Opening Concert
Artistic Director Tine Thing Helseth invites you to a spectacular opening featuring Haydn, Ravel, and others. Welcome to Risør Chamber Music Festival 2026!
Program
A full overview of this years events, the music being performed, and the artists performing. Buy your tickets directly if you know what you want.
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Tuesday 23 June
Wednesday 24 June
Gold Lasts Forever
Quality music endures everything. You can tear and wear, twist and turn, take full liberties with the original - and the quality still shines through.
Back to the Future
Beethoven's string quartet will finally be performed in Risør Church again. But the first part of the concert is crucial to understanding Beethoven's last great work.
Thursday 25 June
Joseph Haydn: A portrait
This year's festival takes a closer look at this giant of Western music. So much of what we call classical music today was defined by Haydn.
The Pioneers
Haydn and Beethoven were trailblazers, but they weren't alone in being first with new ideas and approaches. Here we celebrate those who took the leap.
Friday 26 June
Mahler & Schumann
Two married couples, but quite different marriages. Yet posterity should be grateful that these four people found time to write music amidst everything else.
Romeo & Juliet
The world's most famous lovers have inspired more music than we can perform. So we've selected our favorites from Prokofiev and Bernstein.
Saturday 27 June
My choice is: ...
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson chose April, but what will this year's artists choose when asked to select their favorite composers and works?
Sunday 28 June
Text Meditation
A quiet moment in Risør Church in collaboration with Risør parish, where words and music are woven together to offer calm, presence, and reflection.
Heart Strings
This year’s closing concert is inspired by an intricate emotional life between several great composers. The festival’s final concert plays on the most sensitive strings we have: the heartstrings.
