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Sound Festival 2025

Adventures in new music

Welcome to soundfestival 2025!

A warm welcome to this year's soundfestival from sound Director Fiona Robertson and a downloadable festival brochure.

soundfestival 2025: Programme Notes

Family-friendly events

Spotlight gigs

Mon 27 October – Sun 2 November

Sounds from a New Dimension

Wednesday 29 October, 7.30pm

Collaborative Residency Sharing

Thursday 30 October, 12.45pm

Andreas Borregaard (accordion)

Thursday 30 October, 6.00pm

Red Note Ensemble

Friday 31 October, 1.00pm

LEGATO

Friday 31 October, 3.00pm

Clare Johnston: Audial Variations

Friday 31 October, 6.00pm

Zubin Kanga (piano)

Saturday 1 November, 4.00pm

Stephanie Lamprea (soprano) & Alistair MacDonald (electronics)

Saturday 1 November, 6.00pm

Composer portraits: Laura Bowler and Jérôme Combier

Sunday 2 November, 1.00pm

Luke Styles & Jacob Sam-La Rose: Synonyms for Divergence

Opportunities for composers

Sound continues to triumph, demonstrating that imaginative, cutting-edge yet accessible programming and inspired commissioning can produce radical results.

★★★★ 
The Scotsman
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sound gratefully acknowledges the support of Creative Scotland and Aberdeen City Council.

sound is proud to be a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner supported by PPL.

Sound Festival is a company limited by guarantee incorporated in Scotland (394992) with its registered office at Woodend Barn Arts Centre, Burn O’Bennie, Banchory, Kincardineshire AB31 5QA, and a Scottish Charity (SC037310) regulated by the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR).

Patrons: Dame Evelyn Glennie DBE, Sir James MacMillan CBE and Rohan de Saram

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