Live Music

Kristin Hersh cuts a slight but forbidding onstage figure.
A scintillating performance of Rachmaninov’s third Piano Concerto by Nikolai Lugansky made a thrilling…
Declan was in complete command of his respectable-sized audience in the church space of St Columba's-by-the-…
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) wrote thirty six operas, all within nineteen years. Semiramide is not one of…
The ensemble this morning consisted of the Swedish mezzo soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, the violinist Daniel…
Greeted by space hostesses in amazing uniforms followed by space drill for passengers embarking on SS…
It might be said that when traditional folk music is taken up by well known composers the outcome is art…
The sectarian divide in Northern Ireland is an evocative relocation for Shakespeare’s plot of Romeo and…
Will Pickvance is an incredibly talented pianist - jazz, classical - you name it, he can play it.
Anton Bruckner failed to finish his ninth symphony, despite working on it for nine years before his death in…
At only 19 years old, Rachel Sermanni has supported Mumford and Sons, KT Tunstall and Newton Falkner, and is…
The Queen's Hall may seem like an unlikely venue to get hot and sweaty in, but on a very dreich and damp…
Edinburgh's ever-popular Todd Gordon presented his fans with another new ‘first' by marrying his voice to a…
Tiger Lillies. The name sums up what they are - a sharp combination of danger and sweetness.
The Famous Spiegeltent takes on a different atmosphere in daylight.  Gone is the night club cabaret vibe…
Chinese traditional opera and King Lear may seem to some a strange juxtaposition, yet this production…
For someone lured into appreciation of classical music by the voice of Kathleen Ferrier this concert was a “…
‘Erik Satie’s Faction’ slightly misleads, since Alasdair McGowan is never less (nor more) than the man…
Frances Ruffelle is a sparkling, shimmering star in the world of Musical Theatre, winning a Tony Award for…
As we trudge through our muggy, too-hot-for-the-Scots-but-can’t-complain summer Morna Pearson’s new comedy…