BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Chief Conductor: Ilan Volkov
Associate Guest Conductor: Stefan Solyom
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is one of the great success stories of British music and is regarded as one of the UK's finest orchestras. The acclaim it has enjoyed in recent years is founded on brilliance, versatility and bold programming. This is an orchestra that thinks nothing of performing a complex, contemporary "sinfonietta" - sized piece for a specialist ensemble of solo players alongside a major symphonic work. Its ability to give a viscerally exciting performances of a huge range of repertoire has developed under its three most recent Chief Conductors: Jerzy Maksymiuk, Osmo Vanska and Ilan Volkov.
Formed in December 1935, it has won major awards including the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society prize (the only Scottish Orchestra to do so) and two Gramophone Awards. Its concerts at home and abroad with IIan Volkov, Chief Conductor since 2003 have left critics and audiences reaching for superlatives. It has a busy broadcasting schedule on BBC Radio 3, Radio Scotland and BBC Television, and records for the respected British label Hyperion. It takes live music to towns and cities across Scotland every season, is in demand at leading festivals such as Edinburgh, Cheltenham and Huddersfield, and plays every summer at the BBC Proms. Internationally, the orchestra has appeared in the great musical centres of Europe, and has toured the USA and China.
In Scotland as well as being the leading supporter of living composers and new music, it is increasingly active in the community, with an innovative learning programme dedicated to bringing the inspiration of great music to people of all ages and backgrounds.
In January 2006 the BBC SSO moved from Broadcasting House - its Glasgow home for the past 70 years - to the newly -refurbished City Halls at Candleriggs, which has now become the orchestra's permanent home, administrative, performance and recording base.
Contact
Enquiries
City Halls
Candleriggs
Glasgow
City of Glasgow
G1 1NQ
Scotland
Tel: +44 (141) 3538000
Tel: +44 (141) 5520909
Fax: +44 (141) 5526078
E-Mail: bbcsso@bbc.co.uk
WWW: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcsso
