Edinburgh International Festival

The original "official" festival

Samuel Barber’s Music for a Scene from Shelley was his first orchestral work to be performed publicly.
The eminent German choreographer Pina Bausch died in 2009 at the age of just 68.
Anyone who had the privilege of witnessing the extraordinary monologue, Novecento, staged at the EIF in 2001…
Midori was born in Japan and started to play the violin when she was three. She moved with her mother to New…
Puccini’s seventh opera La Fanciulla, better known to most of us as The Girl of the Golden West, had a…
‘Caledonia’ is an undeniably ambitious undertaking, rather like the project it seeks to portray. Remembered…
The final allocation of tickets for the Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert go on sale on Sunday 29 August at…
This autobiographical play is set in a run-down boarding house at 722 Toulouse in the French Quarter, the…
The reputation of the Czech Pavel Haas Quartet has been gathering momentum since winning the Paolo Borciani…
Columbus discovered the New World in 1492 and with it the prospect of new musical traditions.
Expectations of the Russian National Orchestra performance at this year's EIF were high and its attractive…
The colour and samba beat of Latin America fills the Festival Theatre with an exhilarating performance by the…