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MISCHA
MACPHERSON

AWARD-WINNING SCOTTISH SINGER

Winner of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award and MG Alba Scots Trad Music Award for Gaelic Singer of the Year, Mischa Macpherson is ’one of the most exciting and fully rounded talents to emerge from the Scottish scene in many a year’ (Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2). Having grown up immersed in the distinctive culture of the Outer Hebrides, she unearthed her love for music and Gaelic at a very early age, and it is these influences that the singer now presents with clarity and tenderness to audiences around the world.

Mischa has toured across Asia, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania, Scandinavia, Switzerland and the UK and performed to crowds as large as 20,000 (Fairport’s Cropredy Convention). Her music soared to the forefront of the UK’s wider musical audience after live sessions on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 3, and she has since made several TV performances, including with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. In 2023, she was chosen to represent the UK at the
 G20 Summit in India and sang in the Gaelic language for the invited global politicians in Varanasi, India. Highly regarded as a collaborator, Mischa has also performed and worked alongside internationally acclaimed artists such as Carlos Núñez Muñoz (Galicia); Capercaillie (Scotland); Suraj and Chand Khan (Lahore, Pakistan); The Unusual Suspects of Celtic Colours (Canada); and Martyn Bennett’s GRIT Orchestra.

A move to Helsinki to study at the Sibelius Academy ignited Mischa’s passion for composition and improvisation and it was there she began exploring the setting and reworking of Gaelic and Scots poetry to new melodies. She went on to compose a new suite of Gaelic Songs for the Blas Festival and the Celtic Connections 2019 New Voices series - which saw her pick up a nomination for 'Composer of the Year' at the Scots Trad Music Awards. She has since taken on the role of Music Director for the critically acclaimed ‘Hebridean Treasure’ project, which explores the links between ancient Scotland and India’s relationship with spirituality and the natural world. 2024/25 will see her collaborate with renowned musician and composer, Donald Grant & perform alongside him and a selection of orchestras (including the Aurora Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, and Scottish Ensemble) over the coming months.

“A rare talents that pops up once in a generation.” BBC Radio Scotland

“An artist of deep sensitivity... She fully embraces and understands the traditions she comes from, but adds a fresh, young, vibrant perspective.” BBC Radio 2

“Her voice is soft as rain, swooping as a seabird, rooted in the traditions of the Hebrides. When she stops, the audience rise to their feet in a breaking wave of fierce applause.” The Independent

ABOUT
LIVE

UPCOMING EVENTS 2024

22

June
First Light Festival
Lowestoft, United Kingdom

Venue: St Peter & St John Church @ 22:00-22:30
Performance with Donald Grant & friends - featuring the Royal Northern College of Manchester strings, Innes White (guitar) & Euan Burton (double bass)

23

June
First Light Festival 
Lowestoft, United Kingdom

Venue: Sunlight Stage @ 10:00-11:00
Performance with Donald Grant & Friends - featuring Royal Northern College of Manchester strings, Innes White (guitar), Conal McDonagh (pipes) & Euan Burton (double bass)

10

August
Edinburgh International Festival 
United Kingdom

Venue: The Hub @ 19:30
Performance celebrating 25 years of the Feis Rois Ceilidh Trail. 

HEBRIDEAN TREASURE TOUR:

3

September
The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen

4

September
 Phoenix Centre, Newton Dee

5

September
The Barn , Banchory

6

September
Tullynessle & Forbes Hall, Alford

7

September
Bennachie Leisure Centre, Inch

10

September
Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Skye

11

September
Skye Gathering Hall, Portree 

13

September
Talla na Mara, Isle of Harris

14

September
An Lanntair, Stornoway 

17

September
Corran Halls, Oban

18

September
Iona Village Hall, Iona 

19

September
An Tobar, Mull

21

September
Universal Hall, Findhorn

28

September 
King's Place
London, United Kingdom

Performance with 'Donald Grant and the Aurora Orchestra' - featuring Innes White (guitar), Euan Burton (double bass) & Tom Gibbs (piano)

26

October
Lowender Festival
Cornwall, United Kingdom

26 October: Kresen Kernow @ 14:00 - 15:50 
Indigenous Language Song Q&A 


26 October: Redruth Wesley Church @ 19:00 
Concert - 'Yeth ha Tir / Land and Language' 
A concept concert exploring minority language song and its connection to the natural world. Featuring Scottish Gaelic, Cornish & Livonian singers. 


27 October: Redruth School @ 10:30 - 12:30 Singing workshop (featuring Gaelic, Cornish & Livonian songs) lead by the performers of Lowender's 'Yeth ha Tir / Land and Language' concert. Open to all. 

24

November 
RNCM Concert Hall
Manchester, United Kingdom

Performance with 'Donald Grant and the Manchester Camerata' - featuring Innes White (guitar), Euan Burton (double bass), Tom Gibbs (piano) & Calum Stewart (uilleann pipes & flute) 

25

Novemeber
Darlington Hippodrome
Sunderland, United Kingdom

Performance with 'Donald Grant and the Aurora Camerata' - featuring Innes White (guitar), Euan Burton (double bass) Tom Gibbs (piano) & Calum Stewart (uilleann pipes & flute) 

23

January 

2025

Celtic Connections 
Glasgow, United Kingdom

Mischa Macpherson + Support

Strathclyde Suite, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

​Mischa returns to Celtic Connections with a full band of some of Scotland's finest musicians, plus some special guests. 

More dates to be announced shortly...

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