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Music Fest Perugia 2027

Registration opens December 1st !

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During the 2026 edition of the festival:

At least 110 students played with our professional orchestra.

There were 14 concerts with orchestra in our extraordinary halls.

No less than 130 students participated in marathon recitals.

A large number of professors played with the orchestra or played in the master recital series.

We produced 2 operas in Teatro del Pavone: "Die Zauberflote" and "Il Barbiere di Siviglia".
Both sold-out !

Countless sessions of masterclasses by our famous faculty of 50 professors

EXCITING NEWS ABOUT MUSIC FEST PERUGIA:

World-Renowned Artistic Faculty Arriving in the Summer of 2027!

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN PERUGIA FROM JULY 22 TO AUGUST 11, 2027!

Great talents and young classical music prodigies await you every night for a journey through the notes of the world's most celebrated composers, including concerts, masterclasses and instrumental marathons! Our history began in 2006, and since then we have been able to teach more than 1,900 young people from all over the world, virtually every continent except Antarctica!

Our participants range in age from 7 to 70 and we have had the honor of hosting over 400 professors: Jerome Lowenthal, John Perry, Ian Jones, Hung-Kuan Chen, Tamas Ungar, Mikhail Voskresensky, Matti Raekallio, Luigi Alva, Badura Skoda, Yukio Yokoyama, Peter Frankl, Arie Vardi, Joseph Kalichstein, Boris Slutsky, Michal Tal, Gary Graffman, Asaf Zohar, Arthur Greene, Alexander Korsantia, Pascal Nemirovsky, Natalia Trull, Michail Petukhov and many others. In the past, the following conductors have worked with us: Uri Segal, Paolo Ciardi, Sergei Babayan, Dan Wen-Wei, Claudio Maria Micheli, Rolf Bertsch, and Avner Itai. This year Eitan Globerson, Marius Stravinsky and Alessandro Alonzi will be conducting the festival orchestra, and will participate in the conducting workshop!"

We witnessed 4 Weddings within the festival.... and no divorces! And now we look to the future...see you July 22nd for the first session and August 2nd for the second session !

Festival Schedule 2027

1st session

July 22 - July 311

2nd session

August 2 - August 11

Our Special Guests

Meet the Directors

Peter Hermes

Executive Director

Dr. Peter Hermes, a graduate of the Sorbonne Medical School, is a neurology specialist who has been affiliated with leading medical centers and headache clinics in his native country, France, as well as in Italy, the US, and Israel.

He divides his time between Israel and Italy.

He founded Music Fest Perugia together with Ilana Vered in 2006 and he is presently managing the festival which has become the largest festival for young musicians in Italy.

Ilana Vered

Artistic Director

Ilana Vered has been heard with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra,

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Japan NHK Symphony Orchestra, Muncher Philharmoniker, and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

About

Music Fest Perugia is the only festival in the world that provides its participants the life-changing experience of performing as a soloist with a professional orchestra.

More than a festival, MFP is a transformative immersion in the soul of Italy. Under the guidance of world-renowned masters, you won’t just study music—you will live it in the legendary theaters of a city that breathes art.

Join us for the most magical summer in Europe !

Mission Statement

To cultivate the next generation of musical legends by dissolving the boundaries between student and master. We believe that true artistry is found on the stage; therefore, our mission is to provide an immersive, orchestral performance-based education that captures the soul of Italy and the heart of classical music.

History

Music Fest Perugia began with a revolutionary mission: to move the young musician from the practice room to the soloist’s spotlight.

What started as a specialized piano gathering has evolved into one of Europe’s most prestigious multi-disciplinary festivals, which now include voice and strings programs. With thousands of concerto performances in our legacy, we continue to bridge the gap between student ambition and professional mastery.