Afternoon tea accompanied by world-class chamber music: Frank Bridge, Edmund Rubbra, Michael Finnissy, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Stuart MacRae.

London Calling - Oh Britannia! Afternoon Tea Time

Hotel Continental

Oslo Kammermusikkfestival closing gala concert featuring a virtuoso programme performed by festival musicians in Marmorsalen.

Closing Gala

Sentralen

Eldbjørg Hemsing's concept album presents Bach in a new light: colored, reimagined, and performed in a contemporary style, together with arrangers Tim Allhoff, Jan-Peter Klöpfel, and Jarkko Riihimäki.

Colors of Bach

Gamle Aker kirke

This concert embraces both the Baroque and the Nordic, blending European and Norwegian music. From folk tunes from Valdres to the great Baroque composers, it is a varied program packed with gems from the classical and folk music repertoire!

Echo from the Baroque

Akershus festning

Children's concert at Sentralen with actors, drums/percussion, and trumpet with live electronics.

Children's Concert - Bathing Summer

This is the first of three concerts devoted to Mendelssohn's music, with young musicians from the string quartet Opus13, pianist Elisabeth Brauß and clarinetist Pablo Barragán.

Composer Focus: Mendelssohn – The Child Prodigy and the Virtuoso

Felix Mendelssohn celebrated as a Romantic composer, virtuoso performer and early modern conductor. Program includes Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, selected Songs Without Words, and String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20.

Composer Focus: Mendelssohn – The Master Architect

Akershus slottskirke

An afternoon concert at Oscarshall on Bygdøy presented in two parts, one in the Salon and one in the Dining Room, with the audience switching halls after the intermission. Programme includes works by Purcell, Dowland, Lawes, Mertz, Schubert, Sor, Falla, Barroso and Mozart.

Oscarshall

An interactive and playful concert for children aged 4 to 13 (English page says 5 to 13). Through well-known tunes and genre play, Trio no Treble shows how fun and diverse classical music can be, transforming 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star' into rock, pop, jazz and folk, ending with Monti's Czardas.

Musikkfabrikken

Concert by the string quartet Opus13 at Oslo Kammermusikkfestival, featuring Mozart's String Quartet No. 19 'Dissonance', Britta Byström's Images From the Floating World, and Grieg's String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27.

Opus13

A concert series in a relaxed setting: musicians play shorter, well-known pieces and the audience can chat, comment or listen. This evening features Kurt Weill's Suite from 'Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny' in a version for saxophone, string quartet and piano.

Afterglow

Haakon Kafé

Join us on a musical journey along the river of all rivers, the Danube! On 17 August, we're back at Gamle Logen for a colourful evening. Well-known and beloved works such as Schubert's Piano Quintet in A major, known by the nickname 'The Trout', and Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances are among the pieces you can expect to hear this evening. Chamber music at its very best, in other words!

Reise langs Donau

Gamle Logen

Stage 4 of the concert project City Walk along Akerselva. Johannes Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8.

Brahms at Nowhere

Ingensteds

A musical walk along the Akerselva with concerts at four stops, including String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575 by Mozart and Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 by Brahms.

Walking Tour Along the Akerselva

Vøienvolden gård

Song treasures in the Palace Chapel. Kathleen O'Mara (soprano) and Olesya Tutova (piano) in a chamber music concert in the Palace Chapel, Royal Palace, Oslo.

Kathleen O'Mara at the Palace

Royal Palace

Second concert in the Composer Focus: Mendelssohn series, celebrating Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny Mendelssohn, with works by Bach and Mendelssohn siblings.

Composer Focus: Mendelssohn – The Poets and the Music

A starry lineup of Norwegian musicians invites audiences on a rare musical journey through darkness and light. Led by vocalist Tora Augestad, the ensemble specializes in breaking down the barriers between cabaret, jazz and classical music.

Music for a While

Kulturkirken Jakob

A guided walking tour along Akerselva with four stops featuring musical performances, held as part of Oslo Kammermusikkfestival. The tour is offered in English and Norwegian.

Walking Tour Along Akerselva

Lunch concert at the Music Pavilion on Karl Johan featuring young violinists performing Norwegian folk music (waltzes, polkas and reinlenders), led by Åshild Breie Nyhus.

Slåttestjernene

Musikkpaviljongen på Karl Johan

A choral work by Ellen Andrea Wang consisting of 10 compositions for female choir, double bass and saxophone, with texts from the Gospel of Luke (Magnificat) on Mary's experience of giving birth. Co-presented by Oslo Jazz Festival and Oslo Chamber Music Festival.

Magnificat

Oslo Domkirke

We are back at Frogner hovedgård, and with French composers as the common thread, we dedicate the afternoon to chamber music from the late Romantic era and Impressionism. This is a concert where lyrical melodies and tonal colors are given free rein, and it is perfect for you if you have a heart for the harp.

French Focus

Frogner hovedgård

Children's concert at Deichman based on the poetry book by Ruth Lillegraven. The performance follows Eg, a child who wants to learn to swim, and the grandmother who holds the key to the stories in the treasure chest. Target audience ages 3-6, performed in Nynorsk. The concert is free, but registration is required.

Barnas lørdag

Deichman Bjørvika

A concert series in an extra relaxed setting: conversation between musicians and audience, with short, well-known pieces played by Quartetto Rilke. This evening: Eldbjørg Hemsing in dialogue with Danby Choi on the role of classical music today.

Etterklang

Opening concert of the Oslo Chamber Music Festival in the University Aula, with Holberg Suite, Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 and Johan Svendsen. Opening address by the festival board.

Åpningskonsert i aulaen

Ramme gård og Universitetets aula

We are repeating last season's success and welcome you to pleasant morning hours at the music pavilion on Karl Johan. Bring lunch or coffee along, stay for the entire concert, or drop by on your way to or from somewhere else. This first pavilion concert features Eldbjørg Hemsing and Ole Christian Haagenrud.

Music Under the Open Sky

Pianist Håvard Gimse, artist profile at Oslo Kammermusikkfestival

Håvard Gimse

Frans og Nico Widerbergs hjem og atelier

Free concert with flute and harp, an adventurous musical journey for children aged 4 to 100. Part of the Mellom-rom concert series.

Oslo Chamber Music Festival

Aug 21, 2026

London Calling - Oh Britannia! Afternoon Tea Time

Aug 21, 2026

Closing Gala

Oslo Chamber Music Festival