CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENCOUNTERS
SEASON 2025-26
“32nd Contemporary Music Encounters”
Under this title the Ensemble Kuraia of Bilbao organizes a season of twelve concerts.
The program will give a very varied sample of avant-garde musical creation.
From 6 september 2025 to 28 february 2026
Opening concert: Chillida, the Sea, the Music
Place: Chillida-Leku Museum (Hernani)
Saturday 6/09 at 8,30 pm.
Music and digital art performance based on original texts by Eduardo Chillida.
Ensemble Kuraia and Elektr.ART
Language: Basque and Spanish.
Tickets on sale at the Chillida-Leku website and box office.
Concert 2: Flenbasque Contemporary Music. Zvezdoliki | Antwerp Chamber Music Collective (Belgium) and Kuraia Ensemble
Place: Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
Monday 29/09 at 7 pm.
Works by flemish and basque composers
Free entrance
Supported by Instituto Vasco Etxepare
Concert 3: Plural Ensemble
Place: Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
Monday 13/10 at 7 pm.
Works by Arias, Benjamin, Smyth, Halffter, Britten, Díaz De La Fuente
Free entrance
Concert 4: Trío Musicalis
Place: Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
Monday 3/11 at 7 pm.
Works by Milhaud, García, López de Rego, Sotelo, Stravinsky
Free entrance
Concert 5: Ensemble Kuraia
Place: Conservatorio “J. Guridi” (Vitoria-Gasteiz)
Saturday 8/11 at 7,30 pm.
Works by Manziarly, Luc, Martínez, Ligeti, Zou Tian
Free entrance
Colaboration with Bernaola Zikloa
Concert 6: Atenea string quartet
Place: Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
Monday 17/11 at 7 pm.
Works by Helga Arias, María Eugenia Luc, Fanny Mendelsshon
Free entrance
Concert 7: Magna brass quintet
Place: Guggenheim Bilbao Museum
Saturday 13/12 at 6 pm.
Works by Valero-Castells, García Román, Egea, Mollá, Pascual Vilaplana, Villaescua
Tickets on sale at the museum website and box office.
Concert 8: Sinkro Ensemble
Place: Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
Monday 12/1/2026 at 7 pm.
Works by basque composers
Free entrance
Colaboration with Bernaola Zikloa
Concert 9: Istantanea Ensemble (Italia)
Place: Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
Monday 2/2/2026 at 7 pm.
Works by italian composers
Free entrance
Concert 10: Istantanea Ensemble (Italia)
Place: CSMN, Pamplona
Tuesday 3/2/2026 at 6 pm.
Works by italian composers
Free entrance
Concert 11: Isabel Anaya and the Prize Fundación SGAE Euskadi
Place: Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
Saturday 21/2/2026 at 7 pm.
Works by Lutoslawsky, Montero Rey, Luc, González Álvarez
Free entrance
Closing concert: Espacio de nuevos creadores
Place: CSMN, Pamplona
Saturday 28/2/2026 at 12 pm.
Works by youngs basque composers.
Free entrance
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
PERCUSSION MASTER CLASS
Jabi Alonso (teacher), Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
November
OBOE MASTER CLASS
Laura Marcos (teacher)
Place: Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
November
HORN MASTER CLASS
Luis Fernando Núñez (teacher)
Place: Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
February 2026
MEETING WITH ISTANTANEA ENSEMBLE
“The music collective: development and effectiveness”
Place: CSMN, Pamplona
3 february 2026 at 4 pm.
COMPOSERS WORKSHOP
Ensemble Kuraia
14-15-22 february 2026
Conservatorio of Leioa and CSMN (Pamplona)
History
Concerts, tours, cycles and all the activities of Ensemble Kuraia year by year.
María Eugenia Luc
Our priority is to disseminate the works of the composers of our time and to provide them with a professional ensemble of excellent quality with which to work closely.
