Simon Thoumire | Concertina player and composer

Simon Thoumire

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Jigs in Space

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Changing the world with Trad Music! #shorts

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Charlie Hunter’s Jig

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Goodnight Sweetheart

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LATEST NEWS

Thank you to the Vaughan Williams Foundation for their support

We would like to thank Vaughan Williams Foundation for their support of our Dol Fodha Na Grèine project which will receive it’s first performance on Sunday 26th January at Celtic Connections festival. In difficult times for the arts we are really appreciative of the foundation’s support of our new piece[…]

Dol Fodha Na Grèine Crowdfunder

I’m excited to introduce “Dol fodha na grèine” (Gaelic for Sunset), a musical suite blending centuries-old Scottish tunes with new compositions. This project is created as a companion piece to Aly Bain’s groundbreaking “Follow the Moonstone,” celebrating its 30th anniversary. It’s a crowdfunder to raise £5000 to help with rehearsal[…]

Dol Fodha Na Grèine Crowdfunder – Simon Thoumire

https://www.youtube.com/v/10JZams02A4?version=3 Simon Thoumire, Dave Milligan and Alana MacInnes will be performing at Celtic Connections festival 2025 with their new piece of music Dol Fodha Na Grèine (Going Under the Sun). It was written as a companion piece to Aly Bain’s Follow the Moonstone which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this[…]

New album! Glasgow Concert by Simon Thoumire and Dave Milligan

I’ve just released a new album with pianist Dave Milligan. The second one in two years! Recorded in 2020 at Celtic Connections festival, just before lockdown was a thing and we all became distracted. It took til 2024 for the album to arrive. Both Dave and me are massive Moscow[…]