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Santiago's Entertainment Guide

Music

20/04/2024
20:30 | Sala Capitol
Boyanka Kostova mixes Galician retranca, regional folklore and traditional rhythms; she adds urban, contemporary and electronic sounds, effects loops, samples, drum machines... The result is pure rural flow. Village Trap, but universal.  
21/04/2024
12:00 | Teatro Principal
Santiago de Compostela Municipal Music Band Carlos Sancho Cantus, guest conductor (winner II Concurso Dirección BMSC "Xoan Montes")
26/04/2024
22:00 | Sónar
O Sonoro Maxín make tropical Galicia explode in every concert. On April 26th we are all going to the Sala Sónar in Compostela to enjoy it with "A primavera ten que ser nosa", a show that gathers a large part of their repertoire in these 15 years of life with roots in the most...
09/05/2024
20:00 | Riquela
Santi Araújo is one of those artists who don't force the tempo. He composes when he feels, he writes songs to express his delicate inner world. Let's say that this has been his hallmark to date: works that leave a special aftertaste, that leave a deep impression on the listener.
24/05/2024
20:30 | Sala Capitol
Luis Eduardo Fernández Cañería or "Luis Fercán", as he is known, is one of the most personal and recognisable voices on the current music scene. After playing in several bands in his native Galicia, in 2016 he began his solo career as one of the most renowned...
25/05/2024 - 26/05/2024
21:30
Sixth edition of Seráns en Feixóo, which as every year will be held in the praza de Feixóo, in the old part of Santiago de Compostela. The concerts will take place between 25 May and 28 June at 21:30.
31/05/2024
21:30
Sixth edition of Seráns en Feixóo, which as every year will be held in the praza de Feixóo, in the old part of Santiago de Compostela. The concerts will take place between 25 May and 28 June at 9:30 p.m.  
06/06/2024
20:00
Season  2023/24: “POSTAIS” Ciclo III Programme:  “dende o paralelismo”    
07/06/2024
21:30
Sixth edition of Seráns en Feixóo, which as every year will be held in the praza de Feixóo, in the old part of Santiago de Compostela. The concerts will take place between 25 May and 28 June at 9:30 p.m.  
11/06/2024
21:30
Sixth edition of Seráns en Feixóo, which as every year will be held in the praza de Feixóo, in the old part of Santiago de Compostela. The concerts will take place between 25 May and 28 June at 9:30 p.m.  
14/06/2024
21:30
Sixth edition of Seráns en Feixóo, which as every year will be held in the praza de Feixóo, in the old part of Santiago de Compostela. The concerts will take place between 25 May and 28 June at 9:30 p.m.  
18/06/2024
21:30
Sixth edition of Seráns en Feixóo, which as every year will be held in the praza de Feixóo, in the old part of Santiago de Compostela. The concerts will take place between 25 May and 28 June at 9:30 p.m.  
21/06/2024
19:00 | Sede SGAE/Fundación Autor
The Fundación SGAE, at the initiative of the Consejo Territorial SGAE Galicia, presents the fifth edition of the Acento festival.
23/06/2024
21:30
Sixth edition of Seráns en Feixóo, which as every year will be held in the praza de Feixóo, in the old part of Santiago de Compostela. The concerts will take place between 25 May and 28 June at 9:30 p.m.  
25/06/2024
21:30
Sixth edition of Seráns en Feixóo, which as every year will be held in the praza de Feixóo, in the old part of Santiago de Compostela. The concerts will take place between 25 May and 28 June at 9:30 p.m.  
27/06/2024
20:00
Season 2023/24: “POSTAIS” Ciclo III Programa: “dende a física”
28/06/2024
21:30
Sixth edition of Seráns en Feixóo, which as every year will be held in the praza de Feixóo, in the old part of Santiago de Compostela. The concerts will take place between 25 May and 28 June at 9:30 p.m.  
04/07/2024
20:00
Season 2023/24: “POSTAIS” Ciclo III Programme: “dende o virtuosísmo”
05/07/2024
21:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
This 2024 the cycle Atardecer no Gaiás brings 16 free concerts, on Thursdays and Fridays between the 4th of July and the 30th of August, to enjoy the best sunsets of the summer in Compostela.   
11/07/2024
20:00
Season 2023/24: “POSTAIS” Ciclo III Programme: “de foliada na ribeira do Sar”    
18/07/2024
21:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
This 2024 the cycle Atardecer no Gaiás brings 16 free concerts, on Thursdays and Fridays between the 4th of July and the 30th of August, to enjoy the best sunsets of the summer in Compostela.   
27/07/2024
20:00
Season 2023/24: “POSTAIS” Ciclo III Programme: “de despedida”
Free
07/08/2024
19:30 | Hotel NH Collection Santiago de Compostela *****
The gastronomic and musical cycle noitiNHas returns to the cultural programme with a seventh edition in which it will offer five free events for the public at the NH Collection Santiago on Wednesdays 15th May, 5th June, 3rd July, 7th August and 4th September from 19:30h.  
16/08/2024 - 20/08/2024
20:00 | Plaza de Praterías
This concert, organized by the Galician Federation of Wind Bands and sponsored by Turismo de Galicia, has the purpose of promoting and stimulating musical activity, which is a fundamental part of our cultural heritage. It also aims to showcase the work of non-professional ensembles from all...
23/08/2024 - 25/08/2024
20:00 | Plaza de Praterías
This concert, organized by the Galician Federation of Wind Bands and sponsored by Turismo de Galicia, has the purpose of promoting and stimulating musical activity, which is a fundamental part of our cultural heritage. It also aims to showcase the work of non-professional ensembles from all...
10/10/2024
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Concert as part of the subscription programme of the Real Filharmonía de Galicia, entitled "Nonconformists".  
17/10/2024
20:30 | Sala Capitol
The AMAL X GAZA Solidarity Concert is part of the programme of the 22nd Amal Euro-Arab Cinema Week. Its main objective is to support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) through the profits generated. The concert will feature performances by...
Free
18/10/2024
19:30 | Centro Xove da Almáciga
Ulex Concert and Ataque Escampe ALIAXE is a series of concerts that will take place one Friday of each month during the last quarter of 2024, at the Centro Xove da Almáciga. This initiative, promoted by the Concellería de Xuventude do Concello de Santiago de Compostela and chosen...
31/10/2024
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Concert as part of the subscription programme of the Real Filharmonía de Galicia, entitled "Nonconformists".  
07/11/2024
21:00 | Sala Capitol
Fillas de Cassandra will offer an exclusive concert for young people thanks to the Participatory Budget.
07/11/2024
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Concert as part of the subscription programme of the Real Filharmonía de Galicia, entitled "Nonconformists".  
22/11/2024
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
The great festival of Galician and Portuguese music and poetry returns to Santiago de Compostela on Friday 22 November. It will take place at 8.30 p.m. with free admission until the maximum capacity of the hall is reached.
Free
23/11/2024
11:00 | Centro Xove da Almáciga
‘FolkXove’ is an initiative born from the Participative Budgets of the Youth area and aims to connect the youngest audience with the Galician musical tradition. This will be done through different workshops and concerts.
28/11/2024
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Concert as part of the subscription programme of the Real Filharmonía de Galicia, entitled "Nonconformists".  
05/12/2024
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Concert as part of the subscription programme of the Real Filharmonía de Galicia, entitled "Nonconformists".  
19/12/2024 - 20/12/2024
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Concert as part of the subscription programme of the Real Filharmonía de Galicia, entitled "Nonconformists".    
22/12/2024
18:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
The Auditorio de Galicia hosts a concert based on the book-disc entitled O segredo de Joseph Haydn by the author Suso de Toro and illustrated by Xosé Cobas.
Free
27/12/2024
19:30 | Centro Xove da Almáciga
Boa Sunet and Mariagrep Concert. ALIAXE is a cycle of concerts that will take place on a Friday of every month during the last quarter of 2024, at the Centro Xove da Almáciga. This initiative, promoted by the Youth Department of the City Council of Santiago de Compostela and chosen...
05/01/2025
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Concert as part of the subscription programme of the Real Filharmonía de Galicia, entitled "Nonconformists".  
03/02/2025
13:00 | Colegiata Santa María a Real do Sar
Santiago de Compostela Municipal Music Band Season 2024/25 ‘PASEOS’ (WALKS) Winter-spring cycle Conductor: Casiano Mouriño Maquieira  
16/03/2025
20:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
Uxía Senlle, one of the great voices of the country's music and a key figure in the preservation and dissemination of our culture, celebrates 40 years on stage with an unforgettable concert in Compostela.   
09/04/2025
21:00 | Modus Vivendi
“Bótalle guindas á PAVA” is a game and a reflection.
23/04/2025
20:30 | Teatro Principal
FAIA presents her second solo album, Alvela, a complex and subtle work, with ten songs that deal with the experience of motherhood, the memory of the body and the violence that crosses it, but also with the strength that resides in the intimate, in desire and pleasure. 
03/09/2025
19:30 | Hotel NH Collection Santiago de Compostela *****
noitiNHAs 2025 returns with its 8th edition to light up Santiago’s nights with live music and unique flavors. This cultural series, held at the NH Collection hotel in Santiago, blends vibrant concerts with top-tier culinary offerings, creating a full sensory experience. Under the slogan...

Theatre

20/04/2024
20:30 | Auditorio Abanca
The Noites de retranca are back to share laughs and more laughs around the country.
03/05/2024 - 05/05/2024
Escenas do cambio, the Cidade da Cultura's festival of theatre, dance and art in action, celebrates its tenth edition from 3 to 5 May 2024. Directed by dancer and choreographer Kirenia Martínez, this anniversary is conceived as a celebration of the festival's trajectory and its...
09/10/2024 - 13/10/2024
18:00 | Salón Teatro
Third Act is a piece that is at once comic, dark and beautiful. A scenic poem about memory and dreams, an exorcism, a celebration of life and theatre.  
16/10/2024 - 20/10/2024
18:00 | Salón Teatro
Third Act is a piece that is at once comic, dark and beautiful. A scenic poem about memory and dreams, an exorcism, a celebration of life and theatre.
01/11/2024 - 02/11/2024
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Carlos Blanco and Xosé A. Touriñán put an end to one of the most successful projects of Galician theatre in recent decades with a new show that will tour throughout Galicia until January. 
26/11/2024
21:00 | Modus Vivendi
 Anyone can have a bad night and it is very easy to put your foot between two tiles or fall down the drain hole during repairs, especially in ‘festive’ circumstances. What is not so normal is the white rabbit or the worm smoking a pipe. What a trip, girl!  
12/12/2024
20:00 | Salón Teatro
In this piece coexists a mixture of violence and humour that portrays a society accustomed to receiving the blow and accepting defeat, to assuming it as something constitutive of our being. And to turn laughter into a twisted gesture, laughter into a contracted body. 
03/01/2025 - 05/01/2025
22:00 | Sala Capitol
Ultranoite returns regularly to Compostela, always at the Sala Capitol, which will become the new mooring platform for the most veteran show on the Galician stage.
10/01/2025
20:00 | Salón Teatro
Frágua de amor, by Portuguese playwright Gil Vicente, is co-produced by Centro Dramático Galego together with six Portuguese cultural structures: Escuela de la Noche-Grupo de Teatro de Coímbra, O Bando de Surunyo, Artway, Cendrev-Teatro Garcia de Resende, Teatro...
23/01/2025 - 24/01/2025
20:30 | Teatro Principal
Show by Teatro de Ningures
21/02/2025 - 22/02/2025
18:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Clásicas desfeitas is a cycle promoted by the Centro Dramático Galego with the Cidade da Cultura de Galicia to rediscover the classics through the languages of the contemporary stage. The cycle is part of the Gaiás Artistic Residencies programme (REGA).
06/03/2025 - 07/03/2025
20:30 | Teatro Principal
In the 16th century, a small community of nuns on the banks of the Minho River was threatened by the greed of the ecclesiastical hierarchy. The lords of the Church, in order to put an end to the resistance of the sisters, do not hesitate to defame and threaten them by all means, from the...
16/03/2025
12:00 | Salón Teatro
A community theatre show directed and written by Celina Fernández Ponte and Ana Fontenla, which delves into the concept of art through the history of Sargadelos.
03/04/2025
20:30 | Teatro Principal
Vitória is the portrait of a complaint. An autobiographical theatre piece that tells the story of the legal process that the actress Iria Pinheiro underwent when she filed a complaint for sexual harassment against the director of the television programme in which she worked. The piece...
04/04/2025
20:30 | Teatro Principal
Tromsø is a humorous reflection on loss. About life, death and everything in between.
22/04/2025
21:00 | Modus Vivendi
The Galician-language comedy webseries ‘Non Saímos do Lixo’, live for the first time.
07/09/2025 - 27/09/2025
Teatro Principal
Amateur theatre The Agustín Magán Festival was born in 2001 with the purpose of promoting the best theatrical productions of the amateur federated companies. The works that participate each year, in total 6, are selected by a jury and represent the most interesting proposals of...

Gastronomy

22/02/2025 - 23/02/2025
Fifty establishments in Santiago will offer Caldo de Gloria this weekend, as part of Rosalía's Day activities.
18/03/2025
18:30 | Fundación Ría
Ruthie Rogers visits Casa RIA on Tuesday, March 18 and continues the “Encuentros de mercado” series, a program of international meetings to promote the value of our markets in gastronomic culture.  
18/06/2025
19:30 | Hotel NH Collection Santiago de Compostela *****
noitiNHAs 2025 returns with its 8th edition to light up Santiago’s nights with live music and unique flavors. This cultural series, held at the NH Collection hotel in Santiago, blends vibrant concerts with top-tier culinary offerings, creating a full sensory experience. Under the...

For children

13/05/2024 - 14/05/2024
10:30 | Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC)
Cycle of concerts for children and adults coordinated by Carmen Hermo and Virgina Villar and directed by Xacobe Martínez Antelo.  
19/10/2024
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling by Sole Felloza.
25/10/2024
18:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Storytelling for babies by Catuxa Cela.
29/11/2024 - 05/01/2025
16:00 | Iglesia de San Fiz de Solovio
From Friday 29 November to Sunday 5 January you can enjoy the impressive nativity scene donated and assembled by the nativity scene maker José Uzal: more than 500 figures make up this nativity scene which includes different scenes, moving pieces and also special lighting and sound...
21/12/2024
12:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
 A whole day of activities for young children to socialise in Galician. Theatre, music, workshops, magic and much more. Recommended for children from 0 to 6 years old.  
Free
11/01/2025
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Show by Mamá Cabra
11/05/2025
11:00 | Casa das Máquinas
SororAs is a space for creation and learning in equality from the application of the gender perspective. Through traditional games, they build a fun space for girls and boys from 1 to 12 years old, in which to learn with the games of today and always.  

Fairs

16/06/2024
12:00 | Pazo de San Lourenzo de Trasouto
Fifty Galician brands of fashion, ceramic jewellery, basketry, decoration or food will participate in "Sabor a novo", an event that will be held in the Pazo de San Lourenzo and in which there will also be live music, craft workshops, and a wide gastronomic offer.

Literature

27/10/2024
18:00 | Teatro Principal
The event will take place at the Teatro Principal and will be attended by renowned cultural figures such as Ana Romaní, Andrea Nunes, Guadi Galego, Tero Rodríguez and Uxía, who will remember the author through a journey through her literary and poetic career.
01/04/2025
19:00 | Teatro Principal
Compostela will host the Galician Arts Day 2025 event on April 1st, paying tribute this year to the Compostela-born creator Isaac Díaz Pardo. This event, organized by the Santiago City Council and the Royal Galician Academy of Fine Arts, will feature a laudatio by academic...

Cinema

01/10/2024 - 06/10/2024
Between 1 and 6 October 2024, the citizens of Compostela and film lovers will be able to enjoy a wide selection of 41 small-format films from 18 countries, distributed in three sections: Cosmos, Planet GZ, Supernova.
12/03/2025 - 16/03/2025
Museo do Pobo Galego
The International Ethnographic Film Festival of the Museo do Pobo Galego aims to present recent audiovisual works in the field of ethnography and visual anthropology. The screenings take place in the Museo do Pobo Galego, the Salón Teatro and the Teatro...

Celebrations

07/09/2024
10:30 | Plaza del Obradoiro
On 7 September there will be a unique opportunity to admire the variety and authenticity of the Traditional Carnivals of Galicia. The event starts at midday in the Praza do Obradoiro and continues through the main streets and squares of the historic centre of Santiago de Compostela.

Fiestas

23/06/2024
10:00 | Plaza de Mazarelos
Coinciding with the Festivities of San Xoán, which fill the city with colourful and magical bonfires, Santiago welcomes a new edition of the festival that includes in its programme a variety of activities and workshops for the enhancement of Galician rites and traditions of this time...
25/06/2024 - 30/06/2024
Five days of music, dance, theatre, big-heads, reading, storytelling, science and much more in one of Santiago's most unique neighbourhoods. 
19/07/2024 - 31/07/2024
The festivities dedicated to the Apostle, the patron saint of Santiago, of Galicia and of all of Spain, last for about a fortnight. This festival combines religious and official solemnity, tradition and entertainment, which turn the entire city into a large fiesta. July 24th and...
15/02/2025 - 15/03/2025
Santiago de Compostela
Very close to Santiago: Boqueixón, A Estrada, Silleda, Touro, Vedra, Vila de Cruces
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...
01/03/2025 - 15/03/2025
Floats, troupes and brass bands will fill the streets of Compostela with music and colour in a new edition of the Carnival Festivities.

Guided visits

20/07/2024
12:00
The Cultural Association O Galo and the Cultural Association Vagalumes celebrate the Reading of Castelao's Alba de Gloria at the summit of Pico Sacro.
05/10/2024
11:45 | Iglesia y Convento de San Domingos de Bonaval
Guide: Xoán Costa, a secondary school teacher who has written several studies on this pantheon.

Conferences

20/05/2024
19:30 | Ateneo De Santiago
Conference organized by the Science, Technology and Environment Section, entitled “O desafío dunha crise ambiental acelerada e global”, which will be given by Emilio Fernández Suárez, Professor of Ecology at the University of Vigo.
05/04/2025
12:00 | Fundación Eugenio Granell
Conversation between actor Quico Cadaval and writer Carlos Callón.

Exhibitions

20/12/2023 - 29/12/2024
Museo do Pobo Galego
A tribute to the anthropologist and folklorist Gustav Henningsen (Slagelse, 1934 - Lyngby, 2023). A small selection of his images will be on display as part of the museum tour.
22/02/2024 - 21/04/2024
Fundación Eugenio Granell
Exhibition by the artist Pía Piadosa curated by María Moreno Bueno.  
24/02/2024 - 01/09/2024
CGAC (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea)
The most complete and comprehensive vision of an artist's work becomes possible when we have the opportunity to examine his artistic production throughout his career. An opportunity to travel through time, having as a horizon the works that are the result of work and dedication to the singular...
02/04/2024 - 30/04/2024
Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Exhibition organised by the Biblioteca de Galicia and curated by Montse Pena Presas, a specialist in children's and young people's literature.
02/04/2024 - 30/06/2024
Auditorio de Galicia
#Punctum puts two irrefutable realities on the table: that the designed band is art and that the Galician BD artists possess a visual power and an artistic discourse of the first order.
13/06/2024 - 01/09/2024
Museo do Pobo Galego
The collective Habitar o baleiro presents an exhibition of ten years of photographic documentation of depopulation and life in rural Galicia. Coordinated by Tono Arias, it will remain open to the public in Compostela until 1 September.
18/07/2024 - 30/11/2024
Casa do Cabido
The exhibition ‘Ksado. Icons of Galicia’ delves into the history of Galician photography by the author Luis Casado and brings together around 300 pieces including photographs, postcards, stickers and photographic material.
25/09/2024 - 31/10/2024
Museo do Pobo Galego
An exhibition of 20 panels with texts by Francisco Rodríguez, combines three decisive aspects to know and value the figure and work of Rosalía de Castro: her biography, the historical and socio-cultural context in which she developed and the orientation, meaning and validity of...
18/10/2024 - 06/01/2025
Auditorio de Galicia
The exhibition Xaquín Marín, humor líquido galego arrives at the Auditorio de Galicia to show a careful selection of pieces that cover the more than sixty years of profession of the cartoonist, painter, muralist, caricaturist and artist born in Fene in 1943.
16/01/2025 - 02/02/2025
Museo do Pobo Galego
Louza de Bamio: memoria, mulleres e territorio invites the public to discover the richness of a trade that has disappeared today: the oleira tradition of the parish of San Xinés de Bamio, in Vilagarcía de Arousa. 
Free
31/01/2025 - 25/05/2025
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC)
As part of its programme featuring mid-career artists, the CGAC is delighted to present an individual exhibition of the work of Mar Caldas, a pioneer of feminist art in Galicia. Her work, which is fundamentally photographic, is constantly renewing its stance as a means of protest against the...
01/04/2025 - 30/04/2025
Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Ediciós do Castro, founded after the creation of the Laboratorio de Formas by Díaz Pardo and Seoane, published over 70 works across approximately 20 collections between 1963 and 2008. Among these collections, we highlight the Biblioteca do Exilio, a small selection of works from...
01/04/2025 - 30/04/2025
Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Ediciós do Castro, founded after the creation of the Laboratorio de Formas by Díaz Pardo and Seoane, published over 70 works across approximately 20 collections between 1963 and 2008. Among these collections, we highlight the Cadernos do Seminario de Estudios Cerámicos de...
08/04/2025 - 07/09/2025
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Rafael Úbeda has been painting for seven decades. The exhibition Rafael Úbeda. Retrospective view offers a complete overview of his creative career, delving into the most important milestones of his work and the representative pieces that marked each stage of his career.
09/04/2025 - 30/05/2025
Colexio de Fonseca
Rosalía de Castro was born the same year that, for the first time, a woman gained entry to the National Library of Spain. It is not known whether the Galician writer repeated such a feat during her years in Madrid, but the truth is that she was never able to pursue university studies....
22/04/2025 - 15/06/2025
Museo do Pobo Galego
The exhibition, on loan from the Provincial Museum of Pontevedra, brings together 52 photographs taken by photojournalist Xan Carballa during the events held in Santiago to mark the return to Galicia of the remains of Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, on June 28, 1984. Curated by...

Heritage

11/04/2025 - 20/04/2025
Easter is also a good time to visit some of the small treasures hidden in the city, which during these dates are shown to the visitor taking on a special dimension and meaning; because Santiago is a place of reflection, passion, worship... but above all, a real jewel for lovers of sacred...

Annual

01/10/2014 - 05/06/2015
21:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
From October to June, the Real Filharmonía de Galicia and other Spanish and international orchestras feature more than 30 concerts, close to 100 musical compositions and 40 invited conductors and soloists await the public in the Auditorio de Galicia.
03/10/2024 - 29/05/2025
Auditorio de Galicia
The Real Filarmonía de Galicia presents its new season with Baldur Brönnimann as artistic director and principal conductor, entitled 'Inconformistas.
24/10/2024 - 20/05/2025
The objectives of Contemporáneas, a new programme of the City Council of Santiago with the support of the Diputación de A Coruña, are to raise awareness of avant-garde music of the 20th and 21st centuries, to encourage the creation of new compositions and to establish a...
05/12/2024 - 31/05/2025
Compostela Cultura presents its Performing Arts programme for the first half of 2025.
09/06/2025 - 15/06/2025
The Jornadas de Música Contemporánea once again maintain their commitment to discovery and the avant-garde, with the aim of opening windows and listening opportunities to innovative sounds and emerging trends in contemporary music, giving them the space and value they deserve as...