Film music concert at the San Sebastian Festival 2026 – Detailed information

The conductor of the Basque National Orchestra Juan José Ocón will once again take up the baton for this hugely popular combination of films and their music. The concert will open with the soundtrack familiar to a whole generation, created by Carmelo Bernaola for Verano Azul / Blue Summer, Tormento / Torment, El jorobado de la morgue, La clave and Espérame en el cielo / Wait for Me in Heaven. The proceedings will continue with Papeles by the composer Carla F. Benedicto; Sacamantecas / The Harvester by Beatriz López-Nogales; Winnipeg, the Seed of Hope by Diego Navarro; and Evolution by Alfred Tapscott; ending with the operettas El cantor de México and El amor es como un ramo de violetas by Francis López, the two works that brought fame to the singer from Irun Luis Mariano and whose voice will be rendered by the singer from Getxo, Andoni Martínez Barañano. For this latest concert, the Basque Orchestra has invited the Orfeón Donostiarra choir to perform on several numbers: Winnipeg, Evolution, el Cantor de México and Violetas imperiales. 

Like in previous years, the concert will have an added visual slant: the music will tie in with the showing, on the 400m2 screen, of a montage of scenes from the films, specifically created for the concert by the Morgancrea team. In addition, the composers will attend the concert and take to the stage of the Velodrome to introduce their work.