A vast range of Scottish businesses that have supported the arts in Scotland are in the running for the 2015 Arts & Business Scotland Awards, the shortlist for which is announced today. Suppliers of haggis and donuts Macsween of Edinburgh and Krispy Kreme are both nominated for the Entrepreneurship Award, while other contenders include Glasgow Airport, for its work with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and A1 Toys for its partnership with Children’s Classic Concerts.
Once again the awards are in five categories – the others being Placemaking, People, Digital Innovation and International. Two further awards, for leadership and to Scotland’s most enterprising museum, will be announced at the winners’ ceremony at Edinburgh International Conference Centre on February 3, 2016.
The National Theatre of Scotland has two nominations in the People category, sponsored by Chevron Upstream Europe, for partnerships with Malin Marine Consultants and with ScottishPower Foundation, which is also nominated in the same category for work with the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Ferry company Caledonian MacBrayne is nominated in two categories for work with various arts organisations and Virgin Trains partnership with the young movers of YDance is up for an International Award. Citizen M hotel is on the Digital Innovation shortlist for work with Glasgow School of Art, and Glasgow Science Centre has a nomination for supporting the Cryptic company.
Other award sponsors include Turcan Connell, Accenture Scotland and VisitScotland and The Herald is media partner for the awards. A full list of all the nominees and details of the collaborations can be found on the Arts and Business Scotland website.
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In a change of programme that may prove as popular with some music lovers as it is disappointing to others, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra has announced that pianist Lars Vogt will be playing the Schumann Piano Concerto in the second concert of its new season. The work replaces the Schoenberg Piano Concerto, which the German has not been able to prepare for the concerts in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen on October 15, 16 and 17.
The Schumann concerto now follows the same composer’s Manfred Overture and precedes the Second Symphony of Brahms in the series, which will also include the Schumann Violin Concerto in March.
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