Edinburgh International Festival

The original "official" festival

With the exception of ‘Waiting for Godot’, ‘Krapp’s Last Tape’ is probably Samuel Beckett’s best-known play,…
Hailed in the EIF brochure as an ‘epic choral masterpiece’, Mahler’s Eighth Symphony was the final Usher Hall…
We began with the Enescu recital - the two Romanian Rhapsodies are by far the best loved of his compositions…
The Opening Concert set a very high standard with a particularly impressive Haydn’s The Creation.
As part of their residency at the 2018 Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), Paris company Théâtre des…
The musicians of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra were in their places and each practising their own part…
The Orchestra of the Americas completed their five week tour of Poland, Ukraine and Germany with a concert…
The performance of ‘Hora’ by Israeli dance company, Batsheva, was completely overshadowed by the human rights…
Eighteen semi finalists arrived in Edinburgh at the weekend, all aged 18 or under, to try to reach the finals…
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was commissioned to write a work to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the…
This is the 450th anniversary of the birth in Italy of Monteverdi. The world of opera was at its beginning.
Théâtre de Complicité was co-founded by actor and director Simon McBurney in 1983, a Lecoq-inspired company…
Situated in downtown Los Angeles, Colburn School has four divisions: the Conservatory of Music, the Music…
It is completely fitting that a play written in France by an Irish playwright that first made its name in…
This is the second play in a trilogy being produced by Teatro Cinema, the new experimental theatre company…
The Edinburgh International Festival morning chamber concerts and recitals at the Queens Hall are always a…
This year's Edinburgh International Festival finished with a concert in Princes Street Gardens - a concert in…
First staged in 2001, “Rain,” choreographed by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker is now a signature work for Rosas,…
Akram Khan’s trust in the power of collaboration is significantly rewarded in a new piece of work, delivering…
Haydn’s Surprise Symphony was the first work to be played at the very first Edinburgh Festival concert in…