We are delighted to welcome back one of our most popular visiting acts. Voted ‘Best Band’ twice at the Scottish Jazz Awards, Glasgow-based Rose Room are Scotland’s leading ensemble influenced by ‘Hot Club’ Swing. Led by virtuoso violinist, Scottish Jazz Award-winning vocalist and BBC broadcaster Seonaid Aitken, the band also features Scotland’s No.1 guitar maker Jimmy Moon on double bass, with Tam Gallagher on rhythm guitar and solo guitarist Conor Smith known for his work with The Vintage Explosion.

Rose Room are celebrating their 15th year together with a new album and Scottish tour. ‘It’s Been a Long, Long Time’ is a collection of their favourite tunes, songs and guest musicians.

Expect the effervescent sound of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli as they serve up a mix of 1930s standards, original music and Gypsy Jazz favourites with their signature flair and fireworks.

Get ready for a real festive treat from this unusual ensemble. Bringing Spanish and American heat to the depths of our Scottish winter, Troppos plays music that wants to be danced to.

Oboist Sergio Vega Dominguez began writing with friend and tuba player Francisco ‘Paco’ Merino during the pandemic, and put together a chamber group to play his compositions alongside arrangements of tunes by Latin music giants including Astor Piazzolla, Carlos Gardel and Tito Puente. These two are joined by violinist Joe Hodson, clarinettist Pawel Jaworski and percussionist Eric Alfonso.

Troppos is a synthesis of the traditional orchestral formation, attempting to break the often rigid classical rules, in search of a new, innovative sound. With this programme they create a musical journey through the fascinating cultural melting pot that is Spanish and Latin American music. Troppos are part of Classical Musicians Scotland.

No sooner had their Dunfermline concert in November 2024 finished, when delighted concertgoers started asking, “When can we get them back?”. So here they are again, by popular demand!

Pianist and composer Euan Stevenson and saxophonist Konrad Wiszniewski are two of the UK’s leading musicians, with achievements on both sides of the Atlantic and experience in pop and classical music as well as jazz.

Their project ‘The Classical Connection’ has earned five-star reviews for its exploration of ​the common ground shared by classical composers and jazz musicians. In this superbly well-informed, entertaining and informal presentation Euan and Konrad improvise a Bach-style reinvention and an arrangement of the Duke Ellington Orchestra’s theme tune, Take the A Train, in the style of a Mozart Sonata.

Audiences will discover why romantic composers like Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Duke Ellington all loved the same key. You will also learn why Miles Davis and Eric Satie were kindred spirits, and hear brilliantly performed jazz standards and original compositions.

Gillian Horn, Victoria Lopez, Rhiannon Carmichael and Greg Crowley are all graduates of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and have been playing together for over ten years. The quartet has four distinctive voices which they often use to represent the different sections of the orchestra, yet they will snap back to a unique blend of sound instantly when required.

Always endeavouring to explore many styles of music, they put their own stamp on even the most iconic of works. Their wide-ranging repertoire includes baroque, contemporary classical, jazz, folk and free improvisation.

As well as teaching, individual members of the group have performed and toured with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Scottish Ballet Orchestra. Genovia are part of Classical Musicians Scotland.

Guitarist Allan Neave and violinist Angus Ramsay are two of Scotland’s most experienced musicians. As cantilena, they offer a variety of programmes covering all epochs of music including newly arranged Bach sonatas where the guitar serves as a contemporary interpretation of the keyboard, keeping the original structure of the works but introducing a number of different and varied soundscapes.

Professor Allan Neave performs worldwide, and is a regular guest at many of the world’s leading musical events. Head of Guitar and Harp and interim Director of Music at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow, he has been Artistic Director of the Dundee International Guitar Festival since its inception. He has toured Australia and the Far East, and performed Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) in their prom season.

After working in Switzerland and Germany, Angus spent nearly four decades as principal second violin of the Orchestra of Scottish Opera. In 1991, he founded the Glasgow Viennese Strings, subsequently touring all over Scotland. He is one of the Artistic Directors of the “Cantilena Festival – Islay” and teaches extensively throughout Scotland including at the Royal Conservatoire.

Cantilena Festival Duo are part of Classical Musicians Scotland.