Edinburgh international festival will explore America’s creativity and cruelty, says director

August festival presents largest-ever jazz programme alongside full-scale operas and Scottish folk musicThis year’s Edinburgh international festival will showcase American art that celebrates the creativity and energy of the US, while also exposing its cruelty and hypocrisy, its director has said.Nicola Benedetti, the Grammy-award winning violinist now presenting her fourth festival, said Donald Trump’s explosive second term as president made that quest more important than ever. Continue reading...


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