Each year Austrian musicians are invited to perform at the Edinburgh International Festival. This year’s programme will feature:
Saturday 3 August, The Queen’s Hall
Andreas Ottensamer (principal clarinettist of
the Berlin Philharmonic) joins pianist Yuja Wang
for a programme of works by Weber, Brahms,
Mendelssohn and Debussy among others.
Thursday 8 August, The Queen’s Hall
Pianist Helmut Deutsch accompanied by
baritone Michael Volle in a recital of Lieder
by Schubert, Mahler and Strauss
Tuesday 13 August, Usher Hall
Soprano Christina Gansch joins the BBC
Symphony Orchestra in a performance of
Mahler’s Symphony No. 4.
Saturday 24 August, Usher Hall
Celebrated Austrian baritone Florian Boesch
will perform the solo in Britten’s War Requiem
alongside the Orchestre de Paris, the Edinburgh
Festival Chorus and NYCOS National Girls Choir.
Sunday 25 August, Usher Hall
Bass-baritone Josef Wagner takes on the role
of Gunther in Götterdämmerung, the final
instalment of Wagner’s four-part Ring cycle.
