Head of Music Programme

The Edinburgh International Festival is looking for a Head of Music Programme to join our team. We want you to help us present this unparalleled celebration of the performing arts, which brings some of the most exciting and creative artists working today to audiences from around the world. 

The Edinburgh International Festival is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity. We believe that an inclusive culture is the foundation for a successful workplace, and we strive to grow our diverse representation across our staff, our artists, and our audiences.

We are collecting data to measure the effectiveness of our recruitment methods, to ensure that they are fair. We strive to ensure our opportunities are accessible to people from all backgrounds.

We actively encourage applications from currently under-represented groups. We have identified ethnic minority backgrounds, and disabilities as the key areas we would like to focus our recruitment efforts in.

This is an exciting time to join the Festival under the direction of Nicola Benedetti and this key position in programming plays a critical role in the on-going success of the world’s leading arts Festival.

The Head of Music Programme‘s primary responsibility is to research and develop the Festival’s Music Programme guided by the Festival Director, and for the delivery of all musical elements of the Festival including planning and scheduling through to producing the final performances, and managing the wider music team.

The post involves a high degree of planning and co-ordination, working closely with conductors, artists, orchestras, ensembles and their agents, venues, composers and their publishers, and other organisations such as the BBC.