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BBC SSO and RCS presents

RCS & BBC SSO Emerging Conductors Showcase 2026

Classical Music

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Top emerging UK & international conductors showcase their talents with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra as the finale of a 5-day course with Martyn Brabbins, featuring Brahms’ Symphony No.3, Vaughan Williams’ Tuba Concerto and the premiere of RCS composer Andrew Jacob’s In the Hall of the Clockwork Dancer.

This event is jointly presented by the BBC SSO and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Mahler/ Britten What the Wild Flowers Tell Me
Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto
Andrew Jacob In the Hall of the Clockwork Dancer (World Premiere)
Brahms Symphony No. 3

Andrew Duncan Tuba
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Conductors:
Max Todes (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)
Ethan Osman (Royal Academy of Music)
Davide Trolton (Royal Northern College of Music)
Jiyun Wang (University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna)
Marco Orazio Vallone (Conservatorium van Amsterdam/Royal Conservatoire The Hague)
Euan Safey (Australian Conducting Academy)