Past Festivals
Following a pilot event, Upbeat in 2004, the first sound festival was launched in November 2005. It is now an annual event. Details of the current festival are available through our homepage, and information about previous years can be accessed using the links below.
2014
2013
“The sound festival is one of Scotland’s best kept secrets, but the word is out:
It’s fantastic, teaming withexciting events, brilliant performers and a magnetic energy.” Stephen Montague, composer
2012
“Something really magical happens when a piece of music finds a performer whose talent matches it to perfection…” – Alan Cooper
2011
“I’ve never heard music tell so much. Brilliant.” – David C, Aberdeen
2010
“Once again, Aberdeenshire is bracing itself for its annual jamboree of contemporary music. The whole concept of sound is extraordinary: around 60 events parcelled into a three-and-a-half-week festival…” – The Scotsman
- homepage for sound 2010
- artists and composers
- events
- venues
- schools
- press
- links
- surround sound events
2009
“Only five years ago, the sound Festival was an idea driven by enthusiasm, no more and no less. Today, it is a magnet.” – The Herald
2008
“a festival dedicated to new music [that] is one of Scotland’s true hidden gems in terms of exciting contemporary events.” – The Skinny
sound performances attracted audiences of 5,503 and involved 558 people in talks and workshops as well as 769 schoolchildren. There were 68 performances in 32 venues, 23 open workshops, masterclasses and talks and 15 schools workshops. To find out more, visit:
2007
Providing “Aberdeen’s contemporary music- curious audiences [with] their very own musical field of dreams.” – Scotland on Sunday
2006
“From acoustic performances to electro- acoustic concerts, live electronics events, film, dance, and every style of modern music.” – The Herald
2005
“One of the most daring musical initiatives to hit the North-East, if not all of Scotland, in recent years.” – The Scotsman
