MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
Latest editorial
Orban, Bartok and the national question
ANGUS REID interrogates the many contradictory faces of nationalism through the lens of classical concerts in Edinburgh
House of Music in Budapest designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, opened in 2022
[Lessormore/CC]
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
The missing sister, the vengeful WAG, cruise ship claustrophobia, and reanimated Avengers
Three great releases of lost concerts by Duke Ellington Orchestra, John Taylor & Stan Sulzman, and Joe Henderson
To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
IN the 1930s the composers Bartok and Kodaly both wrote music for children and created an education programme for musical instruction in all the primary schools of Hungary.
The Budapest Festival Orchestra, co-founded in 1983 by Ivan Fischer, who still leads it, have an astonishing record of community service: autism-friendly concerts, “community weeks” of free concerts, and projects for disadvantaged children.
So, how does this humanitarian ethos translate into performance at the Edinburgh Festival?
Similar stories
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
WILL STONE witnesses an experimental piano concerto inspired by the work of a young Jewish victim of the Nazis
STEVE JOHNSON relishes a celebration of the commonality of folk music and its links with the struggles of working people the world over
This is a concert of ambition and courage by organist and improviser Wayne Marshall, says SIMON DUFF