Madeira PianoFest brings five piano recitals to Funchal’s Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias in November 2026: Saturday 7, Sunday 8, Wednesday 11, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15, each at 18:00. In its eleventh edition, seven pianists from six countries play three solo recitals and two for piano four hands, from Bach and Chopin to Rachmaninov and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Every concert is €20 and lasts about 75 minutes with an interval, so you are out by 19:15, in time for dinner.
- Cost€20 a concert at the theatre’s box office. Ticketline sells the same seats with a booking fee, and packs of three or all five concerts.
- Best nightPick by programme, not by night: the table below has who plays what. Be in your seat before 18:00, because nobody is let into the stalls once a recital has started.
- Getting thereOn foot from anywhere central. The theatre is on Avenida Arriaga, the main avenue through the centre, a few minutes from the Sé and the seafront.
- With childrenFrom six: the recitals are rated M/6, and every child needs a ticket for a seat of their own.
Madeira PianoFest 2026, concert by concert
| Day | Time | What | Where | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 | Gülsin Onay (Turkey), solo: “The great composers for piano”, with Bach, Mozart, Chopin and Saygun. Her first concert in Madeira | Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias | €20 | |
| 18:00 | Bruno Belthoise (France) and João Costa Ferreira (Portugal), four hands: “From the exotic to the macabre”, with Bizet, Saint-Saëns’s Danse macabre, Victorino de Almeida and Armande de Polignac | Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias | €20 | |
| 18:00 | Yolande Kouznetsov (France), solo: “From poetry to war”, with Chopin, Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 7 and Mompou | Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias | €20 | |
| 18:00 | Murray McLachlan (Scotland) and Kathryn Page (England), four hands: “The classics for four hands”, with Schubert, Rachmaninov, Debussy and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue | Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias | €20 | |
| 18:00 | Ilaria Loatelli (Italy), solo: “The virtuoso piano”, with Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms’s Paganini Variations and Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 | Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias | €20 |
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What people ask us about Madeira PianoFest
When is Madeira PianoFest 2026?
On five evenings in November 2026: Saturday 7, Sunday 8, Wednesday 11, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15, each at 18:00 at the Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias in Funchal. The theatre’s programme spells it Madeira Piano Fest.
Where do I buy tickets?
At the theatre’s box office on Avenida Arriaga, open Tuesday to Saturday from 13:30 to 20:30, or online at Ticketline, which adds a small fee. The box office can also be reached on +351 291 220 416.
Can I buy a ticket at the door on a Sunday?
Do not count on it. The box office’s published hours leave out Sundays and Mondays, so for the recitals on Sunday 8 and Sunday 15 November buy during the week or on Ticketline.
Is the theatre accessible in a wheelchair?
Yes, with a limit. The hall has two places for wheelchairs, stair climbers take you up the steps into the building, and there are adapted toilets and a lowered ticket counter. With only two places, ring the box office on +351 291 220 416 before you buy.
Who runs Madeira PianoFest?
The Associação Amigos do Conservatório de Música da Madeira produces it with the Câmara Municipal do Funchal and the theatre, and the pianist Robert Andres is its artistic director.
Sources
Dates from Ticketline’s Madeira PianoFest 2026 page and the Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias programme. Checked .
