Santander, July 2, 2025.- Today, the presentation of the 24th Santander Music and Academy Encounter took place at the Cantabria Festival Palace. The event was attended by Luis Martínez Abad, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports of the Government of Cantabria; Gema Igual, Mayor of Santander; Paloma O’Shea, Founding President of the Reina Sofía School of Music and the Albéniz Foundation; Márta Gulyás and Luis Fernando Pérez, new Artistic Directors of the Encounter, and the maestro Péter Csaba, who will conduct the opening concert.
The inaugural concert in the Argenta Hall of the Festival Palace will be on Tuesday, July 8 at 8:00 p.m., sponsored by the EDP Foundation. The Freixenet Symphony Orchestra of the Encounter, under the baton of Maestro Péter Csaba, will perform works by Brahms and Ravel. For its part, at the closing concert, on July 26 at 8:00 p.m. in the Argenta Hall, the mastery of Jordi Francés will be featured in the direction of the Encounter’s String Ensemble together with the guest artist on the accordion, Iñaki Alberdi. All of them will bring to the public one of the works of Sofia Gubaidúlina, who is honored in this event sponsored by the Banco Santander Foundation.
The academic activity (master classes, individual study, work in chamber groups and large ensembles) will take place in the facilities of the Jesús de Monasterio Conservatory, which this year hosts master classes in violin, viola, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, voice and piano.
The concert schedule will feature 46 performances, which can be found in the Encounter Schedule.
