Scott Dickinson

Biography

Equally passionate about teaching and playing, Scott Dickinson is Principal Viola with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Tutor in Viola at Guildhall School .
Scott was born in Glasgow and studied in Manchester, London and Salzburg, where he won the 1996 Mozarteum Concerto Competition. 
He has appeared with Ivry Gitlis, Steven Isserlis, Dorothea Röschmann, the Brodsky, Chilingirian, Elias, Maxwell and Navarra Quartets, regularly with the Hebrides, Nash and Wigmore Soloists Ensembles and as guest principal viola with numerous orchestras including the Australian Chamber Orchestra, BBC Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, London Philharmonic, London Symphony, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Royal Opera House, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia of London, Swedish Radio Symphony, the John Wilson Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and the World Orchestra for Peace.
For five years he was a member of the Leopold String Trio, performing worldwide ( including Carnegie Hall, New York, Musikverein, Vienna , on highly praised Hyperion CDs and frequently at the Wigmore Hall, London ) and for more than twenty years principal viola of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra , with whom he also appeared regularly as soloist, including performances of Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante to celebrate Donald Runnicles’ birthday and "Jubilus" by Jonathan Harvey on CD which was nominated for a Gramophone award. 
Recent projects include an acclaimed solo video for Hebrides Ensemble’s "Inner Hebrides" series and a number of commissions of duos for two violas and for flute and viola with his wife Susan Frank .
Scott has held teaching positions at Chethams’ School , the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Royal Northern College of Music . He loves people, words and wildernesses, strongly believes in the benefits of music to all areas of society and is an Artistic Advisor to the Tunnell Trust for Young Musicians