Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada

The Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada is one of the most attractive dates in early summer in Europe. The Granada Festival’s origins date back to the symphony concerts that have been held every year since 1883 in the Charles V Palace, although it was not till 1952 when these concerts were defined as a Festival. Since then, the Nasrid palaces, the Alhambra’s centennial gardens and other Granada monumental sites serve as an outstanding backdrop each year to an extraordinary programme based traditionally on classical music, ballet and Spanish dance, flamenco and interesting forays into ancient and contemporary music. The most outstanding orchestras, ballets, soloists and artists of each period have performed at the Granada Festival, which is proud of having welcomed young talents summoned to be the maestros of the future, at the outset of their promising careers. The Manuel de Falla Courses opened in 1970 and they underline the Festival’s clear educational objectives which are centered upon broad training themes such as creation, interpretation, research and teaching. These courses also cover other interdisciplinary areas such as Arts and disabilities or photography of artistic events. Since 2004, the Fex (Festival Extension) displays a wide mosaic of innovative artistic performances, free of charge, throughout the city of Granada and its province, with the purpose of attracting new audiences and encouraging people to enjoy culture. 

The Granada Festival is today a living instrument of cultural and educational action, with EMOTION as a common denominator: a Festival of the senses for the senses. 

The Granada Festival is proud to have Her Majesty the Queen Sofía as Honorary President since 1970.