Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht - Netherlands

The Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht is the largest festival of its kind in the world. For ten days at the end of August, Utrecht city centre becomes the hub of the international early music sector. Since its first edition in 1982, the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht has presented repertoire from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque, in more than 250 concerts and other events per edition, to an annual audience that has grown exponentially to more than 70,000 festival visitors. During the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, internationally renowned figures from the music world fraternize with talented young musicians, some of whom they coach during a series of 70 fringe concerts. The International Van Wassenaer Competition has been part of the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht since 2014.
The Festival Oude Muziek Tournees offers the same combination of established careers and young professionals, but the formula is radically different. Where the festival stands for concentration through the unity of time and place, the season describes the exact opposite movement: during the Festival Oude Muziek Tournees we travel around the country throughout the concert season. In this way we have been reaching a large audience of early music lovers since 1986.
Since 2022, the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht has also had a streaming service: Early Music Television, or EMTV. EMTV is the streaming platform for early music aficionados. EMTV offers unique, high-quality content for global audiences, with over 350 full concerts currently available and expanding.
Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht
Plompetorengracht 4, 3512 CC Utrecht, Netherlands
/ +31 (0)30 232 9000
/ info@oudemuziek.nl

From 05 November to 08 November / Netherlands
Tours | Apollo's Cabinet | A celebration for Frederik | 5 - 8 Nov 2025
This young top talent from the United Kingdom won the jury prize of the…

From 26 November to 30 November / Netherlands
Tours | Dionysos Now! | In the footsteps of Willaert | 26 - 30 Nov 2025
Adrian Willaert was astonished when he suddenly heard his own music in the…

From 13 December to 17 January / Netherlands
Tours | Partes Ensemble | A Ukrainian Christmas | 13 - 17 Dec 2025
It has become a tradition during the festive season: our alternative…

From 14 January to 17 January / Netherlands
Tours | Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde & Postscript Cello sensation according to Geminiani | 14 - 17 Jan 2026
Naples found him too wild, but in London he became a sensation: the…
Past events

From 26 August to 04 September / Netherlands
BACH'S VIRTUAL HIMMELSBURG at Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht
This virtual installation takes you to the Himmelsburg - the chapel in…

From 08 October to 05 June / Netherlands
OUDE MUZIEK UTRECHT - SEASON
The Early Music Season – from the creators of the Utrecht Early Music…

From 25 August to 03 September / Netherlands
Utrecht Early Music Festival
Centred on the theme of "Revival", the festival focuses on early music as…

19 December / Netherlands
An English Christmas with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge / Graham Ross
Celebrate Christmas on Early Music Television with the Choir of Clare…

From 23 August to 01 September / Netherlands
Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2024 - Sevilla
Seville will be the theme of the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2024. With…
17 December / Netherlands
EMTV: Christmas with Stile Antico
Celebrate Christmas on Early Music Television with Stile Antico! Tune in…

From 14 April to 17 April / Netherlands
EMTV Award
Vote for your favourite ensemble to win the coveted EMTV…

From 29 August to 07 September / Netherlands
Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2025 - Museumkunst?
Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2025 - Museumkunst? takes place from August…
From 29 August to 07 September / Netherlands
Concert live streams from the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2025
When Utrecht is not exactly around the corner, visiting the Festival Oude…

From 19 October to 21 October / Netherlands
Tours | Céline Scheen & André Henrich | Lute songs from Dowland to Caccini | 19 - 21 Oct 2025
On the main stage of the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, Céline Scheen has…