Edinburgh International Festival begins on 2 August

Edinburgh International Festival from 2-25 August 2024

Festival Director, Nicola Benedetti, celebrates the launch of the 2024 Edinburgh International Festival with dancer Aakash Odedra and musicians Calum MacCrimmon and Conal McDonagh from Breabach at the National Museum of Scotland © Mihaela Bodlovic

Edinburgh International Festival presents a hand-picked selection of leading international and local artists in the world’s Festival City, with 24 days of world-class opera, dance, music and theatre.

For full details of this year’s EIF click here.

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The Callas Imprint: A Centennial Biography available now

In December 2023 Sophia Lambton’s The Callas Imprint: A Centennial Biography finally came out

Twelve years in the making, reaps 3395 sources spanning 80 years across twenty-one countries to swivel readers through the singer’s on- and offstage scenes — escorting them through the confounding double life of all performers.

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The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra remembers the late Christopher Gunning on 10 March 2024

Composer Christopher Gunning Remembered in Concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra hosted by Poirot Actor Philip Jackson

Christopher Gunning © Julie Edwards

On Sunday 10 March 2024, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra presents a concert dedicated to the memory of composer Christopher Gunning at London’s Cadogan Hall to raise funds for Help Musicians.

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