The 42nd edition of the “Festival International de Música the Canarias” (FIMC), the International Music Festival of the Canary Islands, will be held from the 8th of January to the 7th of February, 2026 with more than 60 concerts to be held on stages on the eight islands.
In Lanzarote there will be 8 concerts, starting on the 11th of January all the way up to the 6th of February. There is one single concert will be held in the 8th Canary Island, La Graciosa on the 10th of January. The tickets prices range from €15 to €30.
On the 10th of January 2026 at the Centro Cultural Inocencia Páez in La Graciosa at 20h and
On the 11th of January 2026 at the Teatro Municipal in at 19h
ENSEMBLE NEXUS
Imagine a child discovering the sea… what would it sound like? That is what Cecilia Díaz Pestano’s work “Ángel de arena” (Angel of Sand) attempts to describe, which is premiering at the 42nd FIMC. It will be performed by Ensemble Nexus, a string octet of musicians from the islands. The ‘nexus’ that unites them: to explore in depth the exciting world of chamber music and to continue enjoying its infinite expressive, sonic and human possibilities.
Violins: Sergio Marrero, Adrián Marrero, Preslav Ganev, Sara Muñoz
Violas: Adriana Ilieva, José Alvarado
Cellos: Carlos Rivero, Janos Ripka
Programme:
“De la sombra a la luz” (From the shadow to the light)
W.A. Mozart: String Quartet in G minor, K .516
C. Díaz-Pestano: Ángel de Arena- Premier, commissioned by the FIMC
F. Mendelssohn: String octet in E flat major, Op.20
Tickets: €20
On the 13th of January 2026 at Teatro Víctor Fernández Gopar “El Salinero” in Arrecife at 20h.
GUIGUAN PROJECT & MARKUS STOCKHAUSEN
Guiguan is a collaboration between three musicians who share a deep desire to develop a unique style rooted in their island origins: Javier Infante (guitar), Alexis Lemes (timple) and Javier Colina (double bass). A project that can be summed up in a single phrase: ‘The sublime art of listening’. They come to the #EnParalelo Festival alongside renowned German trumpeter and composer Markus Stockhausen, one of the great innovators and improvisers on the European jazz scene. Their collaboration promises to take this musical experience to new heights, creating an enriching dialogue between their artistic visions.
Programme:
1.Guiguan (Alexis Lemes, Javier Infante)
2.Sorondongo (Alexis Lemes)
3.Vals de las hojas (Alexis Lemes)
4.Danza del Bereber (Javier Infante)
5.Canto del mar (Javier Infante)
6.Tanganillo (Alexis Lemes)
7.Tren a Berlín (Javier Infante)
8.Folías Conejeras (Alexis Lemes)
9.Jameos (Javier Infante)
10.Seguidillas a Machín. (Alexis Lemes)
Tickets: €15
On the 15th of January 2025 at Jameos del Agua at 20h.
ORQUESTA FILARMÓNICA DE GRAN CANARIA
The Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra visits the islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura at this 42nd FIMC. Under the baton of maestro Karel Mark Chichon, they present a Mozart monograph: the overture to “La finta giardiniera”, the Sinfonia Concertante and Symphony No. 29. These works date from the 1770s, a period in which the genius had to combine his work as a salaried musician at the Court of Salzburg with his inexhaustible creativity and productivity. For the Sinfonia Concertante, they will be joined by soloists from the orchestra: Sergio Marrero (violin) and Adriana Ilieva (viola).
Programme:
W.A. MOZART: Obertura “La finta giardiniera”
Sinfonía Concertante
Sinfonía nº 29
Tickets: €25
On the 19th of January 2026 at Jameos del Agua at 20h.
MAHLER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Yuja Wang will be in the Canary Islands fifteen years after her previous visit to the FIMC. Virtuosity, insight, presence, revolution… these are some of the terms that describe the musical universe of the famous pianist, the most acclaimed of today. She will begin 2025 alongside the prestigious Mahler Chamber Orchestra, performing Ligeti’s Piano Concerto under the baton of Fabien Gabel; and Chopin’s Concerto No. 1, in which she will perform as soloist without the Maestro’s direction. As overtures to both parts of the programme, the orchestra will perform works by Stravinsky and Mozart.Matthew Truscott, Concertino
Programme:
I. STRAVINSKI: Suite Pulcinella
G. LIGETI: Concert for piano
W.A. MOZART: Idomeneo (Ballet)- Fragments
*F. CHOPIN: Concert number 1 for piano ( * without conductor)
Tickets: €40
On the 20th of January 2026 at Jameos del Agua at 20h.
ARAHAL- Un lugar donde descansar (Cía. Pieles)
The company Pieles premieres its new show as part of the #EnParalelo Festival at the 42nd FIMC. An interdisciplinary proposal that inhabits tradition. Percussion, voice, stone, seed… and silences that merge into an ancestral song connecting the Canary Islands, North Africa and the Sephardic legacy, with which Pieles opens a door to the intimate, the sacred and the collective.
With Arahal, the Pieles company opens a door to the intimate, the sacred and the collective. It is not just a new show: it is a theatrical refuge, a symbolic space where pause takes on meaning. Arahal —a word with ancient resonance— evokes a place to rest, but also to remember, breathe and experience the essential. Where the body settles, memory is activated and sound becomes a vehicle for deep connection.
This new interdisciplinary show consolidates and expands the language that Pieles has forged over more than a decade: a performing art that does not illustrate tradition, but embodies it, re-signifies it and projects it. In Arahal, this gesture is intensified by incorporating new sounds that traverse the Canarian identity from its mestizo roots. The Amazigh traces of North Africa and the melodic sensibility of the Sephardic legacy beat in the new compositions, expanding the poetic and cultural scope of the work.
The melismas inherited from Sephardic songs dialogue with the organic rhythms of the Atlas Mountains — dry, cyclical, almost telluric — creating a lively polyphony that links territories, times and bodies. This heritage is not presented as a folkloric reference, but as living matter: a contemporary sound fabric that breathes through voices, skins, stones, gestures and silence.
The Arahal scene unfolds like a ceremony. A ritual where percussion — skin, wood, bone, seed — is transformed into prayer, where the voice weaves invisible bridges and movement evokes the ancestral without words. There is no linear narrative, but everything counts: the sweat of labour, the sigh of mourning, the vibration of celebration, the breath of origin.
Arahal does not represent tradition: it inhabits it. It delves into the rural imagination of the Canary Islands with respect and depth, intertwining it with the shared memories of the southern Mediterranean and the Maghreb. There is no nostalgia or exotic recreation in this work, but rather a sincere search for meaning, an act of presence and belonging.
The premiere of Arahal is, therefore, a borderline song, a scenic offering, a gesture of poetic resistance in the face of the vertigo of the immediate. A place where resting is not stopping, but finding oneself: with the earth, with others, with oneself, with what remains. An invitation to inhabit time with awareness, to listen to what still whispers beneath our feet, to allow ourselves to be touched by the essential.
And it is there, on that threshold between the intimate and the collective, between the insular and the universal, where the Pieles Company once again awaits us.
No information on the cost of the tickets yet.
On the 23rd of January 2025 at Convento de Santo Domingo in Teguise at 20h.
GABRIEL DUCATENZEILER KAPP
The versatility and virtuosity of the young Gabriel Ducatenzeiler Kapp is reflected in the programme he presents at this 42nd FIMC: he will perform works from the Baroque period (Bach) to the present day (Laura Vega), including the great masters of the piano (Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov). Ducatenzeiler (Gran Canaria, 2002) is one of the most promising pianists on the islands. Trained in Gran Canaria and Germany, he has won several awards and is pursuing an active career as a concert pianist.
Programme:
“El piano cuenta: relatos de cine y música” (The piano tells the story: tales of cinema and music)
J. S. Bach: Aria – Variaciones Goldberg
L. Vega: Bachiana Canariense
S. Rachmaninoff: Etude Op. 39 Nº 1
L.v. Beethoven: Sonata Nº 30 en Mi Mayor Op. 109
F. Liszt: Consolation Nº 3
F. Chopin: Ballade Nº 1
F. Chopin: Ballade Nº. 4
Ticketes: €20
30th of January 2026 at Teatro Víctor Fernández Gopar “El Salinero” in Arrecife at 20h.
IL GIARDINO D’AMORE
A circle of friends sharing music, comparable to a secret garden, guided by a love of art. This is how this Polish ensemble founded and directed by violinist Stefan Plewniak, defines itself. They will be touring the Canary Islands during the 42nd FIMC with a programme that covers German, Italian and French Baroque music: Vivaldi, Leclair, Rebel Westhoff, Bach, Tartini, Locke and Purcell.
Programme:
“El nacimiento del concierto” (The birth of the concert)
A. VIVALDI: RV 181a – Concert for viaolin Op.9 – Chaccona
J.M. LECLAIR: “Tambourine”
A. VIVALDI: RV 511 – Concert for 2 violins – Allegro
J.F. REBEL: “The Elements” – “Chaos”
J.P. v. WESTHOFF: “Imitazione delle Campane”
J.S. BACH: Concert en D minor – BWV 1052a – Allegro
J.S. BACH: Concert in A minor – BWV 1041 – AllegroAssai
G. TARTINI: “Il trillo del diavolo” – for violin and orchestra
M. LOCKE: “Tempest” – Curtain Tune
A. VIVALDI: RV 578 a – Concert for 2 violins and cello – Adagio e spiccato
H. PURCELL: “Timon of Athens” – Curtain Tune
A. VIVALDI: RV 522 – Concert for 2 violins “Per Eco in lontano”
Tickets: €20
6th of February 2026 at Teatro Víctor Fernández Gopar “El Salinero” in Arrecife at 20h
RAQUEL LOJENDIO|CHIKY MARTÍN
An invitation to a delightful journey across two Atlantic shores, presented by two musical luminaries: Canarian soprano Raquel Lojendio and Madrid-based pianist Chiky Martín. Both performers, who regularly collaborate, will tour Spain, Argentina and Brazil through the work of their most outstanding composers: from Lorca to Villa-Lobos, including Falla, Halffter, Guastavino, Ginastera, Lorenzo Fernández and Ovalle.
Programme:
“CANTOS DE DOS MUNDOS” (SONGS OF TWO WORLDS)
F. GARCÍA LORCA: Las morillas de Jaén
El café de Chinitas
Nana de Sevilla
Anda-Jaleo
M. DE FALLA: Siete canciones populares españolas
El paño moruno
Seguidilla murciana
Asturiana
Jota
Nana
Canción
Polo
R.HALFFTER: Marinero en tierra- Qué altos los balcones…
Casadita
Siempre que sueño las playas
Verano…gimiendo por ver el mar
C. GUASTAVINO: Bonita rama de sauce
El Sampedrino
Se equivocó la Paloma…
Pampamapa
A.GINASTERA: Triste
Zamba
Canción a la luna lunanca
Canción al árbol del olvido
Ó. LORENZO FERNÁNDEZ: Toada p’ra você
J.OVALLE: Azulao
Modinha
H.VILLA-LOBOS: Lundú da Marqueza de Santos
Melodía sentimental
Tickets: €25
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