Madrid, 25 September 2025 – The Reina Sofía School, which this year welcomes 142 young musicians from 37 nationalities, will carry out an intense artistic programme this season both in the School’s Sony Auditorium and in various venues across Spain and abroad.

With a renewed vision of its series, the Reina Sofía School will present more than one hundred concerts this season at the Sony Auditorium, showcasing the very best young talent.

Classical Music for All

• Academic Concerts, “a series to accompany”: This series is the educational heart of the Reina Sofía School. In these free concerts, all students share their artistic progress each term, always guided by their professors and a demanding, personalized study plan.
• 21st Century Soloists, “a series to discover”: Closeness and dialogue define the Suite de Mediodía sessions. Each gathering includes guided tours of the School, an introductory talk on the programme, the 21st Century Soloists concert as the centerpiece, and a closing dialogue with the musicians. With two series per year, and live broadcasts on Radio Clásica, this series celebrates the excellence of the new generation of soloists in a fresh, accessible, and inspiring format.
• Masters, “a series to move”: At the Sony Auditorium, distinguished international professors and alumni of the Reina Sofía School take centre stage in a series that combines interpretative excellence with a reconnection with the audience. This edition pays tribute to the 25th anniversary of the Horn Chair with a special concert highlighting the legacy of its teaching, alongside performances by renowned alumni such as the Dúo del Valle, Enrique Lapaz, and Javier Comesaña.
• The Rising Generation, “a series to shine”: On the privileged stage of the National Auditorium, this series features the School’s most outstanding students, who present recitals, chamber music, and orchestral performances that reveal both their interpretative maturity and their promising future in the musical world.
• Da Camera, “a series to savour”: On one Friday each month, the Sony Auditorium hosts the finest young international chamber music ensembles, guided by maestro Günter Pichler at the International Institute of Chamber Music of Madrid. This series blends virtuosity and freshness, inviting the public to experience the vibrant pulse of today’s chamber music. This season will feature nine ensembles from Europe, America, and Asia, all prizewinners in prestigious competitions with busy artistic schedules: Cuarteto Arete, Cuarteto Ast, Cuarteto Erinys, Cuarteto Goldberg, Cuarteto Hana, Cuarteto Ineo, Cuarteto Kandinsky, Trío Davidoff, and Trío Paddington.
• Organ, “a series to admire”: Majestic, versatile, and full of nuance, the Grenzing organ at the Sony Auditorium takes centre stage in this series offering a unique sonic experience. This season, the virtuosity of Ireneusz Wyrwa, in collaboration with the Polish Institute of Culture in Madrid, and the luminous expressiveness of Juan de la Rubia invite audiences to discover the boundless richness of the organ art, one of the most imposing instruments in Western tradition.

Worlds of Fantasy, with ‘Fun Classics’

An invitation to discover classical music as a family, through performances full of humor, imagination, and emotion. This series to dream transforms great works of the repertoire into unique stage experiences, combining live music with theatre, clowning, dance, or puppetry. Each event—at Christmas, in March, and in June—offers a different theme, turning every concert into a new sound and visual adventure.

‘Semblanzas’, a series to transform

The Semblanzas series invites you to experience music from a renewed perspective: that of the women who have composed, performed, and promoted it. Words and music come together in this series to contextualize, delve into, and explore works written by female composers across different eras. With a rigorous and critical approach, it encourages both reflection and discovery, beginning with a pre-concert talk that sets the stage for the performance.

Unprecedented Encounters

The Reina Sofía School will also present a series of concerts in collaboration with artists from other musical genres, made possible with the support of Banco Santander Foundation, and held throughout the season without a fixed schedule.

The School in other national and international venues

The extensive programme designed for the 2025/26 season represents an important milestone for this international reference centre in the training of young musicians, culminating on 13 November with its debut at Carnegie Hall in New York, in the iconic Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage.

The School’s Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of maestro Andrés Orozco-Estrada, will feature violinist Renaud Capuçon as guest soloist, together with musicians from the Colombian Youth Philharmonic and Emirati cellist Elham Al Marzooqi, in a programme including works by Albéniz, Barber, and Dvořák.

In addition, the artistic activity of the Reina Sofía School will be reinforced through other concert series across Spain, bringing the music of its young talents to new stages thanks to collaborations with institutions such as Teatro Real, Fundación Juan March, CNDM, Real Casino de Madrid, Patr