PROGRAMME 2026
Welcome to the 30th anniversary edition of Hardanger Music Festival!
This year, we celebrate 30 years of music by the fjord.
Explore the programme day by day and click on the image or concert you would like to discover. There you will find information about the artists, programme and tickets. All concert information is available in English.
2026
This year’s theme is GNIST – SPARK: the small but powerful energy that arises when musicians and audiences come together in the same space.
The programme ranges from grand anniversary concerts and orchestral experiences to intimate chamber music, new works and the audience-request concert The Songs You Love.
Here, local meets international, and the familiar meets the unexpected.
We look forward to welcoming you to August days filled with music, encounters and sparks.
Programme overview 2026
WEDNESDAY 26 AUGUST
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6:30 PM – Vernissage: SPARK – Moments that Ignite, Ekspedisjonen
THURSDAY 27 AUGUST
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9:30 AM – The Carnival of the Animals, Opedal School
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9:30 AM – Mirra, Kinsarvik School
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10:30 AM – Music Festival for the Very Young, Borgstova
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12:00 PM – The Carnival of the Animals, Kinsarvik School
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12:45 PM – The Song You Love, Kinsarvik Church
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6:30 PM – Opening Concert, Ullensvang Church
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8:30 PM – Mirra, Krossvoll
FRIDAY 28 AUGUST
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10:00 AM – Musical Brunch: Morning Gems, Fløy
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10:00 AM – A Musical Storytime, Veisane Kindergarten
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10:00 AM – The Carnival of the Animals, Odda Primary School
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11:00 AM – Musical Half Hour, Bråvolltunet
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11:30 AM – A Musical Storytime, Kinsarvik Kindergarten
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12:00 PM – The Carnival of the Animals, Tyssedal Primary School
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12:00 PM – Lunchtime Concert, Odda Library
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1:15 PM – Mirra, Odda Upper Secondary School
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4:00 PM – Voices in Counterlight, Skrivargarden
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6:00 PM – Jubilee Concert – 30 Years of Hardanger Music Festival!, Hardangerhallen
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9:00 PM – Disco Night at Krossvoll
SATURDAY 29 AUGUST -
11:00 AM – Threads of Light, Ullensvang Church
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1:00 PM – Space for Expression II: Censorship and Resistance, Skrivargarden, Lofthus
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1:00 PM – Cider Walk in Lofthus Village
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2:00 PM – Marie Curie – The Light in the Invisible, Family Concert at Krossvoll
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7:00 PM – The Norwegian Radio Orchestra in Hardanger, Hardangerhallen
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9:00 PM – Gabriels Novgorod, Krossvoll
SUNDAY 30 AUGUST -
10:30 AM – Grieg Walk, from the Hotel Garden to Ullensvang Church
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12:00 PM – The Grieg Concert, Ullensvang Church
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3:00 PM – Resonance, The Power Station Cathedral, Tyssedal
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