Steven Osborne and Alban Gerhardt marked the official 40th birthday of The Queen’s Hall Edinburgh tonight with a special concert that highlighted just how special this venue is to audiences, musicians and the very fabric of musical performance in not just Edinburgh, but Scotland as a country.
On 6th July 1979, HM Queen Elizabeth II officially opened The Queen’s Hall; the event was the culmination of the combined vision and a lot of hard work by many people to create in Edinburgh a venue that would be a home for both world class chamber music, and a diverse programme of musical genres whilst also attracting some of the best musical talent from around the world. Tonight, 40 years on with millions of people having passed through its doors and thousands of diverse performers taking to its stage... read the full review here.