Music in the time of Goya

The Iberian and Latin American Music Society is proud to present 'Music in the Time of Goya', a chamber-music celebration of the great Spanish painter Francisco de Goya y Lucientes inspired by The National Gallery's new exhibition, Goya: the Portraits. Join us in the opulent splendour of the National Gallery's Barry Rooms as we explore the elegant musical aesthetic of Goya's era and its intoxicating effect on the Romantic imagination of 19th-century composers such as Enrique Granados, and beyond to the 20th-century works of Manuel de Falla, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and the film music of Roque Baños. Expect a colourful programme of fiery Spanish fandangos, seguidillas andboleros alongside well-known classical favourites by Beethoven, Ravel, Scarlatti and Sor, performed by an exciting collective of leading young Iberican artists with special guest, flamenco artist, Nina Corti.

Click here to watch a video by one of our featured artists

Click here to watch the National Gallery exhibition trailer for Goya: The Portraits

This is an ILAMS event organised in collaboration with the National Gallery with the kind support of Acción Cultural Española and the Fundación Piu Mosso, and is curated by classical pianist and musicologist, Helen Glaisher-Hernández

Image: detail from A Picnic 1785–90 by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes © The National Gallery