Behind the Scenes
19 Aug
Accompanist Malcolm Martineau holds a public masterclass with four young singers and their accompanists, as part of our Behind the Scenes series.
Behind the Scenes
18 - 19 Aug
Theatre company Belt Up presents an intimate workshop placing the audience at the centre of the performance as part of our Behind the Scenes series.
19 Aug
One of Bartók's most scintillating scores coupled with Esa-Pekka Salonen's Piano Concerto, dedicated to the pianist Yefim Bronfman, the soloist in this performance.
20 Aug
Christopher Maltman is renowned for the intensity, character and emotion of his singing. The Hebrides Ensemble is fast becoming a Festival favourite.
20 Aug
A concert of chorales by Bach and his inspirational predecessor Michael Praetorius.
20 Aug
Le Concert des Nations are experts in performing both the familiar music of Handel and the less-known compositions of Marais.
with guests Martin Carthy and Patsy Seddon
20 Aug
Ballads, psalms and songs from the days of Columba to the present, rub shoulders with medieval and renaissance dance tunes and an 18th century bagpipe.
21 Aug
Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI present works by Brade, del Milà, Cabezon, Guerrero and Samuel Scheidt.
The Enlightenment Discussions and Talks
21 Aug
Onora O'Neill, John V Pickstone and Martin Rees discuss Science and Tolerance, as part of our Enlightenment Discussions and Talks series at The Hub.
21 Aug
Silviu Purcarete, director, discusses his production of Faust, as part of our Conversations with Artists series.
21 Aug
Dunedin Consort performs Bach's Dialogue Cantatas along with two of Bach's chorale preludes for organ.
By Giuseppe Verdi
21 Aug
Verdi regarded Shakespeare's Scottish play as 'one of the greatest creations of man'.
Gelabert Azzopardi Companyia de Dansa
21 - 23 Aug
Gelabert's brings a joyful premiere to Festival 09.
Royal Ballet of Flanders
21 - 24 Aug
Christian Spuck's exhilarating production is filled with humour, wit and the down right weird.
22 Aug
Chopin played one of his last ever concerts in a house on Queen Street in Edinburgh in 1848. Here virtuoso pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja recreates that special occasion.
Behind the Scenes
22 Aug
Choreographer Christian Spuck and conductor Benjamin Pope, with dancers from Royal Ballet of Flanders, discuss and demonstrate the processes through which they created The Return of Ulysses.
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