Experimental circus troupe performing finger-gymnastic music with three pianists playing one piano together!

Following their ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and sold-out show in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025,

"Matthew Shiel has ‘composed’ a most enchanting concert" (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Edinburgh Guide)

"A ripping good yarn. Sim and Shiel both are masters of their crafts." (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Binge Fringe Magazine)

"Matthew Shiel shone" (⭐⭐⭐⭐Three Weeks)

Moonlight Concerts return to Edinburgh Festival with sell-out Fringe 2025 pianist Matthew Leigh Shiel, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (EdinburghGuide.com), leads an experimental circus troupe performing finger-gymnastic music with three pianists playing one piano together! Assembled from award-winning alumni from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, our magnificent piano orchestra is a captivating spectacle pushing limits of what a piano can do! Programme includes toy piano (!) and six-hand arrangements of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Mozart's Rondo alla Turka, Scottish folk songs and a comic performance of Sousa's all-American Stars and Stripes Forever. Fringe Classics internationally five-star rated: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (EdinburghGuide.com), ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐(BingeFringe.com), ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (TheUpsideNews.com), ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐(MissmandaMedia.com).

PROGRAMME

Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa

Overture from the Barber of Seville – Gioachino Rossini

Romance – Sergei Rachmaninoff

Rondo alla Turka (‘Turkish March’) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Marche funèbre d’une Marionette – Charles-François Gonoud

Carillon de St Pierre - Georges Malézieux

Toccata and Fugue in D minor – Johann Sebastian Bach

Fantasy after Scottish Folk Songs – Carl Czerny

Matthew Shiel

'Matthew Shiel shone' (Three Weeks) and 'Matthew Shiel 'composed' a most enchanting concert. 5 stars!' (Edinburgh Guide) - reviewers are applauding Matthew for his unique, creative and fresh approach to music performance which push the boundaries of what a piano recital can be. Matthew Shiel is an award-winning concert pianist, Usher Hall and Live Music Now Scotland emerging artist who has performed at Usher Hall, The National Portrait Gallery of Scotland, St Gile's Cathedral (Edinburgh), The Glasshouse International Centre for Music (Newcastle) and Glasgow City Halls. Matthew is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and has collaborated with festivals including the Åben Festival (Copenhagen), Music at Paxton (Berwick) and a sold-out show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Fringe Classics

Fringe Classics is an international performing arts company that exports classical music to fringe festivals around the world. We organise 100+ performances every year across UK, USA and Australia in partnership with the Edinburgh, Brighton (UK), Adelaide, Melbourne (Australia) and Hollywood (USA) Fringe Festivals. We also creatively adapt classical concerts for festive occasions including Burns Night, Valentine’s Day, Halloween and Christmas.

Our performances have been broadcast on Al Jazeera; have been commissioned by Dame Wendy Hall’s Web Science Institute (in association with the University of Southampton) and have received multiple 5-star reviews in international press

Fringe Classics

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