Founded in 1947 by RudolfBing,the manager of Glyndebourne Opera,The Edinburgh International Art Festival is over fifty years old and has earned its reputation as one of the world's greatest celebrations of the arts.
The Edinburgh International Arts Festival is usually began with a concert in August on a Friday night, followed by the first Sunday in September was held a firework concert in Edinburgh Castle. During this period, the number of tourists incresed rapidly and reached its peak.
The founders believed that the Festival programmes should be of the highest possible artistic standard presented by the best artists in the world, that the Festival should enliven and enrich the cultural life of Europe, Britain and Scotland and that it should provide a period of flowering of the human spirit.The Edinburgh International Festival has developed significantly over the years, yet the founders' original intentions are closely reflected in the current aims and objectives.
Every year in August, Edinburgh has become a world-renowned focus, the annual Edinburgh International Art Festival helds here. The festival is mainly about opera, ballet, classical music,drama,the visual arts and so on.Ans it has grown with the Edinburgh Book Festival, the Edinburgh Film Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival.。