The culmination of this Festival (previously the Edinburgh Competition Festival) is a concert comprising a "showcase" of outstanding performances, selected from a wide range of classes during the Festival, and the final of the Concerto Class in which four soloists will be accompanied by the Friends of The Festival Orchestra.

The Festival runs from 26 February to 7 March and the full programme is available in Rae Macintosh Music and Omni Music Store in Edinburgh. An outline programme can be viewed at www.ecfest.org.uk.