About Scotland

Heritage

Scotland's Culture and Scottish Arts

Thriving. Each generation wants to take the best from the country's traditions and make them new….our music today melds ancient sounds with contemporary dance rhythms, a fusion of the Scottish and the exotic….Martin Bennett, Macumba, Paul Mounsey, Shooglenifty, Def Shepherd, Jock Tamson's Bairns, and Capercaillie - from Scots Ballads to Gaelic airs, garage and celtic rock fusion, Brazilian drums and bagpipes….it is all there and it. works.

The art scene is dynamic fuelled by world class art colleges in Dundee, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen….Christine Borland, Calum Colvin, and Peter Howson are some of the names of today, but last century we had the vibrancy of colourists, like Cadell, Fergusson, and Peploe, painters who drew their inspiration from Scotland and her links with France, as our artists have done for centuries through the Auld Alliance. Visit our magnificent galleries and see these artists alongside Raeburn and Wilkie and Ramsay from previous centuries - though geographically on the periphery, culturally we have always been at the heart of European art.

Edinburgh International Festival may be the most famous cultural event in Scotland, but throughout the year, throughout the country lovers of the arts will find a thriving cultural scene to explore and enjoy.