The story
Monteverde Music Festival in Monteverde
Founded in 1992 by Canadian musician Margaret Adelman as a classical-music residency in a Monteverde villa, this festival broadened to other genres by 1999 before nearly dying out under the Monteverde Institute's stewardship in the early 2000s, until Gloria Waissbluth and Patricia Maynard revived it. Now held between December and March at the Bromelias Music Garden and the Monteverde Institute, programming spans jazz, classical, Afro-Caribbean and Latin American music.
The Monteverde Music Festival began in 1992, when Canadian musician Margaret Adelman brought classical musicians from San Jose to a villa in Monteverde for an extended residency, drawing music lovers up into the cloud forest community three times a week to hear performances running from sunset into the night.