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Our latest podcast marks the return of Scottish Opera

The Scottish Field podcast turns to the world of music this week, as we preview the return of Scottish Opera. Podcast host Kenny Smith meets...

Strathallan School adds another string to its bow

Traditional Scottish music lessons and step dancing are just some of the new subjects on offer at Strathallan School this year. The school has launched...

Scottish Opera returns to theatres with new productions

A new Scottish Opera production of Gilberts and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers will open at Glasgow's Theatre Royal before traveling to cities around the country. This...
Mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill  (Photo: KK Dundas)

International mezzo-soprano returns to the Conservatoire

A leading international artist who has graced the stages of the world’s top opera houses has been appointed to lead the training of the next...
Angus MacColl

Full programme for Piping Live! unveiled

The full suite of programmed activity for Glasgow’s Piping Live! festival has been unveiled, with a number of in-person shows confirmed to go ahead as...
Pavlina Gusheva, Benjamin Giblin, Layla Ballard and Lachlan Kennedy

Young Scots cellist wins top music prize

A seventeen-year-old cellist from Edinburgh has won the highly prestigious Directors’ Recital Prize 2021 presented annually by Scotland’s national music school. Layla Ballard, in her...