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Masterclasses with Thomas Quasthoff

Masterclasses with Thomas Quasthoff

Join legendary bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff to discover how to create an exceptional performance, as he gives public masterclasses to two emerging duos of young singers. 

Alan Cumming is Not Acting His Age

Alan Cumming is Not Acting His Age

Alan Cumming employs his usual charm and wit through story and song in a wickedly memorable performance. 

A Toast to the People: Francesca Beard & Rafeef Ziadah

A Toast to the People: Francesca Beard & Rafeef Ziadah

Francesca Beard and Rafeef Ziadah share their human-focused works for A Toast to the People’s powerful finale. 

Fatma Said & Malcolm Martineau

Fatma Said & Malcolm Martineau

Egyptian soprano Fatma Said makes her International Festival debut with Edinburgh-born pianist Malcolm Martineau, featuring Mozart and Spanish songs by Lorca and Falla. 

Gringolts Quartet

Gringolts Quartet

Led by international violin soloist Ilya Gringolts, the Gringolts Quartet performs a dazzling concert with pieces ranging from melancholic to euphoric. 

A Toast to the People: Vanessa Kisuule & Safiya Sinclair

A Toast to the People: Vanessa Kisuule & Safiya Sinclair

Vanessa Kisuule and Safiya Sinclair impart their wide-ranging experiences for an unforgettable A Toast to the People performance. 

Renée Fleming & Hartmut Höll

Renée Fleming & Hartmut Höll

Grammy award-winning American soprano Renée Fleming joins German pianist Hartmut Höll for a wide-ranging concert of classical song. 

A Toast to the People: Hollie McNish & Wana Udobang

A Toast to the People: Hollie McNish & Wana Udobang

This A Toast to the People event features Hollie McNish and Wana Udobang in an evening of electric performance. 

Noa Wildschut & Elisabeth Brauß

Noa Wildschut & Elisabeth Brauß

Twenty-year-old violinist Noa Wildschut makes her International Festival debut, joined by remarkable young pianist Elisabeth Brauß, in an upbeat and expansive recital. 

A Toast to the People: Inua Ellams & Saul Williams

A Toast to the People: Inua Ellams & Saul Williams

Inua Ellams and Saul Williams bring their own distinct styles to this interactive and not-to-be-missed A Toast to the People event. 

Gerald Finley & Julius Drake

Gerald Finley & Julius Drake

A powerful recital of Romantic song based around verse on love, desire and loss by German poet Heinrich Heine. 

A Toast to the People: Jay Bernard & Jefferson Tshabalala

A Toast to the People: Jay Bernard & Jefferson Tshabalala

Awarded young performers Jay Bernard and Jefferson Tshabalala unleash dynamism in this exciting A Toast to the People offering. 

Siobhan Miller

Siobhan Miller

Singer-songwriter Siobhan Miller performs traditional, contemporary and self-penned songs in her award-winning soulful style. 

Karine Polwart with Dave Milligan

Karine Polwart with Dave Milligan

Legendary singer-songwriter Karine Polwart returns to the International Festival in a special performance with jazz pianist and composer Dave Milligan. 

Lonely House

Lonely House

Join Barrie Kosky and Katharine Mehrling in an intimate soirée and discover the songs of German composer Kurt Weill. 

Mariam Batsashvili

Mariam Batsashvili

The International Festival debut of the award-winning Georgian-born pianist, in a concert showcasing her technical brilliance. 

Jenna Reid & Harris Playfair with Mr McFall's Chamber

Jenna Reid & Harris Playfair with Mr McFall's Chamber

Shetland fiddler Jenna Reid and pianist Harris Playfair join the genre-defying string ensemble Mr McFall’s Chamber. 

Goldmund Quartet

Goldmund Quartet

The award-winning Munich-based quartet makes its International Festival debut with Schubert and Haydn. 

Elisabeth Leonskaja

Elisabeth Leonskaja

Legendary Soviet pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja finds fresh perspectives on well-loved music, including Schubert and Brahms. 

Fara

Fara

Highly complex and engaging music and song from Orkney-rooted folk group performing with three fiddles and a piano. 

Nicola Benedetti: The Story of the Violin

Nicola Benedetti: The Story of the Violin

Nicola Benedetti performs a new multimedia concert, journeying through the musical history of the violin from Bach to the present day. 

Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal

Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal

Master kora player Ballaké Sissoko and cellist Vincent Ségal perform their own unique blend of West African troubadour songs and Baroque music. 

Chineke! Chamber Ensemble

Chineke! Chamber Ensemble

Chineke! Chamber Ensemble performs two rarely heard pieces by composers Coleridge-Taylor and Vaughan Williams. 

Breabach

Breabach

Breabach’s five multi-instrumentalist members combine tradition and innovation in their imaginative and highly skilled performances. 

A Great Disordered Heart: Shared Futures

A Great Disordered Heart: Shared Futures

The final concert in the A Great Disordered Heart series, curated by Aidan O’Rourke, presents two of the most thrilling acts in Scottish and Irish folk music today. 

Malcolm Martineau & Friends

Malcolm Martineau & Friends

Distinguished pianist Malcolm Martineau and a gathering of musical friends perform a concert of songs based on the poetry of Sir Walter Scott. 

A Great Disordered Heart: Shared Songs

A Great Disordered Heart: Shared Songs

Some of the world’s most powerful Gaelic voices come together for Shared Songs – the second concert in the Aidan O’Rourke-curated series A Great Disordered Heart – in a nig… 

Maxim Emelyanychev & Principals of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Maxim Emelyanychev & Principals of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Maxim Emelyanychev conducts two dynamic pieces for piano and winds by Mozart and Thuille – one much-loved, one rarely heard. 

A Great Disordered Heart: Shared Melodies

A Great Disordered Heart: Shared Melodies

Shared Melodies opens A Great Disordered Heart’s concert series, curated by Aidan O’Rourke, with a mesmerising, stripped-back take on traditional Irish and Scottish melody. 

Steven Osborne

Steven Osborne

The celebrated Edinburgh-based pianist brings together four contrasting pieces, ranging from Beethoven to experimental US composer George Crumb. 

Kinnaris Quintet

Kinnaris Quintet

The technically dazzling quintet draws from a wide range of folk traditions and classical music to create an excitingly unique sound. 

Dàimh

Dàimh

The Gaelic supergroup bring a contemporary take on traditional music to the Festival with a rousing performance including bagpipes, fiddle and Gaelic song. 

Mari Eriksmoen & Daniel Heide

Mari Eriksmoen & Daniel Heide

Norwegian lyric soprano Mari Eriksmoen gives a rare UK performance, joining prize-winning German pianist Daniel Heide for a recital of Romantic songs. 

Zehetmair Quartet

Zehetmair Quartet

The Zehetmair Quartet returns to the International Festival with an exhilarating concert of much-loved Chamber works played from memory. 

Talisk

Talisk

Combining concertina, fiddle and guitar, the fiery Talisk trio give a typically fast-paced and genre-bending performance. 

Patricia Kopatchinskaja & Fazil Say

Patricia Kopatchinskaja & Fazil Say

A passionate Romantic concert performed by two daring and pioneering musicians, featuring Brahms’s stormy Third Violin Sonata. 

RURA

RURA

One of Scotland’s leading instrumental groups, RURA’s performances grip audiences with their uniquely raw yet polished sound. 

University of Edinburgh: A Folk Song Sharing

University of Edinburgh: A Folk Song Sharing

A small gathering of cross-generational artists exchange songs, stories and histories. 

University of Edinburgh: The Living Archive

University of Edinburgh: The Living Archive

A range of song, music and dance inspired by material from the School of Scottish Studies Archive. 

Duncan Chisholm

Duncan Chisholm

Dubbed ‘the new sound of traditional Scotland’, fiddle player Duncan Chisholm plays authentic Highland music accompanied by a selection of Scottish artists. 

Ronald Brautigam, Esther Hoppe & Christian Poltéra

Ronald Brautigam, Esther Hoppe & Christian Poltéra

The celebrated Dutch fortepianist returns to the Festival with two esteemed friends and colleagues to perform passionate chamber music. 

Film in the Old College Quad – Free Family Films

Film in the Old College Quad – Free Family Films

Free morning films for the whole family. 

Film in the Old College Quad

Film in the Old College Quad

Outdoor cinema returns to the Fringe with a season of classic films in the iconic Old College Quad. 

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