Ultima 2026

Welcome to Ultima 2026!

This year's festival programme brings together more than 60 events — concerts, music theatre, dance, sound installations, panel conversations, and more — developed in collaboration with even more partners.

Instability runs through many of the productions — which belongs, given the world we now live in. Voices that return, instruments that resist, bodies in encounter with technology, stories that refuse to be left behind. There is danger in that instability. But there is also room for play, for wonder, for exciting new ways of listening.

Ultima 2026 invites you into music that doesn't let go straight away.

Music you're not done with.

Festival Programme 2026

Youth at Ultima 2026

Ultima 2026 in the press

Line-up

Alberto Bernal · Alessandro Cortini · Andrea Giordano · AREPO · Arne Nordheim · asamisimasa · Bjarni Frímann · Camille Norment · Carmen Villain · Chloé Reymond · Cikada · Det Norske Kammerorkester · Det Norske Solistkor · Ellen Reid · Fiona Sironic · François Sarhan · Gisle Kverndokk · Glenn Kotche · Hanna Hartman · Heida Mobeck · IEMA Ensemble · Igor Stravinsky · Ilan Volkov · Ivar Furre Aam · Joana Sá · Johan Renck · Johannes Gustavsson · Jonas Skaarud · Kaija Saariaho · Karl Ove Knausgård ·

Kelman Duran · Kjersti Alm Eriksen · Kjell Samkopf · Knut Olaf Sunde · KORK · Kristine Tjøgersen · LEMUR · Lene Grenager · Mahsa Vahdat · Malin Bång · Maritea Dæhlin · Marte Gunnufsen · Martin Langerød · Merzbow · Miguel Ángel García Martín · Morten Qvenild · Øyvind Mæland · Natasha Barrett · Nils Henrik Asheim · Nina Guo · NMH Sinfonietta · Olivia Køppe · Oslo Philharmonic · Oslo Sinfonietta · Pinquins · Reinhold Friedl · Samvær Under Tilsün · Sébastien Robert · Simon Løffler · SISU · Susan Schüppli · Susanna Wallumrød · Svetlana Maraš · Tanja Orning · Tine Surel Lange · Torben Snekkestad · Øyvind Torvund · Violeta García · Wei Ting Tseng · Yann Leguay · Yuri Umemoto · Zafraan Ensemble · and more

Festival playlist

Want to get a taste of the artists taking part in Ultima 2026?

Check out our official festival playlist

Take a deep dive into the sound world that awaits you at the festival. Remember to follow the playlist to stay up to date.

As an ultiMATE, you get several benefits

… including invitations to festival rehearsals, free admission to selected events, and discounts at restaurants and cafés during the festival, as well as events throughout the year.

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