2025 Edinburgh Music Competition Festival
Festival Update and Final Concert
The 2025 Festival is in full swing. You can now book your tickets for the Final Concert where highlights from the Festival will be followed by the finale of our legendary Concerto Competiton:
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When? Sunday 16th March, doors 17:30 for 18:00 start
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Where? St. Cuthbert's Church
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Price: £15 + booking fee (free tickets for children and students)
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Tickets: book online here
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An outline timetable for the main Festival is available below, together with the Performance Slip - you can save time at registration by printing and completing the Performance Slip in advance of your class. Blank forms will also be available at registration.
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Key dates for main Festival​​
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Main Festival: Tuesday, 4 to Sunday, 16 March 2025​
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Choir Day: Thursday, 6 March 2025​
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Final Evening "Highlights" Concert and Concerto Final: Sunday, 16 March 2025​
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St Giles' at Six Recital: Sunday, 6 April 2025
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The 2025 Festival Syllabus is available here for reference.
Concerto Class Finalists and Final Concerto
After two days of fantastic music making by our First Round competitors, we are thrilled to announce our four finalist in the Concerto class of the Edinburgh Music Competition Festival 2025. In no particular order, our talented musicians are:
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Viktor Seifert - Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1
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Christopher Lo Jun Hao - André Waignein Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone
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Joel Gutierrez - Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
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Ben-David Zasman - Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2
A huge thank you to the adjudicators Fiona McLean-Buechel and Jena Pang, competitors, and accompanists for making this a truly marvelous experience for everyone involved.
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About the Festival
The Festival is an annual event for amateur musicians of all ages. We offer competitive and non-competitive classes for instrumentalists, singers and ensembles to perform their pieces in a friendly environment. All our classes are overseen by a specialist adjudicator who provides supportive feedback on the performance.
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