The original "official" festival
Edinburgh International Festival
Andrew Davis actively marshalled the large forces required for Britten’s War Requiem into a reasoned,…
The programme at the Usher Hall consisted of four compositions all written at the turn of the twentieth…
The quiet command and confidence that exuded from Leif Ove Andsnes’ playing was impressive.
The Rite of Spring, when first performed in 1913, stirred emotions to such an extent that members of the…
Anton Bruckner failed to finish his ninth symphony, despite working on it for nine years before his death in…
It was somewhat disappointing, for this reviewer at least, for what is in effect Finland’s national orchestra…
It was a subtle programming idea for the four LSO Festival concerts to offer in apposition symphonies by two…
Ilan Volkov was Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra between 2003 and 2009 and during this…
Samuel Barber’s Music for a Scene from Shelley was his first orchestral work to be performed publicly.
Edinburgh based Scottish Chamber Orchestra was conducted by its own Robin Ticciati.
What should you do if two men walk on stage, then, for no apparent reason whatsoever, one of them suddenly…
At the EIF 2010, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch performed Agua, a vibrant, vivacious vision of Brazilian…
Silviu Purcarete's freely adapted version of Goethe's Faust, held in an aircraft hangar sized hall at the…
The Queen's Hall chamber series today featured a father and daughter recital - Mischa Maisky on cello and…
The Deborah Colker Dance Company's Tatyana is a stunning event. Based on Pushkin's poem Onegin, it…
Art and life are viewed through frames. We start with a photograph, “The Destroyed Room” by Jeff Wall.
This morning’s concert at the Queen’s Hall was a piano recital given by the accomplished Dutch pianist Ronald…
The second concert by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival ended up…
Every morning throughout the Edinburgh International Festival there is a chamber concert at the Queen's Hall.
50 years ago, Yehudi Menuhin founded the Yehudi Menuhin School of Music.