The original "official" festival
Edinburgh International Festival
The Rite of Spring, when first performed in 1913, stirred emotions to such an extent that members of the…
This massive work, far too big for any liturgical purpose is generally regarded as Bach’s greatest…
The Arditti Quartet – led by Irvene Arditti who formed the quartet at the Royal Academy of Music in 1974 –…
A black-clad man sits centre stage playing harpsichord while the sound of wind and rain clawing at unseen…
The programme changes every day at the Queens Hall during the International Festival period, but all concerts…
For a Canadian orchestra lauded as one of the best French orchestras in the world, it seems a little odd that…
German born Viviane Hagner was the violin soloist when Unsuk Chin’s Violin Concerto was first performed in…
With the double basses raised and along the back of the orchestra, and with twelve violas at the front to the…
Barry Humphries, better known as Dame Edna, hosted this evening of Weimar cabaret compositions.
L.A. Dance Project is an artist collective co-founded in 2012 by the choreographer/dancer Benjamin Millepied…
Under the big blue bosses of the Hub's, fine yellow blue and red ceiling (sadly hidden to accommodate theatre…
As part of the Dance programme of this year’s International Festival, L-E-V Dance Company bring sister…
James II: Day of The Innocents, the second of Rona Munro’s historical trilogy, is a gripping tale of trauma,…
Ivo Pogorelich excites debate and controversy today as much as he did in 1980 at the Fryderyk…
Expectations of the Russian National Orchestra performance at this year's EIF were high and its…
It was somewhat disappointing, for this reviewer at least, for what is in effect Finland’s national orchestra…
Art and life are viewed through frames. We start with a photograph, “The Destroyed Room” by Jeff Wall.
Some of the pieces in this year’s Edinburgh International Festival create a mirror-like effect, with each…
“Requiem” is a rather misleading title for this massive orchestral and choral work: “Sacred Concert”, the…
The programme at the Usher Hall consisted of four compositions all written at the turn of the twentieth…