In 2025, Fringe Classics made history by producing the world’s first piano recital of music composed by artificial intelligence at the Edinburgh Festival and this historic event was broadcast on Al Jazeera.

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Al Jazeera

EdFringe25 x Jack Hinks

In 2025, Fringe Classics collaborated with acclaimed Scottish filmmaker Jack Hinks at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025. He documented our progress at the Edinburgh Festival and produced eight short films:

Cirque du Piano

A Burns Night Hootenanny - Tam O’ Shanter

AI Mozart

Four Seasons by Candlelight

Rhapsody in Blue - Jazz Sessions by Candlelight

Debussy’s Piano by Candlelight - ‘Clair de Lune’

Einaudi’s Piano by Candlelight - ‘Spirited Away’

Hans Zimmer’s Hollywood