The original "official" festival
Edinburgh International Festival
From the moment each member of the Australian Chamber Orchestra marched on stage, we knew we were in for…
This massive work, far too big for any liturgical purpose is generally regarded as Bach’s greatest…
“Everybody is rushing, running, trying to escape almost certain death in this hail of enemy shells. Today I…
The second concert by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival ended up…
50 years ago, Yehudi Menuhin founded the Yehudi Menuhin School of Music.
The programme at the Usher Hall consisted of four compositions all written at the turn of the twentieth…
Georgian sacred and folk music is quite distinctive. Unlike European and other a cappella songs, their…
Performer and musicologist Jordi Savall has almost ten years on this reviewer.
Anna Calvi stands transfixed in spotlights while shredding electricity from her fingertips like a Young God…
What should you do if two men walk on stage, then, for no apparent reason whatsoever, one of them suddenly…
The Kronos Quartet received an ecstatic reception at the Usher Hall, their first appearance at the Edinburgh…
Mozart is believed to have visited Prague three times. His Symphony No 38 was first performed there on his…
See, the conqu'ring hero comes!
Handel's oratorio tells of the triumph of the Jewish warrior-hero Judas…
Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray is a tale of the obsessive need to remain youthful and…
The eminent German choreographer Pina Bausch died in 2009 at the age of just 68.
The choice of last night's opening concert of the Edinburgh International Festival was thought by many to be…
Good theatre is like the elixir of life and Brian Friel's play Faith Healer is a theatrical experience.…
With written warnings that this performance contains loud music - and they’re not joking - monumental, from…
Simon Keenlyside’s acclaimed Queens Hall success in the 2010 festival did not replicate readily in the vaster…
The theme of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's concert at the Usher Hall was Shakespeare's play A Midsummer…