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This September, Colin embarked on a five-city European tour with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Principal Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev, performing Sir James MacMillan's Veni, Veni, Emmanuel - a landmark percussion concerto that Colin has performed more than 150 times over the course of his career.
The tour opened at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest (19 Sept) and Sibiu (21 Sept), followed by appearances at Bozar Brussels (25 Sept), Beethovenfest Bonn (26 Sept), and Philharmonie Essen (28 Sept), finally returning home for season opening concerts in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth.
““I now play about 90 per cent of it from memory – it’s a bit like a giant piece of chamber music.””
Read more about Colin Currie's performance of the concerto in his interview with The Scotsman.
This tour marks a highlight in Colin’s 2025/26 season which opened with a performance of Kalevi Aho’s percussion concerto Sieidi with the Porto Symphony conducted by John Storgards, and continues with a range of high-profile concerto, chamber and conducting engagements.