Formed in 1935, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is Scotland’s national broadcasting orchestra and performs to audiences in venues throughout the country. It has been at the heart of the nation’s cultural life for many years and has a well-earned reputation for its creative ambition, its pioneering spirit and diversity of repertoire. It maintains a busy schedule of broadcasts for BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Television and Online. Based at City Halls in Glasgow, the orchestra is Scotland’s leading champion of new music, and has established strong links with local communities through its learning and outreach programme. It appears regularly at the BBC Proms and Edinburgh International Festival. In recent years the orchestra has toured to India, South America, China, Holland, Germany and Austria. The orchestra is a past recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Best Orchestra and its commercial recordings have received a number of prizes, including four Gramophone Awards. Thomas Dausgaard became chief conductor in September 2016.

For further information, please visit www.bbc.co.uk/bbcsso.

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