Magic Flute, Trifonov, Leonskaja and Sokolov mark a brilliant Santander 2026 first half

Santander International Festival 2026 [1]: (DF)

Rolando Villazón’s Die Zauberflöte

The Santander International Festival is celebrating its seventy-fifth edition with a programme worthy of the anniversary. During the first half of August, the Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria has already hosted opera, major orchestral concerts and piano recitals of exceptional distinction. The first four performances attended offered a revealing cross-section of the festival’s ambitions, from Mozart’s operatic humanism to the very different pianistic worlds of Daniil Trifonov, Elisabeth Leonskaja and Grigory Sokolov.

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Sonya Yoncheva, Khatia Buniatishvili, Paul Lewis and the Gewandhaus Orchestra illuminate the SIF in 2025

SpainSpain Santander International Festival 2025: Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria, Santander. (DF)

Soprano Pretty Yende, conductor Pablo Mielgo, tenor Michael Fabiano and the Oviedo Filarmonía Orchestra © Pedro Puente/FIS

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