Alberto Urroz performed the Schumann Quintet Op. 44 with the Diapente Quartet with great success at the opening of the festival. He also participated with the Spanish-Filipino soprano Andión Fernández and the Diapente Quartet in the emotional second recital of the festival where the commissioned work by composer J. Ching, based in Berlin, Städchen, Erlchen, Gretchen, was premiered along with works by Schubert, Granados, Respighi, Chausson and Korngold. Alberto Urroz closed the festival with a highly acclaimed recital with works by Scarlatti, the Sonata Domenica by J. Ching, a tribute to Scarlatti dedicated to Urroz, and a selection of works by Schubert, Chopin and Granados. In this last recital, Urroz invited two outstanding young students of the piano master classes to share stage with him performing works by Tchaikovsky and Chopin.