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FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE MUSICA Y DANZA DE GRANADA
Granada, end of June, beginning of July,annual.
It is one of the most important cultural meetings inSpain and one of the largesttraditional festivals. Its start was during the symphonic concerts that since 1883 where celebrated at thePalace of Charles V inside the Alhambra, during the Corpus Christi feasts. Itruns under the public corporation through the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Government of Andalucía, the TownHall of Granada. Since 1970the Queen Sofiaisits president. Italways combined the presence of great worldknown musicians asnew promisses andalso comines great musical pieces with contemporary productions. Through itsstages several figures as Andrés Segovia, Herbert von Karajan, Victoria de los Ángeles, Arthur Rubinstein, Margot Fonteyn or Rudolf Nureyev, have performed. But also several promise stars asTeresa Berganza, Antonio the dancer or Joaquin Achúcaro.
The city of Granada is a perfect scenario, with beautiful corners andoutdoor spaces. While the palace ofEmperor Charles hostes the main Symphony orchestras, the Gardens of Generalife and Alhambra is ready forBallet Companies, theArrayanes Courtyard or the Royal Hospiltal is ready for soloists and the Sacromonte Quarter isready for other performancegroups.
SEGOVIA INTERNACIONAL FESTIVAL
Segovia (anhour and half north orf Madrid) July 16-31st2006
The FISgives its name to manycultural activities that happens in Segovia city related to musicthat are celebrated each year during the summer season.
The International Festival is one of themain festivals in Spain, and its history beganin 1938 where differentartistic and musical performances happened. But officially, the Festival celebrated the past 2000 its25th anniversary of non stop programs.
Since then, the festival was the main pilar where the main musical activities of thiscityhappened. It is home of manydifferent musical styles for all audiences; ancient music, baroque music, symphonic, military music, choral music andconcerts focus onchildren. Besides this, the programsuse to ffer dance, fromclassical ballet to Flamenco.
The International Week of Chamber Music, are seven following days dedicated to the most attractivechamber music of our history.A variety of programs that includes many works ofdifferent composers and styles, from"violagambistas" from heXVI,XVII and XVIII centuriesup to the heterodoxy of the jazzmans, from classical to romantic composers. The comoncerts are followed withworkshops,people to people meetings, and magister lessons.
The Youth Festival is specialized inyouth interpreters, from soloists to orchestras. It is getting more and more renown as a promotional festival of thepromisse futureperformers not only inside Spain butalsoworldwide. Theworks of Spanish composers are incentivated and some of them arepremier performances.
All thesefestivalsthat happen every summer, makes the city of Segovia an international musical recognition, andit is sponsored by the FundacionDon uan de Borbon, the father of the king Juan Carlos who was born in Segovia,and it is focus on promote cultural and musical events in Segovia and its province since 1991.
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL OF SANTANDER
July 31 to August 31, 2006, Santander
The Festival was born from the need to offer cultural entertainment to the foreign students attending the UIMP, and in 1948 musical performances were held in the cloisters of the Corbán seminary, in the inner courtyard of the San Rafael Hospital- now the seat of the Parliament of Cantabria- and in the Magdalena Peninsula, where some years before, the "Barraca" of García Lorca had been received with great social fervour in his desire to " take culture out onto the streets". In 1952, and very much thanks to the drive of Ataulfo Argenta and Jose Manuel Riancho, who was to be the first director of the Santander Festival, the Porticada Square was created, considered by all, for 40 years, as the "Music Main Square" in Spain. Street market by day, it was transformed by night into a magical and unique stage graced by the greatest artists of the twentieth century, from the world of music, dance and theatre. For 38 years of the Festival's history it was the backbone of the cultural offer of the region, centred almost exclusively in the month of its activity.
The Porticada Square was officially closed on the 30 August 1990 with the participation of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra andRostropovich. The Festival Hall (Palacio de Festivales ) as its heir has hosted the International Festival since 1991, which thanks to this new theatrical stage has been able to broaden its artistic offer, introducing opera and illustrious ballet companies to its programme. Since 1979 the Festival's director has been Jose Luis Ocejo under whose direction the festival has branched out to the most outstanding locations in the region, creating a cultural weave that transforms Cantabria into a summer fiesta under the common denominator of the arts.
The Festival has always produced an artistic programme to appeal to the different sectors of society, in an attempt to satisfy the needs of the most demanding supporters and all those wishing to enjoy artistic events of the highest quality. For this reason the Santander International Festival especially seeks to strike a balance between the most traditional styles and the latest ground-breaking and innovatory tendencies, and this characteristic hasgiven shape to the festival's own identity.
Another of the features defining the festival is its desire to open up new paths. Along with its main venue, the Festival Hall, activities spread throughout the region, offering concerts in the historical venues of Cantabria, churches and buildings of architectural and historical importance. All these factors contribute to turning the International Festival into the driving force of the social and cultural life of the region, and whose magnetic appeal draws people from many parts.
It is, along with the Festival of Granada, the oldest to be celebrated in our country, and also the longest: more than thirty scintillating days, packed with music, dance, theatre, recitals, and so on. The fact that it is a Member of the European Association of Festivals based in Ghent, and whose members include the major festivals in the world such as Salzburg, Florence and Verona to name but a few, makes its name respected and followed with interest in cultural circles in Europe and America.
The list of the world-class artists who have performed in each edition throughout the long history of the Festival is endless, and without doubt we can proudly say that the Festival's wide audience has been able to enjoy the presence of the world's most important artists from all spheres of the performing arts. As well as the purely artistic, the International Festival Santander takes place in of the most visited regions during the summer monthsCantabria- offering tourists a perfect combination of nature, art, and culture, converting it into a first class holiday destination chosen by visitors demanding the very best of quality.
CASTRO URDIALES MUSIC FESTIVAL
Castro Urdiales, Sntander, Each June
This festivalhappens every year in during the month of June and we had several choirs that participated in the past events asthe New Amsterdam Singers, the Phoenix Boys Choir, etc…
The concerts are duringthe weekends in the Church of Santa Maria, located on top of the beach and a neo gothicchurch impressive on which is very common to havefull –house audience due to the strong collaboration with theFestival organizer and due to the large tradition of thisbeautifulbeach resort townlocated by the Atlantic coast of Spain andless than an hour away from Bilbao.
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL OF CAMBRILS (TARRAGONA)
Cambrils, TarragonaJuly 29 toAugust 28 2006
In 1974 andwithcollaboration of Jose Maria Redondo and Angel recasens, developed a project that wasreally welcomed between the people of Cambrils. The firstfestival formula consisted on getting differentEuropean musicians andproviding them homestays during several weeks on which they offered several concerts that happened on different venues as the VilafortunyCastle, Church of Madona del Cami, andat theSarriaPark. At this time many different artists participated as Antonio Gorostiaga, Michael Gaiser, Gerhard Schulz, Uta Palzer, Jorge Fresno, etc...
Also several conductors as Antonio Janigro, Johannes Auersperg, Jorg Faerber, Enric Ribó, etc. participated as well.
Later, the organization turned into the most common "formula" but with well known musicias and great interpreters, among them we can highlight the presence of Monstserrat Cabaallé, José Mª Pinzolas, Anna Ricci, Josep Carreras, Robert Shumann Quartet, Trio de Lucerna, Orquesta Nacional de Francia, New Vlaams Symfonieorkest
In theprovince of Tarragona 8 south Barcelona, this Festival is considered one of the most known ones.
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL OF TORROELLA DE MONTGRI (COSTA BRAVA)
Costa Brava, GironaJuly 15 to August 19
The festival is celebrated inTorroella de Montgri, not far away from Girona inthe heart of Costa Brava, and just a couple of kilometres from the beach of L´Estartit, under its medieval castle, Torroella has an important musical tradition.An important scenariowhere miticalmusicians asAragall, Barbara Hendricks, Joaquín Achúcarro or Viena Filarmonic Chamber orchestra had performedon its castle.
The old quarter of thistown dates back on the XIII century is a good example, ofne of the few preserved, that follows thestructure of anancient Roman campament.
This urban space hosts at the same time different music cicles and workshops, one of Classical Music and oneabout Jazz on thestreets.
CASTILLO DE PERALADA INTERNACIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL(COSTA BRAVA)
2006:July/August
This festival offres mainly opera,chamber and symphonic music, andon which had participateddifferent soloists,internacional conductors and companies of internacional prestige as Victoria de los Angeles, Josep Carreras, Lorin Maazel, Lindsay Kemp, la Orquesta Filarmónica de Londres, el ballet del gran Teatro del Bolshoi... It is renown for being focus on giving special attention to great voices,symphony-chorale concerts and operas. Butalso some other productions as ballet, dance, etc…
Perelada is a small town in the Alt Ampordastate, between Figeres and Costa Brava, 140 km distance from Barcelona, and has a beautifulgothic styleand reinassance quarter from XIV to XVI centuries.
The different venues are the Church of Carmen, Cloister and gardens of thepalace with a shellstage. It is privately sponsored and it is organized byitscastle Foundation and had been running since 1887, it is member of the European festival Association since 1992 asnd the QueenSofia is the honour president of its comitee.
CHOPIN MUSIC FESTIVAL IN VALLDEMOSA
MallorcaIsland, summer
The festival sep onwith its tradition since1930 andoffers a special venue at the Cloister of Valldemosa. The main purpose is to include in the programpieces of Chopin byinternational prestige pianists. Besides the performers there are severalartistic exhibitions.
CANARIAS MUSIC FESTIVAL
Tenerife & Las Palmas January-February, each year
Born in 1985, the festival starts each year after Christmas andends at theend of February. For almost two months,aselected program of classical music is performed each year by the main important classical music figures asAlfredo Kraus, Plácido Domingo, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Mstislav Rostropovich, Krystian Zimerman... among others and conductors as Ricccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Sir George Solti, Lorin Maazel, Claudio Abbado... The festival is organized bythe SOCAEM, Sociedad Canaria de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música S.A.public company hatdependson theGcanary island Government. Is the only winter festival that is celebrated in winter and all theprogramcan be seen inthe twomain auditórium: the Alfredo Graus Auditórium in LasPalmas and theTeatro Guimerá in santa Crruz de Tenerife.
GALICIA INTERNATIONAL MUSICFESTIVAL
Summer, each year in Santiago de Compostela
The festival was born in 1999and the purpose is to offer and promote the classical music and to offer an excellent program during the summer months. The city of Santiago de Compostela is the maincity of he festival and the concerts are at some of the best venues of the city as theObradoiro Square, the Catedral of Santiago and some other churches in the city, theGalicia Auditórium and the Teatro principal.I is organizad by theCulturadepartment of theGovernment of Galicia.
QUINCENA MUSICA DE SAN SEBASTIAN
San Sebastian,Basque Country
The first editionon 1939 means the large tradition of this Festival hat happens for almosta month in the city of San Sebastián.
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