2025 Edinburgh Music Competition Festival
2025 Timetable and performance slip
Thank you for all the entries to the 2025 Festival! Entries are now closed. An outline timetable for the main festival is now available. Please note this has recently been updated due to venue changes:
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Tou can save time at registration by printing and completing the Performance Slip in advance. 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.
Don’t miss the Final Evening Concert on Sunday, 16th March at 6PM, held at St Cuthbert, Lothian Road. The evening will begin with highlights from this year’s competitions, followed by the grand finale of the Concerto Competition, featuring our finalists performing with the Orchestra of the Friends of the Festival, conducted by Jane Atkins.
Tickets are available at all festival venues during the festival period or online shortly.
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Tickets £15.00
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Children, students, and members attend free with a ticket
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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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