Launching with a sold-out headline performance at Celtic Connections (2023) and UK tour; airing on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio Scotland; later going on to be long-listed for the Scottish Album of the Year Award (2023), ‘Soaring’ is the debut album by Scottish cellist Juliette Lemoine. The album was supported by the Beatrice Huntington Award for Cellists.
Written after making an unlikely full recovery after years of debilitating M.E, the music captures her simultaneous feelings of intense liberation yet profound loss; and tentative optimism looking towards the next chapter. Her emotive compositions weave through Scottish Traditional, Western Classical, and Jazz genres to create a highly personal new voice.
Leading an all-star band of some of Scotland’s most exciting young musicians in the unique line-up of cello, fiddle Charlie Stewart, piano Fergus McCreadie, and tenor saxophone Matt Carmichael, the album is a euphoric celebration of freedom.
