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Bratislava Music Festival

The 60th Bratislava Music Festival will take place from September 19 to October 5, 2025. The program features the Slovak Philharmonic, major international orchestras, renowned conductors and soloists. Concerts will be held mainly at the Reduta, home of the Slovak Philharmonic.

The Bratislava Music Festival is the most significant and oldest international music festival in Slovakia. Held annually in autumn, it brings world-class and local performers of classical music, symphony orchestras, and renowned conductors to the capital. The festival offers a rich program of concerts and has a tradition dating back to 1964. It is part of the prestigious European Festivals Association (EFA) and ranks among the most important cultural events in Slovakia.

Program – chronological overview

  • Fri 19. 9. – Opening Concert
    Slovak Philharmonic, Wayne Marshall (conductor), Ladislav Fančovič (piano)
    Breiner: oVErture (Victory in Europe Day) – world premiere
    Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 The Age of Anxiety

  • Sat 20. 9.
    Sir John Eliot Gardiner: The Constellation Choir & Orchestra – Mendelssohn
    / Camerata Philharmonica Slovaca – Wagner, Gounod, Brezovský

  • Sun 21. 9.
    Orchestre National de France, Cristian Măcelaru (conductor), Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)
    Enescu, Gershwin, Dvořák, Ravel: La Valse
    / Project “Double Portrait” – Ľubica Čekovská & Sylvie Bodorová

  • Mon 22. 9.
    Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Oksana Lyniv (conductor)
    Brahms: Double Concerto; Maria Khodakivska: Seasons

  • Tue 23. 9.
    PKF – Prague Philharmonia, Robert Kružík (conductor), Josef Špaček (violin), Simon Callow (narrator)
    Beethoven: Violin Concerto D major
    Martinů: Epic of Gilgamesh

  • Wed 24. 9.
    Slovak Chamber Orchestra & Lúčnica – premieres by Víťazoslav Kubička and Ľuboš Bernáth

  • Thu 25. 9.
    Slovak Philharmonic, Emmanuel Villaume (conductor), Vincent Dubois (organ)
    Mahler: Symphony No. 7 Song of the Night
    Poulenc: Organ Concerto

  • Fri 26. 9.
    Vienna Philharmonic, Tugan Sokhiev (conductor), Lukas Sternath (piano)
    Prokofiev, Stravinsky

  • Sat 27. 9.
    Košice State Philharmonic, Slovak Philharmonic Choir – Massenet: Marie-Magdeleine
    / Bratislava Guitar Quartet – Breiner, Godár, de Falla

  • Sun 28. 9.
    NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Juraj Valčuha (conductor), Augustin Hadelich (violin)
    Herrmann: Vertigo Suite, Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
    / Moyzes Quartet & Ryan Martin Bradshaw – Mozart, Moyzes, Dvořák

  • Mon 29. 9.
    Quasars Ensemble – Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, Martin Burlas

  • Tue 30. 9.
    London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor), Seong-Jin Cho (piano)
    Beethoven, Prokofiev, Shostakovich

  • Wed 1. 10.
    WDR Funkhausorchester Köln, David Brophy (conductor), Juraj Čižmarovič (violin)
    Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein, Korngold

  • Thu 2. 10.
    Le Nuove Musiche – baroque music by Johann Schimrack (Ján Šimrák st.)

  • Fri 3. 10.
    Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK, Tomáš Netopil (conductor)
    Schumann: Concert Piece for 4 Horns, Suk: Symphony No. 1

  • Sat 4. 10.
    Gustav Brom Radio Big Band – Vlado Valovič 80, James Morrison, Capathia Jenkins

  • Sun 5. 10. – Closing Concert
    Slovak Philharmonic & Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Daniel Raiskin (conductor)
    Franz Schmidt: The Book with Seven Seals

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