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Watch free full-length performances with Edinburgh International Festival At Home in partnership with abrdn.
For the first time in our 74-year history, we’re offering audiences worldwide the opportunity to experience performances from the comfort of their own homes, with 18 full-length performances available to watch for free online, presented in partnership with global investment brand abrdn.
Our digital programme features newly commissioned dance works made for film as well as classical and contemporary music, opera, theatre and spoken word performances captured during the 2021 festival. Highlights include the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicola Benedetti, the Chineke! Orchestra, Akram Khan, the National Theatre of Scotland and Talisk. The digital programme will also extend into October and November, providing a global platform for some of our artists beyond the festival season.
We are looking forward to reuniting artists and audiences once more in Edinburgh this summer, yet we appreciate that some people may not be able to join us in person this year. For the first time in the Festival’s history, we are delighted to offer an extensive programme of digital works for audiences across the UK and around the world to enjoy from home.Fergus Linehan, Festival Director
As part of our ongoing commitment to accessibility, many of the performances featured in the digital programme will offer audio description, captioning or British Sign Language interpretation. Selected performances from the programme will also be broadcast, streamed or hosted on classical music radio stations BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM and music streaming service Apple Music in partnership with Linn Records, to share the return of live performance with a wider audience.
Explore performances and find out more about Edinburgh International Festival At Home in partnership with abrdn, available for free throughout 2021 on eif.co.uk and via major broadcasters.
Full schedule of digital release on eif.co.uk
11 August | |
11 August | |
14 August | |
15 August | |
17 August | |
20 August | |
22 August | |
25 August | |
27 August | |
28 August | |
30 August | |
7 October | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Vasily Petrenko & Isata Kanneh-Mason |
14 October | |
28 October | |
4 November | |
11 November | |
25 November | Royal Scottish National Orchestra with Elim Chan & Sol Gabetta |
Full schedule of media broadcasts
1pm, 10 August | Gould Piano Trio, BBC Radio 3 |
1pm, 11 August | Patricia Kopatchinskaja & Joonas Ahonen, BBC Radio 3 |
1pm, 12 August | Mari Eriksmoen & Daniel Heide, BBC Radio 3 |
12 August | Zehetmair Quartet (excerpt), Classic FM Facebook |
1pm, 13 August | Steven Osborne, BBC Radio 3 |
15 August | Malcolm Martineau: Walter Scott 250 (excerpt), Classic FM Facebook |
16 August | Royal Scottish National Orchestra with Elim Chan & Sol Gabetta (excerpt), Classic FM Facebook |
1pm, 17 August | Maxim Emelyanychev & Principals of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, BBC Radio 3 |
1pm, 18 August | Chineke! Chamber Ensemble, BBC Radio 3 |
18 August | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Vasily Petrenko & Isata Kanneh-Mason (excerpt), Classic FM Facebook |
1pm, 19 August | Nicola Benedetti: The Story of the Violin, BBC Radio 3 |
1pm, 20 August | Elisabeth Leonskaja, BBC Radio 3 |
21 August | Royal Scottish National Orchestra with Elim Chan & Sol Gabetta (excerpt), Classic FM Facebook |
1pm, 24 August | Mariam Batsashvili, BBC Radio 3 |
1pm, 25 August | Noa Wildschut & Elisabeth Brauß , BBC Radio 3 |
1pm, 26 August | Renee Fleming & Hartmut Höll, BBC Radio 3 |
1pm, 27 August | Gringolts Quartet, BBC Radio 3 |
30 August | Fatma Said & Malcolm Martineau (excerpt), Classic FM Facebook |
3 September | 90 min of highlights of the 2021 International Festival broadcast on Classic FM |
13 September | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Marin Alsop, BBC Radio 3 |
14 September | Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Valery Gergiev, BBC Radio 3 |
15 September | Joyce Di Donato & Il Pomo D’Oro, BBC Radio 3 |
16 September | Benedetti Baroque Orchestra, BBC Radio 3 |
29 October | Orchestral Highlights, Apple Music |
5 November | A Grand Night for Singing, Apple Music |
12 November | A Soldier’s Tale, Apple Music |
19 November | Ariadne auf Naxos, Apple Music |
26 November | Chamber Music Highlights, Apple Music |