Casals Festival


Casals Festival

Early JuneThis event is a two-week music festival held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to celebrate the memory of Pablo Casals (1876-1973), the world-renowned Spanish-born cellist and conductor. An outspoken opponent of Fascism and the regime of Francisco Franco, he was forced to leave Spain and moved to France in 1936. Twenty years later he moved to Puerto Rico, the birthplace of his mother. There he initiated this music festival.
Through the years internationally known artists, among them Rudolf Serkin, AndrÉs Segovia, Arthur Rubenstein, Isaac Stern, and Yehudi Menuhin ( see also Menuhin Festival), have appeared at the festival. Programs offer a variety of composers, from Bach to Bartók.
CONTACTS:
Puerto Rico Tourism Company
666 Fifth Ave., 15th Fl.
New York, NY 10103
800-866-7827
gotopuertorico.com
SOURCES:
GdUSFest-1984, p. 220
MusFestAmer-1990, p. 156