Lynda Cochrane
Lynda Cochrane was born in Edinburgh and graduated with first class honours from the prestigious joint course of Manchester University and the Royal Northern College of Music. Besides prizes for academic achievement, composition and performance, Lynda won the Franco-British Society’s Vlado Perlemuter Scholarship and a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship enabling further study with Menahem Pressler of the Beaux Arts Trio at Indiana University.
Based in Glasgow, Lynda plays piano regularly as part of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and at times works with other British orchestras, including the Philharmonia and Northern Sinfonia.
As a soloist with the RSNO, highlights include the Ryder Cup Gala concert and John Williams concerts. Alongside solo work for Scottish Ballet, Lynda has performed much 2-piano recital repertoire at the St Magnus Festival, enjoys chamber music with her colleagues and for many years was a core member of the contemporary music group, Paragon Ensemble.
Lynda’s love of film music has seen her working with composers Craig Armstrong and Rachel Portman and she features as soloist with the RSNO on various film music albums for the Varese Sarabande label and most recently in piano and orchestra works for American composer, Kevin Kaska.
Lynda was delighted to write and arrange music for May’s series of books, “Around the World with Bessy”.