10–19 September 2026
Festival Programme 2026

Music at Yours

House concerts in and around Oslo

11–19 September 2026
Private homes in Oslo
100–150 kr

Showings

Friday 11/09

12:00–20:00
Private homes in Oslo
100–150 kr

No ticket sales at the door for house concerts, so please book in advance using the link in the programme calendar.

Saturday 12/09

12:00–20:00
Private homes in Oslo
100–150 kr

No ticket sales at the door for house concerts, so please book in advance using the link in the programme calendar.

Sunday 13/09

12:00–20:00
Private homes in Oslo
100–150 kr

No ticket sales at the door for house concerts, so please book in advance using the link in the programme calendar.

Monday 14/09

12:00–20:00
Private homes in Oslo
100–150 kr

No ticket sales at the door for house concerts, so please book in advance using the link in the programme calendar.

Tuesday 15/09

12:00–20:00
Private homes in Oslo
100–150 kr

No ticket sales at the door for house concerts, so please book in advance using the link in the programme calendar.

Wednesday 16/09

12:00–20:00
Private homes in Oslo
100–150 kr

No ticket sales at the door for house concerts, so please book in advance using the link in the programme calendar.

Thursday 17/09

12:00–20:00
Private homes in Oslo
100–150 kr

No ticket sales at the door for house concerts, so please book in advance using the link in the programme calendar.

Friday 18/09

12:00–20:00
Private homes in Oslo
100–150 kr

No ticket sales at the door for house concerts, so please book in advance using the link in the programme calendar.

Saturday 19/09

12:00–20:00
Private homes in Oslo
100–150 kr

No ticket sales at the door for house concerts, so please book in advance using the link in the programme calendar.

Music, brought home.

You are invited into private homes, neighbourhoods and local communities across Oslo through a new series of house concerts.

At our house concerts, the music happens in gardens, kitchens and living rooms. You meet the musicians up close, hear their breathing, catch the scent of wood from the instruments. There's room for conversation, questions, and for hearing music you may never have encountered before, in informal surroundings.

The musicians you will meet are students from the Norwegian Academy of Music, musicians from the Lviv Philharmonic in Ukraine, and students from the International Ensemble Modern Academy in Frankfurt.

The programme is tailored to each individual home, ranging from experimental big band music to contemporary chamber music classics, music theatre, and even a concert for solo nose.

House Concert Calendar

Saturday 12/09

No-Fi at Haugerud
16:00–16:45 Haugerud

No-Fi at Haugerud

Open-ended pop music in a Morocco-inspired house. Part of Open House Oslo.

from 150 kr
Tickets are no longer available.
Noise and poetry in Røa
16:00–16:45 Røa

Noise and poetry in Røa

A pentagonal architect-designed house fills with Bellman’s 18th-century verses set to noise by Lars Myrvoll and Kristoffer Dyblie Erdal. Part of Open House Oslo.

from 150 kr
Tickets are no longer available.
Estonian and anatolian melodies reimagined at Frogner
17:00–17:45 Frogner

Estonian and anatolian melodies reimagined at Frogner

Ali Yarici's and Linda Lukas weave melodies into improvised and composed duets, in the intimate setting of a heritage-listed house.
from 150 kr
Tickets are no longer available.

Sunday 13/09

Children’s concert for nose and fan at Golia Velhus
14:00–14:45 Godlia

Children’s concert for nose and fan at Golia Velhus

Put your hearing and sense of smell to the test with Ole Ur Sæbø’s Gelukt and an improvisation for broken fan and voice by Felicia Oseland and Laban Bettels.
Sold out
Folk melodies reimagined and solo oboe at Bøler
15:00–15:45 Bøler

Folk melodies reimagined and solo oboe at Bøler

Folk melodies reimagined by Ali Yarici and Linda Lukas, and solo oboe with Stepan Syvokhip, in one of the artists’ residences at Trolltun.
Buy ticket from 150 kr
The hosts’ addresses will be emailed to ticket holders on the day of the concert.
Noise, poetry and noise at Frogner
16:00–16:45 Frogner

Noise, poetry and noise at Frogner

Music for your nose with Ola Ur Sæbø, and 18th-century verse set to noise music by Lars Myrvoll and Kristoffer Dyblie Erdal, in the brutalist Villa Spetaccolo. Part of Open House Oslo.
Sold out
The hosts’ addresses will be emailed to ticket holders on the day of the concert.
Lydmimikk and vrang at Vinderen
16:00–16:45 Vinderen

Lydmimikk and vrang at Vinderen

In a villa that once belonged to painter Jakob Weidemann, duo Vrang shapes distinctive soundscapes, while Kollektiv Lydmimikk improvises from text-based compositions.
Buy ticket from 150 kr
The hosts’ addresses will be emailed to ticket holders on the day of the concert.
Hardanger fiddle meets laptop at Bøler
17:00–17:45 Bøler

Hardanger fiddle meets laptop at Bøler

Music for Hardanger fiddle and lap top with Jon Hjellum Brodal, in Anne-Cath. Vestly’s former home at Bøler.
Sold out
The hosts’ addresses will be emailed to ticket holders on the day of the concert.
Solo flute and fan at Manglerud
18:00–18:40 Manglerud

Solo flute and fan at Manglerud

Take the 72-step shortcut up to the house. Inside, you will meet flautist Nataliia Kozhushko-Maksymiv, and Felicia Oseland and Laban Bettels with a broken fan and voice.
Sold out
The hosts’ addresses will be emailed to ticket holders on the day of the concert.

Tuesday 15/09

Music for performer in costume at Alexander Kiellands plass
20:00–20:45 St. Hanshaugen

Music for performer in costume at Alexander Kiellands plass

In Grandmothers Gardens: Around the Corner, Guoste Tamulynaite transforms an entire apartment with homemade instruments, performance and sound.
Also Wednesday 16/09 at 18:00
from 150 kr
The hosts’ addresses will be emailed to ticket holders on the day of the concert.

Wednesday 16/09

Music for performer in costume at Alexander Kiellands plass
18:00–18:45 St. Hanshaugen

Music for performer in costume at Alexander Kiellands plass

In Grandmothers Gardens: Around the Corner, Guoste Tamulynaite transforms an entire apartment with homemade instruments, performance and sound.
Also Tuesday 15/09 at 20:00
from 150 kr
The hosts’ addresses will be emailed to ticket holders on the day of the concert.
Solo violin, improvisation, and Estonian and Anatolian melodies, reimagined at Ulsrud
19:30–20:15 Ulsrud

Solo violin, improvisation, and Estonian and Anatolian melodies, reimagined at Ulsrud

A concert featuring solo violin and improvisation, music by Fazıl Say and Børge Furnes, Arabic-inspired rhythms and fretless guitar. Linda Lukas weaves Anatolian and Estonian melodies into improvised and composed duets.
Buy ticket from 150 kr
The hosts’ addresses will be emailed to ticket holders on the day of the concert.
Fans and solo oboe at Frøen
20:00–20:40 Frøen

Fans and solo oboe at Frøen

Stepan Syvokhip on solo oboe shares the stage with duo Laban Bettels and Felicia Oseland on fan, voice and electronics.
Buy ticket from 150 kr
The hosts’ addresses will be emailed to ticket holders on the day of the concert.

Thursday 17/09

Outdoor concert at Røa, hardanger fiddle, laptop, and smell
18:00–18:40 Røa

Outdoor concert at Røa, hardanger fiddle, laptop, and smell

In a cosy garden, Jon Hellum Brodal combines traditional dance-tune motifs on the Hardanger fiddle with live looping from his laptop, while Ola Ur Sæbø invites the audience to smell music.
from 150 kr
The hosts’ addresses will be emailed to ticket holders on the day of the concert.

Friday 18/09

Oboe and DIY music theatre at Sagene
19:00–19:40 Sagene

Oboe and DIY music theatre at Sagene

In a musician’s home in Sagene, Hjalmar Berner’s music drama for viola and homemade props shares the evening with oboist Stepan Syvokhip, performing from Baroque to contemporary.
from 150 kr
The hosts’ addresses will be emailed to ticket holders on the day of the concert.

Saturday 19/09

Musical Taster at Salgshallen
11:00–13:00 Salgshallen in Storgata

Musical Taster at Salgshallen

This morning at Salgshallen, musicians from Ultima’s house concerts offer a taste of their work before heading out to perform in private homes across different parts of Oslo. Free admission.
Free
The hosts’ addresses will be emailed to ticket holders on the day of the concert.
In Smestad, oboe, violin, ghosts and glass ring out
14:30–15:15 Smestad

In Smestad, oboe, violin, ghosts and glass ring out

An atmospheric concert in a neighbourhood known for its ghosts, sometimes glimpsed at night out at Vestre gravlund.
from 150 kr
The hosts’ addresses will be emailed to ticket holders on the day of the concert.
En ensemble afternoon in Holmenkollen
15:00–15:45 Holmenkollen

En ensemble afternoon in Holmenkollen

IEMA’s musicians move from Antheil’s early modernism to Tansy Davies and Magnus Lindberg, with the piano as a thread running through the programme.
from 150 kr
The hosts’ addresses will be emailed to ticket holders on the day of the concert.
Resonance and overtones at Godlia
16:00–16:45 Godlia

Resonance and overtones at Godlia

In an old neighbourhood of small houses and gardens between Tveita and Oppsal, Røskva stretches a chord progression over almost an hour in von Schweinitz’s KLANG auf Schön Berg La Monte Young.
from 150 kr
The hosts’ addresses will be emailed to ticket holders on the day of the concert.
A violin duo and solo flute at Berg
18:00–18:40 Berg

A violin duo and solo flute at Berg

In an award-winning house at Berg, the violins of Suzune Masumoto and Paul Flys emerge from silence, while Nataliia Kozhushko-Maksymiv’s flute moves from Bach to today.
Buy ticket from 150 kr
The hosts’ addresses will be emailed to ticket holders on the day of the concert.
Lydmimikk, multi-setup and dance at Røa
19:00–19:45 Røa

Lydmimikk, multi-setup and dance at Røa

Multi-setup and dance in Børge Furnes's Har du hørt, and Kollektiv Lydmimikk improvising freely from text-based compositions.
from 150 kr
The hosts’ addresses will be emailed to ticket holders on the day of the concert.
At Godlia: Oboe, Anatolian and Estonian melodies reimagined
19:00–19:40 Godlia

At Godlia: Oboe, Anatolian and Estonian melodies reimagined

Stepan Syvokhip plays solo oboe, while Ali Yarici and Linda Lukas bring Anatolian and Estonian melodies into improvised and composed duets.
from 150 kr
The hosts’ addresses will be emailed to ticket holders on the day of the concert.

Practical info

  • Hosts' addresses won't be published, but you can orient yourself by postcode. The exact address will be sent to ticket buyers on the day of the concert.
  • No ticket sales at the door for house concerts, so please book in advance. Ticket sales close at 8:00 am on the day of the event.
  • Private homes have their own rules — you might be asked to take off your shoes, or there could be pets wandering around. We'll try to share this kind of information for each home on ticket.co.
  • There are usually several concerts on the same day in the same neighbourhood, so take the time to enjoy a few of them, and get to know Oslo's neighbourhoods in between!
  • Ultima has zero tolerance for discrimination and harassment. This applies especially at the house concerts, where we're guests in other people's private homes. Read Ultima's guidelines here.

About the houses

Most of the houses were found by members of our House Concert Committee (HKK), local champions in their neighbourhoods who want more music and cultural life in their districts. Some homes signed up through an open form on our website. Thank you so much to everyone who registered! And finally, a handful of homes of special architectural interest have joined the programme through our partnership with the festival Open House Oslo.

Ola Ur Sæbø. Photo: Stine Marie Korsfur

Vrang: Nora Klungresæter, Susanne Xin.

Jon Brodal. Photo: Isa Holngren

Hjalmar Bjerner

Laban Bettels

Lars Myrvoll og Kristoffer Dyblie Erdal. Photo: Sofia Nordlien

Kollektiv Lydmimikk

Guoste Tamulynaite: Grandmothers around the garden. Foto: Jan Martin Gismervik

No-Fi. Photo: Renate Thor

IEMA. Photo: Wonge Bergmann

Felicia Oseland. Photo: Eigil Fagerland Sjursen

Røskva: Børge Tandberg Brustad, Laura M. Beer Kumwenda, Elias Nurmi Schomers. Photo: Marco Slaviero

Vasilisa Koroleva.

House Concert Committee

  • Christel Stockhausen-Hektoen
  • Wendy Greenberg
  • Anne Kjersti Goberg
  • Nikolas Dossev
  • Noel Rubli

Producer

  • Nadiia Dolhopolova

Coordinator

  • Thea Emilie Wang

Supported by

  • Sparebankstiftelsen DNB
  • The European Union as part of the ULYSSES Platform
  • Fritt Ord Foundation
  • Furestiftelsen

In collaboration with

  • Norwegian Academy of Music
  • Lviv National Philharmonic
  • International Ensemble Modern Academy
  • Open House Oslo
Festival Programme 2026

Visiting Address

Ultima
Øvre Slottsgate 3
0157 Oslo

Postal Address

Ultima c/o Sentralen
Postboks 183 Sentrum
0102 Oslo

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