Ceresio Estate 2026

Free entry

This year, Ceresio Estate celebrates its 50th anniversary. Since 1976, the festival has brought music to some of the most evocative locations around Lake Lugano, combining landscape, artistic heritage and historic villages with great music. Audiences rediscover hidden treasures linked to the history of the Comacine masters, whose craftsmanship helped shape the great European courts.

From June to September, from Morcote to Tesserete, the festival presents fifteen events with an international outlook: from symphonic music to chamber music, from the Baroque repertoire to programmes exploring different musical languages, featuring world-renowned artists appearing in the Lugano region for the first time alongside young talents and established Ticinese artists.

Sound and landscape intertwine in the summer sunsets of the Ceresio, creating unique and unforgettable experiences.

Programme:

• Friday, June 19, 2026, 8.30 pm
  Melide, Church of SS. Quirico and Giulitta
  Remembering Alice Moretti

• Sunday, June 21, 2026, 7.00 pm
  Montagnola, Sala Boccadoro
  Hesse in Concert
  Lieder on texts by the writer

• Sunday, June 28, 2026, 8.30 pm
  Morcote, Spazio Garavello 7
  The Enchantments of the Violin

• Sunday, July 12, 2026, 7.00 pm
  Montagnola, School Centre
  Tension and Form
  two instruments in dialogue

• Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 8.30 pm
  Cureglia, Villa Rusca Park
  Heavy Artillery
  but with lightness

• Sunday, August 2, 2026, 7.00 pm
  Montagnola, School Centre
  Viennese Classicism
  between rigor and Mediterranean warmth

• Friday, August 7, 2026, 8.30 pm
  Tesserete, Church of Santo Stefano
  Lino Liviabella
  between Respighi and Ravel

• Sunday, August 9, 2026, 7.00 pm
  Morcote, Spazio Garavello 7
  Beyond the Border
  between Classical and Pop

• Friday, August 14, 2026, 11.30 am
  Gentilino, Church of Sant’Abbondio
  FRANCESCO 800
  One-act work for string quintet

• Friday, August 14, 2026, 8.30 pm
  Montagnola, School Centre
  Before Berlin

• Sunday, August 23, 2026, 7.00 pm
  Sorengo, Church of S. M. Assunta
  Baroque Pearls
  from improvisation to codification

• Sunday, August 30, 2026, 8.30 pm
  Torricella, Church square
  Reed Games

• Sunday, September 6, 2026, 7.00 pm
  Vico Morcote, Parish Church
  Plucked Dialogue

• Sunday, September 13, 2026, 7.00 pm
  Caslano, Church of San Cristoforo
  Composing Music
  dreaming with open eyes

• Sunday, September 20, 2026, 7.00 pm
  Paradiso, Piazza del Municipio
  Turkish Fascination
  in Mozart’s time

• Sunday, September 27, 2026, 7.00 pm
  Gandria, Church of San Vigilio
  Two Instruments, One Listening