Ainhoa Arteta
The international soprano Ainhoa Arteta opens the New Year in Santiago de Compostela performing pieces from the classical repertoire and Spanish and universal Christmas carols. Her voice will be accompanied by the great pianist Josu de Solaun, the only Spaniard to have won the international George Enescu and José Iturbi awards, as well as the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) for his recordings in 2021 and 2023.
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Festivals
From Friday, 28 November, to Sunday, 5 January, visitors can enjoy the impressive Nativity scene created and installed by the craftsman José Uzal: more than 500 figures make up this display, which includes various scenes, moving pieces, and special lighting and sound effects.
A tour of artistic illumination through Paseo da Ferradura in Alameda Park.
At sunset, the Quintana becomes a canvas of stars, a Campus Stellae.
Christmas festival dedicated to the creative talent of artists, artisans, producers and entrepreneurs in Galicia: fashion design brands and accessories, handmade toys, jewelry and jewelry, illustration and stationery, decoration, ceramics, household objects...
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The “Xenerais da Ulla” is the most outstanding feature of the Ulla region’s traditional Carnival. It has been held in the surroundings of Santiago since the first half of the 19th century: the “Xenerais” (generals) ride on horseback, dressed in colourful military garments similar to those of that time, but they also include purely carnivalesque adornments, which the horses also wear.
