Programme MA Festival 2026

The programme for MA Festival 2026 will be announced on Saturday 25 April during the programme presentation and on the website on Sunday 26 april.
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Digital first round MA Competition 2026

Fri
15.05.2026
10:00

Digital first round MA Competition 2026

www.mafestival.be
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Il Pomo d'Oro

Fri
31.07.2026
20:00
première

MA Festival 2026 opens in style with the outstanding Baroque orchestra Il Pomo d'Oro. They will bring us two symphonies and a Mozart concerto. However, the evening begins with a new composition by Composer Siebe Thijs, this summer's Younger than Jesus.

Concertgebouw Brugge, Concert Hall -'t Zand 34, Brugge
€62 | €47 | €32
31/07
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Wim Berteloot

Sat
01.08.2026
11:00

Free carillonconcert by city-carilonneur Wim Berteloot

Belfort Brugge, Stadshallen - Oude Burg, Brugge
Free
01/08
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Pseudonym

Sat
01.08.2026
11:30

Pseudonym bring us early 17th century Italian music.

Concertgebouw Brugge, Kamermuziekzaal -'t Zand 34, Brugge
€22
01/08
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Nel Maertens & Ronan Kernoa

Sat
01.08.2026
14:30

Surrounded by the flower meadow Sowing and Reaping by visual artist Nel Maertens, Ronan Kernoa presents several Bach suites.

Belfry of Bruges, City Halls - Oude Burg, Brugge
€22
01/08
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Jiaxin Min

Sat
01.08.2026
20:00

Early music on piano? Is that even allowed? Jiaxin Min has already debunked countless clichés, so why not add this one to the list? Min brings a programme that is brimming with Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, spiced with a dash of Couperin and Byrd.

Concertgebouw Brugge, Concertzaal - 't Zand 34, Brugge
€42 | €32 | €22
01/08
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Vélobaroque

Sun
02.08.2026
10:00

MA Festival maps out a route of about thirty kilometers through the Bruges countryside. Along the way, we’ll make five stops for concerts of 30 minutes each.

€39
02/08
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Installatie Nel Maertens

Sun
02.08.2026
10:00

Sowing and Reaping: Installation by festivalartist Nel Maertens

Belfort Brugge, Stadshallen - Oude Burg, Brugge
Free
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Jean Rondeau

Mon
03.08.2026
16:30

Jean Rondeau presents his most recent project: Louis Couperin's complete oeuvre.

Sint-Annakerk - Sint-Annaplein, Brugge
€32
03/08
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Vox Luminis

Mon
03.08.2026
20:00

Vox Luminis gives Johann Sebastian Bach's motets exceptional clarity, intensity and sophistication.

Sint-Jakobskerk - Sint-Jakobsplein, Brugge
€42 | €32 | €22
03/08
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Semifinal

Tue
04.08.2026
9:00

Halve finale MA Competition voor klavecimbel

Concertgebouw Brugge, Kamermuziekzaal - 't Zand 34, Brugge
Free
04/08
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Siebe Thijs & Extended Music Collective

Tue
04.08.2026
11:30

In this concert, the Extended Music Collective and Younger than Jesus Siebe Thijs interpret the theme of Bach’s Cantata BWV 39, a work about how we should help others of our society.

Psychiatrisch Ziekenhuis Onzelievevrouw - Koning Albert I-laan 8, Brugge
€22
04/08
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Peter Verhelst & Jurgen De bruyn

Tue
04.08.2026
20:00
première

Poet Peter Verhelst and lutenist Jurgen De bruyn will engage in a fiery dialogue.

NEW LOCATION: Joseph Ryelandtzaal - Achiel van Ackerplein 3, Brugge
€22 | €11 (-35 jaar)
04/08
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Zonzo Compagnie

Wed
05.08.2026
10:00

Acrobatic musical theatre for kids.

Theaterzaal Biekorf - Sint-Jakobsstraat 8 Brugge
€22 | €11 (-35 jaar)
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Postscript & Elisabeth Hetherington

Wed
05.08.2026
20:00

The Postscript Ensemble and soprano Elisabeth Hetherington explore the voice of rejected women throughout the ages.

Sint-Jakobskerk - Sint-Jakobsplein, Brugge
€32 | €27 | €22
05/08
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Wajdi Riahi & Carine Tinney

Thu
06.08.2026
11:30
première

Jazz pianist Wajdi Riahi and top soprano Carine Tinney intertwine their musical worlds.

Sint-Annakerk - Sint-Annaplein, Brugge
€22
06/08
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Het kunstwerk verdwijnt

Thu
06.08.2026
14:00

To the tune of 'Ma fin est mon commencement', performed by vocal ensemble Utopia, we say goodbye to the installation Sowing & Harvesting.

Belfort Brugge, Stadshallen - Oude Burg, Brugge
Gratis
06/08
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Finale

Thu
06.08.2026
18:00

Finale MA Competition voor klavecimbel

Concertgebouw Brugge, Concertzaal - 't Zand 34, Brugge
€32
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The BanXhies

Fri
07.08.2026
11:30

Four top French musicians of the new generation take us back to the musical landscapes of the Venetian Republic and Vienna in the days of Antonio Caldara.

Concertgebouw Brugge, Kamermuziekzaal - 't Zand 34, Brugge
€22
07/08
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InAlto

Fri
07.08.2026
20:00

In a musical fresco spanning two centuries, InAlto tells two love stories to music by Crécquillon, di Lasso, Monteverdi and des Prez.

Sint-Jakobskerk - Sint-Jakobsplein, Brugge
€42 | €32 | €22
07/08
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Jonatan Alvarado & Ariel Abramovich

Sat
08.08.2026
11:30

Along with guitarist Ariel Abramovich on vihuela, tenor Jonatan Alvarado performs a selection from a collection of polyphonic music and Gregorian chants from Heuhuetenango, Guatemala.

Sint-Annakerk - Sint-Annaplein, Brugge
€22
08/08
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Le Consort

Sat
08.08.2026
20:00

The French Le Consort Orchestra by violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte and harpsichordist Justin Taylor send our spirits soaring with their interpretation of Vivaldi's world-famous masterpiece, the Four Seasons.

Concertgebouw Brugge, Concertzaal - 't Zand 34, Brugge
€62 | €47 | €32
08/08
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Phaedrus

Sun
09.08.2026
11:00

Inspired by the fiery tongues of Pentecost and the Greek concept of pneuma, Phaedrus give voice to an invisible world. A transverse flute trio and the singing of Jonatan Alvarado create a musical landscape that floats between the visible and the hidden spheres.

O.L.V.-Bezoekingskerk - Onder de Toren, Lissewege
€22 | €65 (dagpas cat.1) | €60 (dagpas cat.2)
09/08
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Jean Petit Ensemble & Sterre Decru

Sun
09.08.2026
14:00

Brugse mezzosopraan Sterre Decru en haar Jean Petit Ensemble brengen het Franse hofleven naar Lissewege.

O.L.V.-Bezoekingskerk - Onder de Toren, Lissewege
€32 | €27 | €65 (dagpas cat.1) | €60 (dagpas cat.2)
09/08
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Cairn Consort

Sun
09.08.2026
17:00

The Cairn Consort – a new ensemble led by gambist Salomé Gasselin – present a daring encounter between the music of Keith Jarrett and that of Henry Purcell. The four string players merge their sounds with Kevin Seddiki’s electric guitar and zarb.

Abdijschuur Ter Doest - Ter Doeststraat 4, Lissewege
€22 | €65 (dagpas cat.1) | €60 (dagpas cat.2)
09/08
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