Edinburgh International Festival
The original "official" festival
Around 250,000 watched the Eastern themed Edinburgh International Festival 2011 go out with a bang last night…
It is no surprise that Cold Heat, a new work by Swedish composer Anders Hilberg, opened the Tonhalle…
The Philadelphia Orchestra was the first major orchestra I heard live.
That was a dazzling performance from one of the world’s greatest orchestras.
Jean-Guihen Queyras is an extraordinarily versatile French cellist who played the three large scale movements…
The final allocation of tickets for the annual Edinburgh Festival Fireworks Concert - this year dubbed the…
Valery Gergiev has been made the new Honorary President of the Edinburgh International Festival, it was…
Haydn is not a name that cones readily to mind at the mention of Opera, yet he composed a large number. The…
Donald Runnicles has instilled new life into the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra as Chief Conductor, along…
The Philharmonia, regarded by many as Britain’s leading orchestra, was in cracking form on its only…
The Edinburgh International Festival and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra launched a new Friend of the Festival…
New York City based the TEAM are this year's recipients of the Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Prize…
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) wrote thirty six operas, all within nineteen years. Semiramide is not one of…
This was the first visit of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra to the Edinburgh Festival and they came in full…
Ravi Shankar has spent decades crossing boundaries, both geographical and musical, whilst remaining among the…
Simon Keenlyside’s acclaimed Queens Hall success in the 2010 festival did not replicate readily in the vaster…
For a Canadian orchestra lauded as one of the best French orchestras in the world, it seems a little odd that…
The concert at the Usher Hall with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra opened with Ravel's composition Le Tombeau…
There are expectations of a production from China that include wonderful costumes, graceful acting and plain…
When we arrived there were, at the very front of the stage, four very large clear glass bowls filled with…