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Festival de Lanaudière 2027 is the main event of the year with the participation of world classical music stars.
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Detailed information about the 2026 Festival will be added later.
From 3 July to 2 August 2026, the 49th edition of the Festival de Lanaudière brought a month of outstanding classical music to Joliette and the surrounding region of Québec, Canada. With more than 25 concerts, the festival combined major orchestral performances, opera, chamber music and early music in a programme shaped around the theme of power. Its main venue, the open-air Fernand-Lindsay Amphitheatre, provided a spectacular natural setting for performances by leading Canadian and international artists.
One of the season’s highlights was Verdi’s Macbeth on 2 August, bringing the festival to a dramatic close. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducted the Orchestre Métropolitain and the Chœur Métropolitain, with baritone Étienne Dupuis as Macbeth and soprano Saioa Hernández as Lady Macbeth. Presented in concert, the opera offered a powerful finale filled with political intrigue, ambition and psychological tension.
The orchestral programme featured some of the most distinguished ensembles in Québec. On 18 July, Rafael Payare led the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) in Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10, with cellist Alisa Weilerstein performing Gabriela Ortiz’s concerto. Later in the season, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet joined the OSM and guest conductor Stéphane Denève for Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 5. On 1 August, pianist Bruce Liu appeared with Payare and the OSM in a programme featuring Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 3.
Baroque music had a prominent place in the festival, with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants presenting works by Marc-Antoine Charpentier on 11 July. Other notable appearances included mandolinist Avi Avital with I Musici de Montréal, soprano Julie Fuchs in a Belle Époque programme, pianist Christian Blackshaw in Romantic repertoire, and baritone Matthias Goerne in Schubert’s Winterreise.
Beyond the amphitheatre, concerts in historic churches and distinctive cultural and agritourism venues offered a more intimate way to experience the programme. Free events and outdoor cinema screenings broadened the festival’s appeal, bringing classical music into the wider community.
The Festival de Lanaudière 2026 united celebrated performers, ambitious repertoire and the natural beauty of Québec in a summer celebration of classical music. The edition concluded on 2 August, ahead of the festival’s 50th anniversary season in 2027.
About the Festival de Lanaudière
Founded in 1978, the Festival de Lanaudière has grown into one of North America’s leading celebrations of classical music. Held each summer in the Lanaudière region of Québec, Canada, the festival brings together internationally acclaimed soloists, distinguished conductors, leading orchestras and outstanding local artists for several weeks of concerts in remarkable surroundings.
At the heart of the festival is the Fernand-Lindsay Amphitheatre in Joliette, an open-air concert venue set amid woodland and natural landscapes. Its distinctive setting allows audiences to experience symphonic music beneath the summer sky, combining the scale and sound of a major concert hall with the relaxed atmosphere of an outdoor festival. The programme also extends beyond the amphitheatre to historic churches and other venues throughout the region.
The festival’s repertoire centres on the great works of classical music, from symphonic masterpieces and choral compositions to chamber music and solo recitals. Its programmes regularly feature major Canadian ensembles, including the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and the Orchestre Métropolitain, alongside distinguished international orchestras and specialist early-music groups. Renowned conductors and soloists share the programme with emerging artists, creating opportunities to hear familiar masterpieces as well as discover less frequently performed works.
Beyond its main concerts, Festival de Lanaudière embraces the wider cultural life of the region, presenting performances in intimate settings and encouraging audiences of different ages and backgrounds to explore classical music. Its combination of ambitious artistic programming, accessible events and a distinctive natural environment has made it an important summer destination for music lovers from Québec and abroad.
More than a series of concerts, the Festival de Lanaudière offers a summer encounter between music, landscape and community — a place where world-class performances take on a special character under the open sky.
