© Festival Internacional de Musica y Danza de Granada

 

This prestigious and long-running festival is one of the musical highlights of early summer that's distinguished by the extraordinary combinations of great music in fantastic settings. Musicians such as Rubinstein, Victoria de los Angeles and Andres Segovia have performed in the beautiful Arab courtyards of the Alhambra and other evocative venues, in front of enraptured audiences. Schuricht, Karajan and Celibidache have conducted at the Palace of Charles V; Margot Fonteyn and Nureyev have danced in the Gardens of the Generalife. The festival programme is based on classical music, ballet and Spanish dancing, but also includes flamenco and ancient and contemporary music.

Times
Various. A full programme of events is available from the organiser website.