From concert broadcasts to audio introductions, it's time to dive deeper into your International Festival experience.

BBC Radio 3 Broadcast

A number of the performances in the 2026 programme will be recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Once broadcast, the audio is available on BBC Sounds (UK only) for 30 days. Broadcast dates are provisional and can change at BBC R3 discretion.

• Opening Concert: All Rise — 17 Sept on R3 in Concert
• Beth Taylor & Hamish Brown — Week commencing 17 Aug on Classical Live
• Brass Fanfare / Tribute to John Wallace — Week commencing 17 Aug on Classical Live
• Venice Baroque Orchestra & Andrea Marcon — 20 Aug on Classical Live
• Mozart's Don Giovanni — Nov 26 on Opera on 3
• Steven Osborne / Tribute to Alfred Brendel — 16 Sept on Radio 3 in Concert
• Coleridge-Taylor: The Song of Hiawatha — 15 Sept on Radio 3 in Concert
• Vilde Frang & Friends — Week commencing 15 Sept on Classical Live
• Strauss's Elektra — TBA
• Mahler's Das klagende Lied — TBA
• Pavel Haas Quartet — Week commencing 15 Sept on Classical Live
• Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker — Week commencing 15 Sept on Classical Live

Audio Introductions to the Programme

Listen to The Warm Up, your bite-sized introduction to performances. Hosted by International Festival Director Nicola Benedetti and BBC presenter Kate Molleson, The Warm Up speaks to artists, contributors and programmers, giving you extra insight before arriving at the venue.

Broadcast

Edinburgh International Festival is partnering with Stagecast to film the following performances for UK and international broadcast, with the participation of Sky Arts, Mezzo, medici.tv, Unitel Blue, CarnegieHall+, STAGE+, Aga Khan Music Programme, and JazzLive. Broadcast dates to be announced.

• Opening Concert: All Rise – Sky Arts, Mezzo, medici.tv, JazzLive, STAGE+, CarnegieHall+
• Gershwin & Bartok – Sky Arts, CarnegieHall+
• The Global Ideas Stage – Sky Arts
• JLCO with Yuja Wang
• Brass Fanfare – YouTube
• Derya Türkan & Friends– Sky Arts, Mezzo
• Beyond Tradition  – Sky Arts, Mezzo
• Senny Camara – Sky Arts, Mezzo
• Colin Currie Group plays Steve Reich – Sky Arts, Mezzo

If you would prefer not to be filmed, please let a member of the Front of House team know.