The original "official" festival
Edinburgh International Festival
Thunderous applause and prolonged cheers from a packed Usher Hall marked the end of the scintillating…
Anton Bruckner failed to finish his ninth symphony, despite working on it for nine years before his death in…
Born in 1809 into an affluent, intellectual Jewish family who converted to Christianity, Felix Mendelssohn…
Midori was born in Japan and started to play the violin when she was three. She moved with her mother to New…
Edinburgh based Scottish Chamber Orchestra was conducted by its own Robin Ticciati.
For half an hour Sarah Connolly CBE entranced us as she sung six of Alma Mahler's lieder, German romantic…
The Budapest Festival Orchestra won well-deserved vociferous applause from a full Usher Hall for a sparkling…
Like most of the large audience I did not know what was on offer from this unusual grouping.
It seemed strange to listen to the Christmas story in the middle of August, but that made it all the more…
Reviewing this last part of Rona Munro’s triptych of plays on Scotland’s first three Stewart kings feels…
A black-clad man sits centre stage playing harpsichord while the sound of wind and rain clawing at unseen…
The choice of last night's opening concert of the Edinburgh International Festival was thought by many to be…
Inala – which translates into “abundance of goodwill” – was first conceived five years ago.
Ravi Shankar has spent decades crossing boundaries, both geographical and musical, whilst remaining among the…
"I myself, meanwhile, after innumerable attempts, had laid down a final form; a flag with a red background, a…
Villa Grimaldi is one of more than 1,200 detention and torture centres in Chile that were operating under the…
The last witch burning in Scotland in the early 18th century, enacted at this year's Edinburgh International…
Ivo Pogorelich excites debate and controversy today as much as he did in 1980 at the Fryderyk…
The programme changes every day at the Queen's Hall during the International Festival period, but all…
Physical dexterity is pushed to the extreme in an engrossing but often repetitive evening in this double bill…