Edinburgh International Festival: Three weeks of the most exciting music, opera, dance, theatre the world has to offer.

Supported by the Edinburgh International Festival Benefactors. A ubiquitous and hugely popular component of the Festival for many decades, The Queen's Hall Series in 2011 extends the experiences of audiences with contributions from many of the finest chamber music ensembles and soloists.

Alexandre Tharaud Piano

This French pianist, widely acclaimed for his championing of French piano music from the Baroque to the contemporary performs a concert of some of the genre's most famous works.

Amjad Ali Khan Sarod

One of India's greatest musicians, the virtuoso Amjad Ali Khan plays a series of morning ragas on the sarod, a multi-stringed traditional Indian lute.

Angelika Kirchschlager Mezzo soprano, Helmut Deutsch Piano

Austrian mezzo soprano Angelika Kirchschlager is one of the most acclaimed artists of her generation and is joined here by pianist Helmut Deutsch in a performance of songs by Brahms, Schubert and Mozart.

Arditti Quartet

The world renowned Arditti Quartet returns to the Festival to perform Ravel's famous String Quartet alongside string quartets by Japan's finest composers of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Belcea Quartet

Along with one of Beethoven's great late works, the Belcea Quartet performs a new addition to the string quartet repertoire, Mark-Anthony Turnage's Twisted Blues with Twisted Ballad.

Bo Skovhus Baritone, Stefan Vladar Piano

Scandinavian baritone Bo Skovhus is one of the leading Lieder baritones of his generation. Accompanied by pianist Stefan Vladar, this all-Mahler programme includes Skovhus' wonderful settings of poems by Friedrich Rückert.

Chanticleer

In its Festival debut, the group performs vocal works from Strauss, Eric Whitacre, Chinese composer Chen Yi and more.

Christoph Prégardien Tenor, Julian Prégardien Tenor, Michael Gees Piano

Father and son tenors Christoph and Julian Prégardien join forces to perform a selection of well-loved and lesser-known works, both solo songs and duets, by Schumann, Brahms, Mozart and Schubert.

Diana Damrau Soprano, Xavier de Maistre Harp

Acclaimed for her stratospheric soprano range, spark, musical intelligence and dramatic talent, Diana Damrau performs with Xavier de Maistre, celebrated soloist and harpist with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

Jean-Guihen Queyras Cello, Alexandre Tharaud Piano

Queyras and Tharaud join forces to perform varied repertoire for piano and cello by Marin Marais and Kodály.

Kopelman Quartet

A varied programme from the Quartet which demonstrate a pervasive influence of eastern cultures in the works of Russian composers Borodin, Shostakoich and Prokofiev.

Melvyn Tan Piano

Singapore-born British pianist Melvyn Tan showcases two wildly contrasting styles of keyboard sounds with pieces by Scarlatti and Cage.

Olli Mustonen Piano

Finnish pianist Olli Mustonen returns to the Festival with a sparkling programme. Schumann, Scriabin, Schchedrin and Martinů.

Osborne Weithaas Tetzlaff Trio

This trio of superb solo instrumentalists pays homage to Ravel with performances of three of his greatest works.

Soloists of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

Soloists from the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal perform three contrasting chamber works by Ravel, Schubert and Korean composer Unsuk Chin.

Sophie Koch Mezzo soprano, Sophie Raynaud Piano

French mezzo Sophie Koch appears in recital with regular collaborator pianist Sophie Raynaud, with songs by Debussy, Duparc, Liszt and Schumann.

T'ang Quartet

Singapore's T'ang Quartet brings its artful blending of east and west, its fresh perspective on classic works and its winning stage personality for its first appearance at the Festival since 2007.

Xuefei Yang Guitar

Xuefei Yang is acclaimed as one of the world's finest classical guitarists. She performs a programme of eastern and western music including works by Rodrigo, de Falla, Huiran Wang, Albéniz, Tarrega, Stephen Goss and Toru Takemitsu.

Yundi Piano

Known in China as the ‘Prince of the Piano', he makes his Festival debut in this final concert of The Queen's Hall Series.

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