Edinburgh International Festival: Simon Thoumire: Scots Fiddle & Clarsach
Get ready for a thrilling ride into the unknown as Simon Thoumire and a stellar line-up of musicians come together for a night of Scottish folk music at The Hub Edinburgh on Monday 24th August!
About Edinburgh International Festival: Simon Thoumire: Scots Fiddle & Clarsach
| 24th August 2026 | |
| 8pm | |
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The Hub Edinburgh 348-350 Castlehill, Edinburgh Old Town EH1 2NE |
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| From £20 | |
| Event organiser/part of Edinburgh International Festival | |
| Visit the event website here |
Composer and concertinist Simon Thoumire takes Scottish folk tunes on a thrilling ride into the unknown, with breathtaking results.
Thoumire declares that he’s ‘very interested in music that bends round corners’. His brilliantly inventive compositions for Scots fiddle embody an ongoing dialogue between Scottish folk music and the classical tradition.
Thoumire introduces this concert of his work, with regular collaborator Patsy Reid on fiddle and viola, along with a stellar line-up of folk musicians, including Gaelic singer Mairi MacMillan and Alice Allen on cello.
Discover Thoumire’s distinctive voice across traditional Scottish dance forms – strathspeys and reels - with fresh musical interpretation. You’ll also experience Gaelic poetry inspired by birds interpreted into a bagpipes solo, and the world premiere of Thoumire’s clarsach concerto which fuses with electronics to explore the sustaining power of cultural heritage.
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