CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENCOUNTERS

From 5 October 2026 to 20 February 2027

Opening concert: Taller sonoro

Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
Monday 5/10 at 7 pm
Works by Navok, Cano, Sánchez, Lavista, Vadillo, Sierra
Free entrance

Concert 2: FontanaMIX ensemble (Bologna, Italy)

Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
Monday 12/10 at 7 pm
Works by Gedda, Cutuli, Donatoni, Spina, Evangelisti, Sciarrino
Free entrance

Concert 3: Ensemble Kuraia

Musikene, San Sebastian
Saturday 17/10 at 7:30 pm
Works from the 13th composition course organised by Musikagileak.
Collaboration with the 17th Circuito Musikagileak
Free entrance

Concert 4: Trío Zukan and Quasar saxophone quartet (Euskadi-Canada)

Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
Monday 19/10 at 7 pm
Works by Luc, Gerenabarrena, Domínguez, Matamoro
Free entrance

Concert 5: Ensemble Kuraia

Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
Monday 2/11 at 7 pm
Works from the 13th composition course organised by Musikagileak.
Collaboration with the 17th Circuito Musikagileak
Free entrance

Concert 6: Ensemble Kuraia

Conservatorio “J. Guridi” (Vitoria-Gasteiz)
Saturday 7/11 at 7:30 pm
Works from the 13th composition course organised by Musikagileak.
Collaboration with Bernaola Zikloa
Free entrance

Concert 7: Plural Ensemble

Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
Monday 16/11 at 7 pm
Works by Nuñez, Sotelo, Alvear, Pedraglio, Kaminsky, Deqing
Free entrance

Concert 8: Synchresis (video and electronics) and Paula Palencia (saxophone)

Museo Guggenheim Bilbao
Saturday 12/12 at 6 pm
Works by Bozza, Veldhuis, David, Michat
Tickets are on sale on the museum’s website and at the ticket office

Concert 9: Sinkro Ensemble

Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
Monday 18/1/2027 at 7 pm
Works by Basque composers
Collaboration with Bernaola Zikloa
Free entrance

Concert 10: Don-Paul Kahl and Ensemble Kuraia

Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
Monday 25/1/2027 at 7 pm
Works by Minakakis, García Aguilera, Luc
Free entrance

Concert 11: Cuarteto Emispherio

Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
Monday 1/2/2027 at 7 pm
Works by Sánchez-Verdú, Styles, Luc, Lutyens, Kirsch
Free entrance

Concert 12: Álvaro Lozano and Fundación SGAE Euskadi Composition Prize

Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
Saturday 20/2/2027 at 7 pm
Works by Kodály, Colardo and Pérez Sánchez
Free entrance

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

ACCORDION MASTER CLASS

Garazi Navas (teacher), Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
November

CLARINET MASTER CLASS

Sergio Barranco (teacher), Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
November

SAXOPHONE MASTER CLASS

Don-Paul Kahl (teacher), Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
26 January 2027

PERCUSSION MASTER CLASS

Jabi Alonso (teacher), Conservatorio “J. C. Arriaga” (Bilbao)
February 2027

History

Concerts, tours, cycles and all the activities of Ensemble Kuraia year by year.