Following the success of the long running North Ayrshire Young Musician Competition, the Music Education Partnership Group is now rolling two new competitions out across Scotland that are anticipated as being the next big development in music in the country. Their aim is to find the very best young musicians in the categories of SoloContinue reading “Two New Competitions Set to Find Solo Performer and Brass Ensemble of the Year ”
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Richard Wagner in Venice: A Symphony
Fragments of Wagner’s late music heard for the first time For the first time some of Wagner’s late fragments and sketches can be heard in a new work by composer Matthew King who has realised his long-held ambition to compose a new work around and from these fragments in Richard Wagner in Venice: A Symphony. King’s newContinue reading “Richard Wagner in Venice: A Symphony”
Soundhouse Concerts Return to the Traverse
Following its successful return to live events at the Edinburgh International Festival, the Soundhouse Organisation returns to its favourite venue for twice weekly gigs this autumn. Soundhouse will present a season of ten live shows at the Traverse Theatre, featuring the very best in live performance from Scotland’s finest musicians, and a sprinkling of thoseContinue reading “Soundhouse Concerts Return to the Traverse”
Game of Power (15) Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival
This Spanish/Argentinian feature, set almost entirely in the office of the editor of a newspaper, makes good use of the claustrophobic atmosphere to ramp up the tension between the protagonists. It’s Christmas Eve, and Antonio (Ernesto Alterio) is retiring due to ill health. He has been tasked by the board of directors to choose hisContinue reading “Game of Power (15) Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival”
On This Side of the World (PG) Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival
A layered look at the deeply complex issues of migration and immigration. Alberto (Vito Sanz) is a kindly, easy going engineer working in Madrid who has just been made redundant. Not great news at any time but he has not long had the news that his elderly mother has committed suicide and his girlfriend MaríaContinue reading “On This Side of the World (PG) Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival”
Musical with Environmental Message at Dundee Rep this November
In a one-off concert performance on Saturday 6 November, This Is A Love Story, an original musical telling the 200,000-year love story between Earth and Humanity, will be performed and live streamed at Dundee Rep. This Is a Love Story was commissioned by Vicky Graham Productions and developed with support of Arts Council England andContinue reading “Musical with Environmental Message at Dundee Rep this November”
Fraser Fifield: Piobaireachd/Pipe Music Tanar Records (TANCD008)
Piobaireachd/Pipe Music is the startling new solo recording by piper and multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield. It features a collection of tracks recorded following Fifield’s deep re-examination, during lockdown, of what he calls “that ancient, slightly mysterious music associated with the Scottish bagpipe.” A musician whose work over the past twenty years has found him collaborating withContinue reading “Fraser Fifield: Piobaireachd/Pipe Music Tanar Records (TANCD008) “
Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh Returns with In Person and Digital Screenings
The Taiwan Film Festival returns to shine a light on the little-known gems of Taiwanese cinema of 20th and 21st century with in-person and digital screenings. Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh returns for its second edition between 25 and 31 October with a fantastic range of Taiwanese cinema gems, many of them UK premieres, dating from the 1930s up toContinue reading “Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh Returns with In Person and Digital Screenings”
Ane Is Missing (15) Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival
Undoubtedly one of the highlights of this year’s Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival, David Perez Sanudo’s debut feature had a number of nominations for the 2021 Goya Awards, and scooped up three of the main awards – Best Lead Actress (Patricia Lopez Arnaiz); Best New Actress (Jone Laspiur); Best Adapted Screenplay (David Perez Sanudo & MarinaContinue reading “Ane Is Missing (15) Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival”
One Careful Owner (15) Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival
Seville is the setting for this light hearted comedy that has intergenerational sorority at its heart. Sara (Juana Acosta) is a beautiful woman in her late thirties and a high flyer in an insurance company, who casts a calculating eye over her work and her life. Her tightly pulled back hair is highly symbolic ofContinue reading “One Careful Owner (15) Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival”
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