Music

Sad News For Music Lovers

Paco de Lucía, one of the greatest guitarists of all times, died yesterday in Cancún (Mexico). Born in Algeciras in Andalucía in 1947, the musician made his home in Mallorca […]

Fiestas & Festivals

A Night at the Opera, Sa Pobla Style

It was quite unbelievable, extraordinary and praiseworthy. An annual Jazz Festival has been staged for the last 18 years in the deepest province of the island of Mallorca, in Sa […]

Art & Artists

The Sounds of Silence

Every now and then, you will come to understand that there is a handful of people, at most, that have shaped your life. Most often, such people are your parents, […]

Customs & Traditions

Monthly Lunchtime Organ Concerts in Palma’s Cathedral

One of the finest organs in Mallorca can be found […]

Fiestas & Festivals

Sa Pobla Jazz

The Festival Internacional de Jazz in Sa Pobla has been going successfully and with plenty of attendance for seventeen years now. But, with the financial cut-backs and a lack of […]

Fiestas & Festivals

The Festival de Música Castell de Bellver

Every year in July, the Festival de Música Castell de Bellver is held at Palma’s Bellver Castle. Tomorrow, July 19th, the third concert of this year’s event will be given […]

Fiestas & Festivals

The Festival Internacional de Música de Deià

The annual Festival Internacional de Música de Deià is in […]

Beaches

The Torrent des Pareis Concert

The annual concert at the most impressive Torrent des Pareis setting will be given tomorrow, July 1st, 2012, by Cap Pela, a young Mallorcan rock band singing a capella, with […]

Mallorca

Ode to Joy

Tomorrow, we will be in for a treat. The Orquestra Simfònica de Balears ‘Ciutat de Palma’ will give a Benefit Concert at the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Projecte […]

Customs & Traditions

Corpus Christi Concerts in Palma

Next Sunday, June 10th, the Spring festivity of Corpus Christi will be celebrated in Mallorca. Between now and then, ten concerts will be held in some of the city’s emblematic […]

Customs & Traditions

The Iglesia Parroquia de San Bartolomé, the parish church of Alaró, is the venue for Organ Matinées every Saturday morning. Yesterday, April 28th, Els matins de l’orgue were celebrated for the 250th time […]

Events

An Evening of Koto Music

We were out in Palma the night before last to attend a concert at the CaixaForum. One of the regular features at the CaixaForum in Palma is the annual event […]

History

The Cartoixa Verdict

You must have heard the news about the Chopin wrangle at the Cartoixa de Valldemossa. The owners of cells no. 2 and no. 4 had taken their quandary of the […]

Mallorca

The Concert de la Immaculada

Spain is celebrating another public holiday today, that of the Immaculate Conception. Fittingly, the Orquestra Simfònica de Balears “Ciutat de Palma” will hold a concert in Palma’s La Seu Cathedral […]

Customs & Traditions

The Trobada de Xeremiers

I went to Sa Pobla yesterday and I had a good time there. There was plenty of music in Sa Pobla, good, vibrant, rhythmic, traditional music. I love music, and […]

Customs & Traditions

Gínjols And Ginjolers

One of the oldest fruits on the planet is relatively common here in Mallorca, and yet, we do not seem to know much about it. The Mallorcans call the fruit […]

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Music

Sad News For Music Lovers

A Night at the Opera, Sa Pobla Style

The Sounds of Silence

Monthly Lunchtime Organ Concerts in Palma’s Cathedral

Sa Pobla Jazz

The Festival de Música Castell de Bellver

The Festival Internacional de Música de Deià

The Torrent des Pareis Concert

Ode to Joy

Corpus Christi Concerts in Palma

The Organ Matinées in Alaró

An Evening of Koto Music

The Cartoixa Verdict

The Concert de la Immaculada

The Trobada de Xeremiers

Gínjols And Ginjolers