The Government of the Canary Islands and the festival organisers announced on 30 October 2026 the sale of new subscriptions for the 43rd edition of the Festival Internacional de Música de Canarias . Subscription sales are scheduled to begin in early November; official announcements give the date as either 2 or 3 November 2026. The booking period is set to run until 20 November. According to the announcement, individual tickets for all concerts will be available from 16 December 2026.
The offer includes two subscription types for the main auditoriums of Gran Canaria and Tenerife with four concerts each. The two packages can be combined into a subscription covering all eight programmes. Prices range from 85 to 395 euros. People under 30 are offered the discounted Abono Joven ; special rates apply. The organisers highlight the saving compared with buying individual tickets.
Several major visiting performances have been confirmed. The subscriptions include performances by the Orquesta de Cámara de Europa under Robin Ticciati, with cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras; the Sinfónica de Viena under Petr Popelka, with violinist María Dueñas; and the Filarmónica de Londres under Karina Canellakis, with pianist Javier Perianes. The programme also includes concerts by the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria and the return of the Royal Concertgebouw conducted by Klaus Mäkelä. The soprano Nadine Sierra is also set to make her debut with the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal de Versailles.
The festival’s 43rd edition is scheduled to run from 9 January to 4 February 2027. According to official information, 56 concerts are planned across all eight islands. In addition to the subscription series at the auditoriums in Gran Canaria and Tenerife, the organisers are again preparing local subscription offers for La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, which are due to go on sale in the coming weeks, according to the announcement. Details on allocations, seat categories, discounts and cancellation terms are summarised in the published sales information.
The Festival Internacional de Música de Canarias is organised by the Gobierno de Canarias through the Instituto Canario de Desarrollo Cultural The current sales announcement and programme outline come from official notices by the authorities and the festival website. The published information gives differing dates for the start of sales (2 or 3 November); this article documents them on that basis.
Editor: Celestina Fuentes (Article created with AI assistance).