As part of the 2026 Edinburgh International Festival programme is centred on the theme All Rise, a rallying cry encompassing collaboration, resilience and ascendance. it features several Rayfield Allied artists:
Francesca Chiejina performs Coleridge-Taylor's The Song of Hiawatha with Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (cond. Rafael Payare).
Lea Shaw performs in the world premiere of Missy Mazzoli's The Galloping Cure with Scottish Opera (cond. Stuart Stratford) and as the 3rd Maid and Schleppträgerin in Elektra with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (cond. Karina Cannelakis).
Two world premieres of Steve Reich new works, In All Your Ways and Two Pianos are presented by the Colin Currie Group to celebrate more than half a century of his work.
The Gesualdo Six brings their critically acclaimed production of "Death of Gesualdo" that explores the chilling music and life story of composer Carlo Gesualdo in a multi-media concert piece.
