Welcome to the eleventh International Music Festival/Course Vitoria-Gasteiz (FCIMV). This year we will work once again with a number of teachers of international prestige and in one of the most spectacular conservatories in this country ¨Conservatorio de Música Jesús Guridi". Similarly to former years the quality of the teachers, the concerts as well as the course organisation is outstanding. We are convinced that this course will continue to increase its national and international reputation in the near future. This year we will open an Alexander Technique course, a singing and acting class with the soprano Ruth Gonzalez, new violin teacher Harriet Mackenzie and Nicholas Jones as cello teacher. Through the international platform that we create and by interaction with teachers and students, we wish to encourage our students to develop musically as well as on a social level.