Edinburgh International Festival
The original "official" festival
At 11am on Wednesday 28 August 2013, the morning after his performance of Bruch Violin no.
First Love, an hour-long soliloquy performed by a single character, was engagingly received by a sell-out…
After rustling with anticipation, an excitedly packed-out Usher Hall suddenly exploded with elation to…
The Arditti Quartet – led by Irvene Arditti who formed the quartet at the Royal Academy of Music in 1974 –…
Oper Frankfurt’s fantastical offering – supported by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany…
“Requiem” is a rather misleading title for this massive orchestral and choral work: “Sacred Concert”, the…
We have to be very brave to talk of death, or more truthfully, of what precedes death.
The Rite of Spring, when first performed in 1913, stirred emotions to such an extent that members of the…
L.A. Dance Project is an artist collective co-founded in 2012 by the choreographer/dancer Benjamin Millepied…
Purcell’s best known opera was given a radical new twist by Frankfurt Opera, who contracted three acts into…
Samuel Beckett intimidates people; hardly surprising, since he is the least flinching of twentieth century…
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…