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Start your Festival with the sounds of these award-winning, emerging Scottish folk artists.
From £12
Approximately 1 Hour 15 mins
Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull takes on new meaning in a Flemish Sign Language reimagining.
£35
Approximately 2 Hours 30 mins
Award-winning Brazilian director Christiane Jatahy returns to the Festival with a radical sequel to Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, featuring Golden Globe-nominated actor Wagner Moura.
From £15
The acclaimed Baroque ensemble performs Festival co-commission, Passion of Mary Magdalene by Tansy Davies.
From £15.50
Approximately 1 Hour 20 mins
Everyday objects come to life in this family-friendly one-man Spaghetti Western.
Approximately 0 Hour 50 mins
Start your Festival with this resplendent jazz symphony embodying the human condition from Jazz at Lincoln Center and its Musical Director, Wynton Marsalis.
From £22.50
Approximately 2 Hours 40 mins
Opera Ventures Productions and Scottish Opera present a bold new opera for the opioid age.
From £23
Approximately 2 Hours 15 mins
Start your day with a stunning programme of spirituals, folk songs and hymns.
Approximately 1 Hour 50 mins
Join 'some of the best young orchestral players in America' (The New York Times), in the second year of our collaboration with Carnegie Hall.
Approximately 1 Hour 45 mins
Join violinist Nicola Benedetti and musicians from across the Festival for a surprise late-night lineup.
From £20
Approximately 1 Hour 30 mins
Hear evocative musical depictions of iconic female figures from myth, in the Festival debut of Scottish mezzo soprano Beth Taylor.
Join us for an unconventional, dramatic, inquisitive and convivial conversation, inspired by our Festival theme.
£30
Approximately 2 Hours
A rare opportunity to experience Duke Ellington’s monumental jazz symphony, Black, Brown and Beige.
Experience an energetic late-night jam, led by pianist Joe Webb and drummer Domo Branch, featuring our Rising Stars of Jazz.
American tenor Lawrence Brownlee and Scottish pianist Iain Burnside reunite for a fascinating recital of Italian and American songs.
A world exclusive collaboration between classical superstar pianist Yuja Wang and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
From £27.50
Approximately 1 Hour 10 mins
The Scottish guitarist’s Festival debut explores Spanish and British music across five centuries.
Join brass players from across Scotland in tribute to star trumpeter, composer and educator John Wallace.
From £17.50
Enjoy an evening of dazzling fiddle tunes from two Grammy winners, celebrating the depth and beauty of American genres.
The Edinburgh Festival Chorus joins with our Rising Stars for a programme of American music from the 20th and 21st centuries.
Celebrate the beauty of Baroque orchestral music with the Venice Baroque Orchestra and its founder-director Andrea Marcon.
Immerse yourself in the musical worlds of North Africa and the Middle East.
Kiki Katese returns to the Festival with her groundbreaking Rwandan women’s drumming group for a joyful performance of music and stories.
Approximately 1 Hour 40 mins
Join the LA Phil, conductor Gustavo Dudamel and singers from the Los Angeles Master Chorale for a feast of sonic beauty.
From £30
Lebanese artist duo Lina Majdalanie and Rabih Mroué weave together the story of McCarthy era censorship and modern-day repression of free speech.
Experience the livewire instrumental skills and evocative songwriting of one of Scotland’s fastest-rising contemporary folk bands.
Join us for our renowned Art of Listening workshops, crafted to bring adults and children closer to classical music through a shared experience.
£5
Outstanding vocal ensemble The Gesualdo Six explores the chilling music and life story of composer Carlo Gesualdo in a multi-media theatrical piece.
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam reimagines Tony Kushner’s masterpiece in an epic performance.
Approximately 4 Hours 55 mins
The LA Phil and conductor Gustavo Dudamel contrast Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ symphony with Thomas Adès’s The Divine Comedy.
Discover the magic of classical music in this joyful concert for children and their grown-ups.
£10
Approximately 1 Hour
Experience Mozart’s great opera of seduction, trickery and retribution.
Approximately 3 Hours 10 mins
Discover a surprise lineup of musicians from across the Festival, led by string virtuoso Mark O’Connor and superstar conductor Gustavo Dudamel.
Steven Osborne performs works by Alfred Brendel’s beloved Schubert, alongside contemporary gems from Scottish composers James MacMillan and Judith Weir.
You get to decide the music in this innovative, spontaneous concert.
Rising and established talents join forces for an exceptional recital of vocal music, including Johannes Brahms’s dramatic Neue Liebeslieder.
Award-winning choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui explores grief and connection while paying homage to North Africa and the Middle East.
From £18
The Mercury Prize-nominated Scottish jazz artist performs an energetic gig, joined by a collective of outstanding musicians.
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and pianist Makoto Ozone join the Kleio Quartet for Schubert and Bartók.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s choral masterpiece is performed for the first time at the Festival, with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and conductor Rafael Payare.
Approximately 3 Hours
Pianist Paul Lewis pays tribute to his teacher and mentor, Alfred Brendel, in a recital of classical and early Romantic works.
Discover new vocal works paying tribute to Canada’s Indigenous peoples, alongside works from composers Gabriela Ortiz and Richard Strauss.
Experience the music of 17th-century Turkey, performed on traditional instruments by Aga Khan Master Musicians.
Pulitzer Prize finalist Zora Howard’s subversive and moving play takes a sharp look at racialised violence in America.
From £20.50
Take a seat at theatre-maker Jaha Koo’s snack bar to discover the delights of Korean cuisine and the difficulties of cultural assimilation.
Enjoy a programme of 20th-century French chamber music, performed by wind soloists from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, with their conductor Maxim Emelyanychev on piano.
Join an electrifying, all-female group that crosses musical borders: Yasamin Shahhosseini on oud, Farah Kaddour on buzuq and Senny Camara on kora.
Revel in the enchanting sounds of West African traditional music from Senegalese kora player Senny Camara and her ensemble.
Violinist Vilde Frang leads a superb ensemble of classical and folk musicians in a programme of works inspired by Hungarian traditional music.
Alisa Weilerstein performs the feat of playing all six of JS Bach’s dance-inspired Cello Suites.
Grammy Award-winning pianist Víkingur Ólafsson performs Bach keyboard pieces and Beethoven sonatas.
Greek tragedy meets modern psychology in Richard Strauss’s audacious opera.
Dan Daw returns to the Festival with his bold and triumphant dance-theatre work.
Smallpipes player Brìghde Chaimbeul and the genre-crossing Scottish Ensemble explore Celtic music and mythology.
Franz Schubert’s final quartet is interwoven with music by György Kurtág, celebrating his centenary.
Composer and concertinist Simon Thoumire takes Scottish folk tunes on a thrilling ride into the unknown, with breathtaking results.
The Sinfonia of London and conductor John Wilson take you on a glorious journey through the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Journey through music from Europe, Africa and the Americas, from the Baroque period and beyond.
Pierre-Laurent Aimard honours the late Alfred Brendel, his regular musical partner, with a characteristically imaginative programme.
Zurich Opera House presents Giuseppe Verdi’s tragicomic opera, A Masked Ball, filled with desire, treachery and political peril.
Approximately 2 Hours 50 mins
Palestinian theatre company Khashabi Theatre reimagines an epic poem with physical theatre and live music.
Experience a hypnotising blend of Afrofuturism, hip hop and jazz with visionary saxophonist and composer Camilla George.
Discover a surreal tragedy in this visually stunning performance from emerging star of European theatre, Mario Banushi.
Experience an inspired selection of songs from the French Belle Époque and beyond, sung by one of today’s most vibrant sopranos.
Approximately 1 Hour 25 mins
Seize a rare chance to hear Gustav Mahler’s epic cantata Das klagende Lied (The Song of Lamentation).
Hypnotic physical theatre and dazzling production design combine to tell the tale of a doomsday cult, and what happens when belief is shattered.
Scottish violinist Catriona Price and Argentinian musicians El Guapo present a genre-defying celebration of music making.
Roll up, roll up for theatre-maker Geoff Sobelle’s contemporary portrait of America as a falling-apart circus.
Europe meets the US in a celebration of the string quartet, with music from Dvořák, Korngold and Martinů.
Experience the entrancing rhythms of Senegal’s legendary dance band.
The experts in Steve Reich’s minimalist music celebrate of more than half of century of his work.
San Francisco Ballet presents a provocative myth for the AI age, in their futuristic retelling of Pandora’s Box.
RÓIS brings her experimental sound to The Hub, blending folk music, ancient Irish rituals and addictive electronic beats.
Players from the Berliner Philharmoniker perform an elegant and intimate programme of 19th- and 20th-century chamber works.
The Berliner Philharmoniker and Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko open their residency with Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony and Elgar’s ‘Enigma Variations’
Experience a relaxed atmosphere and lively music with our Scottish Rising Stars of Jazz.
Experience ‘the world’s greatest orchestra’ (LA Times) performing with award-winning soloist Augustin Hadelich in the final concert of their residency.
Let your hair down at the last night at The Hub, with Capercaillie-founding folk musician Donald Shaw and friends.
Closest train station is Edinburgh Waverley. Trams stop at the bottom of the Mound on Princes Street. Old Town in Edinburgh has 36 bus routes which serve 58 bus stops. The closest bus stops to The Hub are the Lawnmarket Bus Stop at the top of the Royal Mile or the Royal Mile Bus Stop on George IV Bridge.
NCP: Castle Terrace (6 disabled bays)During August the Lawnmarket and Johnston Terrace are closed to vehicles from 5pm. The closest drop off point is the Radisson Collection Hotel on George IV Bridge.
The Hub has level access via the main entrance. There is a platform lift and a lift to all floors within the building. The box office has a low counter and loop system. Accessible toilets are located on the ground floor and auditorium level. Assistance dogs are welcome and can be looked after by venue staff.
The 2023 Edinburgh International Festival runs from 4-27 August.Buy tickets for all events using Theatre Tokens when they go on sale at midday on 3 May.Please call the box office on 0131 473 2000. Theatre Tokens cannot currently be used online to purchase tickets for Edinburgh International Festival events.In-Person and Phone BookingOur Box Office at The Hub, Castlehill will be open for in-person and phone bookings at the following dates and times:24 April–5 May (closed 2 May)Monday to Saturday, 12noon–5pmClosed on Sunday9 May–3 AugBy appointment only4–27 AugMonday–Sunday, 12noon–5pm (open late on performance nights at The Hub)The Edinburgh International Festival was the inspired idea of Rudolf Bing, then the General Manager of Glyndebourne Opera, Henry Harvey Wood, the Head of the British Council in Scotland, and leaders from the City of Edinburgh. It was established in 1947 as a world class cultural event to bring together audiences and artists from around the world, and this year asks the question, "Where do we go from here?"For three weeks in August, Scotland’s capital becomes an unparalleled celebration of the performing arts and an annual meeting point for people of all nations. The International Festival presents a programme featuring the finest performers and ensembles from the worlds of dance, opera, music and theatre.Our impact extends beyond the annual programme: our community learning and engagement and professional development programmes run throughout the year, reaching the widest possible audiences and contributing to the cultural and social life of Edinburgh and Scotland.
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