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2026 summer festivals

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Tanglewood Recital Series: Yuja Wang

Tanglewood Music Festival

Wed, Aug 19, 2026 · 20:00Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, Lenox, US

Yuja Wang, piano

Beginner 33Musician 64Rare repertoire 18

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‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ from Glyndebourne

BBC Proms

Wed, Aug 19, 2026 · 19:00Royal Albert Hall, London, GB

Strauss

Beginner 37Musician 63Rare repertoire 18

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Bayreuth 2026 — Der Ring des Nibelungen (Cycle III)

Bayreuth Festival

Wed, Aug 19, 2026 · 16:00Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, DE

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen

Beginner 33Musician 58Rare repertoire 18

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Coleridge-Taylor's The Song of Hiawatha

Edinburgh International Festival

Wed, Aug 19, 2026 · 19:00Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: The Song of Hiawatha

Beginner 33Musician 72Rare repertoire 18

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Cynthia Erivo with the Boston Pops

Tanglewood Music Festival

Fri, Aug 21, 2026 · 20:00Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood, Lenox, US

Cynthia Erivo , Boston Pops , Anthony Parnther, conductor , Mark G. Meadows, piano and mu...

Beginner 33Musician 72Rare repertoire 18

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Budapest Festival Orchestra: Iván Fischer, Eva Duda Dance Company & Elisabeth Leonskaja

Lucerne Festival

Fri, Aug 21, 2026 · 19:30KKL Luzern, Concert Hall, Lucerne, CH

Budapest Festival Orchestra , Eva Duda Dance Company , Iván Fischer , Elisabeth Leonskaja

Beginner 33Musician 72Rare repertoire 18

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Lucerne Festival Orchestra 5: Jakub Hrůša & Ray Chen

Lucerne Festival

Sat, Aug 22, 2026 · 18:30KKL Luzern, Concert Hall, Lucerne, CH

Strauss

Beginner 37Musician 77Rare repertoire 18

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Víkingur Ólafsson plays Bach & Beethoven

Edinburgh International Festival

Sat, Aug 22, 2026 · 21:00Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

Bach / Beethoven

Beginner 37Musician 82Rare repertoire 18

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Alisa Weilerstein plays the Cello Suites

Edinburgh International Festival

Sat, Aug 22, 2026 · 15:30Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

Bach

Beginner 37Musician 69Rare repertoire 18

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Vilde Frang & Friends

Edinburgh International Festival

Sat, Aug 22, 2026 · 11:00The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

Bartók: Violin Sonata No 1; folk music from Hungary, Bulgaria and the Balkans

Beginner 33Musician 64Rare repertoire 18

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Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Ode to Joy (Season Finale)

Tanglewood Music Festival

Sun, Aug 23, 2026 · 14:30Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood, Lenox, US

Beethoven

Beginner 37Musician 75Rare repertoire 18

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Strauss's Elektra

Edinburgh International Festival

Sun, Aug 23, 2026 · 18:30Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

Strauss

Beginner 37Musician 71Rare repertoire 18

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Recital Augustin Hadelich & Seong-Jin Cho

Lucerne Festival

Mon, Aug 24, 2026 · 19:30KKL Luzern, Concert Hall, Lucerne, CH

Brahms / Prokofiev

Beginner 37Musician 82Rare repertoire 18

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Jordi Savall: A Sea of Music

Edinburgh International Festival

Tue, Aug 25, 2026 · 20:00Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

Mexican and Spanish Baroque repertoire and music from the 15th to 19th centuries honourin...

Beginner 33Musician 66Rare repertoire 18

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Verdi's A Masked Ball

Edinburgh International Festival

Wed, Aug 26, 2026 · 19:00Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

Verdi

Beginner 37Musician 71Rare repertoire 18

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Berliner Philharmoniker 1: Kirill Petrenko

Lucerne Festival

Wed, Aug 26, 2026 · 19:30KKL Luzern, Concert Hall, Lucerne, CH

Berliner Philharmoniker , Kirill Petrenko

Beginner 33Musician 86Rare repertoire 18

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Mahler's Das klagende Lied

Edinburgh International Festival

Thu, Aug 27, 2026 · 19:30Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

Mahler

Beginner 37Musician 71Rare repertoire 18

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Berliner Philharmoniker 2: Kirill Petrenko & Augustin Hadelich

Lucerne Festival

Thu, Aug 27, 2026 · 19:30KKL Luzern, Concert Hall, Lucerne, CH

Beethoven

Beginner 37Musician 69Rare repertoire 18

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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Santtu-Matias Rouvali & Víkingur Ólafsson

Lucerne Festival

Fri, Aug 28, 2026 · 19:30KKL Luzern, Concert Hall, Lucerne, CH

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra , Santtu-Matias Rouvali , Víkingur Ólafsson

Beginner 33Musician 64Rare repertoire 18

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Carrie Underwood

Tanglewood Music Festival

Sat, Aug 29, 2026 · 19:00Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood, Lenox, US

Carrie Underwood

Beginner 33Musician 58Rare repertoire 18

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Berliner Philharmoniker: Elgar & Tchaikovsky

Edinburgh International Festival

Sat, Aug 29, 2026 · 19:00Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

Tchaikovsky

Beginner 37Musician 99Rare repertoire 18

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Berliner Philharmoniker: Closing Concert

Edinburgh International Festival

Sun, Aug 30, 2026 · 19:30Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

Beethoven

Beginner 37Musician 69Rare repertoire 18

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The Met Orchestra: Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Joyce DiDonato

Lucerne Festival

Sun, Aug 30, 2026 · 18:30KKL Luzern, Concert Hall, Lucerne, CH

The Met Orchestra , Yannick Nézet-Séguin , Joyce DiDonato

Beginner 33Musician 64Rare repertoire 18

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