The original "official" festival
Edinburgh International Festival
When Akram’s mobile phone messes up his diary and erroneously shows his location as Berlin, he finds himself…
A discerning audience enjoyed performances this evening of two most notable symphonies composed by Franz…
It seemed strange to listen to the Christmas story in the middle of August, but that made it all the more…
Patrias evokes the aesthetic spirit of Lorca’s duende, creating a stirring glimpse of the Spanish Civil War…
A seemingly nervous conductor squeezes himself along the front row of the auditorium before falling into the…
Other than seeing some of the best young musicians at work, this was not a concert whose programme was…
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra waited until the last minute before all the players came on to the stage.
It was a joy to watch Daniil Trifonov at the piano again. A few years ago his lurching towards the keyboard…
Robert Lepage and his creative team, collectively known as Ex Machina, reconstruct memories from his past in…
In 2007, Dr. Hugo Slim produced his book ‘Killing Civilians; Method, Madness and Morality in War’.
In the Locked Room Stylishly conducted by Michael Rafferty and with a dazzling array of orchestral colours…
Reviewing this last part of Rona Munro’s triptych of plays on Scotland’s first three Stewart kings feels…
The choice of last night's opening concert of the Edinburgh International Festival was thought by many to be…
Was there ever a more unlikely star than Alan Cumming? The Dundee lad became the toast of Broadway, a Bond…
Andrew Davis actively marshalled the large forces required for Britten’s War Requiem into a reasoned,…
Ruhe - which means "silence" in German - is an extraordinary piece of theatre. It deals with the thorny…
When we arrived there were, at the very front of the stage, four very large clear glass bowls filled with…
The Juillard School in New York offers successful students the opportunity to study music, dance and drama.
The Kronos Quartet received an ecstatic reception at the Usher Hall, their first appearance at the Edinburgh…
The Philadelphia Orchestra was the first major orchestra I heard live.