ECOS Festival (Spain): ten years, six heritage venues and centuries of early music

From 30 October to 21 November 2026, the ECOS International Early Music Festival celebrates its tenth edition in the heart of Sierra Espuña, in Spain’s Murcia region. Six concerts in six towns and as many heritage venues offer a journey from the Renaissance to the Baroque.

The festival opens on 30 October in Aledo with the vocal ensemble Cantoría, directed by Jorge Losana, which was born out of the festival in 2016 and now appears on major European stages. It will present ¡A la fiesta!, its new programme of Baroque villancicos recorded for Alpha. The following day, viol player Marc de la Linde and lutenist Jeremy Nastasi will perform Voces humanas in Totana.

On 6 November, countertenor Juan Manuel Morales joins lutenist Daniel Murphy in Mula, before Ensemble ECOS, a group of young musicians directed by Jorge Losana, revives the splendour of Venetian polychoral music by Monteverdi and Schütz on 7 November in Pliego.

Finally, Anacronía will explore the music of private eighteenth-century festivities with Metastasio y Mariana on 20 November, while Miguel Bonal and Marina López bring the festival to a close in Librilla with From Silence, a tribute to Federico García Lorca, on 21 November.

Winner of a REMA Award for its programme supporting young ensembles, ECOS brings together early music, rural heritage, local crafts and gastronomy, asserting an original vision of the festival as an active contributor to the cultural development of its region.

Official website: https://ecosfestival.com