Cantilena consists of a number of professional players, and every year we invite selected Cantilena Scholars from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, some of whom will be experiencing for the first time the concentration and sustained demand for excellence that is required for a week of great music.

Meet our professionals below!

The Cantilena Festival Scholar programme invites string students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland to take part in a week of music-making on the beautiful Hebridean Island of Islay.

These young professionals rehearse and perform with the Cantilena Players to the highest of standards, well away from the hustle and bustle of their studies in Glasgow.

Please read about our 2025 Scholars below: