Hebrides Ensemble

We are extremely proud to announce that Hebrides Ensemble has been shortlisted for a Royal Philharmonic Society Award in the chamber music category, in recognition of its position at the very forefront of live contemporary music.

The Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards are regarded as the highest accolade for live classical music-making in the United Kingdom. Since 1989 the RPS Music Awards have recognised not only the calibre of today's classical musicians but also those who push creative boundaries to produce work which excites and engages audiences. Governed by the Society's guiding principles of ‘Excellence, Creativity and Understanding’, the awards are those of the music profession with nominations invited annually from leading organisations throughout the country and each category decided by an eminent, independent jury. The list of winners over the last 20 years reads as a roll call of the finest living musicians.

Details of the full shortlists for the RPS Music Awards can be found at www.rpsmusicawards.com from 7pm on Tuesday 21 April 2009. Tune in to BBC Radio 3 on the 13 May to listen to the full coverage of the ceremony.

Edinburgh-based 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 its imaginative and innovative programming and outstanding quality of performance, the group has recently joined the Re:New network of European contemporary music ensembles.

Hebrides Ensemble works imaginatively to attract new and maintain established audiences for the highest quality contemporary classical music, and enthusiastically uses its resources to help develop the next generation of musicians and composers in their knowledge of, excitement for and skills in performing new music.

“The Hebrides Ensemble confirmed its reputation as Scotland’s finest contemporary group…Fluency, technical brilliance and a sense of the personal and the epic characterised the performance.”
The Daily Telegraph
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Summer Performances

June 25th, 7.30pm
City of London Festival
Stationer’s Hall

Works by Shostakovitch, Peter Maxwell Davies (London première) James MacMillan, Judith Weir, Haflidi Hallgrimsson, Stravinsky, Sibelius
www.colf.org

July 19th
Paxton House, Berwickshire Bridge

Elgar, Martinů, Mendelssohn
www.musicatpaxton.co.uk

August 20th 11am
Edinburgh International Festival
The Queens Hall

With Christopher Maltman, Baritone
Mahler Songs of A Wayfarer (arr. Schoenberg)
Debussy (arr. Schoenberg),
Berg, Schoenberg (arr. Webern),
Johan Strauss II (arr. Schoenberg)
http://www.eif.co.uk/hebrides

"…firmly among the best accounts on disc."
BBC Music Magazine

"A superlative recording from both sonic and artistic standpoints…Absolutely captivating and a wonderful contribution to the centenary of Messiaen's birth - highly recommended."
SA-CD.NET

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For more information please contact:
Press: Jane Nicolson 07887 500977 jane@janenicolson.com
General Manager: Ben Twist 0131 477 7425 ben.twist@blueyonder.co.uk

BREAKING NEWS! 21 April 2009