Schedule of events - Donostia Kultura

Jamie Cullum

Jamie Cullum is a singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist, acclaimed the world over, known for his unique combination of Jazz, pop and rock. Famous for his dynamism on stage and his remarkable musical talent, Callum shot to fame with his massive hit record Twentysomething, (2003), one of the most widely sold albums of all time in the United Kingdom. 

In addition to his successful record career, with nine studio albums, over ten million records sold and around 900 million streaming listens, Callum has established himself as a decorated radio presenter, through his weekly programme on BBC Radio 2, that over a million people tune in to. Over 14 years, in some 750 programmes, Jamie has interviewed artists like Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Norah Jones and Lars Ulrich, and has discovered and presented new talents like Laura Mvula, Gregory Porter, Ezra Collective and Laufey. 

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The Beach Boys: endless summer gold tour

Mike Love (vocals) Bruce Johnston (keyboard, bass), Brian Eichenberger (musical director), Christian Love, Tim Bonhomme, Jon Bolton, Keith Hubacher, Randy Leago, John Wedemeye

For more than six decades, the Beach Boys have been a key piece of popular music, their songs have come to represent the Californian way of life, providing a passport into love, youthful effervescence and surfing culture. Their bright harmonies, along with their sophisticated and innovative musical arrangements, bore simple, positive messages, creating hymns that reflect an idyllic world that is all summer, beaches, surfing and the joy and innocence of youth. Founded in Hawthorne, California, in 1961, the Beach Boys were, originally, the three Wilson brothers, all teenagers at the time: Brian, Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love and their school friend, Al Jardine. In July 1962, the band brought out its first album, Surfin’ Safari, and that was the beginning of one of the most commercially successful bands of all time.

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Yerai Cortés (guitar), María Reyes, Triana Maciel, Nerea Domínguez, Elena Ollero, Salomé Ramírez, Macarena Campos (hand-clapping and chorus)

Yerai Cortés (born in Alicante, in 1995) belongs to that new generation of artists who are taking flamenco into unknown and exciting territory. In spite of his youth, he already has quite a track record, having collaborated with artists of the most diverse genres: from those breaking new ground in flamenco or seeking to renew it, the likes of Rocío Molina and Niño de Elche, to musicians from very diverse horizons, like Judeline, Ralphie Choo, Lola Íñigo and C. Tangana, whom he accompanied on his Sin cantar ni afinar tour. The film, La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés, was also all about Yerai Cortés, featuring the man himself, and was the opera prima of Antón Álvarez (better known as C. Tangana, when wearing his musical hat). The film earned a special mention in the New Directors section of the 72nd edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

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Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo

Hermeto Pascoal (keyboards, accordion, teapot, bass flute, body percussion, water cup...), Itiberê Zwarg (electric bass, percussion), André Marques (piano, flute, percussion), Jota P. (sax, flutes), Fábio Pascoal (percussion, director), Ajurinã Zwarg (drums, percussion)

Hermeto Pascoal is a noted Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist. His music runs from the lyrical and romantic to raucous, from folkloric to his futuristic angular melodies, often creating a dense barrage of sound. His sextet, which has been with him for more than 40 years, uses conventional instruments such as flutes, saxophones, keyboards, basses, synthesizers...  but also many others that are invented, sucha as hubcaps, teapots, stone bowls, water cups...

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Nala Sinephro (harp), Dwayne Kilvington (synth bass), Natcyet Wakili (drums), Chelsea Carmichael (sax)

Nala Sinephro’s childhood was spent in Belgium, surrounded by nature, with her mother, a teacher of classical piano, and father, a saxophonist. After a brief passage through The Berkley College of Music, then a stint working as a sound engineer, she decided to settle in the north of London, where she began a successful musical career as a composer and harpist, and also started collaborating with many artists prominent on the London Jazz scene: Nubya García, Shabaka Hutchings, James Mollison, Jake Long, Twm Dylan, Wonky Logic, Sheila Maurice-Grey, Morgan Simpson, James Mollison, Lyle Barton, Natcyet Wakili…

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John Clayton (double bass), Jeff Hamilton (drums), Sullivan Fortner (piano)

2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the legendary Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, a pianist and composer of Canadian origin and West Indian descent and one of the most important Jazz musicians for more than 60 years. Peterson, who performed at the Jazzaldia in 1975, died at the age of 82 in 2007, leaving behind an incomparable legacy that is as eternal as Jazz itself.

Recipient of numerous honours and awards (8 GRAMMY® awards, including a lifetime achievement award). Peterson, dubbed the "maharajah of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, is one of the greatest pianists in the history of Jazz. He is also one of the most prolific pianists of all time, contributing his name and talent to over 500 recordings and more than 200 albums of his own.

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