The city fills withmelodies and activities with the new edition of Ensems
The longest-running contemporary music festival celebrates its 48th edition and will feature an extensive programme from 17 to 27 September 2026.
In this new edition, the festival invites you to reflect on the transformation of music into an object of quick consumption with countless activities in different formats.
There are performances, sound installations and concerts scheduled, featuring pieces by composers such as Philip Glass, Morton Feldman and György Kurtág.
All of this takes place in the usual venues: Les Arts, the CCCC, the Palau de la Música, the Universidad Politécnica de València or the Plaça de Viriat.
Come and discover, listen and let yourself be shaken by contemporary music with the Ensems programme.
Programme of Ensems 2026
- 17 September at 7:30 PM – Operatic concert «Estètica i massacre» – Les Arts – €25
- 18 September at 7:30 PM – Operatic concert «Estètica i massacre» – Les Arts – €25
- 19 September at 7:30 PM – Piano concert «Inside Glass» – Les Arts
- 20 September at 5:30 PM – «Amfibia»: performance by Argo Kollektiv – Les Arts
- 20 September at 7:30 PM – «Serialisms»: concert by the Quinteto Cuesta – Les Arts
- 21 September at 9:00 AM – «Vexations»: sound performance by Projecte SoXXI & Soundcool – Universidad Politécnica de València
- 22 September at 7:30 PM – Operatic show «Einstein on the beach» by Ictus Ensemble & Collegium Vocale Gent – Les Arts
- 23 September at 7:30 PM – Concert «Re-composing Feldman» by A/B Ensemble – CCCC
- 24 September at 5:30 PM – Sound experimentation concert «Ensems Lab» – Conservatorio Superior de Música Joaquín Rodrigo
- 24 September at 7:30 PM – «Esplá, music beyond time»: concert by the Banda Sinfónica Municipal de València – Palau de la Música
- 25 September at 7:30 PM – «Room of light»: concert by the Orquestra de València – Palau de la Música
- 26 September at 7:30 PM – «Topografies sonores»: works by students of the CSMV and CSMC – Plaça de Viriat
- 27 September at 12:00 PM – «Músiques parlades» by Klang Company – CCCC
- 27 September at 5:30 PM – «New Polish Women’s Wave»: concert by the Polish group Spoldzielnia Muzyczna – Les Arts
- 27 September at 7:30 PM – «Rothko Chapel. 100th anniversary of Morton Feldman»: visual and sound concert by the Grupo Enigma & Coro Nubah – Les Arts
What are you waiting for?
Open your mind, your eyes and your ears to enjoy a range of musical proposals and also to sign up for the participatory activities and the festival's closing party.
Let yourself be surprised by the avant-garde of Ensems!
