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We review the most important music festivals in Spain through the coming year. From Cádiz to Santander, we have chosen offerings in different genres and different environments.

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Long read

The art of being a festival director

Interview

Pepe Romero talked to us from Festival de Granada

Interview

Making opera a living art form: Bernard Foccroulle

Featured festivals

Pianoscope Festival

Country:

France

Dates:

October 11th - 14th, 2018

Category:

Piano

Settimane Musicali di Ascona

Country:

Switzerland

Dates:

Sep 6th - Oct. 16th, 2018

Category:

Chamber, Orchestral

Autumn in Malvern Festival

Country:

United Kingdom

Dates:

Sep. 23rd – Oct 21st, 2018

Category:

Literary, Instrumental

Beethovenfest Bonn

Country:

Germany

Dates:

Aug. 31st - Sep. 23rd, 2018

Category:

Beethoven, Instrumental

Festival O

Country:

USA

Dates:

Sep. 20th - Sep. 30th, 2018

Category:

City, Opera

Varaždin Baroque Evenings

Country:

Croatia

Dates:

Sep. 21st - Oct. 3rd, 2018

Category:

Baroque

Reviews

****1

Sibelius Festival in Lahti opens with Swanwhite rarity

*****

Elegy, energy and epic dimensions in Lucerne

****1

Prom 74: Intimacy and reflection

***11

Prom 72: A reflective War Requiem

Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra © Ryan Buchanan

****1

Celebrating Bernstein at EIF

Antoine Tamestit and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique © BBC | Chris Christodoulou

*****

Prom 71: Byron's Harold the unlikely star

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra © Arne Hyckenberg

*****

Esa-Pekka: Sweden's Cherished Conductor

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