The original "official" festival
Edinburgh International Festival
The Gewandhausorchester of Leipzig is one of the most established orchestras in Germany (it was the first…
The Queen's Hall chamber series today featured a father and daughter recital - Mischa Maisky on cello and…
Today's concert at the Queen's Hall was with the Venezuelan pianist Gabriel Montero.
A roaring, rampant lion of a play!
The programme changes every day at the Queens Hall during the International Festival period, but all concerts…
I've been a regular at the end-of-festival Fireworks for some years and this year's was the best yet.
With written warnings that this performance contains loud music - and they’re not joking - monumental, from…
As a refreshing change from the formal, fully staged performances, this selection of short small scale…
The large Cleveland Orchestra – more than 100 musicians – filled the concert platform to bursting point but…
I AM is a challenging piece that is more to be endured than enjoyed, but if you push on through, you may…
Ilan Volkov was Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra between 2003 and 2009 and during this…
"I myself, meanwhile, after innumerable attempts, had laid down a final form; a flag with a red background, a…
This is a theatrical journey. It will take us from the dawn of a new era, through turbulent times and…
The play is centred in the lobby of a grand hotel in Ostend.
This was the first visit of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra to the Edinburgh Festival and they came in full…
Heiner Goebbels, the German avant-garde composer, has transposed texts from four of the most influential…
“Four men from the rebel Syrian Army check their assault rifles and sling them over their shoulders. Their…
There are elements to the 2013 EIF programme which are forever 1970s’s America, with performances by Philip…
The story of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St Mathew Passion is taken from Martin Luther’s German translation of…
The second concert by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival ended up…