Edinburgh International Festival announces 2024 season featuring 3 Primo artists

Three Primo artists appear at the Edinburgh International Festival this summer where Nicola Benedetti commences her second season as Festival Director. This year’s festival theme is ‘Rituals That Unite Us,’ a direct response to last year’s focus on ‘Where do we go from here?’ to which thousands replied with the necessity for unity. Benedetti performs twice throughout the festival, at the First Night Concert on August 4 and with the Philharmonia Orchestra on August 25 in a family concert exploring the animal kingdom. James Gaffigan brings Komische Oper Berlin’s production of “The Marriage of Figaro” August 16 - 18. Seong-Jin Cho performs a recital of Ravel and Liszt on August 19.

Sunday, August 4
First Night at the Hub
Nicola Benedetti, violin
Osvaldo Golijov, composer
Surprise guests

Friday, August 16
Saturday, August 17
Sunday, August 18
The Marriage of Figaro
Komische Oper Berlin
James Gaffigan, music director
Kirill Serebrennikov, director

Monday, August 19
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
RAVEL “Sonatine”
RAVEL “Valses nobles et sentimentales”
LISZT “Années de pèlerinage”

Sunday, August 25
Philharmonia Orchestra Residency: Family Concert
Matthew Lynch, conductor
Nicola Benedetti, violin
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS “The Lark Ascending”
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV “Flight of the Bumblebee”
SAINT-SAENS “Carnival of the Animals”

View the full calendar of events here.