Live Music

A fresh and contemporary musical from Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, The Last Five Years is the story of the rise and fall of a young couple’s relations

The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra is well-remembered from its five-concert residency at the 2003 Edinburgh International Festival.

It is no surprise that Cold Heat, a new work by Swedish composer Anders Hilberg, opened the Tonhalle Orchestra’s Festival concert.

The Philadelphia Orchestra was the first major orchestra I heard live.

That was a dazzling performance from one of the world’s greatest orchestras.

It is the day after the Edinburgh Fringe has ended. The streets are deserted and quiet.

Jean-Guihen Queyras is an extraordinarily versatile French cellist who played the three large scale movements of Kodály’s Sonata for solo cello as the centrepiece of a delightful morning concert as part of The Queen’s Hall series. He was playing a cello made in 1696 whilst the Hungarian composer’s Sonata was written in 1915 in the midst of the Great War and not performed for another three years.

The final allocation of tickets for the annual Edinburgh Festival Fireworks Concert - this year dubbed the Virgin Money Festival Fireworks after its new sponsor - go on sale on Saturday 3 September at 10.00am. They are only available over the counter at The Hub on Castlehill.

Valery Gergiev has been made the new Honorary President of the Edinburgh International Festival, it was announced tonight.

Haydn is not a name that cones readily to mind at the mention of Opera, yet he composed a large number. The precise number is not known, as some have disappeared without trace, but the titles and production of at least 18 is known and it is accepted that the total could be 25.

Donald Runnicles has instilled new life into the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra as Chief Conductor, along the way carving out growing repute for himself as a Mahler specialist.

The Philharmonia, regarded by many as Britain’s leading orchestra, was in cracking form on its only appearance at this year’s International Festival, performing a balanced programme of

Had Warpaint played Edinburgh twelve months ago, they would most likely have checked in at Sneaky Pete’s or Cabaret Voltaire.

New York City based the TEAM are this year's recipients of the Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Prize, for their musical drama Mission Drift. The award supports up-and-coming talent at the Edinburgh Fringe by giving the winner the opportunity to develop their ideas or devise a new work for the official Festival.

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) wrote thirty six operas, all within nineteen years. Semiramide is not one of the best known, but it is performed from time to time.

The small Back Room at St Brides was the venue for the three-strong Edinburgh women’s a-cappella group, Stairheid Gossip. It is not clear how l

After having seen the glamorous trio that is Fascinating Aïda, I have to wonder how it has taken me so long to find this fabulous act. They have been performing since 1983, though with sl

This was the second of Stefan Warzycki’s piano recitals for this Fringe.

This was the first visit of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra to the Edinburgh Festival and they came in full force and determined to please.

The dark studio in Brown Street has tiered seating on three of its sides and on the fourth was sitting the guitarist and vocalist. Out from the black curtain behind came the dancer.