WELCOME TO THE FESTIVAL
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AN ACCESSIBLE FESTIVAL As official broadcast partner, BBC Radio 3 brings the Festival to those who would otherwise miss out. Through live and recorded concerts, and entertaining and insightful presentation, the Edinburgh International Festival can be enjoyed throughout the UK and across the world. Thanks to this partnership, you can hear 15 live or recorded broadcasts from our series of morning recitals from The Queen’s Hall (p49–56 for details) and two recorded concerts from our season at the Usher Hall (p36–46). All BBC Radio 3 recordings are also available, for 30 days after broadcast, on its website bbc.co.uk/radio3. So wherever you are, hear the world’s greatest classical musicians at this year’s Festival on BBC Radio 3.
ARTIST CONVERSATIONS A brand new series with top Festival artists interviewed in front of a live audience and streamed across the world through our partnership with BBC Arts Online. Join us on Twitter for exclusive announcements, opportunities to get involved and most especially access to tickets for the live recordings in Edinburgh. Find out more at eif.co.uk/artistsconversations Supported by
Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust
EDINBURGH FESTIVAL CHORUS CELEBRATES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY This year, we acknowledge the remarkable achievements of the Edinburgh Festival Chorus as we celebrate its 50th anniversary. The Chorus is made up of amateur singers who, collectively, have been delivering world class performances for half a century and will continue to do so throughout this year’s Festival. 2015 represents a wonderful opportunity to acknowledge the fantastic contribution the Chorus makes to the Festival. To find out more about the Chorus and how you could take part visit eif.co.uk/chorus 50th Anniversary Edinburgh Festival Chorus Partner
The Morton Charitable Trust
Our goal is to make the Festival accessible to as many people as possible. All of our performances are wheelchair accessible and assistance animals are welcome at all our venues. A detailed Access Guide is available on request and our Festival 2015 brochure and Access Guide are also available in large print, audio and Braille formats. You can download them as audio files or as a PDF at eif.co.uk/access. If you cannot find the information you require please contact us directly on +44 (0)131 473 2089 or access@eif.co.uk and we will be happy to assist. For accessible performance listings and booking information see page 66 and look out for the icons below on the event pages. Audio Described
Captioned performance
Touch Tour
Speech-to-Text Reported
British Sign Language
DISCOVER MORE ONLINE The Festival’s website eif.co.uk is an essential way to discover more about this year’s Festival programme and its artists. With our digital media partner Sinfini Music we bring you closer to the artists and music through films, playlists, podcasts, cartoons, guides and competitions both at eif.co.uk and at sinfinimusic.com. Regularly updated with films, music, information and insights into our performers, eif.co.uk has all you need to help plan your days at Festival 2015. Visit eif.co.uk today.
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