a full-scale opera production. Opera Garden staged Così fan tutte, Eugene Onegin, Don Giovanni, Carmen, The Magic Flute, Falstaff, The Turn of the Screw and Hansel and Gretel. AIYF Dance School The Festival's Dance Summer School ran for 25 years and welcomed teachers from major schools and companies worldwide including the Paris Opera Ballet School and the Kirov and Bolshoi companies. A Dance Summer School was held annually as part of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival. The school offered an intensive course in dance for students aged 12–16, a performance course for advanced level students in full-time training for a career in dance, a music theatre course and a 'taster day' for younger dance students. Some notable people that have appeared at the festival Claudio Abbado Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company Kyung-wha Chung Aaron Copland Zaira Cosico Noel Edmonds Evelyn Glennie Rolf Harris Nigel Kennedy Julian Lloyd Webber Magnus Magnusson Simon Rattle José Serebrier Leopold Stokowski The University of the Philippines Concert Chorus The Philippine Baranggay Folk Dance Troupe Patrons Patrons of the festival included - The Lord Provost of the City of Aberdeen The Honourable The Marchiness of Aberdeen and Temair Dame Evelyn Glennie Lisa Milne CBE References External links Aberdeen International Youth Festival AIYF Dance School Arts festivals in Scotland Culture in Aberdeen Scottish culture Performing arts in Scotland Music festivals in Scotland Annual events in Scotland