Edinburgh International Festival

The original "official" festival

As the title suggests this multimedia production centres around the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a…
Patrias evokes the aesthetic spirit of Lorca’s duende, creating a stirring glimpse of the Spanish Civil War…
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra waited until the last minute before all the players came on to the stage.
Historic Scotland has announced that it will be closing Holyrood Park to vehicle traffic this Sunday evening…
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra will be playing classic favourites such as Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries and…
In 2007, Dr. Hugo Slim produced his book ‘Killing Civilians; Method, Madness and Morality in War’.
At the EIF 2010, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch performed Agua, a vibrant, vivacious vision of Brazilian…
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra gave a capacity Festival audience an evening to remember with a programme…
Film Noir meets modern technology and the consequences are both thought provoking and impressive.
Vadim Gluzman was the violin soloist in Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto composed in 1942 when Barber was with…
With the double basses raised and along the back of the orchestra, and with twelve violas at the front to the…
A soaring polyphony on the grief and waste of war.
“Everybody is rushing, running, trying to escape almost certain death in this hail of enemy shells. Today I…
Haydn's Nelson Mass is full of surprises not least in its flamboyant soprano opening. Are we really listening…
A full-strength LPO, crammed onto the Usher Hall stage, did full justice to its opening piece by resident…
One of a series of talks aimed at re-examining aspects of the First World War and of other conflicts, Dr.
This massive work, far too big for any liturgical purpose is generally regarded as Bach’s greatest…
I AM is a challenging piece that is more to be endured than enjoyed, but if you push on through, you may…
Owen Wingrave was the result of a commission by the BBC to write an opera for television. It took about five…