Edinburgh International Festival

The original "official" festival

Edinburgh-born Donald Runnicles has stamped his authority so precisely on the BBC Scottish Symphony orchestra…
The Edinburgh International concert at the Usher Hall last night should have included Schumann's Piano…
The playwright Guillermo Calderon, born 1971 in Santiago, grew up during the military dictatorship of…
The colour and samba beat of Latin America fills the Festival Theatre with an exhilarating performance by the…
The play is centred in the lobby of a grand hotel in Ostend.
The Fringe-style studio space on stage at the Festival Theatre creates the perfect close up view of these…
The theme of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's concert at the Usher Hall was Shakespeare's play A Midsummer…
This is a theatrical journey. It will take us from the dawn of a new era, through turbulent times and…
The Gewandhausorchester of Leipzig is one of the most established orchestras in Germany (it was the first…
The eminent German choreographer Pina Bausch died in 2009 at the age of just 68.
As a refreshing change from the formal, fully staged performances, this selection of short small scale…
Barry McGovern, internationally renowned for his interpretations and performances of Beckett, was born and…
Situated in Old College, the Playfair Library is the most sumptuous environment for Rudolf Buchbinder to have…
There are expectations of a production from China that include wonderful costumes, graceful acting and plain…
Midori was born in Japan and started to play the violin when she was three. She moved with her mother to New…
Expectations of the Russian National Orchestra performance at this year's EIF were high and its…
A seemingly nervous conductor squeezes himself along the front row of the auditorium before falling into the…
The Kronos Quartet received an ecstatic reception at the Usher Hall, their first appearance at the Edinburgh…
German born Viviane Hagner was the violin soloist when Unsuk Chin’s Violin Concerto was first performed in…
This welcome return by Scottish Opera to the Edinburgh Festival after too-long an absence was better-than…