TENERIFE MUSIC FESTIVAL & COMPETITION
Concert program
The festival offers chamber music concerts every night during the festival period in different locations around the island. All concerts are one hour long without interval. Please check here for all details. Tickets at the door, no need to prebook.
Concert 1
Friday 7 February 2026, time and venue TBC
Judith Choi Castro, violin and John Paul Ekins, piano
Program: Recital for Violin and Piano
Schubert Sonatina in G minor, Bartok Rumanian Folk Dances,
Smetana Aus der Heimat and Gershwin/Frolov Fantasie
Concert 2
Tuesday 10 February 2026, 19.30 h
Casa Club Amarilla Golf, San Miguel de Abona
John Paul Ekins, pianist
Program: Solo piano recital
Rachmaninoff Paraphrase on a Lullaby by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven Moonlight Sonata,
Chopin Nocturne in C# Minor, Debussy Clair de Lune and Addinsell Warsaw Concerto.
Concert 3
Wednesday 11 February 2026, 19.00 h
Centro Cultural de Guía de Isora
Judith Choi Castro, violin and John Paul Ekins, piano
Program: Recital for Violin and Piano
Schubert Sonatina in G minor, Bartok Rumanian Folk Dances,
Smetana Aus der Heimat and Gershwin/Frolov Fantasie
Concert 4
Thursday 12 February 2026, 19.30 h
Casa Club, Amarilla golf, San Miguel de Abona
Aurélien Pontier, Andrea Kim, Wen Han Jiang and Ariana Kashefi
Program: Chopin Barcarolle op.60, Ravel Pavane Pour une Infante Défunte, Wagner/ Liszt Isolde’s Liebestod and Dvorak piano quartet no.2 in E flat Major.
Concert 5
Friday 13 February 2026, time and venue TBC
String quintet with Andrea Kim, Judith Choi Castro, Wen Han, Slava Belonogov and Ariana Kashefi
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Program: Karl Stamitz Divertimento, John Dowland Elizabethan Melody for Viola D’amore and viola, Mozart string quintet in C major KV 515, Mendelssohn string quintet op.87 in Bb Major 1st movement.
Concert 6
Saturday 14 February 2026, time 19.00 h
Centro Cultural Playa San Juan
String quintet with Andrea Kim, Judith Choi Castro, Wen Han, Slava Belonogov and Ariana Kashefi
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Program: Karl Stamitz Divertimento, John Dowland Elizabethan Melody for Viola D’amore and viola, Mozart string quintet in C major KV 515, Mendelssohn string quintet op.87 in Bb Major 1st movement.
Concert 7
Sunday 15 February 2026, time 19.30 h
Casa Club Amarilla Golf, San Miguel de Abona
John Paul Ekins and Aurélien Pontier
Program: Brahms Waltzes, op 39 and Schubert Grand Duo Sonata in C Major, D812