Overview
- Government and cultural leaders launched Año Falla 2026 in Madrid under Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun after signing a collaboration protocol with the main partner institutions.
- Organizers scheduled more than 50 events across 2026 in Spain and abroad, including two international congresses in Madrid on 28–29 May and in Granada on 22–23 October.
- The calendar opens with pianist Javier Perianes at Villa Viardot in Bougival on 17 April in a concert that underscores Falla’s deep ties to Paris.
- Exhibitions include 'Manuel de Falla. Una mirada actual' opening in Granada on 28 April and 'Manuel de Falla esencial' starting in Granada on 18 June before moving to Madrid’s Palacio de Longoria on 25 October.
- A pilot project on Spain’s PARES portal now describes 23,377 items from Falla’s correspondence, including 20,942 letters, marking the first integration of a private archive and giving researchers and the public new access.