
Spamalot, Edinburgh Playhouse (The List, Mar 2015)

2014

FEATURES AND INTERVIEWS

Royal Scottish National Orchestra's professional development programme (Classical Music, November 2014)
Scottish Opera's Cinderella (The Scotsman, October 2014)
Playing it safe? (Amati.com, September 2014)
Every class its own orchestra: James MacMillan's Cumnock Tryst festival (Music Teacher, September 2014)
András Schiff (Edinburgh International Festival brochure, August 2014)
Andrew Davis (Edinburgh International Festival brochure, August 2014)
Kirill Karabits and I, CULTURE Orchestra (Edinburgh International Festival brochure, August 2014)
Philippe Herreweghe (Edinburgh International Festival brochure, August 2014)
Outreach to order: RSNO's new education project (Music Teacher, August 2014)
Three Nationals: digital visions from our national theatres (Native, July 2014)
Urban Hims: Chris Goode's Men in the Cities (The List, July 2014)
Scots skateboarders and opera combine in Grind (Scotland on Sunday, June 2014)
Signed, sealed and delivered?: instrument contracts (The Strad, June 2014)
Dalcroze method (The Strad, May 2014)
Summer music festivals (The Strad, May 2014)
Fly me to the moon: Katie Paterson (The List, May 2014)
Best festivals for beautiful locations (The List, May 2014)
Raphael Wallfisch's cello hunt (Amati.com, March 2014)
Instrument photography in 360 degrees (Amati.com, March 2014)
Scottish independence debate and classical music (Classical Music, March 2014)
Edinburgh International Festival 2014: 15 of the best (The Edinburgh Reporter, March 2014)
Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme (The List, February 2014)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Times' Sharp Tooth project (The Scotsman, February 2014)
Aldwych Sinfonia (Amati.com, January 2014)

MUSIC REVIEWS

Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Robin Ticciati, Christian Tetzlaff (violin) (The Telegraph, December 2014)
Scottish Ensemble: Night and Day (The Scotsman, December 2014)
Alexander McCall Smith/Tom Cunningham: Songs of Edinburgh (The Scotsman, December 2014)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Richard Egarr, Handel's Messiah (The Scotsman, November 2014)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Okko Kamu, Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) (The Scotsman, November 2014)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Rory Macdonald: Sally Beamish's Equal Voices (The Scotsman, November 2014)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Markus Stenz (The Telegraph, November 2014)
Edinburgh festivals round-up (The Strad, November 2014)
sound festival, Aberdeen (The List, October 2014)
Scottish Opera: Rossini's La Cenerentola (The Scotsman, October 2014)
Scozzesi, Winter Gardens, Glasgow Green (The Scotsman, September 2014)
Scottish Ensemble/Toby Paterson, Anderston Centre, Glasgow (Amati.com, September 2014)
Lammermuir Festival: Heath Quartet, NYCoS Chamber Choir, Maxwell Quartet, Ensemble Marsyas (The Scotsman, September 2014)
Delusion of the Fury, Edinburgh International Festival (The Edinburgh Reporter, August 2014)
Takacs Quartet, Edinburgh International Festival (Amati.com, August 2014)
Alban Gerhardt (cello) & Steven Osborne (piano), Edinburgh International Festival (August 2014)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov, Edinburgh International Festival (The Edinburgh Reporter, August 2014)
Turin Opera's William Tell, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2014)
Hebrides Ensemble, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2014)
Artemis Quartet, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2014)
Arditti Quartet, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2014)
Britten's Owen Wingrave, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2014)
Simon Keenlyside & Malcolm Martineau, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2014)
Ricercar Consort, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2014)
Renaud Capuçon & friends, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2014)
Concerto Italiano, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2014)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Bernstein's Kaddish, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2014)
CD review: Brahms & Mozart clarinet quintets, Champs Hill (Amati.com, August 2014)
East Neuk Festival (Amati.com, July 2014)
CD review: chamber music by Pierne & Vierne, Hyperion (Amati.com, August 2014)
East Neuk Festival (The List, July 2014)
St Magnus International Festival, Orkney, part 2 (The Scotsman, June 2014)
St Magnus International Festival, Orkney, part 1 (The Scotsman, June 2014)
St Magnus International Festival, Orkney (The Telegraph, June 2014)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Chaplin's Modern Times (The Scotsman, June 2014)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Tectonics weekend (The Scotsman, May 2014)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Tectonics weekend (The Telegraph, May 2014)
Scottish Ensemble: Seavaigers (The Telegraph, May 2014)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/James Feddeck, Igor Levit (piano) (The Scotsman, April 2014)
Michael Nyman Band (The Scotsman, April 2014)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/John Storgårds, Colin Currie (percussion) (The Scotsman, April 2014)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Kristjan Järvi, Anoushka Shankar (sitar) (The Scotsman, April 2014)
Edinburgh International Harp Festival: Hall of the Chieftain (The Scotsman, April 2014)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Susanna Mälkki, Jack Liebeck (violin) (The Scotsman, March 2014)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins, Freddy Kempff (piano) (The Scotsman, March 2014)
Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema, Bo'ness (The Scotsman, March 2014)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Søndergård: Messiaen's Turangalîla-symphonie (The Telegraph, March 2014)
Mr McFall's Chamber: Remembered/Imagined (The Scotsman, March 2014)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/David Alan Miller, Sarah Chang (violin) (The Scotsman, March 2014)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra chamber series (The Scotsman, March 2014)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Matthias Pintscher, Antoine Tamestit (viola) (The Scotsman, February 2014)
Edinburgh Quartet (Amati.com, February 2014)
CD review: Tasmin Little - The Lark Ascending (Amati.com, February 2014)
Hebrides Ensemble (The Telegraph, February 2014)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra 40th birthday concert (The Scotsman, February 2014)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Meditations on the Sea (The Telegraph, January 2014)
Sound Thought 2014, Glasgow (The Scotsman, January 2014)
Arunda Wind Trio (The Scotsman, January 2014)

NEWS ARTICLES

National Theatre of Scotland announces programme for 2015 Belong season (The List, November 2014)
sound festival 2015 line-up announced (The List, September 2014)
Scholarships for inner-city youngsters thanks to London Music Masters (Amati.com, June 2014)
T in the Park to move to Strathallan Castle for 2014 (The List, June 2014)
Sotheby's sells Rachmaninov manuscript for £1.2m (Amati.com, May 2014)
Pianist Martin James Bartlett wins BBC Young Musician 2014 (Amati.com, May 2014)
Jazz, Juliette Binoche and a calendar change on the cards for Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (The List, May 2014)
Edinburgh Art Festival announces three new commissions for 2014 (The List, May 2014)
Julian Lloyd Webber announces forced retirement (Amati.com, April 2014)
'Kreutzer' Stradivari to be auctioned by Christie's (Amati.com, April 2014)
Mussolini's violin for sale (Amati.com, April 2014)
Artist Graham Fagen and Hospitalfield's Lucy Byatt discuss plans for the 2015 Venice Biennale (The List, March 2014)
Graham Fagen to represent Scotland at the 2015 Venice Biennale (The List, March 2014)
Analysis: music organisations and social media (The Strad, March 2014)
War and peace announced as themes for Edinburgh International Festival 2014 (The List, March 2014)
Edinburgh Festival looks to First World War in 2014 programme (Classical Music, March 2014)
Menuhin Competition results announced (Amati.com, March 2014)
Stolen 'Lipinski' Stradivari recovered (Amati.com, February 2014)
Analysis: orchestras buying instruments (The Strad, February 2014)
Sistema Scotland moves to Aberdeen with new Big Noise project (Classical Music, January 2014)
Glasgow's 2014 cultural programme unveiled (The List, January 2014)
The James Plays bring independence debate back to EIF 2014 (The List, January 2014)

PROGRAMME NOTES

Scottish Ensemble: Night & Day tour (December 2014)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Ravel's Piano Concerto in G (November 2014)
Scottish Ensemble: Mozart & Moz-Art tour (October 2014)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Bart ók's Concerto for Orchestra (October 2014)
Scottish Ensemble: Seavaigers tour (May 2014)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Shostakovich's Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra (May 2014)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Shostakovich's Symphony no.10 (May 2014)
Scottish Opera Madama Butterfly programme note (May 2014)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Messiaen's Turangalîla-symphonie (March 2014)
Scottish Ensemble: Love and War in Bohemia tour (February 2014)

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Project editor for The List's GENERATION supplement (May 2014)

STAGE REVIEWS

Return to the Voice, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2014)
Binôme - Souris Chaos, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2014)
The Domino Effect, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2014)
Kate, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2014)
Black Faggot, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2014)
Lands of Glass, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2014)
I Do, Do I, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2014)
Out of Water, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2014)
A Walk at the Edge of the World, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2014)
City of the Blind, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2014)
SmallWar, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2014)
The Importance of Being Earnest as Performed by Three F*cking Queens and a Duck, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2014)
Sleeping Beauty, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2014)
The Curing Room, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2014)

2013

FEATURES AND INTERVIEWS

FormsXtended: the meeting of movement and technology (Native, November 2013)
Britten's string music (The Strad, November 2013)
Ten more digital arts projects we love (SyncTank, November 2013)
Aberdeen's sound festival (The List, November 2013)
Katherine Bryan: Breaking ranks (Classical Music, October 2013)
Conducting change: directing 'live' digital music (SyncTank, October 2013)
Thomas Bloch and the glass harmonica (The List, August 2013)
Space-age spin on Beethoven's Fidelio (The List, August 2013)
Tod Machover: Festival City (SyncTank, July 2013)
Culture Hack Scotland 2013: The Review (SyncTank, July 2013)
Classical Connections: The bird's the word - birdsong in classical music (Sinfini Music, July 2013)
Summer music festivals (The Strad, May 2013)
Birdsong and classical music (The Scotsman, May 2013)
Make me a star - the debate (Sinfini Music, May 2013)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra 40th anniversary (Classical Music, April 2013)
Peter Gregson: 'There's nothing that says art should last forever' (SyncTank, April 2013)
Elliott Carter string quartets (The Strad, March 2013)
Classical Connections: Gamelan meets western music (Sinfini Music, January 2013)
Guide: What is Gamelan? (Sinfini Music, January 2013)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra in China (The Scotsman, January 2013) (or here)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra in China (The Edinburgh Reporter, January 2013)

MUSIC REVIEWS

Royal Scottish National Orchestra Christmas concert (The Scotsman, December 2013)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier, Nicola Benedetti (violin), Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) (The Scotsman, December 2013)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Donald Runnicles, James Ehnes (violin) (The Telegraph, December 2013)
Scottish Ensemble, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow (The Scotsman, November 2013)
Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra GIOFest VI Concert I (The Scotsman, November 2013)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Schumann Symphony Cycle 1 (The Scotsman, November 2013)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Leif Ove Andsnes (The Scotsman, November 2013)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Masaaki Suzuki (The Scotsman, November 2013)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Peter Maxwell Davies's Ebb of Winter (The Telegraph, November 2013)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra Naked Classics: Vaughan Williams Symphony no.5 (The Scotsman, November 2013)
Mr McFall's Chamber: Viva Tango (The Edinburgh Reporter, November 2013)
Edinburgh festivals round-up (The Strad, November 2013)
sound festival, Aberdeen (The Scotsman, October 2013)
Hebrides Ensemble, Jane Irwin (soprano) (The Scotsman, October 2013)
Don Giovanni, Scottish Opera (The Scotsman, October 2013)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Peter Oundjian, Sol Gabetta (cello) (The Scotsman, October 2013)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Llyr Williams (piano) (The Scotsman, October 2013)
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio/Vladimir Fedoseyev (The Scotsman, October 2013)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Peter Oundjian: James MacMillan's Piano Concerto no.3 (The Telegraph, October 2013)
St Andrews Voices: Sally Beamish's Hagar in the Wilderness (The Scotsman, October 2013)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Berlioz's Beatrice and Benedict (The Scotsman, October 2013)
Dunedin Consort/John Butt, Lammermuir Festival (The Scotsman, September 2013)
Aronowitz Ensemble, Lammermuir Festival (The Scotsman, September 2013)
Danish Quartet & Mark Simpson (clarinet), Lammermuir Festival (The Scotsman, September 2013)
Lammermuir Festival: SCO, Hebrides Ensemble & BBC SSO (The Telegraph, September 2013)
BBC Proms in the Park, Glasgow (The Scotsman, September 2013)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra fireworks concert, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, September 2013)
Russian National Orchestra/Mikhail Pletnev, Edinburgh International Festival (The Telegraph, August 2013)
Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2013)
Ian Bostridge & Lars Vogt, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2013)
Pure Brass, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2013)
Last One Out, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2013)
Edinburgh International Festival opening concert: Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Valery Gergiev (The Telegraph, August 2013)
NYOS Senior Orchestra, City Halls, Glasgow (The Scotsman, July 2013)
John Luther Adams at the East Neuk Festival (The Edinburgh Reporter, July 2013)
Marí a de Buenos Aires/Mr McFall's Chamber (The Scotsman, May 2013)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Tectonics weekend (The Telegraph, May 2013)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Joshua Weilerstein (The Scotsman, April 2013)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Peter Oundjian: American Festival II (The Telegraph, April 2013)
Nigel Kennedy plays Bach and Fats Waller (The Scotsman, April 2013)
SCO Britten 100 Chamber Concert (The Scotsman, April 2013)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Jiří Bělohlávek, Hélène Grimaud (piano) (The Scotsman, April 2013)
The Flying Dutchman, Scottish Opera (The Scotsman, April 2013)
Edinburgh Quartet, Queen's Hall, Edinburgh (The Scotsman, March 2013)
Colin Currie Group plays Reich (The Scotsman, March 2013)
Minimal: Reich in Glasgow (The Scotsman, March 2013)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Robin Ticciati, Matthias Goerne (baritone) (The Scotsman, March 2013)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Adam Fischer (The Scotsman, March 2013)
Edinburgh Bach Choir & Scottish Sinfonia: Verdi's Requiem (The Scotsman, February 2013)
RSNO Naked Classics: The Firebird (The Scotsman, February 2013)
Red Note Ensemble & JAM, St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow (The Scotsman, February 2013)
Werther, Scottish Opera (The Scotsman, February 2013)
Red Note Ensemble & MusicLab, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow (The Scotsman, February 2013)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra: A Little Book of Monsters (The Scotsman, February 2013)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Peter Oundjian: American Festival I (The Scotsman, February 2013)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Usher Hall, Edinburgh (The Scotsman, February 2013)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China (The Scotsman, January 2013)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Shenzhen Concert Hall, China (The Scotsman, January 2013)

NEWS ARTICLES

El Sistema moves to Aberdeen with new Big Noise project (Classical Music, December 2013)
James MacMillan launches festival in home town of Cumnock (Classical Music, October 2013)
New plan announced for transforming Creative Scotland (Classical Music, September 2013)
Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme announced (Classical Music, July 2013)
Scottish Opera announces new season and refurbishment update (Classical Music, May 2013)
Analysis: tonewood prices (The Strad, May 2013)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra announces 2013/14 season (Classical Music, April 2013)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra announces 2013/14 season (Classical Music, April 2013)
Edinburgh International Festival 2013 revealed (The Edinburgh Reporter, March 2013)
Robin Ticciati renews contract with SCO until 2018 (Classical Music, March 2013)
Moray council in 100% arts cut (Classical Music, February 2013)
Analysis: playing from tablets (The Strad, January 2013)

PROGRAMME NOTES

Scottish Ensemble: Nordic Nights tour (December 2013)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Messiaen, Beethoven & Rachmaninov (November 2013)
Scottish Ensemble: Britain vs Germany tour (October 2013)
Scottish Ensemble: Quartets Squared tour (June 2013)
Scottish Opera The Pirates of Penzance programme (May 2013)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Barber Piano Concerto & Copland Piano Concerto (April 2013)
Scottish Ensemble: Phaedra (April 2013)
Scottish Ensemble: La follia tour (February 2013)

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

STAGE REVIEWS

Dragon, Traverse Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, November 2013)
Crime and Punishment, Lyceum Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, October 2013)
Dark Road, Lyceum Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, October 2013)
Eh Joe, Edinburgh International Festival (The List, August 2013)
Shakespeare's Cymbeline, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2013)
Cherry on Top, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2013)
Feral, Edinburgh Fringe (The Edinburgh Reporter, August 2013)
High Plains, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2013)
Economy of Thought, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2013)
Killers, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2013)
Children of Mine, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2013)
Takin' Over the Asylum, Lyceum Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, March 2013)
A Respectable Widow Takes to Vulgarity (A Play, a Pie and a Pint), Traverse Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, February 2013)
Time and the Conways, Lyceum Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, February 2013)
3 Seconds (A Play, a Pie and a Pint), Traverse Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, February 2013)
A Taste of Honey, Lyceum Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, January 2013)

2012

FEATURES AND INTERVIEWS

Double Acts: Jessica Beeston and Michael Beeston (The Strad, December 2012)
Nicola Benedetti (Classical Music, November 2012)
National Youth Orchestra of Scotland (Classical Music, November 2012)
Double Acts: John Wilson and Andrew Haveron (The Strad, November 2012)
St Andrews Voices festival (Classical Music, September 2012)
Edinburgh International Festival preview: Gagaku (The List, August 2012)
Edinburgh International Festival preview: Gagaku (The Scotsman, August 2012)
Scottish classical music season preview 2012-13 (Classical Music, August 2012)
Edinburgh Fringe preview: The Les Clöchards (Fest, August 2012)
Edinburgh Fringe preview: Tubular Bells for Two (The List, August 2012)
Edinburgh International Festival preview: Valery Gergiev/LSO (The Scotsman, August 2012)
Edinburgh International Festival preview: David et Jonathas (Scotland on Sunday, August 2012)
Edinburgh International Festival 2012 preview (The Times, July 2012)
Conlon Nancarrow anniversary (Steinway & Sons Owners' Magazine, July 2012)
Busking for string players (The Strad, July 2012)
Double Acts: Colin Tulloch and Colin Adamson (The Strad, July 2012)
Leeds International Piano Competition preview (Steinway & Sons Owners' Magazine, July 2012)
Edinburgh International Magic Festival preview (The Edinburgh Reporter, June 2012)
String conversations from The Strad archive (The Strad, June 2012)
Scottish Opera's 50th anniversary (Classical Music, June 2012)
Wolfgang Rihm's string quartets (The Strad, March 2012)
The Northern Lights (The Great Outdoors, February 2012)
Scottish Opera’s first composer in residence (Classical Music, January 2012)
Meet Your Maker: Leland Chen and Glen Collins (The Strad, January 2012)
Debussy and Cage (Steinway & Sons Owners' Magazine, January 2012)

MUSIC REVIEWS

Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Pablo González (The Scotsman, December 2012)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins, Olli Mustonen (piano) 2 (The Scotsman, December 2012)
Encantar, Romina Lischka (viola da gamba) (The Scotsman, December 2012)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/John Storgårds, Artur Pizarro (piano) (The Scotsman, December 2012)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins, Olli Mustonen (piano) 1 (The Scotsman, December 2012)
Brodsky Quartet, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow (The Scotsman, November 2012)
Bluebeard, Sonica festival, Tramway, Glasgow (The Scotsman, November 2012)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Peter Oundjian: Carmina burana (The Scotsman, November 2012)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Donald Runnicles: Tristan und Isolde (The Scotsman, November 2012)
Out of the Box, Sound festival, Aberdeen (The Scotsman, November 2012)
Edinburgh festivals round-up (The Strad, November 2012)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Manze, Steven Osborne (piano) (The Scotsman, October 2012)
Scottish Ensemble 'Illuminations' (The Scotsman, October 2012)
St Andrews Voices festival (The Scotsman, October 2012)
Brodsky Quartet (The Scotsman, October 2012)
The Magic Flute, Scottish Opera (The Scotsman, October 2012)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Così fan tutte (The Scotsman, October 2012)
Edinburgh Quartet (The Scotsman, October 2012)
Master and Commander (Raeburn Quartet, Robert Hardy), Lammermuir Festival (The Scotsman, September 2012)
Guitar Night Out (Simon Thacker, Camerata Ritmata, Chris Day), Lammermuir Festival (The Scotsman, September 2012)
Dunedin Consort, Lammermuir Festival (The Scotsman, September 2012)
Portraits and Reflections, City Halls, Glasgow (The Scotsman, September 2012)
The Lady from the Sea, Edinburgh International Festival (Fest, September 2012)
Clemency, Edinburgh International Festival (Fest, September 2012)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra fireworks concert, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, September 2012)
Edinburgh International Festival round-up, week 1 (A Mass of Life, The Makropulos Case, Trio Zimmermann, Dalmatica) (Scotland on Sunday, August 2012)
Edinburgh International Festival round-up, week 2 (Leonidas Kavakos, David et Jonathas, Calder Quartet, Orchestra des Champs-Élysées) (Scotland on Sunday, August 2012)
Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2012)
Anne Schwanewilms and Malcolm Martineau, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2012)
Daniil Trifonov, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2012)
Francesco Piemontesi, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2012)
Dietrich Henschel and Steven Osborne, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2012)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Nutcracker, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2012)
Budapest Festival Orchestra/Iván Fischer, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2012)
Dalmatica, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2012)
Antonio Meneses and Maria João Pires, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2012)
London Symphony Orchestra/Valery Gergiev, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2012)
Louis Durra Trio, Edinburgh Fringe (Fest, August 2012)
The 27 Club, Edinburgh Fringe (Fest, August 2012)
Out of the Blue, Edinburgh Fringe (Fest, August 2012)
William Berger (baritone) and Iain Burnside (piano), Music at Paxton (The Scotsman, July 2012)
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, The Big Concert, Raploch (The Scotsman, June 2012)
Csengele Quartet and Pearl-Lynne Chen (Scotsman, June 2012)
Cape Town Opera's Porgy and Bess (The Scotsman, June 2012)
SCO Soloists and Alasdair Beatson (The Scotsman, June 2012)
Opera North's Ruddigore (The Scotsman, June 2012)
Edinburgh Grand Opera: Bizet's Carmen (The Scotsman, May 2012)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven's Choral Symphony (The Scotsman, May 2012)
Red Note Ensemble, Inventor Composer Coaction (The Scotsman, May 2012)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Jakub Hrusa, Jonathan Biss (piano) (The Scotsman, May 2012)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Christian Curnyn, Nicola Benedetti (violin) (The Scotsman, April 2012)
Scottish Ensemble: SE Inversions (The Scotsman, April 2012)
RSNO: Järvi conducts Sibelius First Symphony (The Scotsman, April 2012)
Jonathan Morton Takes Over: Pekka Kuusisto, Hilliard Ensemble, etc (The Scotsman, April 2012)
RSNO/Douglas Boyd, Ingrid Fliter (piano) (The Scotsman, April 2012)
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (The Edinburgh Reporter, March 2012)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Joseph Swensen (The Edinburgh Reporter, March 2012)
RSNO Chamber Ensemble (The Scotsman, March 2012)
Nash Ensemble (The Scotsman, March 2012)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Andrew Manze (The Edinburgh Reporter, February 2012)
Kirsteen Davidson-Kelly (piano) (The Edinburgh Reporter, January 2012)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Emmanuelle Haïm (The Edinburgh Reporter, January 2012)

NEWS ARTICLES

Creative Scotland ends year mired in uncertainty (Classical Music, December 2012)
Glasgow's Sistema Scotland outpost gets £1.325m boost (Classical Music, December 2012)
Creative Scotland to address structure, language and openness (Classical Music, November 2012)
Creative Scotland scrambles response to open letter (Classical Music, October 2012)
Scots funding body cooks up a new storm (Classical Music, September 2012)
National Youth Orchestras of Scotland overhauled by new chief exec (Classical Music, September 2012)
Power cut forces Edinburgh LPO concert cancellation (Classical Music, August 2012)
Uncertain future for ensembles as Creative Scotland drops 'flexible funding' (Classical Music, June 2012)
World's oldest stringed instrument discovered on Skye (The Strad, April 2012)
Scottish government report masks music audience decline (Classical Music, April 2012)
Scotland turns deaf ear to opera and classical music (The Scotsman, March 2012)
Gales disrupt Scottish performances (Classical Music, January 2012)

PROGRAMME NOTES

Academy of Ancient Music, Vivaldi at Christmas, Usher Hall, Edinburgh (December 2012)
Linn Records: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Weber wind concertos CD booklet notes (November 2012)
Scottish Ensemble Britten & Bach tour (December 2012)
Scottish Opera The Magic Flute programme (October 2012)
Scottish Ensemble Ligeti, Debussy, Bruckner, Bach tour (April 2012)
Scottish Opera The Rake’s Progress programme (March 2012)
Scottish Ensemble Haydn, Mozart & Alwyn tour (February 2012)

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Project manager, commissioning editor and writer for Edinburgh International Festival classical and opera mini-magazine (July 2012)
Editing and proofreading Edinburgh International Festival 2012 brochure (January 2012)
Editing The Strad's 2012 Cremona supplement (January 2012)
Editing and proofreading programme for the Piatigorsky International Cello Festival (November-January 2012)

STAGE REVIEWS

Cinderella, Lyceum Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, December 2012)
Sonata for A Man and A Boy, Traverse Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, November 2012)
The Artist Man and the Mother Woman, Traverse Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, November 2012)
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lyceum Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, October 2012)
The Incredible Adventures of See-Thru Sam, Traverse Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, October 2012)
The Guid Sisters, Lyceum Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, October 2012)
Monkey Bars, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2012)
Uninvited, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2012)
Othello - The Remix, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2012)
Good Grief, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2012)
Strong Arm, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2012)
Night of the Big Wind, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2012)
Teach Me, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2012)
NOLA, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2012)
After the Rainfall, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2012)
The Blind, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2012)
Still Life: An Audience with Henrietta Moraes, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2012)
The Barwell Prophecy, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2012)
Golden Gloves, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2012)
Dubrovski, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2012)
The Boat Factory, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2012)
A Clockwork Orange, Edinburgh Fringe (The List, August 2012)
Michael Neto: UPCLOSE, Edinburgh International Magic Festival (The Edinburgh Reporter, July 2012)
Bruce Glen: The Gentleman Magician, Edinburgh International Magic Festival (The Edinburgh Reporter, July 2012)
Colin McLeod: Sheer Luck? Edinburgh International Magic Festival (The Edinburgh Reporter, June 2012)
Could You Please Look Into the Camera, Traverse Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, April 2012)
The Marriage of Figaro, Lyceum Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, March 2012)
Ana, Traverse Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, March 2012)
Snookered, Traverse Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, February 2012)
Of Mice and Men, Lyceum Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, February 2012)
The Infamous Brothers Davenport, Lyceum Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, January 2012)

2011 AND EARLIER

FEATURES AND INTERVIEWS

Musical instrument museums online (Classical Music, December 2011)
Sofia Gubaidulina (The Strad, October 2011)
Edinburgh Fringe preview: The Trains (The List, August 2011)
My Favourite Things: Hieronymus Köstler (The Strad, August 2011)
Double Acts: Bjørg Lewis and Paul Lewis (The Strad, June 2011)
Double Acts: Steve Reich and David Harrington (The Strad, May 2011)
Harrison Birtwistle’s Violin Concerto (The Strad, March 2011)
US instrument making (The Strad, November 2010)
Opinion: Get rid of histrionics in quartet playing (The Strad, December 2009)
Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers (The Strad, April 2009)

MUSIC REVIEWS

Edinburgh festivals round-up (The Strad, November 2011)
Sacconi Quartet: Death’s Cabaret (The Edinburgh Reporter, November 2011)
RSNO Naked Classics (The Edinburgh Reporter, November 2011)
Hebrides Ensemble (The Edinburgh Reporter, November 2011)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Mullova/Ticciati (The Edinburgh Reporter, October 2011)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Ticciati (The Edinburgh Reporter, October 2011)
Edinburgh Quartet (The Edinburgh Reporter, October 2011)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Donald Runnicles, Edinburgh International Festival (The Edinburgh Reporter, September 2011)
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/Jonathan Nott, Edinburgh International Festival (The Edinburgh Reporter, September 2011)
Melvyn Tan, Edinburgh International Festival (The Edinburgh Reporter, August 2011)
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Edinburgh International Festival (The Edinburgh Reporter, August 2011)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov, Edinburgh International Festival (The Scotsman, August 2011)
Classics at Greyfriars, Edinburgh Fringe (The Edinburgh Reporter, August 2011)
Yogyakarta Palace Gamelan, Edinburgh International Festival (The Edinburgh Reporter, August 2011)
Soul Rebels Brass Band, Edinburgh International Jazz and Blues Festival (The Edinburgh Reporter, July 2011)

NEWS ARTICLES

Donald Runnicles extends his contract with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Classical Music, October 2011)
Musicians and teachers urged to fight budget cuts (The Strad, April 2011)

PROGRAMME NOTES

Bach Trio Sonatas at the Edinburgh Fringe (August 2011)
Scottish Opera Seven Deadly Sins programme (August 2011)
Scottish Opera Rigoletto programme (May 2011)
Scottish Opera Intermezzo programme (March 2011)
Hebrides Ensemble Mozart, Dean & MacMillan rush-hour concerts (January 2011)

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Editing The Strad's 2012 Summerplus supplement listings (October 2011)
Proofreading The Strad's 2012 Directory (October 2011)
Universal Music Sinfini online commissioning and editing project (May-December 2011)
Proofreading The Strad's 2011 Degrees supplement (April 2011)

STAGE REVIEWS

Cinderella, King’s Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, December 2011)
Beauty and the Beast, Lyceum Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, December 2011)
Going Dark, Traverse Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, November 2011)
You Cannot Go Forward From Where You Are Right Now, Traverse Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, October 2011)
27, Lyceum Theatre (The Edinburgh Reporter, October 2011)
One Thousand and One Nights, Edinburgh International Festival (The Edinburgh Reporter, September 2011)
Edinburgh Fringe reviews round-up (The List, August 2011)
A Slow Air, Edinburgh Fringe (The Edinburgh Reporter, August 2011)
The Wheel, Edinburgh Fringe (The Edinburgh Reporter, August 2011)
Man of Valour, Edinburgh Fringe (The Edinburgh Reporter, August 2011)
Ten Plagues, Edinburgh Fringe (The Edinburgh Reporter, August 2011)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Edinburgh International Festival (The Edinburgh Reporter, August 2011)
Hotel Methuselah, Edinburgh Fringe (The Edinburgh Reporter, August 2011)
Invisible Show II, Edinburgh Fringe (The Edinburgh Reporter, August 2011)
A Resounding Tinkle, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Allotment, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Babbling Comedy 2, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Bashir Lazhar, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Blood and Roses, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Dial H! for Hitchcock, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Dust, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Ethometric Museum, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Exsomnia, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Five Alive! The Musical, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Godspell, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Hamlet House of Horror, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
I Hope My Heart Goes First, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Little Matter, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Llywth (Tribe), Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Humphrey Ker is Dymock Watson, Nazi Smasher!, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Secret Window, Secret Garden, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
The Sexual Awakening of Peter Mayo, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Shakespeare for Breakfast, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Street Dreams, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Swamp Juice, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
The Ballad of the Unbeatable Hearts, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
The Forum, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
The Oh F**k Moment, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Time for the Good Looking Boy, Edinburgh Fringe (Whatsonstage.com, August 2011)
Harrison Richards – the Ancient Art of Modern Mind Reading, Edinburgh International Magic Festival (The Edinburgh Reporter, July 2011)
Michael Neto – Imagination: Yours or Mine?, Edinburgh International Magic Festival (The Edinburgh Reporter, July 2011)
Card Ninja, Edinburgh International Magic Festival (The Edinburgh Reporter, July 2011)

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