Clasicos-en-Verano-2012

One of the largest music festivals will take place in Madrid. From July 1 to August 19 «Clásicos en Verano» festival invites all lovers of classical music to the capital of Spain.

This year the largest European classical music festival «Clásicos en Verano» celebrates its 25th anniversary and promises to be one of the brightest in the history.

Organizers of «Clásicos en Verano» prepared for the festival’s guests more than 80 concerts that will take place not only in the Spanish capital, but in many municipalities of the Madrid province. The festival will involve such municipalities as Ajalvir, Algete, Alpedrete, Arganda del Rey, Becerril de la Sierra, Braojos, Brea de Tajo, Buitrago del Lozoya, Bustarviejo, Cercedilla, Collado Mediano, Collado Villalba, El Escorial, Garganta de los Montes, Guadarrama , Horcajo de la Sierra, La Acebeda, La Cabrera, La Serna del Monte, Los Molinos, Madarcos, Madrid, Manzanares el Real, Miraflores de la Sierra, Moralzarzal, Navacerrada, Navalcarnero, Paracuellos del Jarama, Patones, Pedrezuela, Pelayos de la Presa, Pinilla del Valle, Piñuécar, Rascafría, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Robledo de Chavela, Robregordo, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, San Martín de Valdeiglesias, Somosierra, Soto del Real, Talamanca de Jarama, Torrejón de Ardoz, Torremocha de Jarama, Valdemanco , Valdetorres de Jarama, Villamantilla, Villanueva de la Cañada, Villarejo de Salvanés and Villaviciosa de Odón y Zarzalejo.

The main purpose of the «Clásicos en Verano» festival is presenting live classical music to the new audience, to the masses, who usually do not have the opportunity to attend such large-scale cultural event.

This year concerts of the «Clásicos en Verano» classical music festival will be held at different venues from the modest provincial and municipal theaters, houses of culture, to the medieval castles, churches and concert halls of the Spanish capital.

Most concerts will have chamber music repertoire and offer its visitors a wide range of musical styles from medieval to contemporary works created especially for the festival. The public will be able to enjoy more than 330 bands from Spain, Argentina, Armenia, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Spain, USA, France, Iran, Italy, Poland, Great Britain, Romania, Russia, and Uruguay.

Festival «Clásicos en Verano» is held from July 1 to August 19 in Madrid and surrounding municipalities. Entrance to the concerts is free, except for a small number of events, where ticket prices range from 3 to 18 Euros. The festival program can be found on the site madrid.org

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