The Kammerton Festival 2026 will be held in Stockholm, Sweden from October 2nd to 5th, 2026, under the artistic direction of Swedish accordionist Leo Florin. The four-day festival will feature masterclasses, lectures, concerts and workshops, bringing together young musicians and internationally active artists. Kammerton describes the festival as a meeting place for emerging and professional musicians, with artistic exchange and collaboration central to its programme.

A highlight will be the Gala Concert, “The Ticking Accordion,” on October 3rd at 7.00pm at the Queen Silvia Concert Hall, Stockholm. The 2026 festival takes TIME as its central theme, exploring different perceptions of time through music, with the accordion at the centre of the programme. Repertoire will range from Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn, Sofia Gubaidulina, John Cage and Steve Reich to Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin and Astor Piazzolla, together with The Ticking Accordion by Vigovajk Sagvik.

Performers in the Gala Concert include Susanna Andersson (soprano), Ellinor Bengtsson (trumpet), Leo Florin and Luca Bello (accordion), Sebastian Malmquist (percussion), violinists Paula Gorbanova and Allan Jansson, violist Hugo Svensson, cellist Vigovajk Sagvik and double bassist Sverker Rundquist.

The wider festival programme begins on October 2nd with Masterclasses & Lecture at Lilla Akademien. The Student Concert & Workshops follow on October 4th, while the festival concludes on October 5th with “Echoes of Time” at Farsta Gård.

Artistic Director Leo Florin, born in 2003, is the founder of Kammerton and has received numerous international competition awards, including first prize at the 2023 Premio Internazionale della Fisarmonica (PIF) in Castelfidardo and the 2024 Coupe Mondiale Masters.

Kammerton Festival 2026
October 2–5, 2026 – Stockholm, Sweden

Festival information and tickets: Kammerton Festival 2026