One of the best celebrations of young talent in Europe has come to a close for another year.
The Aberdeen International Youth Festival (AIYF) began its life as an orchestral festival in the 1960s in Switzerland.
In 1973 it made its permanent home in Aberdeen, where orchestras and chamber musicians from across Europe gathered to perform and collaborate in a festival environment.
Forty two years later the festival has now grown, modernised and includes many more performing arts such as jazz, traditional music & dance, contemporary music & dance, ballet, theatre, opera, choirs and also world music.
AIYF is also committed to supporting emerging talent from across Scotland and the rest of the UK as part of our truly international event, with participants travelling from all four corners of the globe to take part.
Over the years AIYF has hosted more than 27,500 young people from around the globe, making it one of the biggest and most successful gatherings of youth talent held anywhere in the world.
What an incredible end to #AIYF2015. Our #VarietyGala was a huge success and we're so proud of everyone involved; participants and staff! ??
— AIYF (@AIYF) August 2, 2015
Here’s some of the best pictures of the gala showing off the talented young people who took part.
See you next year AIYF.
