Iain Matheson





Welcome to Iain Matheson’s website.
Iain is a Scottish composer and musician, based in Edinburgh.
For further information please browse to the appropriate page.



Iain writes concert music in the classical tradition. Most of his work is based on some aspect of time, the medium in which music happens. It doesn’t represent programmatic ideas: instead it explores memory, and invites listeners to notice the ways in which time passes.

What does Iain’s music sound like? Reviewers have said “...hard-edged...”, “...the evolution of full-blown lyricism from fragmentary notes...”, “...sounding like tree-frogs...”. But describing music is no substitute for the real thing; the samples on the “Sounds” page will let you make up your own mind.

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