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Constellation app is now live!
16 May 2013Today on our blog we have a special Festival City post from Tod Machover who explains the Constallation app that has just been launched!
Festival launch in Beijing
14 May 2013Concluding the series of blog entries from international launches in Asia, Head of Communications Susie Burnet tells us about her stay in Beijing.
Festival launch in Taipei
9 May 2013Continuing our series of international launches, Head of Communications Susie Burnet visits Taipei and enjoys a taster of Contemporary Legend Theatre’s Metamporphosis, which makes its world premiere in Edinburgh this August.
Festival launch in Korea
1 May 2013
The Festival's Head of Communications Susie Burnet gives her insights into the latest Festival launch in Korea
Having last week launched in Paris and Dublin we are now in Korea. At the moment our Director Jonathan Mills is taking an hour in the schedule to deliver a lecture and engage students of the Institute of Convergence Science at the University of Yonsei in a conversation about what festivals are, how they are placed and embody a sense of place and how culture is currently evolving both with and in response to modern technological innovations.
Young Musician's Passport offers the chance to see Festival 2013 concerts for free!
26 April 2013Enjoy the world’s greatest musicians in Edinburgh this summer... for FREE!
The Festival is throwing open its doors to young musicians to enjoy the talents of the internationally acclaimed professional musicians performing this summer.
Fergus Linehan appointed as incoming Festival Director
22 April 2013
Today we announce the appointment of Fergus Linehan as the Director Designate of the Edinburgh International Festival. The post begins on a part time basis on 1 May 2013 to allow time to plan for his first Festival in 2015. Fergus will become Festival Director and Chief Executive of the Festival full time from 1 October 2014.
Let the Festival begin!
10 April 2013Listen to what people are saying about this year’s programme...
Public booking opened on 23rd March and the box office here at The Hub became a hot bed of activity. As Festival goers waited patiently to buy those all-important tickets, we took the opportunity to find out what they thought of the programme for this year’s Edinburgh International Festival.
Want to compose for the Edinburgh International Festival?
27 March 2013
Tod Machover, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, has been described by the Los Angeles Times as ‘America’s most wired composer’ and is famed for his music technology inventions that include a Hypercello for Yo-Yo Ma and the innovations behind the computer game sensation that is Guitar Hero.
Edinburgh International Festival 2013 – the programme is revealed!
14 March 2013
‘It is the role of the artist to think differently, to offer us provocations and inspiring contrasts to our everyday lives. Artists’ innovation in everyday materials has played a key role in the evolution of artistic techniques and thinking, and how we experience the world. We celebrate this interaction through historical as well as contemporary work.
Converstaions: Les Vents Français
17 January 2013
The five members of France’s celebrated wind ensemble discuss their work, fresh from their Queen’s Hall recital, with Richard Morrison, chief music critic of The Times.
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