Edinburgh International Festival
The original "official" festival
Midori astonished me in Hong Kong nearly a quarter of a century ago by her assurance, as a girl barely in her…
A scintillating performance of Rachmaninov’s third Piano Concerto by Nikolai Lugansky made a thrilling…
There are elements to the 2013 EIF programme which are forever 1970s’s America, with performances by Philip…
We needed to cast our minds back to pre reformation times, to the fifteenth century, when music in church was…
As a refreshing change from the formal, fully staged performances, this selection of short small scale…
The Fringe-style studio space on stage at the Festival Theatre creates the perfect close up view of these…
In 1897, three years prior to completing his renowned Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Rachmaninov suffered…
The Hub – home of the Edinburgh International Festival – is hosting a variety of eclectic Café Concerts in…
The opening night of an inspirational four day dance festival by Scottish Ballet was a double bill: Kenneth…
Thunderous applause and prolonged cheers from a packed Usher Hall marked the end of the scintillating…
“It’s a kind of furtiveness, a weariness with all the conventions of the world so I guess you might say we’re…
The programme at the Usher Hall consisted of four compositions all written at the turn of the twentieth…
From Haefliger's timely deportment at the piano and placement of opening chord one could tell this was to be…
It was a delight to watch the oboe, bassoon, violin and cello soloists for Haydn’s Sinfonia concertante in a…
A discerning audience enjoyed performances this evening of two most notable symphonies composed by Franz…
There is an old saying “from the sublime to the ridiculous” but at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, for this…
This was the first of two concerts where the instruments played correspond to those in use at the time the…
William Alexander was delighted with his audience of over a hundred Chopin enthusiasts for a lunchtime…
How fortunate to have such experienced musicians. Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto has a quiet piano introit…
Having reviewed Blomdahl’s Aniara, the first space opera, at the 1959 Festival, I was apprehensive about the…