Edinburgh International Festival
The original "official" festival
This was the first visit of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra to the Edinburgh Festival and they came in full…
Ravi Shankar has spent decades crossing boundaries, both geographical and musical, whilst remaining among the…
Simon Keenlyside’s acclaimed Queens Hall success in the 2010 festival did not replicate readily in the vaster…
For a Canadian orchestra lauded as one of the best French orchestras in the world, it seems a little odd that…
The concert at the Usher Hall with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra opened with Ravel's composition Le Tombeau…
There are expectations of a production from China that include wonderful costumes, graceful acting and plain…
When we arrived there were, at the very front of the stage, four very large clear glass bowls filled with…
The final part of Godfrey Reggio’s Qatsi trilogy did not gain the same level of attention and acclaim that…
There were doubts almost to the last moment as to whether the renowned Argentine pianist Martha Argerich…
Chinese traditional opera and King Lear may seem to some a strange juxtaposition, yet this production…
We're around about the half-way mark of the Edinburgh Fringe (if you include preview dates), and I thought it…
Ilan Volkov was Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra between 2003 and 2009 and during this…