Brescia and Bergamo International Piano Festival 2026
Brescia and Bergamo International Piano Festival 2026
Now in its 63rd edition, from 27 April to 1 October 2026 Brescia and Bergamo will host the International Piano Festival.
This year’s theme, “East & West – From Chopin to Arvo Pärt”, places a special focus on composers from Eastern and Slavic Europe.
Events will take place at Teatro Grande, Teatro Sociale and Auditorium San Barnaba.
Internationally renowned pianists and emerging young talents will take turns on stage, bringing together tradition and contemporaneity.

Contacts
Festival events
May 15, 2026 from 08:00 PM to 11:30 PM

SINFONIA VARSOVIA / PIER CARLO ORIZIO conductor / SOPHIA LIU pianist
May 25, 2026 from 08:00 PM to 11:30 PM

GRIGORY SOKOLOV pianist
May 27, 2026 from 08:00 PM to 11:30 PM

JAN LISIECKI pianist
May 30, 2026 from 08:00 PM to 11:30 PM

BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV pianist
May 17, 2026 from 08:00 PM to 11:30 PM

BORIS PETRUSHANSKY pianist
May 22, 2026 from 08:00 PM to 11:30 PM

I POMERIGGI MUSICALI / RYAN MCADAMS conductor / MIKHAIL PLETNËV pianist
Jun 03, 2026 from 08:00 PM to 11:30 PM

FEDERICO COLLI pianist
Oct 01, 2026 from 08:00 PM to 11:30 PM

BEATRICE RANA pianist
Jun 05, 2026 from 08:00 PM to 11:30 PM

ALEXANDER GADJIEV pianist