The first highlights of the 2026 Edinburgh International Festival feature some of the world’s leading performers of music, opera, dance and theatre, reflecting the International Festival’s central role in shaping in Edinburgh as a world capital of culture every August. Leading the line–up are the Berliner Philharmoniker, Zurich Opera House, San Francisco Ballet with Floating Points and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and theatre-maker Christiane Jatahy with actor Wagner Moura (Narcos, Elite […]
Lift Your Spirits With Orchestral Music in Lockdown with #RPOatHome
May 19, 2020 by
Concert halls may be closed, but around the country orchestral music has been a cultural lifeline in the home during isolation – lifting people’s spirits, helping with mental wellbeing and has proved to be conducive to home working and studying. A study by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) asked a nationally representative sample of 2,110 adults about […]





