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Music Fest Perugia 2026

We look forward to welcoming you to our 20th-anniversary celebration!

Registration is open until May 1st 2026!

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Welcome to Music Fest Perugia!

DURING THE LAST FESTIVAL 2025:

At least 55 students played with our professional orchestra.

There were 7 concerts with orchestra in our extraordinary halls.

No less than 60 students participated in marathon recitals.

A large number of professors played with the orchestra or played in the master recital series We produced "Il Trovatore", a resonant success in 2025.

Countless sessions of masterclasses by our famous faculty of 30 professors.

EXCITING NEWS ABOUT MUSIC FEST PERUGIA:

World-Renowned Artistic Faculty Arriving in the Summer of 2026!

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN PERUGIA FROM JULY 23 TO AUGUST 12, 2026!

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 1,700 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, 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, Andrea Fornaciari, Rolf Bertsch, and Avner Itai. This year Eitan Globerson, Marius Stravinsky, Alessandro Alonzi and Andrea Fornaciari will be conducting the festival orchestra, and will participate in the conducting workshop!"

We witnessed 3 Weddings within the festival.... and no divorces! And now we look to the future...see you July 23rd for the first session and August 3rd for the second session !

Festival Schedule 2026

1st session

July 23 - August 1

2nd session

August 3 - August 12

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

Founded in 2006, 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.