Live Premieres
Each of the first three premires of the new works
will be presented at th Pianodrome in Edinburghs Brunstfield area. Doors for each show will be 7pm with the concert starting at 7.30.
March 11th 2026 -
Juliette Lemoine (Cello) / Graeme Stephen (Guitar)
The Pianodrome, Brunstfield Edinburgh
Doors 7pm, Concert 7.30
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Juliette Lemoine is a Scottish cellist exploring and redefining the instrument’s role within contemporary Scottish Traditional Music. Her debut album ‘Soaring’, supported by the Beatrice Huntington Award for cellists, launched with a sold-out headline performance at Celtic Connections 2023 and went on to be long-listed for the Scottish Album of the Year Award 2023. Her emotive compositions weave through Scottish Traditional, Western Classical, and Jazz genres to create a highly personal new voice, receiving airplay on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio Scotland. Juliette also performs in a duo with tenor-guitarist Chris Amer, recent highlights including their headline Celtic Connections show (2024), performing at London Jazz Festival (2024), supporting LAU at King’s Place London (2024); and with the newly formed female-powerhouse trio Swinging on Birches with Madeleine Stewart (fiddle) and Heather Cartwright (guitar and voice).’
This concert features a work for solo Cello exploring ideas of time and how we view memory, existence, life and death. This work is inspired by the T. S Elliot poem Four Quartets and the book Freedom from the Known by J. Krishnamurti. There will also be several duo pieces for Juliette on cello and the composer Graeme Stephen on guitar as well as special guests Fiona Winning (London Philharmonic/London Sinfonietta) on Viola and Elie Afif on Bass.
June the 24th 2026-
Silke Eberhard (saxophone) /Graeme Stephen (Guitar)
The Pianodrome, Bruntsfield, Edinburgh
Doors 7pm, Concert 7.30
For many years the saxophonist, clarinetist and composer Silke Eberhard has left her mark on the Berlin jazz scene and has also received great international acclaim with performances on all continents (except Antartica!). In 2020 she received the Jazzpreis Berlin in recognition of her achievements.
Silke works with many collective ensembles, including the duo with Ulrich Gumpert, duo with Uwe Oberg + trio with Gerry Hemingway, Matsch & Schnee, Satchi (w Maike Hilbig & Yuko Oshima), I am Three. She performs and has recorded with numerous musicians of the international jazz scene such as Henry Threadgill & Zooid, Aki Takase, Nikolaus Neuser, David Liebman, Sandy Evans, Maggie Nicols, Hannes Zerbe, Dave Rempis, Mike Reed, Wayne Horvitz, Ken Vandermark, Dave Burrell, Michael Zerang, Joe Morris, Michael Formanek, Talibam! (Matt Mottel and Kevin Shea) and amo.
Silke Eberhard has featured in almost every Downbeat Critics Polls since 2015: 72nd (2024) – 71st (2023) – 70th (2022) – 69th(2021) – 67th (2019) – 66th (2018) – 65th (2017) – 63rd (2015)
This concert will feature a new solo work for Silke composed by Graeme Stephen as well as Quartet performance with Silke, Graeme Stephen on guitar.
September the 16th 2026-
Aidan O'Rourke (Violin) / Graeme Stephen (Guitar)
The Pianodrome, Bruntsfield, Edinburgh
Doors 7pm, Concert 730
Aidan O’Rourke is a fiddler, composer, producer and curator. With his trio Lau, in multiple solo projects and in collaborations, he has pioneered a new sound in folk music and redefined traditional forms.
This concert will feature a newly composed piece by Graeme Stephen for solo violin and Electronics alongside new duo pieces for Aidan and Graeme.
