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Hugh Kerr

Hugh Kerr has written on music and cultural politics for the Scotsman, the Herald, the Guardian and Opera Magazine. With Nana Mouskouri he was in charge of music policy for the European Parliament from 1994-99. He has visited over 50 opera houses round the world and this is his 50th Edinburgh Festival

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The Transports
Royal Concert Hall

The Transports

Revival of Peter Bellamy work brings migrant experience vividly to life

Usher Hall

BBC SSO/Runnicles

Works by Mozart and Mahler, in an almost perfect concert.

Usher Hall

SCO/Ticciati/Quero

The SCO demonstrate that less can sometimes be more, even in the musical world.

The Marriage of Figaro
Theatre Royal Glasgow

The Marriage of Figaro

Scottish Opera’s revival allows the beauty of Mozart’s music and the humour of the plot to flourish.

University Concert
Playfair Library Hall

Of Ghosts And Monsters

Mezzo-soprano Anne Desler excels at the Edinburgh University Music School lunchtime concert.