Edinburgh International Festival 2015
Edinburgh International Festival 2015
Edinburgh International Festival Fireworks (Photo credit Scott Barron)
The 2015 programme for the Edinburgh International Festival has just been released. The Edinburgh Festival, as it’s collectively known, is actually an amalgam of many individual programmes, and the International Festival is just one of these. It brings together an enormous array of the most prestigious dance, theatre and classical music performers in the world and takes place this year between the 7th and the 31st of August. So what’s on the menu this year? You can have a look at the full programme by clicking on the link at the bottom, but for starters we thought we’d share some of our favourites from the list:
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: Anne-Sophie Mutter, one of the world’s most eminent violinists, will be treating us to a highly anticipated performance of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins. Mutter will be joined by an inspiring selection of soloists to perform these Baroque favourites as well as a brand new piece written specially for the occasion by André Previn. Bookings can be made from the 28th of March, and details and tickets can be found here.
Mozart’s Requiem: The Budapest Festival Orchestra, conducted by the renowned Ivan Fischer and joined by the eminent Edinburgh Festival Chorus will be performing two of Mozart’s classics, Requiem and Symphony No. 38. If you enjoy classical music then this performance much go to the very top of your festival to-do list and tickets, which will be available to buy from the 28th of March, won’t be around long! Click here for all the information.
Antigone: Anne Carson’s new translation of Sophocles’s tragedy will be brought to life by an incredible cast and an equally talented director. Juliette Binoche, remembered most notably from the film Chocolat, will take the lead as Antigone in this play directed by Ivan van Hove, who is regarded by many as one of the greatest living theatre directors in Europe. In short, we expect great things from this performance! More information about the production, cast, dates and tickets can be found here.
The full list of performers for the Internation Festival can be found here, and the Festival Fringe Programme will be with you on June the 4th!
