Edinburgh Music Competition Festival

🎶 Concert Class – First Round 🎶 Happening today at St Cuthbert Lothian Road! First day of incredible performances from voice, piano, violin & cello. 🕑 From 2:20pm 🎟️ Free entry – all welcome!

🎶 Concerto Class 2025 – Winner Announced! 🎶 Congrats to Ben David Zasman, winner of the Audrey Innes Trophy, for his stunning performance of Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2! 🎹🏆 Honoured to have @LordProvostEdin join us. Huge thanks to all! #ecfest #concerto

🎶 Less Than 12 Hours to Go! 🎶 Our main festival kicks off tomorrow Tuesday 4 March. We’re starting strong with String classes adjudicated by Martin Wallington and Wind classes adjudicated by Paul Harris. 🎻🎺 Get ready for a day filled with music, learning, and inspiration!

Congrats to the Concerto Finalists of #ECFest2025: 🎻 Viktor Seifert (Paganini VC No. 1) 🎷 Christopher Lo (Waignein Rhapsody) 🎹 Joel Gutierrez (Rach 2) 🎹 Ben-David Zasman (Saint-Saëns PC No. 2) Sun, 16th March 6PM, St Cuthbert’s Church. Highlights + Final

Excited for the Edinburgh Music Competition Festival 2025 🎶! Join us for the Class 1 Concerto First Round, featuring the Audrey Innes Trophy, at St Cuthbert’s Church, Lothian Road. Performances start at 9:40 AM on Friday, January 17, and 10:00 AM on Saturday, January 18.

Don’t miss the application deadline – submit by Sat 30 November to be part of an inspiring musical journey! 🕊️ Apply now: ecfa.runmyfestival.net/runMyFestival/… #ecfest #callingallmusicians #competition

🎉 The new syllabus for the 2025 Edinburgh Music Competition Festival is now live, and the online entry system is open. Head over to the website, choose your class, and enter via RunMyFestival or by post. 🎶 Don't miss out—entries close on November 30, 2024!

Admission to this hour-long concert is free but to save time at the entrance please register in advance via stgilescathedral.org.uk/events-cal/st-… Come along to hear these outstanding performers from this year's Festival.

St Giles' at Six this Sunday, 21 April The five young musicians who won the most-advanced class in their section - the 15-minute recital for piano, strings, guitar/harp, woodwind, and voice - will perform again at St Giles' Cathedral on Sunday at 6 pm.

Admission to the concert is free but please register in advance through Eventbrite to save time at the entrance. All welcome to enjoy these outstanding musicians.

St Giles' at Six - Sunday 21 April, 6pm. The final event of the 103rd Music Competition Festival takes place next Sunday at St Giles's Cathedral. The winners of the 15-minute recital classes - piano, strings, woodwind, guitar and voice - will perform again.

Skip the door queue by getting your tickets in advance for this evening's Final Concert 🎟️🎟️🎟️ £15 Adult FREE for children, students & accompanied people with disabilities, but ticket required. See you there for a evening of fabulous music! 🎶 wegottickets.com/event/606987

Final Evening Concert 6pm St Cuthbert's Church tonight! A wonderful selection of Highlights from the Festival followed by the final of the Concerto Competition. Adjudication by Martin Roscoe and John Wallace and presentation of the Audrey Innes Trophy 🏆🎶

Not long now until the 103rd Edinburgh Music Competition Festival Main Festival – Tuesday, 27 February to Sunday, 10 March 2024 – various church venues. Final Evening Concert – Sunday, 10 March 2024 – St Cuthbert’s Church St Giles’ at Six Recital – Sunday, 21 April 2024

Highly commended in the Concerto Class competition - Alasdair Cottee (oboe), George Brady (horn), Louise de Crombrugghe (violin), Samanza Hussain (piano). Well done and thanks to performers, accompanists and adjudicators.

Forty six concertos, St Cuthbert's Church, four finalists - Kristina Avalian (piano), Sofia Shokina (piano), Rhea Fitzgerald (violin), Euan Kemp (saxophone). Many congratulations. A wonderful two days. Final on Sunday, 10 March competing for the Audrey Innes Trophy.

Audience members can come and go as they please over these two days of wonderful music-making. There is no charge for entry to this unique event. Photo: the 2023 Concerto Class winner, Dida Condria

This is the first round of the Festival's Concerto Class and four finalists will be chosen by adjudicators, Luise Horrocks and Gary Ryan, to compete for the Audrey Innes Trophy on Sunday, 10 March accompanied by an orchestra.

Fifty Concertos - all under one roof This Friday 19th January, starting at 12 noon, and all day on Saturday 20th, the Edinburgh Music Competition Festival is pleased to present 50 concertos performed by young instrumentalists, with piano accompaniment, at St Cuthbert's Church

Final day for entries to next year's Edinburgh Music Competition Festival - classes for every instrument and voice, all ages and stages, competitive and non-competitive, soloists and groups. Syllabus at ecfest.org.uk. Entries online before midnight.