Overview
- A sold-out inaugural concert featured Oscar winner Jeremy Irons narrating Saint-Saëns’s El Carnaval de los Animales alongside pianists Martha Argerich and Pablo Galdo.
- Organizers dedicated the tenth edition to late pianists Tamás Vásáry and Alfred Brendel as a framing theme for programming and guest appearances.
- The contest attracted almost 400 entrants from 77 countries, signaling an expanded international field across multiple competition phases.
- The festival introduced a formal junior edition that began with 43 semifinalists split between international and Galician categories and multiple age-group prizes.
- Events run through August 14 with finals ahead, public engagement projects such as a playable piano outside MARCO, and plans that include performances with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia.