The International Festival of Deià, founded in 1987, takes place in Son Marroig (the former residence of the Archduke Ludwig Salvatore Lorena and Bourbon of Austria), and in the village church. These venues are small, appropriate for chamber music, with space for about 200 in the public.
This "possessió" in Deià adopted the last name of the owners, the Masroig family; later it was called sa Foradad d'es Masroig, and finally Son Marroig. In 1624 the property consisted of a house with a tower, olive press, two wine cellars, and was dedicated to wine, grain, olive groves and carob, plus honey bees and silk worms.
The Austrian Archduke Luis Salvador acquired the property in 1870 from the wealthy family of C'an Cortey. The Aruchduke resided for long periods in the mansion, and considered it the best location on Mallorca.
On the Archduke's death Son Marroig passed into the hands of his secretary, Antoni Vives. In 1929 Antoni Ribas Prats installed a museum which contains paintings by Joan Bauna, Anglada Camarass, Eliseu Mcifrèn, as well as Ribas himself, and Greek, Phoenician, and Roman ceramics, a selection of Spanish-Arab and Italian plates, as well as numerous personal souvenirs of the Archduke.
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May 15th - Duo Leona (Violin and Piano): Beethoven, Debussy, Prokofieff - 20:30, Son Marroig
May 22nd - Grupo folklórico de Bolivia: Folk Music from Bolivia - 20:30, Monastir Miramar (Miramar Monastery)
June 5th - Aaron Berofsky (violín), Alfredo Oyaguez Montero (piano): Mozart, Beethoven, Messiaen y Rodrigo - 21:00, Son Marroig
June 12th - Jaap Schroder (violín), Javier Nuńez (harpschichord), Skalholt String Quartet: Purcell, Vivaldi, Haydn and Bach - 21:00, Son Morroig
June 19th - Alexander Hülshoff (violoncello), Andreas Frölich (piano): TBA - 21:00, Son Marroig
June 22nd - Jar Skoles Strykeorkester (Director Bjřrn Vadholm) - 21:00, L'Esglési de Deiŕ (Deia's Church)
June 26th - Joven Orquesta Barroca de Mallorca, Jesse Levine (viola and conductor), Augustin Leon Ara (violin): Telemann, Hindemith, Bach and Mozart - 21:00, Son Morroig
July 3rd - Camerata Deia (violín), Jesse Levine (viola): Saint Saens, Mozart, Mendelssohn - 21:00, Son Morroig
July 10th - Camerata Deia (violín), Andreas Frölich (piano): Dvorack, Mozart, Shostakovitch - 21:00, Son Morroig
July 17th - Pleszkán/Gayer Duo (Jazz Duo from Hungary) - 21:00, Son Morroig
July 24th - Walter Seyfarth (clarinet), Emmanuel Bleuse (violoncello), Suzanne Bradbury (piano): Premier by Carl Mansker, Brahms, Beethoven - 21:00, Son Morroig
July 31st - Marcelino López (piano solo): Liszt, Chopin, Rachmanoff - 21:00, Son Morroig
August 7th - Ensemble Image (Woodwind quintet): World Premier by Michael Watts and Theodor Blumer and by the Turkish composer Yalçin Tura - 21:00, Son Morroig
August 14th - Duo Forteza-Nieto (clarinet & piano): Widor, Pierné, Yuste, Debussy - 21:00, Son Morroig
August 21st - Bleuse Duo (violoncello & piano): Beethoven, Fauré, Chopin, de Falla - 20:30, Son Morroig
August 28th - Iván Martín (piano solo) - 20:30, Son Morroig
September 4th - Leonid Yakon (violn), Nigel Carter (horn), Suzanne Bradbury (piano): Khaçaturian, Carter, Brahms - 20:30, Son Morroig
September 11th - Trio Jovenes Interpretes Baleares (Dina Nedeltcheva (piano), Catalina Reus (violin), Rosa Cańellas (violoncello): Turina, Beethoven, Brahms - 20:30, Son Morroig
September 18th - Moscow Piano Quartet: Haydn, Taneiev, Brahms - 20:30, Son Morroig