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Quartet for the End of Time

Quartet for the End of Time

Kromatik Ensemble perform Messiaen’s masterpiece for violin, cello, clarinet and piano, the Quartet for the End of Time, and works by Debussy for solo piano and voice. 

Alasdair Cameron – Piano Recital

Alasdair Cameron – Piano Recital

Of the three composers in Alasdair’s programme, two were forerunners of what was to come. 

Cello and Piano Recital: Rachmaninov

Cello and Piano Recital: Rachmaninov

Christine and Nancy invite you to a celebration of romantic music with Rachmaninov’s sumptuous cello and piano sonata in G minor. 

Songs for Little Sparta

Songs for Little Sparta

A recital in celebration of Ian Hamilton Finlay’s groundbreaking garden south of Edinburgh in his centennial year. 

Echoes of Finland: Rare Piano Gems by Sibelius, Madetoja and Palmgren

Echoes of Finland: Rare Piano Gems by Sibelius, Madetoja and Palmgren

Experience a captivating evening as Finnish pianist Mianoora Kosonen unveils rarely heard piano works by Finnish composers Jean Sibelius, Leevi Madetoja and Selim Palmgren. 

Sounds of St Cecilia's V: The Art of the Arranger

Sounds of St Cecilia's V: The Art of the Arranger

The critically acclaimed team of McDonald and Kitchen perform virtuoso works for recorder with continuo and obbligato harpsichord by Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann and Corelli, which also… 

Scotland Meets the United States of America

Scotland Meets the United States of America

Peter Seivewright {pianoforte} performs the masterpiece of American Transcendentalism Concord Sonata by Charles Ives (1874-1954) and music by Scottish composers Eddie McGuire and T… 

Rhapsody in Chicago Blues

Rhapsody in Chicago Blues

2025 60-minute solo piano recital includes Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, American Gospel medley, sweet home Chicago blues, Count Basie medley (my youngest influence), Scott Joplin R… 

Ancient Music Promotions: Echoes of Time

Ancient Music Promotions: Echoes of Time

Enter a world where the echoes of time reverberate through a tapestry of sound. 

NYCOS presents Illuminare and Spirituals

NYCOS presents Illuminare and Spirituals

One of America’s leading young composers, Elaine Hagenberg, brings us Illuminare – a beautiful and heartwarming work of sweeping melodies and rich harmonies. 

NYCOS presents the Music of Eric Whitacre

NYCOS presents the Music of Eric Whitacre

For over thirty years, the music of Eric Whitacre has captivated audiences and choirs with its distinctive style and emotional depth. 

Violin and Piano: Romantic Impressions

Violin and Piano: Romantic Impressions

Vienna’s leading violinist Wolfgang David and award-winning American composer/pianist David Gompper perform a variety of Romantic Impressions: Kreisler, Debussy, Poulenc, and Gom… 

Philip Glass: The Hours

Philip Glass: The Hours

A performance of the soundtrack by veteran American composer Philip Glass to the award-winning 2002 film The Hours, in the solo piano version by Michael Riesman and Nico Muhly. 

Perth Youth Orchestra Concert

Perth Youth Orchestra Concert

Perth Youth Orchestra was founded in 1962 and has showcased generations of talented young musicians. 

Meraviglia d'Amore: The Wonder of Love

Meraviglia d'Amore: The Wonder of Love

Be transported to 17th century Venice, Naples. 

J S Bach – The Six Organ Trio Sonatas

J S Bach – The Six Organ Trio Sonatas

Two trios of Trio Sonatas! J S Bach’s six organ trio sonatas, ebullient and unique in their difficulty and musical perfection, played in two concerts by David Goodenough on the s… 

Sounds of St Cecilia's IV: L'Homme Armé

Sounds of St Cecilia's IV: L'Homme Armé

At the Heart of the Hundred Years’ War. 

Bruntsfield Baroque

Bruntsfield Baroque

Step back in time to experience the pleasure of an hour with Bruntsfield Baroque, as Vickie Hobson (viola da gamba), Sheena Jardine (violin), John Sampson (recorders) and Frances S… 

The Bear

The Bear

As well as being world-famous for classical full-length works like The Seagull, Uncle Vanya and The Cherry Orchard, Anton Chekhov was widely renowned for his short comedic plays kn… 

NOEUD

NOEUD

NOEUD is the proposal by dance company DAB, in which we delve into the working methodologies shared by Eduardo Chillida and Cristóbal Balenciaga. 

Akiko Okamoto Plays Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor

Akiko Okamoto Plays Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor

Japanese pianist Akiko Okamoto returns to the Fringe to perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 

Chopin/Schubert: Sorrow and Hope

Chopin/Schubert: Sorrow and Hope

Concert pianist Ailsa Aitkenhead presents a moving rendition of Chopin’s virtuosic Ballade No1 in G Minor, and the profound Sonata in B flat D960 by Schubert. 

Bach Complete Violin Solo III

Bach Complete Violin Solo III

Famous for his beautiful sound, Vienna’s leading violinist Wolfgang David interprets Bach’s Sonata No 3 and Partita No 3. 

Debussy Piano Preludes Book 1

Debussy Piano Preludes Book 1

Acclaimed pianist Julian Jacobson, celebrated for his performances of Beethoven’s piano sonatas, now turns his attention to the great French composer Claude Debussy’s Preludes … 

Piano Recital by Akiko Okamoto

Piano Recital by Akiko Okamoto

Japanese pianist, Akiko Okamoto, makes her annual return to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 

Brass Tracks

Brass Tracks

Experience the vibrant energy of dance through the centuries in an extraordinary brass ensemble concert! Journey across 400 years showcasing the evolution of the music from Baroque… 

Afternoon Arias

Afternoon Arias

The best operatic show on at the Fringe – over an hour of favourite arias and ensembles from the greatest composers, performed by the internationally-renowned bass singer Brian B… 

Sacred Arts Festival Church Service at St Michael’s – Festival Closing Service: Choral Evensong

Sacred Arts Festival Church Service at St Michael’s – Festival Closing Service: Choral Evensong

The Choir of St Michael and All Saints, one of Edinburgh’s finest church choirs (directed by Sandy Chenery) leads the ancient office of Anglican evening prayer with Byrd’s Gaud… 

Bach – Organ Works

Bach – Organ Works

Organist David Hamilton performs a programme that includes Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in C (BWV 547), the Fugue on the Magnificat, two different settings of Liebster Jesu and the Fug… 

Piano Favourites

Piano Favourites

Come and listen to Bill Alexander as he makes his annual return to the Fringe to give a recital of popular piano pieces by Bach-Busoni, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt and Chopin… 

Piano Masterworks Recital 2025

Piano Masterworks Recital 2025

New Zealand concert pianist Charles Whitehead makes his sixth solo appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

Anhad: The Infinite Rhythm

Anhad: The Infinite Rhythm

Experience the mesmerizing energy of Indian classical rhythm as masterful tabla player Manmohan Dogra returns to the Fringe. 

Bach Complete Violin Solo II

Bach Complete Violin Solo II

Famous for his beautiful sound, Vienna’s leading violinist Wolfgang David interprets Bach’s Sonata No 2 and Partita No 2. 

Bach Preludes and Gigues

Bach Preludes and Gigues

This talented London-based cellist returns to the Fringe to perform the Preludes and Gigues from all the Bach Cello Suites in one lunchtime performance, in the stunning surrounding… 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Old Saints Paul’s – So Great a Cloud of Witnesses

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Old Saints Paul’s – So Great a Cloud of Witnesses

The bible verse ‘we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses’ provides the inspiration for this musical celebration of great Christian saints and martyrs. 

Bach, Rameau, Vivaldi

Bach, Rameau, Vivaldi

The Bach Ensemble of Edinburgh return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at Canongate Kirk for the 13th time with a programme featuring exciting young soprano Angela Hicks performing… 

Piano Music by JS Bach and S Rachmaninoff

Piano Music by JS Bach and S Rachmaninoff

The Overture in the French style, BWV 831, is a suite in B minor for a two-manual harpsichord. 

Ragas Revisited: On Sitar

Ragas Revisited: On Sitar

A recital of Hindustani classical music. 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Canongate Kirk – La Serenissima: Vivaldi in Venice

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Canongate Kirk – La Serenissima: Vivaldi in Venice

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) was employed as Maestro di Capella at the Ospedale Della Pieta in the great mercantile city of Venice. 

Two Scottish Passacaglias

Two Scottish Passacaglias

Peter Seivewright {pianoforte} performs Passacaglia in C minor BWV 582 by JS Bach (1685-1750), transcribed for pianoforte by Glasgow-born Eugen d’Albert (1864-1932), and Ronald Ste… 

Celebrity Organ Recital – 2

Celebrity Organ Recital – 2

Internationally renowned for his stunning performances entirely from memory, Jan Liebermann brings his incredible talent to the world-famous Rieger organ of St Giles’ Cathedral, pr… 

Sacred Arts Festival Music Sacred Heart – The Scottish Metrical Psalter, Celebrating 375 Years

Sacred Arts Festival Music Sacred Heart – The Scottish Metrical Psalter, Celebrating 375 Years

First published in Edinburgh in 1650, the Scottish Metrical Psalter remains in use to this day. 

Bach Cello Suites

Bach Cello Suites

This talented London-based cellist returns to the Fringe to give her annual recital of all the Bach Cello Suites over three days. 

Bach and Brahms

Bach and Brahms

Join this talented London-based cello/piano duo as they perform a series of three consecutive concerts of sonatas by these musical giants in the Georgian splendour of Edinburgh New… 

Bach Complete Violin Solo I

Bach Complete Violin Solo I

Famous for his beautiful sound, Vienna’s leading violinist Wolfgang David interprets Bach’s Sonata No 1 and Partita No 1. 

Bach and Romance (II)

Bach and Romance (II)

Although we generally consider the Romantic period to have begun in the 19th century with composers such as Schumann, Chopin and Liszt, and to have culminated with Richard Strauss,… 

Hot Chocolate at 10

Hot Chocolate at 10

End your Fringe day with live classical music by candlelight in this beautiful historic church. 

On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco

On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco

World-famous Russian playwright Anton Chekhov is best known for his major works including: Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Seagull. 

Poetry Without Words

Poetry Without Words

Poetry Without Words is a programme with primarily classical and romantic content, in a sense a nod to Schumann’s song cycle Dichterliebe, from which songs will be performed in an … 

Classical Guitar – Jonathan Prag

Classical Guitar – Jonathan Prag

Jonathan, winner of the Buxton Fringe Solo Instrumentalist Award 2024, is back with a new show at St Columba’s by the Castle with its superb acoustics. 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Canongate Kirk – Young Composers Competition Recital

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Canongate Kirk – Young Composers Competition Recital

Compositions by the winners of the 2025 Sacred Music Scottish young composers competition will be performed by the Sacred Arts Festival Singers, director Calum Robertson. 

Bach, Handel, Vivaldi

Bach, Handel, Vivaldi

The Bach Ensemble of Edinburgh return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at Canongate Kirk for the 13th time with a programme featuring exciting young soprano Angela Hicks performing… 

French Mélodie and German Lieder

French Mélodie and German Lieder

Join us for a lunchtime concert recital of romantic art-song from France and Germany! Louise Martyn (soprano), Nadanai Laohakunahorn (piano), Robbie Milner (baritone) and Ben Eames… 

St Mary's Cathedral Organ Recitals

St Mary's Cathedral Organ Recitals

Come and hear three of Scotland’s finest organists – Duncan Ferguson, David Goodenough and Imogen Morgan – performing three recitals of popular organ works from the last 400 ye… 

Wrigglers After Dark!

Wrigglers After Dark!

A musical soirée with professional violinist Louise Bevan and cellist Clea Friend who share music and stories about the surprising lives of some classical composers in an informal… 

Indian Classical Music Concert: Sarod and Tabla

Indian Classical Music Concert: Sarod and Tabla

Experience the beauty of Indian classical music with an evening concert featuring sarod virtuoso Suhas Mitra and tabla maestro Vijay Kangutkar. 

Fauré's Requiem by Candlelight

Fauré's Requiem by Candlelight

The St Andrew Camerata returns to the Fringe with these atmospheric, late-night performances of Gabriel Fauré’s much-loved Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine. 

The Really Terrible Orchestra

The Really Terrible Orchestra

Dum dum dum dummmmm! The Really Terrible Orchestra are celebrating their 30th birthday, with very special guest Prue Leith! It’s sure to be a blast, but will the winds have enough … 

Sounds of St Cecilia's I: Clair-Obscur

Sounds of St Cecilia's I: Clair-Obscur

Marin Marais, Silvius Leopold Weiss and J. 

Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle

Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle

Choro 25 give two performances of this glorious masterpiece described by the composer as ‘the last sin of my old age’. 

Edinburgh Youth Orchestra Summer Season 2025

Edinburgh Youth Orchestra Summer Season 2025

Edinburgh Youth Orchestra performs an atmospheric programme of orchestral music conducted by Musical Director Sian Edwards to celebrate its summer season. 

Wriggle Around the World

Wriggle Around the World

A fun, educational and interactive show for babies and toddlers where wriggling is allowed. 

Sail Away

Sail Away

A fun, educational and interactive show for babies and toddlers where wriggling is allowed. 

Attuned Duo: Music for Piano and Guitar

Attuned Duo: Music for Piano and Guitar

Attuned Duo: When two sensitive players combine, they create a fine blend. 

Philip Glass: Etudes for Piano

Philip Glass: Etudes for Piano

A selection from Book I of the 20 Etudes for Piano – a contemporary classic by veteran American composer Philip Glass, as well as his famous composition Mad Rush. 

Time Travel – Renaissance and Baroque Music Meet the Modern Grand Pianoforte

Time Travel – Renaissance and Baroque Music Meet the Modern Grand Pianoforte

Music by JS Bach (1685-1750) transcribed by Ferenc Liszt (1811-1886), and the celebrated Walsingham Variations by the Welsh composer John Bull (1562-1628). 

Afternoon Violin and Piano

Afternoon Violin and Piano

Enjoy a chilled afternoon of violin and piano music with Sheena Jardine (violin) and Richard Lewis (piano). 

Fauré and La Belle Chanson

Fauré and La Belle Chanson

Come and share our love for the magical, intimate world of French song with Caroline Salmon (soprano) and Anne Evans (piano). 

Celebrity Organ Recital – 1

Celebrity Organ Recital – 1

Jack Oades, Master of the Music at St Giles’ Cathedral, performs a stellar programme of audience favourites on the stunning Rieger organ. 

Cirque du Piano – 1 Piano, 3 Pianists, 6 Hands, 30 Fingers!

Cirque du Piano – 1 Piano, 3 Pianists, 6 Hands, 30 Fingers!

Experimental piano-troupe performs finger-gymnastics and rarely heard music for three pianists, playing one piano together! This piano-orchestra, assembled from award-winning alumn… 

Igor Lipinski's Piano Illusions

Igor Lipinski's Piano Illusions

From Caroline’s on Broadway to Mozarthaus in Vienna, Polish pianist Igor Lipinski returns with his one-of-a-kind show of piano and magic at the stunning St Mark’s Unitarian Chu… 

The Piano Teacher

The Piano Teacher

Following last year’s sold-out Fringe show, acclaimed pianist-storyteller Matthew Shiel returns with a frank and brutal account of the highs and lows of a misunderstood and underva… 

Music from the Movies

Music from the Movies

Experience the power and beauty of the movies and music in this unique solo piano recital by acclaimed concert pianist Ailsa Aitkenhead. 

Songs of Tosti: An Intimate Performance with Philip Contini and Anne Evans

Songs of Tosti: An Intimate Performance with Philip Contini and Anne Evans

Philip Contini brings to life the timeless love songs of Italian composer Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916) in a heartfelt hour of enchanting 19th and 20th-century Italian melodies… 

Einaudi’s Piano by Candlelight – Spirited Away

Einaudi’s Piano by Candlelight – Spirited Away

Following last year’s sold-out show, award-winning pianist Matthew Shiel returns to lead you towards musical enlightenment. 

Highlight Tour of St Cecilia's Hall

Highlight Tour of St Cecilia's Hall

Join us on these guided tours of the musical treasures on display at St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall and home to the University of Edinburgh’s Musical Instr… 

Daphne

Daphne

Daphne, the muse of Apollo, Ovid, Lorenzo Bernini . 

Morris Pert: Voyage in Space

Morris Pert: Voyage in Space

A musical voyage into outer space for solo piano by Scottish composer Morris Pert (1947-2010). 

...It's Not My Problem!

...It's Not My Problem!

Comedy and songs from hit shows and other places: Sebastien, who has severe learning difficulties, spent the first week of his life fighting for his life at Great Ormond Street Hos… 

American Art-Song Recital

American Art-Song Recital

Slip into the Festival mood with a relaxing lunchtime concert of dreamy American Art-Song! Baritone Robbie Milner and Pianist Ben Eames would like to share the beauty of classical … 

Get Thee to a Nursery

Get Thee to a Nursery

Get thee to a… nursery? In this original comedy, a gang of four-year-olds are cursed by the spirit of Shakespeare for shredding his beloved Folio. 

Debussy’s Romantic Piano by Candlelight – Clair de Lune

Debussy’s Romantic Piano by Candlelight – Clair de Lune

Following last year’s sold-out show, romantic piano pieces meet candlelit Venetian masked balls as award-winning pianist Matthew Shiel exposes the scandalous love affairs of the … 

Scenes from Metamorphoses

Scenes from Metamorphoses

A visually stunning play blending myth and modernity, and weaving timeless Greek tales of love, transformation and redemption. 

Jazz Meets Western Classical Music

Jazz Meets Western Classical Music

Peter Seivewright performs Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and music by the Austrian jazz composer Friedrich Gulda. 

A Pound of Flesh

A Pound of Flesh

In Shakespeare’s classic, The Merchant of Venice, only Portia’s appearance in court and her implacable logic saves Antonio from Shylock’s knife. 

Lydia Bennet Works in Finance

Lydia Bennet Works in Finance

The youngest sister from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Lydia Bennet, has always been a footnote in someone else’s love story. 

The Comedy of Err-ARRS!

The Comedy of Err-ARRS!

Step into Tortuga, the most notorious pirate haven in the Caribbean where the sun is hot, the rum flows and the laughs are as wild as the waves! This swashbuckling re-imagining of … 

Bluebeard's Castle by Bartók

Bluebeard's Castle by Bartók

In Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, his new wife Judith unlocks it’s seven mysterious doors one by one, each revealing its own horror. 

St Mary's Cathedral Lunchtime Recitals

St Mary's Cathedral Lunchtime Recitals

The free lunchtime recitals at St Mary’s have a been a Fringe favourite for the last 20 years. 

Sherlock Holmes: The Last Act

Sherlock Holmes: The Last Act

1916. 

Dansa Rickshaw

Dansa Rickshaw

This vibrant performance weaves Bharatanatyam’s intricate footwork and expressive storytelling with the soul-stirring melodies of bagpipes and the lively pulse of traditional reels… 

To Whom Should I Complain

To Whom Should I Complain

A nun walks into a comedy club. 

Piano Favourites

Piano Favourites

William Alexander returns to the Fringe to perform a recital of popular piano pieces by Bach, Beethoven, Debussy and Liszt in the glorious setting of this Georgian building. 

Duo Malvina: Classical Guitar

Duo Malvina: Classical Guitar

Join Duo Malvina for an afternoon of beautiful classical guitar music for two. Featuring premieres of pieces that have never been heard in public. 

In Recital – Sungho Kim, Tenor, with Llyr Williams, Piano (Conceived and Produced by Ian McFarlane)

In Recital – Sungho Kim, Tenor, with Llyr Williams, Piano (Conceived and Produced by Ian McFarlane)

Sungho Kim, the South Korean tenor, in a world-premiere recital with Llyr Williams on piano. 

Songs of Lady Nairne

Songs of Lady Nairne

Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne, a contemporary of Robert Burns, wrote some of the best-loved songs of Scotland, such as The Hundred Pipers, Charlie Is My Darling, Caller Herrin and… 

Peter Seivewright's 70th Birthday Recital

Peter Seivewright's 70th Birthday Recital

Peter Seivewright celebrates his 70th birthday with performances of music by JS Bach and Moszkowski. 

Cadenza at the Fringe 2024

Cadenza at the Fringe 2024

Edinburgh chamber choir Cadenza, under director Timothy Coleman, performs its ever-popular Fringe concert in the wonderful setting of Greyfriars Kirk. 

Elements – Adrian Lord

Elements – Adrian Lord

Cheshire composer and pianist Adrian Lord returns to Edinburgh to perform Elements, a hand-picked selection of his calming and evocative piano pieces. 

Choral Celebration

Choral Celebration

St Giles’ Cathedral Choir, directed by Michael Harris, with organist Jordan English, celebrates the St Giles’ 900th anniversary with a programme of sacred music old and new, from m… 

The Triumph of Time and Truth: Handel and Vivaldi

The Triumph of Time and Truth: Handel and Vivaldi

Entrancing concert of Vivaldi and Handel’s sublime music exploring love and redemption. 

Perth Youth Orchestra Concert

Perth Youth Orchestra Concert

Treasure Planet – James Newton Howard; Mendelssohn – Concerto No. 

Su-a Lee Introduces... Hamish Napier and Su-a Lee

Su-a Lee Introduces... Hamish Napier and Su-a Lee

Su-a Lee, one of Scotland’s most charismatic musical personalities, has curated a series of concerts for The Brunton’s programme at Northesk Church. 

Philip Glass: Music for Organ

Philip Glass: Music for Organ

Music by veteran American composer Philip Glass played on the 1984 Wells-Kennedy organ: Two Pages from 1969, Bed from Einstein on the Beach for solo soprano and organ, Dance No 4 f… 

Akiko Okamoto Plays Chopin's Piano Concerto No 2

Akiko Okamoto Plays Chopin's Piano Concerto No 2

Japanese pianist Akiko Okamoto returns to the Fringe after some years’ absence to play Chopin’s Piano Concerto No 2. 

Igor Lipinski's Piano Illusions

Igor Lipinski's Piano Illusions

From Caroline’s on Broadway in New York City to Mozarthaus in Vienna, Polish pianist Igor Lipinski presents a one-of-a-kind show of piano and magic in his 2024 Edinburgh Festival… 

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

The ‘poor, obscure, plain and little’ orphan, forced to find her own way in the world, surrounded by mists of secrets and unspoken truths, has enthralled generations of readers. 

Akiko Okamoto in Concert

Akiko Okamoto in Concert

Japanese pianist Akiko Okamoto returns to the Fringe after some years’ absence to give a solo recital of music by Chopin, Debussy, Beethoven and others. 

Bach Organ Music

Bach Organ Music

Programme includes the Partita O Gott, du frommer Gott, Prelude and Fugue in G (BWV 535), and a selection of Chorale Preludes, on the world-famous Frobenius organ in the fabulous a… 

Orchestre à Six Mains – Three Pianists, Six Hands, One Piano

Orchestre à Six Mains – Three Pianists, Six Hands, One Piano

Hear our innovative piano orchestra perform finger-gymnastics music for three pianists playing one piano together. 

Banks and Braes

Banks and Braes

A tour of the lowlands of Scotland in song with soprano Alison Bishop, accompanied by Stuart Hope at the piano. 

Raag Rang: A Journey Through Indian Musical Traditions

Raag Rang: A Journey Through Indian Musical Traditions

Join Delhi maestro Manmohan Dogra for a journey through soulful Hindustani classical music, featuring vocal ragas and a tabla solo in Banares style. 

Piano Masterworks Recital 2024

Piano Masterworks Recital 2024

From Chopin and Messiaen to the music of New Orleans, Charles Whitehead’s 2024 piano recital offers a fascinating array of musical colours and contrasts, drawing on the instrument’… 

Debussy’s Romantic Piano by Candlelight – Clair de Lune

Debussy’s Romantic Piano by Candlelight – Clair de Lune

Celebrate this beautiful evening with romantic piano by Chopin, Liszt and Debussy – by candlelight. 

Harpsichord Recital by Simon Leach

Harpsichord Recital by Simon Leach

Simon Leach will perform the First Partita and English Suite, composed by J S Bach, for solo harpsichord. Simon will perform on a 1973 Michael Johnson harpsichord. 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Canongate Kirk

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Canongate Kirk

Composing Sacred Music: The Next Generation. 

Bach and Romance

Bach and Romance

Virtuoso pianist Stefan Warzycki, whose performances have delighted Fringe audiences at Edinburgh New Town Church most years since 1998, returns with a programme comprising works b… 

Bach Albinoni Handel

Bach Albinoni Handel

The Bach Ensemble of Edinburgh return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at Canongate Kirk for the 12th time with a programme featuring the brilliant young trumpeter Aaron Akugbo pla… 

Aaron Hartnell-Booth Plays Mozart With the Glendal Quintet

Aaron Hartnell-Booth Plays Mozart With the Glendal Quintet

Enjoy an evening of Clarinet Quintet music performed by the Glendal Quintet, a talented group of graduates of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. 

Celebrity Recitals 2024 – 3

Celebrity Recitals 2024 – 3

Michael Harris, Organist of St Giles’ Cathedral, puts the world-renowned Rieger organ in St Giles’ through its paces, with a programme including JS Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in … 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at the Church of the Sacred Heart

Sacred Arts Festival Music at the Church of the Sacred Heart

Faure’s Requiem and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms – The Howe Street Singers, directed by Les Shankland, perform Faure’s much loved Requiem and equally beautiful Cantique de Jea… 

Maestro, This is Your Life!

Maestro, This is Your Life!

Tune-in for a mockumentary edition of This Is Your Life as our imposter Michael Aspel interviews Ludwig van Beethoven. 

Einaudi’s Piano by Candlelight – Elegy for the Arctic

Einaudi’s Piano by Candlelight – Elegy for the Arctic

Relax and unwind as tonight’s artist plays contemporary piano classics by Ludovico Einaudi – by candlelight. 

Carmen

Carmen

Carmen, a fiery, magnetic seductress, draws the soldier Don José into a turbulent love affair. 

Wriggle Around the World

Wriggle Around the World

A fun, interactive and educational sell-out show for babies and toddlers that is also enjoyable by the whole family! Professional violinist and cellist perform familiar classical m… 

Heads, Shoulders, Strings and Bows

Heads, Shoulders, Strings and Bows

Fun, interactive and educational sell-out show for babies and toddlers that is also enjoyable for the whole family! Professional violinist and cellist perform familiar classical me… 

Borodin and Friends

Borodin and Friends

Join the brilliant London-based cello/piano duo of Anne-Isabel Meyer and Julian Jacobson as they return again to the Fringe to present a series of two concerts of music by Borodin,… 

Bach Cello Suites

Bach Cello Suites

This talented London-based cellist returns to the Fringe to give her annual recital of all the Bach Cello Suites over three consecutive days. 

Brass Tracks

Brass Tracks

The acclaimed quintet Brass Tracks, now in their second decade as a group, bring power and fullness of melody to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

HuXi / Breath

HuXi / Breath

HuXi or Breath is a dance revelation, that explores the symbiosis of breath and existence through Chinese Qi and Yin-Yang. 

To Your Rude Health!

To Your Rude Health!

Who knew the Baroque could be so bawdy? iuchair tells a tale of debauchery played out in the coarsest catches of Henry Purcell and his contemporaries. 

Classical Guitar Jonathan Prag

Classical Guitar Jonathan Prag

Sharing his beautiful guitar playing once again, Jonathan brings another dazzlingly varied programme from around the world, including Tarrega’s Spanish Capricho Arabe, the beauti… 

Bach Mozart Vivaldi

Bach Mozart Vivaldi

The Bach Ensemble of Edinburgh return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at Canongate Kirk for the 12th time with a programme featuring exciting young soloists Angela Hicks (soprano)… 

Legend of the White Snake

Legend of the White Snake

The female snake spirit Bai Suzhen longs to be human. 

Sacred Arts Festival Church Service at Canongate Kirk

Sacred Arts Festival Church Service at Canongate Kirk

Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts 2024 opening service, Sunday worship. 

Classical Bagpipe Music – Scotland's Hidden Treasure

Classical Bagpipe Music – Scotland's Hidden Treasure

In this concert you will hear a variety of piobaireachd, the classical music of the great Highland bagpipe, Scotland’s national instrument. 

The Highland Voices Gospel Choir Experience

The Highland Voices Gospel Choir Experience

Having performed at private events and festivals across the Highlands over the last few years, Highland Voices look forward to their second year at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

This Old Cello Box

This Old Cello Box

From Bach to The Beatles and beyond, South Australian cellist/songwriter William Jack presents a free (non-ticketed) multi-style cello recital in the heart of Edinburgh. 

Arias in the Afternoon

Arias in the Afternoon

A fabulous afternoon of opera highlights, in a wonderful New Town venue. 

Fauré's Requiem

Fauré's Requiem

The St Andrew Camerata returns to the Fringe with these atmospheric, late-night performances of Gabriel Fauré’s much-loved Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine, with orchestra, in … 

An Afternoon with the Classical Guitar

An Afternoon with the Classical Guitar

Join Stewart Kelly for a journey around the world as you listen to the classical guitar repertoire. Featuring music from Spain, Poland, Scotland, America, Brazil and more. 

The Really Terrible Orchestra

The Really Terrible Orchestra

A long-running staple of Edinburgh’s Fringe, The Really Terrible Orchestra return with their most ambitious programme of barely recognisable “music” to date! Will they finish Schub… 

Piano Music of Erik Satie

Piano Music of Erik Satie

Prière. 

Janácek: Mládí

Janácek: Mládí

Festivo Winds return to the Fringe to present a programme of spirited and soulful music with folk influences. 

Dido and Aeneas

Dido and Aeneas

Join Coro 24 as they return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe performing Henry Purcell’s operatic masterpiece in this magnificent setting. 

Opera Arias – Starring Andrii Kymach, Baritone, with Jâms Coleman, Piano (Produced by Ian McFarlane)

Opera Arias – Starring Andrii Kymach, Baritone, with Jâms Coleman, Piano (Produced by Ian McFarlane)

Andrii Kymach, baritone – a unique recital celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Edinburgh-Kyiv twinning (1989-2024). 

Blowing Through the Ages

Blowing Through the Ages

Blowing Through the Ages is a triumphant, engaging ramble across 500 years of music from virtuoso musicians John Sampson, playing a range of period instruments including crumhorn, … 

Guitar Recital: In the Nature of Materials

Guitar Recital: In the Nature of Materials

A musical portrait of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. 

An Evening With

An Evening With

Nominated for Best Composer on the Fringe for Sailing to Tomorrow (Musical Theatre Matters, 2007), Peter D Robinson brings a variety of music from his musicals and choral works to … 

Organ and Trumpet Fanfares!

Organ and Trumpet Fanfares!

Organ and Trumpet Fares! A concert of popular and less well-known music for organ and trumpet including the Eurovision song contest theme, played by RSNO principal trumpeter Chris … 

Celebrity Recitals 2024 – 2

Celebrity Recitals 2024 – 2

Renowned as a performer, educator and animateur, Tom Bell brings the remarkable music of Olivier Messiaen to St Giles’ with the French master’s final great organ work, Le Livre… 

Philip Glass: Piano Etudes

Philip Glass: Piano Etudes

A selection from Books One and Two of the Twenty Etudes for Piano written between 1991 and 2012 by veteran American composer Philip Glass. 

An Evening with Classic Brit Nominee Cameron Mills

An Evening with Classic Brit Nominee Cameron Mills

Singing sensation Cameron Mills is a Classic Brit Award-nominated, chart-topping young English tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities and ma… 

2 Artists, 2 Concerts, 2 Premieres

2 Artists, 2 Concerts, 2 Premieres

Rising American opera star and composer Johan Hartman is joined by Edinburgh’s Ailsa Aitkenhead in two varied programs. 

Limbo – A Sonata for Acrobatic Violinist and Acrobat

Limbo – A Sonata for Acrobatic Violinist and Acrobat

Let me start by saying that I understand there’s an overwhelming number of shows at this year’s Fringe. 

Old Saint Paul's Hot Chocolate at 10

Old Saint Paul's Hot Chocolate at 10

Hot Chocolate in Old Saint Paul’s: an evening of classical music by candlelight, accompanied by a cup of hot chocolate. 

After Troy

After Troy

Using The Trojan Women by Euripides as a starting point, After Troy interweaves the stories of those women left behind, awaiting their fate with the stories of the women who have s… 

Balalaika and Piano Recital

Balalaika and Piano Recital

Laureates of international competitions return to Scotland after nine years. 

Cathedral Coffee Concerts with John Bryden

Cathedral Coffee Concerts with John Bryden

Pianist John Bryden has been performing his Coffee Concerts at St Mary’s Cathedral for many years, with audiences appreciating his engaging style, beautiful programmes, and fine mu… 

Viola and Piano: Aprés un Rêve

Viola and Piano: Aprés un Rêve

Embark on a journey through the enchanting realm of dreams and moonlit melodies! Exploring classical works for viola and piano in this concert, the Kosonen Ranieri Duo will evoke t… 

Piano Recital with Marc Corbett-Weaver 2024

Piano Recital with Marc Corbett-Weaver 2024

Renowned classical pianist Marc Corbett-Weaver returns to Edinburgh for a dazzling piano recital featuring Beethoven’s mighty Appassionata, Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz, Ravel’s Jeux d’E… 

Lewis Major: Triptych

Lewis Major: Triptych

Mesmerising and minimalist in style, this quadruple bill of dance and light will stay in your memory as dance, lighting, and music all meld into an exquisite whole. 

Highlight Tours of St Cecilia's Hall

Highlight Tours of St Cecilia's Hall

Join us on these guided tours of the musical treasures on display at St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall and home to the University of Edinburgh’s Musical Instr… 

Edinburgh Youth Orchestra Summer Season 2024

Edinburgh Youth Orchestra Summer Season 2024

Edinburgh Youth Orchestra performs an exciting programme of orchestral music conducted by Musical Director, Sian Edwards, to celebrate its summer season. 

A Cup of Tea with George Eliot

A Cup of Tea with George Eliot

Join Victorian author George Eliot for a cup of tea and a piece of cake in this one-woman show celebrating her life, her world and her work. Complimentary tea and cake provided. 

Sherlock Holmes: The Last Act

Sherlock Holmes: The Last Act

Revealing the man behind the myth. 

St Mary's Lunchtime Recitals

St Mary's Lunchtime Recitals

This long-running and very popular series of lunchtime recitals features a wide variety of performers, playing and singing in one of Edinburgh’s most beautiful concert spaces. 

The Faustus Project

The Faustus Project

Half Trick Theatre company certainly knows how to entertain. 

At the End of Kaliyuga

At the End of Kaliyuga

This summer the mighty Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva will decide the fate of our planet as we come to the end of the fourth and the final cycle (Yuga) of the Universe. 

Celebrity Recitals 2024 – 1

Celebrity Recitals 2024 – 1

One of the UK’s foremost recitalists Francesca Massey presents a programme of stunning virtuosity, including Liszt’s Fantasia and Fugue on BACH and Oskar Lindberg’s superb So… 

Tituba

Tituba

Playwright Winsome Pinnock gives a compelling voice to the enslaved woman who was the the first person to be accused of witchcraft during the infamous Salem Witch Trials of 1692. 

Antonio’s Revenge

Antonio’s Revenge

If your idea of entertainment is brutal violence, the rattle of hi-falutin’ Jacobean verse, pervy sex and lots and lots of blood, then this is the show for you. 

Scottish Sinfonia

Scottish Sinfonia

A Festival of Elgar! Overture In the South (Alassio) opus 50. 

The Romantic Piano

The Romantic Piano

A recital presenting some of the varied piano textures and rich harmonies of the Romantic period: Handel in the Strand (Grainger); a delightful miniature from Greig – his opus 1/… 

Cadenza at the Fringe 2023

Cadenza at the Fringe 2023

Under new director Timothy Coleman Cadenza performs music of three women composers: a new commission for choir by Janet Wheeler dedicated to our former Director Jenny Sumerling, Th… 

Luca Villani Guitar Jubilee

Luca Villani Guitar Jubilee

For his 25th Fringe Luca Villani plays guitar masterpieces and his own world premiere. 

Solo Cello Recital: Bach and More

Solo Cello Recital: Bach and More

Christine invites you to enjoy JS Bach’s expressive, contemplative Cello Suite No. 

Latin Hearts Soprano-Guitar

Latin Hearts Soprano-Guitar

Soprano Silvia Mirarchi and guitarist Luca Villani give an exciting new recital, starting with brilliant Spanish songs by Garcia-Lorca such as El Cafè de Chinitas and classy La Ma… 

Memories of Summer in Edinburgh

Memories of Summer in Edinburgh

Jennifer Witton, soprano, Bethan Langford, mezzo-soprano, and Dylan Perez, piano, present Souvenirs D’été Édimbourgeois, a recital of music by French composers – Berlioz, Bize… 

Big Noise Raploch Rinconada Chamber Orchestra

Big Noise Raploch Rinconada Chamber Orchestra

Join the talented young musicians of Big Noise Raploch’s Rinconada Chamber Orchestra as they showcase their skills at this extraordinary concert. 

Perth Youth Orchestra – Autumn Concert

Perth Youth Orchestra – Autumn Concert

The orchestra rehearses each Monday evening from October to April, and is well-supported by Perth and Kinross Council. 

Weep Not For Me

Weep Not For Me

Nominated for Best Composer in the Fringe (MTM: UK Awards) for Sailing to Tomorrow (2007), Peter D Robinson brings a new setting of the Passion. 

The Celtic Tenors

The Celtic Tenors

For over two decades, The Celtic Tenors, have been charming audiences the world over with their rich harmonies and disarming wit, as well as radiating their love for all that is Ir… 

Morris Pert: 75th Anniversary

Morris Pert: 75th Anniversary

Arbroath-born Morris Pert (1947-2010) was best known for his legendary session work with Kate Bush, Mike Oldfield and others. 

Acoustic Guitar Showcase

Acoustic Guitar Showcase

Returning to the Fringe for the third time with a new show, please join guitarist Tony Randle on a journey through the different shades and flavours of the acoustic guitar, with a … 

Artistry and Pianism

Artistry and Pianism

Long-time Fringe favourite, Stefan Warzycki, will this year perform, in two recitals, works by Bach, Sergei Bortkiewicz, Chopin (a waltz, a nocturne and some etudes), Moszkowsky an… 

Macbeth

Macbeth

Fresh from their sell-out run at the Dell, EBC Theatre present a radical, abridged take on Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Where would school theatre be without A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night? The latter is certainly a popular Shakespeare play for drama educators, with its saga of shipwr… 

Hamlet

Hamlet

O what a piece of work is man! And O, how the character of man is so timelessly and universally depicted as Shakespeare flings the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune at his mo… 

Baked Shakespeare: As You Like It

Baked Shakespeare: As You Like It

Popular South African production, Baked Shakespeare, is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe! Baked Shakespeare – a group of professionally trained actors – performing Shakespeare ho… 

The Impresario

The Impresario

It’s 1930 – silent movies are out and talkies are in! The once-successful film producer turned theatre impresario, Mr Scruples, has been given the gruelling task of bringing op… 

Bits and Pieces for Cello and Piano

Bits and Pieces for Cello and Piano

Enjoy an hour of beautiful music from Beethoven sonata no 3 op 69, Schumann Fantasiestucke, and Nigel Don Bits and Pieces played by two remarkably talented musicians. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s Viol Rackett Show

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s Viol Rackett Show

The Edinburgh Renaissance Band is back for 2023 with a fresh programme of their ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, the much-loved programme of instrumental music, from the Middle Ages… 

Elgar Cello Concerto

Elgar Cello Concerto

The Orchestra of the Canongait and conductor Robert Dick are joined by cellist Martin Storey for Elgar’s ever-popular masterpiece, framed by two of the most iconic works of the e… 

Piano Favourites

Piano Favourites

On his annual visit to the Fringe, William Alexander performs a piano recital of popular pieces by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Ravel and Liszt. 

Hannah Renton in Recital

Hannah Renton in Recital

Hannah is a violinist from Aberdeen, Scotland. 

The Really Terrible Orchestra

The Really Terrible Orchestra

Our new young conductor is nearly as old as the orchestra. 

Bach: Intimations of Genius

Bach: Intimations of Genius

In the stunning setting of Canongate Kirk on the Royal Mile, David Hamilton presents a concert of some of Bach’s earliest organ compositions. 

The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto and Other Works

The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto and Other Works

Sixty musicians perform one of the most popular works in the modern Chinese classical canon, in which Western orchestral influences combine with Chinese folk opera, conducted by it… 

Soloists of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Su-a Lee, Cello and Hamish Napier, Piano, Flute and Voice

Soloists of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Su-a Lee, Cello and Hamish Napier, Piano, Flute and Voice

The SCO’s brilliant classical cellist Su-a Lee is continually reaching beyond the classical genre. 

Sounds of St Cecilia's: Spinacino Consort

Sounds of St Cecilia's: Spinacino Consort

The Spinacino Consort presents a concert of the finest music from Renaissance Italy, exploring the influence of Isabella d’Este, ‘La Prima Donna del Mondo’. 

Cello and Piano Recital: Music of Love

Cello and Piano Recital: Music of Love

Christine and Nancy invite you to a lunchtime recital of beautiful music including the joyous Beethoven Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Cesar Franck’s passionate Sonata for pian… 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Old Saint Paul's Church

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Old Saint Paul's Church

Duruflé Requiem: Life and Death in Music with Poetry. 

Music of Morris Pert

Music of Morris Pert

Arbroath-born Morris Pert (1947-2010) was best known for his session work with Kate Bush, Mike Oldfield and many others. 

Armistice 1918 – British and French Airs of Death and Love

Armistice 1918 – British and French Airs of Death and Love

A song recital of music by British and French composers – Reynaldo Hahn and Roger Quilter. 

Cathedral Choir Concert: Music for Royal Occasions

Cathedral Choir Concert: Music for Royal Occasions

The internationally renowned Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral sings music from coronations and royal occasions past and present. 

Cosi Fan Tutte

Cosi Fan Tutte

Downtown Edinburgh, 2023. 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at St Vincent's Stockbridge

Sacred Arts Festival Music at St Vincent's Stockbridge

God’s Craftsmen. 

Soloists of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra: André Cebrian, Flute and Irene Alfageme, Piano

Soloists of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra: André Cebrian, Flute and Irene Alfageme, Piano

A programme with Gypsy roots, including music by, among others, Haydn, Bartók, Sarasate, Doppler, Falla, Liszt, and Rimsky-Korsakov. 

Bach, Handel and Mozart

Bach, Handel and Mozart

The Bach Ensemble of Edinburgh return to the beautiful surroundings of Canongate Kirk for their tenth Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

If I Had Wings

If I Had Wings

Nominated for Best Composer in the Fringe (MTM: UK awards) for Sailing to Tomorrow a musical tale of the Highland Clearances, (2007), Peter D Robinson brings an intimate collection… 

Cello and Piano

Cello and Piano

These London-based performers team up again this year to perform a programme of music for cello and piano by Boccherini, Schumann and Richard Strauss. 

Piano Masterworks 2023

Piano Masterworks 2023

New Zealand classical and jazz pianist Charles Whitehead returns to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Piano Masterworks Recital: La Valse, featuring works by Mozart, Bartok, … 

Prelude and Gigue

Prelude and Gigue

This talented London-based cellist performs the Preludes and Gigues from all the Bach Cello Suites in one lunchtime recital, in the stunning surroundings of St Cuthbert’s Church. 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Canongate Kirk

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Canongate Kirk

Composing Sacred Music: A New Generation. 

Celebrity Recitals 2023 – 3

Celebrity Recitals 2023 – 3

Michael Harris, Organist of St Giles’ Cathedral, puts the world-renowned Rieger organ in St Giles’ through its paces, with a programme including Kenneth Leighton’s Introduction, … 

Philip Glass: The Hours

Philip Glass: The Hours

The piano solo version of the award-winning soundtrack for the 2002 film The Hours, composed by Philip Glass, played by Scottish musician Mark Spalding. 

Sufiana: A Contemporary Kathak Presentation

Sufiana: A Contemporary Kathak Presentation

An abstract representation of the philosophy of Sufism in thrilling choreography. 

Sounds of St Cecilia's: Dominika Maszczynska

Sounds of St Cecilia's: Dominika Maszczynska

Harpsichordist Dominika Maszczynska presents poetic and virtuosic pieces on the original 1755 double-manual harpsichord by Luigi Baillon. 

Nuadh-Òrain and Other Songs

Nuadh-Òrain and Other Songs

Scottish Voices and friends perform settings of poetry in Gaelic and English by contemporary Scottish composers and poets. 

The Princesse de Polignac

The Princesse de Polignac

The Princesse de Polignac, patron of the arts. 

Chrysanths + Faith Elliot

Chrysanths + Faith Elliot

Modern Studies frontwoman Emily Scott performs new melancholy folk-tinged solo record Leave No Shadow with lush string chamber orchestra and band. 

Chrysanths + C Duncan

Chrysanths + C Duncan

Modern Studies frontwoman Emily Scott performs new melancholy folk-tinged solo record Leave No Shadow with lush string chamber orchestra and band. 

Soloists of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Maximiliano Martin, Clarinet and Scott Mitchell, Piano

Soloists of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Maximiliano Martin, Clarinet and Scott Mitchell, Piano

Maximiliano Martin is well known to Scottish audiences, both as principal clarinet of the SCO and as a brilliant soloist. 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Old Saint Paul's

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Old Saint Paul's

Rising to the Life Immortal: Organ Music for Easter and Ascension. 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at St Mary's Catholic Cathedral

Sacred Arts Festival Music at St Mary's Catholic Cathedral

Where there is charity and love: Schola Cantorum sings the music of Paul Mealor. 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at St Michael and All Saints

Sacred Arts Festival Music at St Michael and All Saints

In Robes of White. 

The School for Scandal

The School for Scandal

London, 18th century. 

Bach Cello Suites

Bach Cello Suites

This talented London-based cellist returns to the Fringe to give her annual recital of all the Bach Cello Suites over three consecutive days. 

Bach and Brahms

Bach and Brahms

Join this talented London-based cello/piano duo as they perform, in their second visit to the Fringe together, a series of three consecutive concerts of Sonatas by these musical gi… 

Bach and Vivaldi

Bach and Vivaldi

The Bach Ensemble of Edinburgh return to the beautiful and historic surroundings of Canongate Kirk for their tenth Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

Chrysanths + LT Leif

Chrysanths + LT Leif

Modern Studies frontwoman Emily Scott performs new melancholy folk-tinged solo record Leave No Shadow with lush string chamber orchestra and band. 

Schubertiad

Schubertiad

EdinburghGuide. 

This Old Cello Box

This Old Cello Box

From Bach to The Beatles and beyond, South Australian musician/songwriter William Jack presents a free (non-ticketed) multi-style cello recital in the heart of Edinburgh. 

Another Afternoon at the Opera with Brian Bannatyne-Scott and Friends

Another Afternoon at the Opera with Brian Bannatyne-Scott and Friends

An enchanting concert of operatic highlights, performed by international operatic bass Brian Bannatyne-Scott and fabulous up-and-coming young singers, accompanied by Polish pianist… 

Robert Schumann: Myrthen

Robert Schumann: Myrthen

Join young soloists from Coro 23: Lesley Bruce, soprano, Holly Gowen, mezzo-soprano, John Hails, tenor, Matthew Fulton-Peebles, bass-baritone, and pianist Jamie Lang as they perfor… 

Sounds of St Cecilia's: Capricci Armonici

Sounds of St Cecilia's: Capricci Armonici

Scottish early guitarist Gordon Ferries makes a welcome return to St Cecilia’s with a beautiful programme featuring Baroque guitar suites by the 17th-century Italian composer Ludov… 

Fauré's Requiem

Fauré's Requiem

The St Andrew Camerata celebrates its return to the Fringe with these atmospheric, late-night performances of Gabriel Fauré’s much-loved Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine, with … 

Flute Recital: Messiaen's Le Merle Noir

Flute Recital: Messiaen's Le Merle Noir

Talented flute and piano duo Leila Marshall and Ailsa Aitkenhead return to the fringe for an afternoon concert of varied repertoire. 

Chamberlain and Haywood

Chamberlain and Haywood

Performing their unique take on world music, Paul Chamberlain (accordion) and Michael Haywood (saxophone, violin, whistle and clarinet) return with another thrilling, virtuosic mus… 

Edinburgh Youth Orchestra Summer Season 2023

Edinburgh Youth Orchestra Summer Season 2023

Edinburgh Youth Orchestra performs an exciting programme of orchestral music to celebrate its summer season. 

Cathedral Talk and Music: John Stainer – A Life in Music

Cathedral Talk and Music: John Stainer – A Life in Music

Professor Jeremy Dibble (Durham University), authority on British music from the 19th century, reflects on the life of Sir John Stainer and his most famous work, The Crucifixion. 

Songs of the Mediterranean

Songs of the Mediterranean

A journey from Greece to Spain through art song. 

Appassionato Violin and Piano

Appassionato Violin and Piano

This expressive Edinburgh duo return once again with another passionate programme of music for violin and piano including; Schubert Duo Op 162, Debussy Sonata, Bartok Romanian Danc… 

Guitar Recital: Sonorous Remembrance

Guitar Recital: Sonorous Remembrance

Experience the wonder of the classical guitar through a reflective, thoughtful hour of music exploring the guitars allure and mystery. 

The Magic of Einaudi

The Magic of Einaudi

A performance of some of Einaudi’s most popular, beautiful and atmospheric music brought to you live by talented pianist Ailsa Aitkenhead. 

Philip Glass: Piano Etudes

Philip Glass: Piano Etudes

A selection from The Twenty Etudes For Piano composed by Philip Glass between 1991 and 2013: these pieces occupy a uniquely representative place among the works of one of the world… 

Celebrity Recitals 2023 – 2

Celebrity Recitals 2023 – 2

Jordan English, Assistant Organist of St Giles’, puts the magnificent world-renowned Rieger organ through its paces in Vierne’s 2nd Symphony, Alcock’s Introduction and Passac… 

Sounds of St Cecilia's: Cantare Suonare

Sounds of St Cecilia's: Cantare Suonare

The critically acclaimed team of McDonald and Kitchen join forces with soprano Jess Rucinski for a journey through Arcadian Italy, featuring cantatas by Handel, Vivaldi and Mancini… 

Lunchtime at St Vincent's – Dvorak Wind Serenade

Lunchtime at St Vincent's – Dvorak Wind Serenade

Dvorak’s 1878 D-minor Serenade can be seen as the pinnacle of the tradition of Harmonie Musik or wind band music that flourished in the palaces of the Hapsburg Empire from about th… 

Rossini Stabat Mater

Rossini Stabat Mater

Church goes to the opera in this passionate setting of the Stabat Mater. 

Liederabend

Liederabend

Tenor Aitor Sorozabal and pianist Kristina Kebet present an afternoon of Lieder. 

Choral Kaleidoscope

Choral Kaleidoscope

Polymnia, Milton Keynes’ premier chamber choir, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Lunchtime Classics by ROSL Recitals

Lunchtime Classics by ROSL Recitals

Enjoy amazing classical music at lunchtime with a ROSL Recital. 

Classical Guitar Jonathan Prag

Classical Guitar Jonathan Prag

This year, Jonathan begins and ends with two of Spain’s greatest composers, Albeniz and Granados, and, in between, a majestic Bach Prelude and Allemande, followed by traditional mu… 

Breakfast Classics by ROSL Recitals

Breakfast Classics by ROSL Recitals

Kickstart your Fringe day with a ROSL recital, and immerse yourself in amazing classical music performed by some of the finest talent, in comfortable surroundings. 

Afternoon Classics by ROSL Recitals

Afternoon Classics by ROSL Recitals

Escape the afternoon crowds and enjoy amazing classical music with a ROSL Recital. 

Brass Tracks

Brass Tracks

Brass Tracks celebrate 10 years of live performances to delighted audiences across Scotland. 

National Youth Choir of Scotland

National Youth Choir of Scotland

Join Scotland’s finest young singers and a superb jazz trio for Bob Chilcott’s Jazz Mass. 

NYCOS National Girls Choir

NYCOS National Girls Choir

Howard Blake’s delightful settings of Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem The Land of Counterpane form the centrepiece of this concert by the critically acclaimed NYCOS National Girls Ch… 

Lunchtime at St Vincent's – Baroque Sonatas

Lunchtime at St Vincent's – Baroque Sonatas

Members of The Howe Street Band return to St Vincent’s after last year’s successful concert. 

Cathedral Coffee Concerts

Cathedral Coffee Concerts

John Bryden returns to St Mary’s to give two piano recitals on the superb Cathedral Steinway. 

Symphonic Highlights

Symphonic Highlights

Symphonic music usually needs over 100 players to realise. 

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals

Popular organ music on the mighty Father Willis organ of St Mary’s Cathedral, played by Duncan Ferguson, David Goode and Imogen Morgan. 

Peter Seivewright {Pianoforte} Performs a Chopin Recital

Peter Seivewright {Pianoforte} Performs a Chopin Recital

Peter Seivewright is one of the very few British artists in any field to have achieved substantial recognition in both Russia and the United States of America, as well as throughou… 

Piano Matinée: From Classical to Contemporary

Piano Matinée: From Classical to Contemporary

The pianist and composer, winner of several national and international competitions, will play an exciting program including pieces by Beethoven and Rachmaninov, as well as her own… 

Bach Six Solo Sonatas and Partitas

Bach Six Solo Sonatas and Partitas

Wolfgang David, Austrian violinist, will perform all six Sonatas and Partitas of JS Bach in three programmes, twice each: BWV 1001 & 1002, BWV 1003 & 1004 and BWV 1005 & 1006. 

Songs of the Isles: Scottish Inspirations

Songs of the Isles: Scottish Inspirations

Critically acclaimed US artists, violist Christine Rutledge and Guggenheim Award-winning composer and pianist David Gompper, return to the Festival Fringe to present a programme of… 

A Musical Celebration with Classical Chorus

A Musical Celebration with Classical Chorus

Hertfordshire-based choir, Classical Chorus look forward to performing a short concert in the beautiful setting of Greyfriars Kirk. 

Ukrainian Songs and Opera Arias

Ukrainian Songs and Opera Arias

Come and hear Andrei Kymach, the world-famous Ukrainian baritone and winner of the 2019 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World opera prize, accompanied as in Cardiff by Llyr Williams, as … 

Cinema Paradiso

Cinema Paradiso

Classical singer Ciara brings the magic of the silver screen to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her concert Cinema Paradiso. 

Scottish Meditation Orchestra – Piano Meditations

Scottish Meditation Orchestra – Piano Meditations

Join us in a collective trance state as we explore the connection between music, meditation and mental health with live orchestra, piano, tea ceremonies, bells and guided meditatio… 

Sherlock Holmes The Last Act

Sherlock Holmes The Last Act

With a plethora of Sherlock Holmes shows to catch at this year’s Fringe; our fascination with the super-sleuth showing no signs of abating. 

Piano Recital by Marc Corbett-Weaver 2023

Piano Recital by Marc Corbett-Weaver 2023

The internationally renowned classical pianist Marc Corbett-Weaver makes a welcome return to Edinburgh for a dazzling piano recital of great pianistic masterpieces, including the g… 

Rhapsody in Chicago Blues by Pianist Tim Barton

Rhapsody in Chicago Blues by Pianist Tim Barton

Tim Barton plays the piano. 

Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly

Scotland’s professional touring company returns with John Leo Wilkie’s highly acclaimed and intimate production of Madama Butterfly. 

Lear Alone

Lear Alone

Lear Alone uses just King Lear’s lines from the First Folio of Shakespeare’s tragedy to explore themes of loneliness, ageing and homelessness: a study of one man’s vulnerabilit… 

Bonbons

Bonbons

Ignored for centuries by a misogynistic patriarchy, it is now time to reclaim their place. 

Sounds of St Cecilia's: Shackleton Memorial Concert, The Vauxhall Band Basset-Horn Trio

Sounds of St Cecilia's: Shackleton Memorial Concert, The Vauxhall Band Basset-Horn Trio

Come and revel in the earthy tones of this low member of the clarinet family. 

Andalucia

Andalucia

Award-winning Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company presents its long-awaited second album Andalucia, a stunning flamenco production accompanied by a chamber orchestra. 

Peer Gynt: A Jazz Revival

Peer Gynt: A Jazz Revival

Peer Gynt: A Jazz Revival by Cambridge company Phonofiddle! comes with an intriguing proposition: taking Ibsen's complex work and transmuting it into an hour of jazz-infused th… 

Celebrity Recitals 2023 – 1

Celebrity Recitals 2023 – 1

Following the Scottish premiere of Howard Skempton’s 50 Preludes and Fugues for Organ, Book One, during the 2021 Edinburgh Festival Fringe at St Giles’ Cathedral, Matthew Owens… 

Cathedral Lunchtime Recital Series

Cathedral Lunchtime Recital Series

Free lunchtime recitals every day from 2nd to 31st August, except Sundays and 16th. 

Looking Forward, Looking Back

Looking Forward, Looking Back

A concert of contemporary classical chamber music featuring both compositions by musicians who served in the armed forces, and new work composed in response to the works of these … 

Cadenza at the Fringe 2022

Cadenza at the Fringe 2022

Cadenza performs Handel’s joyous coronation anthem Zadok the Priest and his Foundling Hospital Anthem with its famous last chorus, Lotti’s Missa Sapientiae, admired by Handel (who … 

Billet Doux Britannique

Billet Doux Britannique

Join Gwilym Bowen (tenor), Benjamin Goldscheider (cor anglais) and Jams Coleman (piano) in a love letter to Europe for Brexit – a programme of music by Schubert, Schumann, Britte… 

Joseph Tawadros and the Grigoryan Brothers

Joseph Tawadros and the Grigoryan Brothers

The music making between siblings Slava and Leonard Grigoryan has a palpable ease, the unspoken affinity of kinship. 

Song for the Forgotten Rose

Song for the Forgotten Rose

Join classical trio Oscen Ensemble as they explore works by female composers in their Song for the Forgotten Rose. 

Cathedral Concert: Maximiliano Martin

Cathedral Concert: Maximiliano Martin

Principal Clarinettist of the SCO and international soloist Maximiliano Martin accompanied by Scott Mitchell comes to St Mary’s Cathedral to perform works by Poulenc, Saint-Saens, … 

An Evening at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

An Evening at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

Singing sensation Thomas Cameron is a charismatic, Classic Brit Award-nominated tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities and is making ‘wave… 

Young Classical Artists Trust Showcase Concerts

Young Classical Artists Trust Showcase Concerts

Three future stars, committed and passionate chamber musicians, Irène Duval, Jean-Selim Abdelmoula and Maciej Kulakowski, met at The Kronberg Academy. 

Philip Glass at 85 (Part 2): Music for Organ

Philip Glass at 85 (Part 2): Music for Organ

Programme marking the 85th anniversary of Philip Glass, three of his compositions are performed at the Wells Kennedy organ by Arbroath-based musician Mark Spalding: Music in Fifths… 

The Last Judgement

The Last Judgement

In this new work, Peter D Robinson – MTM: UK nominee for Best Composer on the Fringe 2007 for Sailing to Tomorrow – combines ancient and contemporary, sacred and secular texts … 

Young Classical Artists Trust Showcase Concerts

Young Classical Artists Trust Showcase Concerts

Three future stars, committed and passionate chamber musicians, Irène Duval, Jean-Selim Abdelmoula and Maciej Kulakowski, met at The Kronberg Academy. 

SONIC and All Stars

SONIC and All Stars

A selection of music of all styles performed by the best musicians in Scotland. 

Orchestral Showcase

Orchestral Showcase

A musical journey through film and dance featuring music by Mendelssohn, Arnold, Bernstein, Elgar and Toner. 

Jonny Liebeck Organ Recital at St Giles Cathedral

Jonny Liebeck Organ Recital at St Giles Cathedral

Jonny Liebeck is a classical organist, jazz musician, composer, teacher and producer whose varied musical influences range from Bach to Lyle Mays and Herbie Hancock, jazz funk, Lat… 

A Classical/Folk Crossover

A Classical/Folk Crossover

Musicians Jonathan and Dom Prag with sparkling arrangements of songs from Greece, Catalonia, Eastern Europe and Scotland. 

Guitar Recital by Stephen Morrison: American Suites

Guitar Recital by Stephen Morrison: American Suites

A beautifully melodic, rich programme of universally loved music: Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Suite Populaire Bresilienne and Sublime arrangements of classic George Gershwin songs by local… 

Iolanthe

Iolanthe

Full of fantastic music, scheming fairies and hapless peers, the University of St Andrews Gilbert and Sullivan Society is proud to present Iolanthe. 

Beethoven – Violin Concerto and Fifth Symphony

Beethoven – Violin Concerto and Fifth Symphony

Electrifying violinist Anna-Liise Bezrodny makes a welcome return to the Fringe with the Orchestra of the Canongait and conductor Robert Dick to play one of the most beloved of all… 

Sacred Arts Festival Church Service at St Vincent’s Chapel Stockbridge

Sacred Arts Festival Church Service at St Vincent’s Chapel Stockbridge

Les Shankland directs the Chapter House Singers in Choral Evensong. 

Bach à la Française

Bach à la Française

Musical influences on JS Bach were many and varied. 

This Old Cello Box

This Old Cello Box

From Bach to The Beatles and beyond, renowned South Australian musician/songwriter William Jack presents a free (non-ticketed) multi-style cello recital in the heart of Edinburgh. 

Bach Mass in B Minor

Bach Mass in B Minor

Bach’s most spectacular choral work, a delightful mixture of sensitive moments of peace, blistering excitement and majestic hope, performed by chamber choir and orchestra. 

Away Vain Warld: The Music and Poetry of Elizabeth Melville

Away Vain Warld: The Music and Poetry of Elizabeth Melville

The Scottish Reformation: a time of conflict and transformation. 

Sounds of St Cecilia's – Shackleton Concert

Sounds of St Cecilia's – Shackleton Concert

In the 2022 Nicolas Shackleton concert supported by University of Edinburgh, Calum Robertson, Sally Carr and Juliette Philogene present an exciting programme of music for clarinet,… 

Lunchtime Organ Recital

Lunchtime Organ Recital

Lunchtime Organ Recital on Saturday the 20th August at 1. 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Old St Paul’s Episcopal Church

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Old St Paul’s Episcopal Church

In Every Corner Sing: The Choir of Old St Paul’s with Director of Music John Kitchen MBE, Edinburgh City Organist. 

The Contemporary Cello

The Contemporary Cello

Principal cellist of the London Sinfonietta and a member of the Fidelio Trio, Tim Gill joins composer/pianist David Gompper in two recitals featuring new and traditional 20th-centu… 

Àirigh Orchestra – Piano Concerto Festival

Àirigh Orchestra – Piano Concerto Festival

Àirigh Orchestra celebrates the amazing depth and variety of the classical piano concerto genre: Bach D minor (BWV1052), Koželuch concerto for piano duet and a recently composed … 

Cathedral Concert: Music for Royal Occasions with the Choir of St Mary's Cathedral

Cathedral Concert: Music for Royal Occasions with the Choir of St Mary's Cathedral

Music from across the ages marking important royal events from deaths and funerals to weddings and coronations, sung by ‘one of Scotland’s (indeed the UK’s) musical jewels’… 

Fantasy and Fairytales: A Solo Piano Recital

Fantasy and Fairytales: A Solo Piano Recital

A sparkling programme of classical piano music, from Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata to the magnificent Norma Fantasy by Liszt. 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at St Vincent’s Chapel Stockbridge

Sacred Arts Festival Music at St Vincent’s Chapel Stockbridge

Henry Purcell’s Sacred and Secular. 

Guitar Dances

Guitar Dances

After a two-year break, Luca Villani returns to play for local and international guitar enthusiasts new pieces and beloved works, like the Albèniz Asturias and the Aguado Rondò. 

Bach, Handel, Vivaldi

Bach, Handel, Vivaldi

The Bach Ensemble of Edinburgh return to Canongate Kirk for their ninth Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a baroque programme of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. 

Symphonic Ibiza

Symphonic Ibiza

Featuring some of the most famous Ibiza club anthems from the last 30 years, celebrate the European island of clubbing this summer. 

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Canongate Kirk

Sacred Arts Festival Music at Canongate Kirk

Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time for clarinet, violin, cello and piano was written when Messiaen was a prisoner of war in German captivity and first performed in 19… 

Celebrity Recitals 2022 – 3

Celebrity Recitals 2022 – 3

Matthew Owens, organist-renowned recitalist, gives the Scottish premiere of Book One of 50 Preludes and Fugues for Organ by Howard Skempton, one the UK’s foremost living composer… 

Sounds of St Cecilia's – Inspired Master of Our Art

Sounds of St Cecilia's – Inspired Master of Our Art

The accomplished and versatile team of McDonald and Kitchen are joined by gifted young violinist Lydia Kirschenbaum* to present an all Handel programme of virtuoso works featuring … 

Celebrating the Music of Einaudi: A Solo Piano Recital

Celebrating the Music of Einaudi: A Solo Piano Recital

A selection of music by Ludovico Einaudi, performed by talented pianist Ailsa Aitkenhead. Contemplative and beautiful classical piano in a gorgeous ambience.  

The Tempest

The Tempest

On a distant island, Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, plots revenge on those who overthrew her. 

Black Glass in Pieces

Black Glass in Pieces

Award-winning experimental composer Michael Begg’s groundbreaking Black Glass Ensemble reveals new music from the borderlands of classical and experimental music. 

Say You're With Me – Piano and Creative Coding

Say You're With Me – Piano and Creative Coding

Algorithms are art. 

John Bell: A Few of My Favourite Things

John Bell: A Few of My Favourite Things

Spend a relaxed hour with Australian living legend John Bell, as he rummages through his swag of favourite things, fishing out poems, stories, backstage gossip: things he finds ins… 

Classical Guitar and Bel Canto

Classical Guitar and Bel Canto

After the debut in 2019 of Duo Corde InCanto, the versatile soprano Silvia Mirarchi and refined guitarist Luca Villani return with a new recital spanning five centuries of music fo… 

Bach, Vivaldi, Handel

Bach, Vivaldi, Handel

The Bach Ensemble of Edinburgh return to Canongate Kirk for their ninth Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a baroque programme of Bach, Vivaldi and Handel. 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band Returns to St Mark's

Edinburgh Renaissance Band Returns to St Mark's

Join us on a tour through medieval and renaissance Europe, playing period instruments of every kind: cornetts, sackbuts, serpents, viols, rebecs, fiddle, violins, shawms, curtals, … 

Jonathan Prag Classical Guitar

Jonathan Prag Classical Guitar

Jonathan’s gorgeous programme starts with two beautiful Villa-Lobos preludes, then dances through a Bach Bourree and Gigue. 

Amazing Piano Virtuoso

Amazing Piano Virtuoso

Stefan Warzycki’s solo recital at last year’s Fringe was rated five out of five and described as a dramatic, compelling recital. 

Cathedral Coffee Concerts

Cathedral Coffee Concerts

John Bryden returns to St Mary’s to give two piano recitals on the Cathedral Steinway, with coffee available. 

Bach, Boccherini and Beethoven

Bach, Boccherini and Beethoven

Join this brilliant London-based cello/piano duo as they perform highlights of the cello repertoire in three consecutive concerts by composers of the classical area. 

Sacred Arts Festival Church Service at Old St Paul’s Episcopal Church

Sacred Arts Festival Church Service at Old St Paul’s Episcopal Church

Sacred Arts Festival 2022 Opening Service High Mass for the Feast of the Assumption, celebrated in accordance with the Scottish Liturgy of 1970 in the beautiful setting of the hist… 

Peter Seivewright (Pianoforte)

Peter Seivewright (Pianoforte)

Gunnar Berg (1909-1989) GAFFKY’s. 

Piano Favourites

Piano Favourites

Come and hear William Alexander perform, on the piano, a selection of popular pieces by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Debussy and Liszt. 

Sounds of St Cecilia's – Spinning the Works

Sounds of St Cecilia's – Spinning the Works

Lucia Capellaro, László Rózsa and David Gerrard, some of Scotland’s most exciting period instrument players, explore the musical offerings of two of Germany’s greatest baroque… 

Duo Violin and Cello

Duo Violin and Cello

This London-based violin/cello duo, formed in 2018, returns to give a recital of music by composers from the 17th to 19th centuries. 

Folk Meets Baroque: Historical Scottish Fiddling

Folk Meets Baroque: Historical Scottish Fiddling

From wild dance tunes to solemn laments, frenzied improvisations to lush Baroque compositions, Highland strathspeys to Lowland ballads, join US National Champion fiddler Tim Macdon… 

Cathedral Concert: Calum Huggan

Cathedral Concert: Calum Huggan

Award-winning Scottish marimbist and percussionist Calum Huggan performs a captivating and eclectic programme in St Mary’s Cathedral, including works by French composers Séjourné… 

Maria Stuarda

Maria Stuarda

Stunning opera in which two famous queens are locked in dangerous power play. 

Rachmaninov After Lunch

Rachmaninov After Lunch

Experience the romantic passion of the music of Rachmaninov, performed by the best young classical musicians out there – all ROSL prizewinners. 

Debussy at Teatime

Debussy at Teatime

ROSL’s exceptional prize-winning classical musicians bring Paris to Edinburgh performing the music of one of France’s finest composers and his contemporaries. 

Cesse Divine Beaute: French Airs and Their Fans

Cesse Divine Beaute: French Airs and Their Fans

Extraordinary concert of French airs de cour and their baroque admirers – Lully, Lambert, Tessier, Purcell, Handel. 

The Marriage of Figaro

The Marriage of Figaro

Scotland’s professional touring opera company returns with Mozart’s sublime comedy. 

Celebrity Recitals 2022 – 2

Celebrity Recitals 2022 – 2

Michael Harris, Organist of St Giles’ Cathedral, puts the world-renowned Rieger organ in St Giles’ through its paces, with a programme including Healey Willan Introduction, Passa… 

Philip Glass at 85 (Part 1): Music for Piano

Philip Glass at 85 (Part 1): Music for Piano

Programme marking the 85th anniversary of Philip Glass, Arbroath-based musician Mark Spalding returns with a programme of compositions from six decades performed at the piano. 

Esther Swift – Sound Effects

Esther Swift – Sound Effects

Likened to Kate Bush, Anna Meredith and Bjork, Esther Swift combines her love of folk, jazz, classical and all things in-between in this brand-new commission from Celtic Connection… 

Old Saint Paul's Music at 8pm

Old Saint Paul's Music at 8pm

Time to relax and listen to classical music in this beautiful historic church. 

Brahms at Teatime

Brahms at Teatime

A teatime concert of the poignant and passionate composer Johannes Brahms; perfect for a reflective afternoon. 

Gershwin After Lunch

Gershwin After Lunch

Enjoy a relaxing concert of music from one of the kings of jazz and his contemporaries as performed by ROSL prize-winners; some of the finest international classical musicians arou… 

Beethoven for Breakfast

Beethoven for Breakfast

Start the day with the passionate music of Beethoven and his contemporaries, performed by ROSL’s exceptionally talented prize-winning musicians. 

Flute Recital: From Darkness to Light

Flute Recital: From Darkness to Light

Join talented duo Leila Marshall and Ailsa Aitkenhead for an evening recital of lyrical and rousing works for flute and piano. 

Cocktails and Concert with Edinburgh Gin

Cocktails and Concert with Edinburgh Gin

Enjoy an hour of classical music performed live by the talented ensemble Classical. 

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha in Concert

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha in Concert

Join the South African soprano and winner of the Song Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition 2021, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, with Simon Lepper at the piano in… 

Brass Tracks

Brass Tracks

Brass Tracks return triumphant after their last Fringe sell-out success with a new show bringing the excitement of brass to a beautifully balanced programme of classical and contem… 

Bach for Breakfast

Bach for Breakfast

A favourite of the ROSL recital series, Bach for Breakfast concerts feature the world’s finest young classical musicians performing some of the greatest works in the repertoire. 

Music from a Grand Tour

Music from a Grand Tour

Presented by the Barsanti Ensemble and the University of Edinburgh Musical Instrument Collection, this concert highlights a manuscript collection of music in Edinburgh University L… 

Chopin After Lunch

Chopin After Lunch

A post-lunch concert of romantic and passionate music of Chopin and his contemporaries, performed by the finest international classical talent from ROSL’s renowned Annual Music C… 

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

What would you trade to preserve a special relationship? Bassanio has squandered his wealth but plans to regain it by wooing wealthy Portia of Belmont, whose late father has impose… 

Mozart at Teatime

Mozart at Teatime

The beauty of Mozart’s wide variety of music comes to life in this teatime concert, as performed by ROSL’s exceptional, prize-winning classical musicians. 

Cathedral Evensong

Cathedral Evensong

Choral Evensong sung by the Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral, the only cathedral in Scotland to continue the tradition of daily worship. 

Poulenc: Sextet

Poulenc: Sextet

Dynamic Manchester-based wind quintet Festivo Winds present an evening of French music culminating in a performance of Poulenc’s dazzling sextet for piano and winds. 

Cathedral Eucharists

Cathedral Eucharists

Glorious choral settings of the Mass sung in their liturgical setting, with the Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral. Music by Schubert, Byrd and Kodaly.  

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals

Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral), Joseph Beech (Durham Cathedral) and Imogen Morgan (St Mary’s Cathedral) perform popular organ music on the Cathedral’s magnificent and recent… 

Messiah (Part 1) George Frederic Handel

Messiah (Part 1) George Frederic Handel

Coro 22 returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to perform the celebratory first part, The Coming of Christ, from Handel’s masterpiece. 

Scotland's Piano Music: Another Short Introduction

Scotland's Piano Music: Another Short Introduction

The sequel concert to 2018’s A Really Short Introduction to Scotland’s Piano Music exploring the work of 19th and 20th-century Scottish composers. 

Shahbazi – Handel en Edimbourg

Shahbazi – Handel en Edimbourg

Join Cameron Shahbazi, a Persian-Canadian counter-tenor with Ashok Gupta on the piano in a series of two song recitals of music composed by Handel for the Edinburgh Musical Society… 

Cello on Fire

Cello on Fire

Celebrated Viennese cellist Peter Hudler returns to the Fringe with his brand-new show. 

The Return Of Sherlock Holmes

The Return Of Sherlock Holmes

Three years have passed since Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis Professor Moriarty vanished into the abyss of the Reichenbach Falls. 

Edinburgh Youth Orchestra

Edinburgh Youth Orchestra

Join the young musicians of Edinburgh Youth Orchestra, directed by international conductor Sian Edwards, as they perform a varied and exuberant programme of large orchestral works. 

Marc Corbett-Weaver: Piano Recital 2022

Marc Corbett-Weaver: Piano Recital 2022

A recital of virtuosic piano music given by the popular London-based classical pianist Marc Corbett-Weaver. 

Rhythms of India – Free

Rhythms of India – Free

Rhythms of India by Dr Radha Krishnan, Arabhi Krishnan and students. Storytelling using complex footwork set to rhythmic music along with facial expressions. 

Highlight Tour of St Cecilia's Hall

Highlight Tour of St Cecilia's Hall

Join us on these free guided tours of the musical treasures on display at St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall and home to the University of Edinburgh’s Musical … 

Peppa Pig – My First Concert

Peppa Pig – My First Concert

From Mozart to Muddy Puddles! Peppa Pig – My First Concert is a fun interactive introduction to a live orchestra with everyone’s favourite Pig family! Join Peppa as she discovers… 

The Tragedy of Macbeth

The Tragedy of Macbeth

A classic tale of greed and guilt, this visceral and lucid interpretation of Shakespeare’s blood-soaked tragedy is truly Flabbergast. 

A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember

The Christmas story, Broadway-style. 

Fruit Flies Like a Banana

Fruit Flies Like a Banana

Three performers. 

Fruit Flies Like a Banana: Kids!

Fruit Flies Like a Banana: Kids!

Three Performers. 

Classic!

Classic!

Despite Kindles and Netflix and Twitter and Podcasts, our collective love of books will never die; at least, if the audience of Classic! at Pleasance Courtyard is anything to go by… 

Flamenco Fusion

Flamenco Fusion

Ben Bruant and Will Cashel play songs you know in ways you probably don’t in a style fusing flamenco, pop and classical music. 

Celebrity Recitals 2022 – 1

Celebrity Recitals 2022 – 1

Kumi Choi, winner of the first prize and Peter Hurford prize at the 2019 St Albans International Organ Competition, presents a programme centred on César Franck’s Grande Pièce … 

Cathedral Lunchtime Recital Series

Cathedral Lunchtime Recital Series

Join us at St Mary’s Cathedral for free lunchtime recitals every day except Sundays and August 17th. 

Iconnotations

Iconnotations

Music-theatre with solo cello plus dance, Iconnotations is extraordinary: surreal, wry, expressionistic, at times baffling, profoundly sad but at the end joyous. 

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

There are a handful of stories which truly stand the test of time. 

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The year is 1894: three years since the world-famous Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis Professor Moriarty plunged to their deaths in The Reichenbach Falls. 

Lucrece

Lucrece

William Shakespeare’s narrative poem The Rape of Lucrece tells the story of Lucrece, a noblewoman in ancient Rome whose rape at the hands of her husband’s friend, Tarquin, ulti… 

Last Life: A Shakespeare Play

Last Life: A Shakespeare Play

Last Life feels like a social experiment. 

Shakespeare Catalysts

Shakespeare Catalysts

Before I begin this review, I would like to clarify, as James Beagon (co-director and actor) did at the start of the show, that Aulos Productions’ Shakespeare Catalysts is a work… 

Shit-Faced Shakespeare: Hamlet

Shit-Faced Shakespeare: Hamlet

If you haven’t already heard of this band of bawdy, Bardy performers, it prompts the question, “Is this your first time to the Fringe?” If the answer is yes - what have you b… 

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Of all Shakespeare’s plays, Julius Caesar is perhaps the best aware of its historical place. 

Requiem for Aleppo

Requiem for Aleppo

There are a few moments in your life when it dawns on you that you are experiencing something very unique and special and being an audience member for Requiem for Aleppo was one of… 

Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots

“All I knew was the playground song Mary Queen of Scots got her head chopped off,” says opera singer Louise Macdonald, “until I started learning Schumann’s Maria Stuart Lie… 

Richard III (A One-Woman Show)

Richard III (A One-Woman Show)

It’s Shakespeare performed in a completely new way: a Shakespeare play condensed to the size of one woman, Emily Carding, and the way she deals with the audience. 

Shakespeare's Hamlet

Shakespeare's Hamlet

Ghost Light Players have brought an animalistic Hamlet to theSpace on the Mile with fervour and intensity. 

The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck

The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck

You would be forgiven for thinking that a production of The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck performed in a circus tent might involve people dressed up as the character… 

DROLL

DROLL

Award-winning theatre company Owle Schreame performs a series of very droll ‘drolls’: short, illegal comedies from the 17th century. 

Shakespeare in the Garden: The Tempest

Shakespeare in the Garden: The Tempest

Of all Shakespeare’s plays, The Tempest demands the most obvious and taxing effort of imagination from the audience. 

Venus and Adonis

Venus and Adonis

It is a rare treat to hear a dramatised performance of Shakespeare’s first published work, Venus and Adonis. 

Shit-faced Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

Shit-faced Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

“Swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. 

The Life & Death of Puppet King Richard II

The Life & Death of Puppet King Richard II

This is Richard II as you’ve never seen him before, in a purple shell-suit wielding power over his puppet kingdom with subjects that range from beautiful two foot high hand carve… 

American Lates

American Lates

An endearing display that demonstrates both exceptional vocal and instrumental talents. 

The Snow Child

The Snow Child

A short and well-formed chamber opera, which shows lots of potential, but needs to pick up on the details. 

Solo Shakespeare, Macbeth: Hecate's Poison

Solo Shakespeare, Macbeth: Hecate's Poison

Hecate’s Poison is a one-woman version of Macbeth, performed by Players Tokyo’s T. 

Troilus and Cressida

Troilus and Cressida

Rarely performed and more or less unknown to all but the most hardcore of Shakespeare addicts, Troilus and Cressida explores star-crossed love and political machinations in the mid… 

Vivaldi, Handel and Bach

Vivaldi, Handel and Bach

Presented by The Bach Ensemble of Edinburgh, the programme for this concert comprised of lesser-known and hugely underappreciated works by the three baroque greats: Antonio Vivaldi… 

Felix Holt: The Radical

Felix Holt: The Radical

‘Wholesome’ is how a lady I spoke to after the performance described Felix Holt: The Radical. 

Droll

Droll

Drolls, Brice Stratford tells us in the show’s scholarly introduction, were originally performed by half-drunk actors in covert locations on raucous evenings during the Puritan I… 

Music of Dowland, Purcell and the Stuarts

Music of Dowland, Purcell and the Stuarts

Countertenor James Laing, theorbo player James Akers and bass violist Susanna Pell’s hour long feast of Dowland was one of the most spectacular concerts I have attended in a whil… 

A Fool’s Paradise: 30 Shakespeare Scenes in 60 Minutes

A Fool’s Paradise: 30 Shakespeare Scenes in 60 Minutes

For a fast-paced, fun show filled with audience interaction, A Fool’s Paradise might be for you. 

Shakespeare Shorts – Hamlet

Shakespeare Shorts – Hamlet

Shakespeare Shorts: Hamlet - Shakespeare’s Hamlet condensed into an hour by kids, for kids. 

Hamlet

Hamlet

Performing as part of the International Collegiate Theatre Festival, this fast past cut down version of Shakespeare’s classic tale of madness, death, and existential crisis shine… 

Iphigenia in Tauris

Iphigenia in Tauris

Champs Mêlés’ production of Iphigenia in Tauris is a two hour, French language translation of J. 

Shit-Faced Shakespeare

Shit-Faced Shakespeare

The Edinburgh Fringe ‘smashed’-hit Shit-Faced Shakespeare returns in its seventh year to perform Measure for Measure in its unorthodox and unique inebriated manner. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The course of true love doesn’t run smooth for long in this Shakespearian comedy. 

Piaf: Love Conquers All

Piaf: Love Conquers All

This character-driven play from Moving On Theatre had something for everyone. 

Shit-faced Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice

Shit-faced Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice

For those of you who have yet to encounter the fringe phenomenon that is Shit-Faced Shakespeare, this is a show that does exactly what it says on the tin. 

Fire Burn: The Tragedy of Macbeth

Fire Burn: The Tragedy of Macbeth

The story of Macbeth’s tragic demise has been told many times by hundreds, if not thousands, of theatre makers. 

Helen

Helen

Although you may well have some early misgivings, Helen is a show to persevere with. 

Tenors Unlimited:The Rat Pack of Opera

Tenors Unlimited:The Rat Pack of Opera

The atmospheric Spiegeltent was bursting at the seams as the three tenors took the stage and the audience with their sunny, easy-going manner. 

Stockhausen's 'Inori' with Alain Louafi

Stockhausen's 'Inori' with Alain Louafi

Stockhausen’s Inori is an incredibly intense show. 

Classically Chilled Piano

Classically Chilled Piano

Rich Batsford’s Classically Chilled Piano is exactly that. 

Violin Variations

Violin Variations

In Violin Variations, Ian Peaston invites the audience to share his passion for experimenting with his electric violin and looping set-up. 

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

“O God, that I were a man,” Beatrice laments in Much Ado About Nothing’s fourth act. 

Titus Andronicus

Titus Andronicus

The Cambridge Theatre Collective offer up a largely genderbent production of Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedy, set in a high school. 

The Furies

The Furies

Durham’s Ethrael Theatre presents a musical adaptation of Aeschylus’s The Furies, a tale of vengeance, honour, justice and mercy. 

The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie is a hard play to get wrong. 

Worbey and Farrell's House Party

Worbey and Farrell's House Party

Ostensibly, Worbey and Farrell’s show is a piano recital. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Perhaps Shakespeare’s most famous comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream has the potential to either be comedic gold or irritating lip-service, depending on the quality of the cast … 

Guitar Multiverse

Guitar Multiverse

Declan Zapala is one hell of a talented guitarist. 

Classical Guitar – Jonathan Prag

Classical Guitar – Jonathan Prag

If you like classical guitar and want to escape the bustling madness that is the Mile at 1pm in the middle of the Fringe, then you are going to enjoy Jonathan Prag’s hour long re… 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

There are many productions of reimagined Shakespeare plays that try to add a unique twist to the Bard’s work. 

Shit-Faced Shakespeare

Shit-Faced Shakespeare

In Macbeth, Act II, Scene 3, the Porter states “Drink [. 

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