Shuddering Shostakovich and stirring Chaminade: The Sitkovetsky Trio at the Edinburgh International Festival

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2025 [4]: Beethoven, Chaminade, Kashani, Shostakovich: Sitkovetsky Trio (Alexander Sitkovetsky [violin], Isang Enders [cello] and Wu Qian [piano]). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 12.8.2025. (SRT)

Sitkovetsky Trio

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Wroclaw’s NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra bring sheer richness of sound to the EIF’s Focus on Poland

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2025 [3]: Bacewicz, R Strauss, Kilar, Bizet/Shchedrin: NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra / Alexander Sitkovetsy (leader/director). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.8.2025. (SRT)

NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra (at a previous concert) © Karol Sokolowski (1)

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Dramatic and exciting Haydn and Beethoven and mellifluous Brahms from Emelyanychev and the SCO

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Beethoven, Haydn: Yeol Eum Son (piano), Anna Dennis (soprano), Katie Bray (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Gregory (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Scottish Chamber Chorus and Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 8.5.2025. (SRT)

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Edinburgh International Festival 2025 – 1 to 24 August

Edinburgh International Festival 2025
Breaks Boundaries in a Year Exploring ‘The Truth We Seek’

[l-r] Laura Beth Salter (Kinnaris Quintet), Festival Director Nicola Benedetti and Mia Habis (Dance People) © Laurence Winram

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Edinburgh International Festival’s 2025 programme offers opportunities to experience world-class artists in thought-provoking and unconventional ways – including an eight-hour choral extravaganza, a distinctive outdoor promenade dance piece and a circus infused opera. Audiences can also get involved in many Festival performances, from an outdoor mass-singalong to interactive concerts where the audience chooses the repertoire.

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