A Tribute to Ted Gärdestad

The Baltic Sea Festival 2026 opens with premieres and pulse! Andres Orozco-Estrada debuts as Chief Conductor, Hillborg’s Hell Mountain has its Swedish premiere, and Molly Kien’s new work receives its world premiere. Soprano Malin Byström sparkles in Alma Mahler’s songs before the evening culminates in Stravinsky’s iconic The Rite of Spring.

Join the Baltic Sea Festival's traditional family day for all ages!

Alfie sits alone in the apartment where he lives and feels lonely. He has moved to a new place and doesn’t know any of the other children there. Sometimes his imaginary friend Malcolm appears, and when they play together, Alfons always gets to decide — like being the train driver when they play trains. The problem is that Mållgan never shows up when he is really needed, like when the “big boys” chase Alfons and spray his jacket with water pistols. A performance about friendship, based on Alfie Atkins, the beloved children’s book character created by Gunilla Bergström.

Internationally acclaimed violinist Daniel Lozakovich offers an exklusive concert in Storkyrkan featuring music by his great artistic beacon, Johann Sebastian Bach.

When the Baltic Sea Festival comes to Tekniska, the forest takes center stage. Join us for a musical drop-in where sticks, leaves and gravel become rhythm, resonance and your own musical pieces.

Trombonist and big band leader Tilde Schweitzer and multi-award-winning pianist Joel Lyssarides take the stage at Fasching together with 16 string musicians in a concert that grew out of their shared love of the orchestral jazz tradition.

The Czech Philharmonic visits the Baltic Sea Festival! Under its legendary Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov, Janine Jansen performs Shostakovich’s first violin concerto, followed by Dvořák’s dramatic seventh symphony.

The Czech Philharmonic returns under Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov, joined by internationally acclaimed pianist Yunchan Lim in his Swedish debut. Ravel’s Piano Concerto dazzles with jazzy, dreamlike colours, followed by Smetana’s Má Vlast, a majestic journey through Bohemia’s landscapes and spirit.

What lies at the core of Beethoven’s music – and where do its building blocks come from? Martin Fröst leads the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in a program where Jacob Mühlrad’s Helix meets Hans Ek’s DNA Suite, inspired by Bach, Rameau, and Handel. The evening culminates in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 – a work carrying this entire musical heritage in its DNA.