Irmin Schmidt and support

Unfortunately we have had to cancel the performance of Irmin Schmidt in the City of Music Studio, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall due to technical difficulties which prevented the performance going ahead. Our Box Office team will contact ticket-holders to arrange refunds.

Before Irmin Schmidt founded the now legendary German band CAN in 1968, he received a formal musical education and studied composition, piano, conducting and music ethnology.

Schmidt's sound-journeys combine what is usually opposed: Rock, Pop, Jazz, Classic, Electronic, Ambient, Drum'n' Bass, Waltz, Oriental... He is a musical alchemist. The unusual paths Schmidt chooses for his compositions were celebrated in 2010, when the prestigious Festival "Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspielen" presented a gala evening in his honor. Schmidt conducted the Orchestra of the Schlossfestspiele and presented a selection of his work to great critical acclaim.