Music

Live Music in Edinburgh

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…
The Edinburgh International Festival will mark its 70th year by remembering the spirit of 1947 when the first…
The Standard Life Opening Event marks the start of the 70th Edinburgh International Festival with an epic,…
A special free concert by one of Japan’s most exciting young taiko groups & award winners in the all-…
Rameau’s ‘Suite from the Boreades’ was the opening composition in this concert.
New music, more concerts and greater diversity as the RSNO celebrates the 175th anniversary of its founding…
This is a production every opera buff and every devotee of Debussy should see. Directed by Sir David McVicar…
The Firrenes are a new five-piece band from Edinburgh, playing original, song-based rock music and drawing on…
LeithLate, that originated as a one-night event back in 2011, is still going strong 6 years later and now…
Following the much admired Leader of the Orchestra, Maya Iwabuchi, on to the stage was 27-year-old Lava Shani…
For the ‘post politics’ and ‘post truth’ generation, the word Rant may conjure up unfortunate images, as for…