Date: Thu 2 Sep: 7:15pm
Venue: Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
European premiere of Opera Australia's much-anticipated new production, Bliss.
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Date: Sat 4 Sep: 7:15pm
Venue: Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
European premiere of Opera Australia's much-anticipated new production, Bliss.
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Date: Thu 2 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Paco Peña creates a new work for Festival 2010 through the powerful storytelling of flamenco music and dance.
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Date: Fri 3 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Paco Peña creates a new work for Festival 2010 through the powerful storytelling of flamenco music and dance.
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Date: Sat 4 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Paco Peña creates a new work for Festival 2010 through the powerful storytelling of flamenco music and dance.
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Date: Wed 1 Sep: 7:30pm
Venue: Usher Hall
The eminent Russian-born conductor and pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy brings Australia's premiere orchestra to Edinburgh for two Festival performances.
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Date: Wed 1 Sep: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
The Danish choral group conducted by Paul hillier present a veritable who's who of influential contemporary American composers alongside young Australasians Ross Edwards and Jack Body.
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Date: Fri 3 Sep: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Duo Sol brings a flamboyant programme of music from the new world together with Beethoven's dazzling Kreutzer Sonata.
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Date: Sun 29 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Professor Catherine Boyle, King's College London, Dr Fiona Mackintosh, University of Edinburgh and Chilean based writer Odette Magnet explore the cultural landscape of South America.
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Date: Fri 3 Sep: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Director of Diciembre, Guillermo Calderón, novelist Susan Elderkin and Neil Armfield, director of Opera Australia's production of Bliss, discuss how lost narratives surface in artistic expression
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Date: Tue 31 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Film director Dauno Tótoro and director Juan Carlos Zagal of Chilean ensemble Teatro Cinema talk about their remarkable fusion of artforms.
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Date: Sun 5 Sep: 9:00pm
Venue: Ross Theatre
Join the Scottish Chamber Orchestra for a spectacular evening of American film music with carefully choreographed pyrotechnics for a rousing finale to the 2010 Festival.
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Date: Sat 4 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Mahler's self-proclaimed ‘Symphony of a Thousand' is an epic climax to the Festival's 2010 Usher Hall programme.
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Date: Thu 2 Sep: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
The Tokyo Quartet returns to the Festival for a beautiful recital featuring works by Debussy, Schubert and a new commission by Peter Sculthorpe.
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Date: Tue 31 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Mahler's monumental 3rd symphony is his hymn to the natural world.
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Date: Tue 17 Aug: 5:45pm
Venue: Greyfriars Kirk
The Tallis Scholars perform a programme of choral music by Spanish renaissance composers Cristóbal de Morales and Francisco Guerrero, whose music became popular in the cathedrals of Latin America.
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Date: Sat 4 Sep: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
In the final concert of The Queen's Hall Series the Simón Bolívar String Quartet performs a programme featuring music from South America alongside works by Bach, Brahms and Shostakovich.
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Date: Thu 2 Sep: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Get up close and personal in conversation with America's finest, Grammy award-winning Soprano Christine Brewer.
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Date: Fri 3 Sep: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Writer and director Guillermo Calderón is joined by his cast Jorge Becker, Trinidad Gonzalez, Mariana Muñoz, to talk about their bitter comic production, Diciembre.
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Date: Tue 31 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Steven Osborne performs one of the most eclectic programmes at this year's Festival.
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Date: Tue 31 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Professor Marie Bashir explores Scot Lachlan Macquarie's contribution to Australia, in the company of one of his descendants, BBC Scotland's Ken MacQuarrie.
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Date: Thu 2 Sep: 7:30pm
Venue: Usher Hall
The second of Sydney Symphony's two Festival performances, this time featuring pianist Hélène Grimaud.
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Date: Fri 13 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
The miracle of the nativity is given new life in John Adams's oratorio El Niño. Women's voices and experiences are central to this retelling of the story unusually seen from a mother's perspective.
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Date: Sat 14 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Young American pianist Jonathan Biss opens The Queen's Hall Series with Leon Kirchner's Five Pieces, which began life as songs set to poems by Emily Dickinson before becoming lyrical piano works.
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Date: Sat 14 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Professor Robert J.C. Young explores the cultural legacy of colonialism and beyond.
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Date: Sat 14 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: Usher Hall
The Festival goes Stateside with the RSNO for an evening of 20th century North American classics inspired by the pilgrims of New England, the upheavals of civil war and the spirit of prohibition.
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Date: Sat 14 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Part dance, part theatre, part ceremony, Tempest: Without a Body is an awe-inspiring reflection on our modern world from Samoan choreographer and activist Lemi Ponifasio.
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Date: Sun 15 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Part dance, part theatre, part ceremony, Tempest: Without a Body is an awe-inspiring reflection on our modern world from Samoan choreographer and activist Lemi Ponifasio.
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Date: Sun 15 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
A panel of artists presenting productions this year discuss how innovative artists can influence and even change artforms.
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Date: Sun 15 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
The first of two concerts by Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra who, in the company of mezzo soprano Petra Lang, present works by Neilsen and Wagner.
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Date: Fri 20 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Founder of Brazilian contemporary dance company Grupo Corpo, Rodrigo Pederneiras and Exectutive Producer, Claudia Riberio discuss their beliefs and inspirations.
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Date: Sat 4 Sep: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Master of flamenco style and virtuoso guitarist Paco Peña talks about creating a new production for the Festival.
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Date: Thu 19 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Edicson Ruiz and Sergio Tiempo, graduates of the Venezuelan El Sistema scheme, perform as part of the Queen's Hall Series.
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Date: Tue 17 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
The first of two concerts by the mighty Clevelanders. Ives and Bruckner are on the musical menu.
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Date: Sat 14 Aug: 7:15pm
Venue: Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Porgy and Bess has become the quintessential American opera - a symbol of hope in a time that was so often hopeless; a demonstration of love and loyalty in desperate times.
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Date: Mon 16 Aug: 7:15pm
Venue: Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Porgy and Bess has become the quintessential American opera - a symbol of hope in a time that was so often hopeless; a demonstration of love and loyalty in desperate times.
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Date: Tue 17 Aug: 7:15pm
Venue: Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Porgy and Bess has become the quintessential American opera - a symbol of hope in a time that was so often hopeless; a demonstration of love and loyalty in desperate times.
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Date: Sat 14 Aug: 7:15pm
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
The Aztec's slaughter at the hands of the Spanish conquistadors is the basis for Graun's rarely-performed operatic gem, which is given a new, innovative spin by one of Mexico's most exciting young directors, Claudio Valdés Kuri.
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Date: Sun 15 Aug: 7:15pm
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
The Aztec's slaughter at the hands of the Spanish conquistadors is the basis for Graun's rarely-performed operatic gem, which is given a new, innovative spin by one of Mexico's most exciting young directors, Claudio Valdés Kuri.
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Date: Tue 17 Aug: 7:15pm
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
The Aztec's slaughter at the hands of the Spanish conquistadors is the basis for Graun's rarely-performed operatic gem, which is given a new, innovative spin by one of Mexico's most exciting young directors, Claudio Valdés Kuri.
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Date: Sat 14 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
New York's Elevator Repair Service adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's first major novel, follows a group of American expatriates searching for identity, redemption and diversion in Europe.
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Date: Sun 15 Aug: 1:00pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
New York's Elevator Repair Service adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's first major novel, follows a group of American expatriates searching for identity, redemption and diversion in Europe.
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Date: Sun 15 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
New York's Elevator Repair Service adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's first major novel, follows a group of American expatriates searching for identity, redemption and diversion in Europe.
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Date: Mon 16 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
New York's Elevator Repair Service adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's first major novel, follows a group of American expatriates searching for identity, redemption and diversion in Europe.
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Date: Tue 17 Aug: 2:00pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
New York's Elevator Repair Service adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's first major novel, follows a group of American expatriates searching for identity, redemption and diversion in Europe.
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Date: Mon 16 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
With a dazzling voice, captivating presence and rare musical intelligence, Magdalena Kožená makes a welcome return to the Festival.
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Date: Mon 16 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Internationally acclaimed classical pianist Steven Osborne performswith the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Festival 2010. In thislecture demonstration Steven explores the relevance of improvisation toclassical musicians.
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Date: Mon 16 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Prominent Mexican director Claudio Valdés Kuri talks about his experience of directing an 18th century European opera based on the story of the Aztec Emperor.
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Date: Mon 16 Aug: 5:45pm
Venue: Greyfriars Kirk
This Greyfriars series begins with a grand and colourful representation of a baroque festival for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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Date: Mon 16 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
The second of two concerts by the great Finnish orchestra, featuring wonderful bass baritone Juha Uusitalo.
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Date: Tue 17 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
The dazzling combination of Melvyn Tan and the Škampa Quartet in the Queen's Hall Series.
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Date: Tue 17 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
From a sci-fi string quartet on a sleepover to a Russian structuralist analysis of fairy tales, from Buddhist meditations on loving kindness to a Palestinian bordello in 1970 - David Leddy takes you on a journey through new ideas.
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Date: Tue 17 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
John Collins and his company, specialists in adapting 20th centuryAmerican literature for the stage, talk about the world premiere oftheir production of Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.
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Date: Fri 3 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
American Soprano Christine Brewer performs a transatlantic programme from both Europe and America.
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Date: Fri 20 Aug: 7:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Concert performance of Mozart's operatic masterpiece Idomeneo.
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Date: Mon 23 Aug: 7:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
The Girl of the Golden West is a fast-moving tale of love, jealousy, gambling, banditry and violence and their effect on a tight knit community.
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Date: Tue 24 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
The Sixteen return to the Usher Hall to delight us in a programme including Purcell's The Indian Queen.
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Date: Wed 25 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Stéphane Denève leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Ravel's superbly witty, comic masterpiece, L'heure espagnole.
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Date: Tue 17 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Samoan choreographer and activist Lemi Ponifasio and his company MAU present a new work.
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Date: Wed 18 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Samoan choreographer and activist Lemi Ponifasio and his company MAU present a new work.
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Date: Fri 20 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Flair, fire and flamboyance. Grupo Corpo's high-octane ensemble of dancers combines the sensual elements of Brazilian dance with cutting-edge contemporary dance.
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Date: Sat 21 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Flair, fire and flamboyance. Grupo Corpo's high-octane ensemble of dancers combines the sensual elements of Brazilian dance with cutting-edge contemporary dance.
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Date: Sun 22 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Flair, fire and flamboyance. Grupo Corpo's high-octane ensemble of dancers combines the sensual elements of Brazilian dance with cutting-edge contemporary dance.
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Date: Mon 23 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Flair, fire and flamboyance. Grupo Corpo's high-octane ensemble of dancers combines the sensual elements of Brazilian dance with cutting-edge contemporary dance.
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Date: Thu 26 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
In their UK debut, choreographer Alonzo King's San Francisco-based company bring a pair of dance works to the Festival.
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Date: Fri 27 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
In their UK debut, choreographer Alonzo King's San Francisco-based company bring a pair of dance works to the Festival.
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Date: Sat 28 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
In their UK debut, choreographer Alonzo King's San Francisco-based company bring a pair of dance works to the Festival.
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Date: Sun 29 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
In their UK debut, choreographer Alonzo King's San Francisco-based company bring a pair of dance works to the Festival.
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Date: Fri 20 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Caledonia, a world premiere from National Theatre of Scotland, is a story of greed, euphoria and mass delusion. It is the story of a small, poor country mistaking itself for a place that is both big and rich.
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Date: Sat 21 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Set in modern day America, this is a radical reworking of Sophocles's tragedy Oedipus at Colonus filled with gospel music, rock ‘n' roll swagger, a dash of soul and syncopated style.
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Date: Sun 22 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Set in modern day America, this is a radical reworking of Sophocles's tragedy Oedipus at Colonus filled with gospel music, rock ‘n' roll swagger, a dash of soul and syncopated style.
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Date: Sun 22 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Set in modern day America, this is a radical reworking of Sophocles's tragedy Oedipus at Colonus filled with gospel music, rock ‘n' roll swagger, a dash of soul and syncopated style.
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Date: Mon 23 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Set in modern day America, this is a radical reworking of Sophocles's tragedy Oedipus at Colonus filled with gospel music, rock ‘n' roll swagger, a dash of soul and syncopated style.
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Date: Sat 21 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
The New York-based Wooster Group forges a new mode of expression for tennessee Williams's lyric voice with this version of his last play.
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Date: Sun 22 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
The New York-based Wooster Group forges a new mode of expression for tennessee Williams's lyric voice with this version of his last play.
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Date: Mon 23 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
The New York-based Wooster Group forges a new mode of expression for tennessee Williams's lyric voice with this version of his last play.
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Date: Tue 24 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
The New York-based Wooster Group forges a new mode of expression for tennessee Williams's lyric voice with this version of his last play.
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Date: Sat 21 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Caledonia, a world premiere from National Theatre of Scotland, is a story of greed, euphoria and mass delusion. It is the story of a small, poor country mistaking itself for a place that is both big and rich.
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Date: Sun 22 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Caledonia, a world premiere from National Theatre of Scotland, is a story of greed, euphoria and mass delusion. It is the story of a small, poor country mistaking itself for a place that is both big and rich.
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Date: Sun 22 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Caledonia, a world premiere from National Theatre of Scotland, is a story of greed, euphoria and mass delusion. It is the story of a small, poor country mistaking itself for a place that is both big and rich.
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Date: Tue 24 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Caledonia, a world premiere from National Theatre of Scotland, is a story of greed, euphoria and mass delusion. It is the story of a small, poor country mistaking itself for a place that is both big and rich.
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Date: Wed 25 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Caledonia, a world premiere from National Theatre of Scotland, is a story of greed, euphoria and mass delusion. It is the story of a small, poor country mistaking itself for a place that is both big and rich.
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Date: Wed 25 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Caledonia, a world premiere from National Theatre of Scotland, is a story of greed, euphoria and mass delusion. It is the story of a small, poor country mistaking itself for a place that is both big and rich.
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Date: Thu 26 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Caledonia, a world premiere from National Theatre of Scotland, is a story of greed, euphoria and mass delusion. It is the story of a small, poor country mistaking itself for a place that is both big and rich.
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Date: Sun 29 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
This original and poetic story makes the very most of celebrated Chilean company Teatro Cinema's striking visual style blending film and live action.
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Date: Thu 2 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
This original and poetic story makes the very most of celebrated Chilean company Teatro Cinema's striking visual style blending film and live action.
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Date: Sat 4 Sep: 2:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
This original and poetic story makes the very most of celebrated Chilean company Teatro Cinema's striking visual style blending film and live action.
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Date: Sat 4 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
This original and poetic story makes the very most of celebrated Chilean company Teatro Cinema's striking visual style blending film and live action.
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Date: Wed 18 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Beethoven's Opus 9 String Trios are strikingly original and reveal his distinctive musical personality.
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Date: Wed 18 Aug: 5:45pm
Venue: Greyfriars Kirk
Director Bruno Procopio, with his choir and instrumental ensemble, takes a musical journey from Portugal to Brazil. The concert includes the extraordinary requiem by 19th century Brazilian composer José Maurício Nunes Garcia.
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Date: Wed 18 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
The Cleveland Orchestra's second Festival performance. This time featuring the music of Korngold, Berg and Brahms.
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Date: Thu 19 Aug: 5:45pm
Venue: Greyfriars Kirk
Florilegium, one of Britain's foremost baroque ensembles, is joined by a quartet of young Bolivian singers in music recently unearthed from the Christian missions of Chiquitos and Moxos Indians in eastern Bolivia.
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Date: Thu 19 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and Shostakovich's Fifteenth Symphony performed by The Russian National Orchestra with conductor Andrey Boreyko and violinist Vadim Repin.
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Date: Fri 20 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
This year the ensemble returns with a programme which includes Dvořák's American Quartet.
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Date: Fri 20 Aug: 5:45pm
Venue: Greyfriars Kirk
Music by Tomás Luis de Victoria and Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, two great renaissance composers from Spain.
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Date: Thu 2 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
Teatro en el Blanco's Diciembre is blackly comic, exploring the divisive nature of war for both a country and a family.
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Date: Fri 3 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
Teatro en el Blanco's Diciembre is blackly comic, exploring the divisive nature of war for both a country and a family.
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Date: Sat 4 Sep: 2:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
Teatro en el Blanco's Diciembre is blackly comic, exploring the divisive nature of war for both a country and a family.
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Date: Sat 4 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
Teatro en el Blanco's Diciembre is blackly comic, exploring the divisive nature of war for both a country and a family.
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Date: Fri 20 Aug: 9:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Sarah Connolly, one of Britain's greatest mezzo sopranos, started her career as a jazz singer. Connolly returns to her roots in two concerts dedicated to British and American song from the 1930s and 40s.
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Date: Sat 21 Aug: 9:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Sarah Connolly, one of Britain's greatest mezzo sopranos, started her career as a jazz singer. Connolly returns to her roots in two concerts dedicated to British and American song from the 1930s and 40s.
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Date: Sat 21 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Christianne Stotijn's Festival debut, with regular collaborator Joseph Breinl.
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Date: Sat 21 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Cutting-edge music from one of the most fearless string quartets around today.
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Date: Sun 22 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Recital by enchanting American mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato.
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Date: Mon 23 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Recital by world renowned baritone, Simon Keenlyside.
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Date: Mon 23 Aug: 5:45pm
Venue: Greyfriars Kirk
The choir and instrumentalists of early music specialists Ex Cathedra present a programme following the structure of the Vespers Service with baroque and renaissance music from Mexico, Bolivia and Peru.
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Date: Tue 24 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
The second concert by the Pavel Haas Quartet.
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Date: Tue 24 Aug: 5:45pm
Venue: Greyfriars Kirk
Jordi Savall and his vocal and instrumental ensembles return with the music of fire and air; a celebration of over 200 years of musical meeting points between ancient Iberia and the ‘New World' from the 16th century onward.
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Date: Wed 25 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Canadian Gerald Finley performs an entertaining selection of music from Europe and the United States accompanied by pianist Julius Drake.
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Date: Thu 26 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Midori makes her Festival debut with a programme which juxtaposes two well known violin sonatas with two 20th century works.
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Date: Thu 26 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra performs a programme of music from jazz luminaries Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie.
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Date: Fri 27 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
The Nash Ensmble play a glorious combination of chamber works from Bartók, Gershwin, Copland and Dvořák.
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Date: Fri 27 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Having taken up his post as Principal Conductor with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in 2009, Robin Ticciati makes his Festival debut.
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Date: Fri 27 Aug: 9:30pm
Venue: The Hub
John Etheridge brings his quartet Sweet Chorus to pay homage to jazz legends guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli.
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Date: Sat 28 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Llŷr Williams plays piano sonatas by Ives and Beethoven.
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Date: Sat 28 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Virtuoso violinist Midori joins the BBC SSO for Bernstein's Serenade.
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Date: Sat 28 Aug: 9:30pm
Venue: The Hub
In this solo concert Etheridge roams across Africa, Europe and America with music that includes gypsy tunes, jazz riffs, metallic blues and his famed improvisations.
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Date: Sun 29 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Ranked among America's top symphonic ensembles, the Minnesota Orchestra returns to the Festival for a powerful performance of Barber, Beethoven and Elgar.
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Date: Sun 29 Aug: 9:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Pioneering classical accordionist James Crabb is one of the world's leading exponents of the instrument, performing as a soloist worldwide. He is joined for this concert by classical guitarist George Vassilev.
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Date: Mon 30 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Roderick Williams and Joan Rodgers perform a programme of duets and solo songs.
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Date: Wed 18 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
The American mezzo soprano talks about her sparkling international career.
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Date: Wed 18 Aug: 6:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Samoan Choreographer Lemi Ponifasio, academic and poet Omar García-Obregón and Art History specialist at the Victoria University of Wellington, Peter Brunt, consider the voice of exclusion and exile in the New World.
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Date: Thu 19 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
With bold and evocative lighting and sound, young London-based theatre company Inspector Sands explore the story behind the on going project of studying the ordinary people of Britain, the 'Mass Observation' project.
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Date: Fri 20 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
With bold and evocative lighting and sound, young London-based theatre company Inspector Sands explore the story behind the on going project of studying the ordinary people of Britain, the 'Mass Observation' project.
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Date: Sat 21 Aug: 12:00pm
Venue: The Hub
David Harrington, John Sherba, Hank Dutt and Jeffrey Zeigler talk about the singular artistic vision of the Kronos Quartet.
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Date: Sun 22 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Professor Paul Carter of the University of Melbourne talks about living in a culture not your own and its implications for one's sense of place and belonging.
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Date: Sun 22 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
The River People has developed a distinct style of theatre with puppetry, folk storytelling and live music. Little Matter is a unique take on the meaning of life combining mythology, quantum physics and William Blake.
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Date: Sun 22 Aug: 6:30pm
Venue: The Hub
The River People has developed a distinct style of theatre with puppetry, folk storytelling and live music. Little Matter is a unique take on the meaning of life combining mythology, quantum physics and William Blake.
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Date: Mon 23 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
The River People has developed a distinct style of theatre with puppetry, folk storytelling and live music. Little Matter is a unique take on the meaning of life combining mythology, quantum physics and William Blake.
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Date: Mon 23 Aug: 6:30pm
Venue: The Hub
The River People has developed a distinct style of theatre with puppetry, folk storytelling and live music. Little Matter is a unique take on the meaning of life combining mythology, quantum physics and William Blake.
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Date: Mon 23 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
For over thirty years they have been reinventing theatre. Elizabeth LeCompte and members of The Wooster Group discuss their latest work.
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Date: Tue 24 Aug: 12:00pm
Venue: The Hub
One of the world's greatest proponents of early European music, Harry Christophers and members of his ensemble invite us to join them in a conversation about their work.
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Date: Tue 24 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Tom Devine, Professor of Scottish History, University of Edinburgh and economist Dr Gary Shea, University of St Andrews, to discuss Scotland's failed foray into colonialism. Chaired by Professor Cairns Craig.
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Date: Tue 24 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Director Anthony Neilson talks about the extraordinary story of the Darien scheme, Scotland's ill fated Central American colony, and its relevance today.
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Date: Wed 25 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
This adaptation of Bram Stoker's chilling tale emerges from the Victorian obsession with the occult. A daring re-imagining and a bold investigation into the concept of storytelling with the added bite of shoddy commercial showmanship.
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Date: Thu 26 Aug: 12:00pm
Venue: The Hub
This adaptation of Bram Stoker's chilling tale emerges from the Victorian obsession with the occult. A daring re-imagining and a bold investigation into the concept of storytelling with the added bite of shoddy commercial showmanship.
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Date: Thu 26 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
This adaptation of Bram Stoker's chilling tale emerges from the Victorian obsession with the occult. A daring re-imagining and a bold investigation into the concept of storytelling with the added bite of shoddy commercial showmanship.
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Date: Wed 25 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
A rare opportunity as Midori joins us to talk about what, from a very early age, has been a remarkable international career.
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Date: Thu 26 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Iconic American artist Meredith Monk shares her distinctive philosophies on life.
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Date: Fri 27 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
One of the world leading tabla players, Zakir Hussain appears with Alonzo King Lines Ballet in Festival 2010. In this lecture demonstration Zakir offers rare insights into the music and culture of this iconic instrument.
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Date: Fri 27 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Pulitzer Prize winning composer Gunther Schuller shares his experiences from a most remarkable and fascinating musical career that ranges from the orchestral platform to the jazz club.
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Date: Sat 28 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
American choreographer Alonzo King talks with academic Roman Krznaric and Judith Robertson, Director of Oxfam Scotland, about empathy, change and new global perspectives.
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Date: Sun 29 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Choreographer Alonzo King, a truly distinctive voice in dance, talks about how he embraces a global perspective on stage.
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Date: Sat 28 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
Where one artform stops and another starts has never been a concern for Meredith Monk as she seamlessly blends elements of music, art and theatre to startling effect.
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Date: Sun 29 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
Where one artform stops and another starts has never been a concern for Meredith Monk as she seamlessly blends elements of music, art and theatre to startling effect.
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Date: Mon 30 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
Where one artform stops and another starts has never been a concern for Meredith Monk as she seamlessly blends elements of music, art and theatre to startling effect.
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Date: Mon 30 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
The magical combination of the Concertgebouw, conductor Mariss Jansons and an eclectic and invigorating programme is sure to ignite.
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Date: Mon 30 Aug: 9:30pm
Venue: The Hub
A solo recital in which James Crabb performs works by US composers John Zorn and Aaron Copland alongside the passionate music of Astor Piazzolla.
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Date: Sat 28 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
This is the first of two productions by Teatro Cinema, an inventive and original theatre company from Chile who create an ingenious fusion of cinema and theatre.
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Date: Mon 30 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
This is the first of two productions by Teatro Cinema, an inventive and original theatre company from Chile who create an ingenious fusion of cinema and theatre.
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Date: Wed 1 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
This is the first of two productions by Teatro Cinema, an inventive and original theatre company from Chile who create an ingenious fusion of cinema and theatre.
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Date: Fri 3 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
This is the first of two productions by Teatro Cinema, an inventive and original theatre company from Chile who create an ingenious fusion of cinema and theatre.
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Date: Fri 27 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Brazil forms the inspiration for Água. Pina Bausch's joyous homage to a paradise of swaying palm trees, sultry jungles and stalking leopards.
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Date: Sat 28 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Brazil forms the inspiration for Água. Pina Bausch's joyous homage to a paradise of swaying palm trees, sultry jungles and stalking leopards.
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Date: Sun 29 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Brazil forms the inspiration for Água. Pina Bausch's joyous homage to a paradise of swaying palm trees, sultry jungles and stalking leopards.
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