Edinburgh International Festival
The original "official" festival
The final chamber concert in the Edinburgh International Festival Queen’s Hall series was with three…
The musicians of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra were in their places and each practising their own part…
The Queen's Hall was full to capacity, and the performance commenced on time at 11.00am.
Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) is synonymous with a risk-taking sense of rebellion, demonstrating, time and…
Dame Mitsuko Uchida must be one of the International Festival's favourite pianists and this concert was…
Sir James MacMillan conducted the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in three works which had received their…
It’s 1967, the Edinburgh International Festival is a youthful 20 years old.
The programme changes every day at the Queens Hall during the International Festival period, but all concerts…
This is the 450th anniversary of the birth in Italy of Monteverdi. The world of opera was at its beginning.
Currently dominating the advertising for the EIF, Alan Ayckbourn’s new play The Divide, in two parts, can…
The novella “Carmen” (1845) by Prosper Mérimée, is the story of a wild, seductive gypsy girl who works in a…
Last night’s concert at the Usher Hall was with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Founded in 1765 it is one…
The Edinburgh International Festival morning chamber concerts and recitals at the Queens Hall are always a…
Haydn’s Surprise Symphony was the first work to be played at the very first Edinburgh Festival concert in…
With the exception of ‘Waiting for Godot’, ‘Krapp’s Last Tape’ is probably Samuel Beckett’s best-known play,…
A dark, chilling ambience envelops the fog shrouded set where you can just make out an old Belfast sink, the…
This is the Little Mermaid as you have never seen it. The original Anderson tale of 1837 is, a Meow Meow…
EG dance editor Vivian Devlin previews the Edinburgh International Festival programme.
The Opening Concert at the Usher Hall on Saturday 5th August begins with Haydn’s Surprise Symphony, just as…
Festival Director Fergus Linehan has given us nine operas this year, more than usual. He has told us of the…