Edinburgh International Festival
The original "official" festival
Without a doubt the star of the concert was violin soloist, Pekka Kuusisto. I have never seen a soloist so…
It was while the highly respected Walter Hussey was Dean of Chichester Cathedral that he and John Birch, the…
‘Made in Hong Kong, assembled in Fife’ is how musician Andy Chung describes his background. James Connolly,…
‘Every light casts a shadow; every fire ends in dust’. So reads the programme note to Anything That Gives Off…
It was a joy to watch Daniil Trifonov at the piano again. A few years ago his lurching towards the keyboard…
Every morning during the Edinburgh International Festival the Queen’s Hall is the focal point for chamber…
One of the most innovative French choreographers, Angelin Preljocaj is renowned for the range of his work…
Was there ever a more unlikely star than Alan Cumming? The Dundee lad became the toast of Broadway, a Bond…
A stripped back Measure For Measure from Cheek by Jowl and Moscow’s Pushkin Theatre bares the soul of…
All three compositions the Russian pianist Danil Trifonov chose for the performance are rarely performed,…
It took Paul Fegan three years to make ‘Where You’re Meant to Be’.
The concert celebrated the fifty six year relationship Pierre Boulez had with the Edinburgh International…
Everything was as it should be for Elgar's The Apostles.
The story of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St Mathew Passion is taken from Martin Luther’s German translation of…
When Akram’s mobile phone messes up his diary and erroneously shows his location as Berlin, he finds himself…
Natalia Osipova is taking a break from the day-job as Principal Dancer with The Royal Ballet to try her hand…
What country, friends, is this? Why, this is Illyria, a slightly shabby sea-side resort where end-of-the-…
The stately Sir John Eliot Gardiner led the four French horn players on stage.
With written warnings that this performance contains loud music - and they’re not joking - monumental, from…
Vanishing Point’s productions are always different, from each other, as well as from your usual theatrical…