“Reading the reviews immediately makes you elated or depressed”
Mezzo-soprano Elina Garança is one of the voices of the third Cap Rocat Festival.
The avant-garde Mary Halvorson
Mallorca Jazz Sa Pobla is a festival noted for the variety of styles of the artists.
German pianist Oliver Kern
German pianist Oliver Kern.
Mallorca’s oldest music festival
The Chopin Festival in Valldemossa is one of Mallorca’s most important musical events and is certainly the oldest.
The little-known story of Sant Elm’s Moors and Christians
The history behind the Pollensa and Soller Moors and Christians battles is widely known, but there is far less familiarity with the background to one of the other reenactments - Sant Elm in early August.
Old rivals first up at home for Mallorca
Real Mallorca rarely get to play a derby against Atlético Baleares.
A world-class soprano once rejected by a music academy
Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka was something of a late-starter as a singer.
Pollensa Music Festival 2023
One of the most in-demand sopranos in the world, Marina Rebeka.
Mallorca events: What's On from Monday, July 31 to Thursday, August 3
Not to be missed this week is the mock battle between Moors and Christians in Pollensa.
Kenny Barron - Embraceable you (George Gershwin)
Jazz pianist Kenny Barron.
The Moors and Christians reenactment is astonishing
The Moors and Christians reenactment is astonishing.
Cap Rocat Festival 2023
The spokesperson and coordinator of the Cap Rocat Festival, María Obrador.
Irish folk singer-songwriter Anna Mieke
Irish folk singer-songwriter Anna Mieke.
The dreamlike Anna Mieke
Anna Mieke is an Irish folk singer-songwriter from County Wicklow.
“One of the finest jazz pianists alive
Jazz pianist Kenny Barron emerged in the early sixties with the Dizzy Gillespie Quartet but didn’t become an established recording artist until the 1970s.
Mother of God of the Angels, help us!
Jaume Mercer will be practising his lines. Selected to take the role of the Pollensa hero, the knight Joan Mas, his is the speaking role that signals the start of the clash between the Moors (led by Joan Segui as Dragut) and Christians - “Mare de Déu dels Àngels, assistiu-nos.”
Cap Rocat Festival coming in August
The Cap Rocat Festival will hold its next edition from August 4 to 6 2023 at the Hotel Cap Rocat.
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