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10–19 September 2026

Festival Programme 2022

15–24 September 2022

We hope you’ll join us for a ten-day celebration showcasing the full breadth and diversity of music and the arts in our time!

This year’s festival programme features more than 60 events including concert, dance performances, theatre, art installations and talks.

Events will be released in the following weeks, so stay tuned for updates.

The theme for Ultima 2022 is Freedom is Around the Corner.
Read more about the festival theme here.

24 September 2022
Ultima Context: A Brief History of Ambience
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
24–25 September 2022
Spreafico Eckly & Matteo Fargion: Bad Dante Bad English Bad Opera (Purgatorio I-IX
Dante’s Divine Comedy as you’ve never seen (or heard) it before
Kanonhallen
24 September 2022
Electric Utopia Perila / Klara Lewis & Nik Colk Void + Pedro Maia
New routes for ambient music
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
24 September 2022
Ensemble Temporum
Nocturnal microtones
Kulturkirken Jakob
24 September 2022
Ultima Context: Beautiful Disasters
Post-concert talk
Kulturkirken Jakob
24 September 2022
Ultima Context: The Listeners
An Introduction
Den Norske Opera & Ballett
24 September 2022
Missy Mazzoli: The Listeners
How much would you sacrifice to find your place in the world?
Den Norske Opera & Ballett
24 September 2022
Det Norske Kammerorkester: Vrede
Musical war stories
Sentralen
23 September 2022
Sonisk Hage (Sonic Garden) II: Electroacoustic
Mind expanding new works from the next generation of composers
Sentralen
23 September 2022
Elena Perales Andreu & Camila Nebbia: Huella ignorada - Ignored trace
Poetry without borders
Sentralen
23 September 2022
Frode Haltli: Da Gruekjerka brann
Requiem for victims of a deadly fire
Riksscenen
23–25 September 2022
Voetvolk: Into the Open
Let's trance!
Dansens Hus
23–24 September 2022
Sophia Brous: Mount Analogue – A Provisionally Utopian Live Performance Event
A transformative trip to a surreal mountainscape of the mind
Den Norske Opera & Ballett
23 September 2022
Caterina Barbieri: Spirit Exit
Synth from the spirit world
MUNCH
22 September 2022
Theater Corpus / Lars Skoglund: Epp
Absurd, hilarious, dystopian puppet show
Riksscenen
22 September 2022
Ultima Context: Puppets and politics
Samtale etter forestillingen
Riksscenen
22 September 2022
Arturas Bumšteinas: Multi-track Simplicities
The freedom of listening is just around the corner at Nasjonal Jazzscene this evening!
Nasjonal jazzscene Victoria
22 September 2022
Oslo-Filharmonien, Valentin Silvestrov & Lasse Thoresen
Electrifying and nostalgic orchestral masterpieces by two vital living symphonists
Oslo Konserthus
22 September 2022
Ultima Context: Witch Club Satan
Post-show talk
Black Box teater
22 September 2022
Nordic Voices & Gryphon Piano Trio
Ukrainian rhapsodies
Margaretakyrkan
22 September 2022
Insub Meta Orchestra & Skogen
Radical collective creation
Kulturkirken Jakob
21 September 2022
LEMUR: Symphonie Magnétophonique
Secret sounds of the city
Sentralen, Stortinget T-banestasjon, Wessels plass
21 September 2022
Sonisk Hage (Sonic Garden) I: Acoustic
Mind expanding new works from the next generation of composers
Sentralen
21–22 September 2022
Lost and Found Productions: Witch Club Satan
Witchcraft is the new black (metal)
Black Box teater
21 September 2022
Øyunn: Aspects
Modular mayhem
MUNCH
20 September 2022
Ultima Context: Crticism and Cancelling: When Critics Self-Censor
A panel on self-censorship in the critical milieu, arranged by Norsk kritikerlag
Sentralen
20 September 2022
Bornstein / Iunker / Wilhite-Hannisdal: Notices from the Paris Commune
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!
Den Norske Opera & Ballett
20 September 2022
Noa Eshkol Chamber Dance Group: Homework – Gestures
Enter the mind-body matrix
Sentralen
20 September 2022
Neue Vocalsolisten — Voice Affairs
Vocal explorations of the new Middle East
Kulturkirken Jakob
19 September 2022
Noa Eshkol workshop 1 (advanced)
A unique opportunity to experience Noa Eshkol’s choreographic theory in practice
Sentralen
19 September 2022
Ultima Context: Seminar: Roles Reversed – Children as Composers
Kids Take Charge!
Sentralen
19 September 2022
Noa Eshkol workshop 2 (beginners)
A unique opportunity to experience Noa Eshkol’s choreographic theory in practice
Sentralen
19 September 2022
Ekko (Echo) – Listening In with Lena Lindgren and guests
Diagnosing the digital Narcissus complex
Sentralen
18–23 September 2022
Det Norske Kammerorkester + Oslo-Filharmonien
Arnold Schönberg’s melodramatic masterwork in 21st century guise
Sentralen
18 September 2022
Janne-Camilla Lyster/Solveig Styve Holte
Two solo dance works inspired by choreography from the Noa Eshkol Archives
Nasjonalmuseet
18 September 2022
Barnas Ultima-dag 2022 (BUD)
All aboard the BUD express!
Sentralen
18 September 2022
Ultima Context: Maia Urstad artist talk
Norway’s leading sound artist talks trains and technology
Atelier Nord
18 September 2022
Cikada & Qasim Naqvi
Adventures in the synth chamber
Kulturkirken Jakob
18 September 2022
Notam - Kunstfilm på en søndag (Notam Film Programme)
Films of life, death, crisis and magic
Kunstnernes Hus
17 September 2022
Nils Henrik Asheim: Organotopia
A day-long magical mystery tour packed with organ-ised chaos
Birkelunden
17 September 2022
Simon Løffler: Becoming Animal
Non-human music
MUNCH
17 September 2022
Ultima Context: Missy Mazzoli on The Listeners
Premiere talk
Sentralen
17 September 2022
Sofia Jernberg/Ariadne Greif/Cory Smythe: Dreams Of Our Future
Hope, rainbows and fear: The dream life of today’s children, magicked into song
Den Norske Opera & Ballett
17 September 2022
Ultima x byLarm
Ultima’s by:Larm takeover!
Kafé Hærverk
17 September 2022
Ultima x byLarm: Anja Lauvdal & Laurel Halo
A natural highlight at Ultima and by:Larm
Kulturkirken Jakob
16 September 2022
Ultima Context: Curation and Decolonisation
A forum on the broad topic of Curation and Decolonisation
Sentralen
16–24 September 2022
Natasha Barrett: PRESENCE|NÆRVÆR
Adventures in hyper-real listening
Akershus Fortress
16–18 September 2022
ANNA&CO & Nils Petter Molvær: SÅLE
Blowing away the dark secrets of wartime Norway in a three-part dance work with music by electronic jazz legend Nils Petter Molvær.
HL-senteret
16 September 2022
Ignas Krunglevicius: POSSESSOR
Come and feel the noise
Astrup Fearnley Museum
16 September 2022
Ultima Context: Inside Einstürzende Neubauten
Inside Einstürzende Neubauten With Chris Bohn & Rob Young: Stories, insight and a listening guide to Einstürzende Neubauten with an expert from The Wire magazine.
Kulturhuset
16–24 September 2022
Maia Urstad: FERD
All aboard for a sonic journey to a phantom train station
Atelier Nord
16 September 2022
Arne Nordheim Prize Concert – Portrait Jan Martin Smørdal
The winner of Norway’s highest composer award
MUNCH
16–17 September 2022
Nuria Guiu / Ingri Fiksdal: MEDIUM
Possessed dancers and the music of Sunn O))) channel the supernatural dimension
Black Box teater
16 September 2022
Einstürzende Neubauten: THE YEAR OF THE TIGER TOUR 2022 + Gudrun Gut solo
A rare Oslo appearance from Germany’s greatest experimental rock band
Sentrum Scene
15 September 2022
Ultima Context: Fire and Furies – Xenakis and Freedom
An introduction to Xenakis’s Oresteia and more
Sentralen
15 September 2022
Opening event: 180 Hammer Blows Against the War Monkeys
It's hammer time
Borggården Oslo rådhus / Fridtjof Nansens plass (City Hall)
15 September 2022
Opening Concert - Iannis Xenakis: Oresteia
Blood and revenge, war and peace, crime and punishment: a musical tragedy for our troubled present
Oslo City Hall
Thursday 15/09
18:00 Sentralen
Ultima Context: Fire and Furies – Xenakis and Freedom An introduction to Xenakis’s Oresteia and more
19:30 Borggården Oslo rådhus / Fridtjof Nansens plass (City Hall)
Opening event: 180 Hammer Blows Against the War Monkeys  It's hammer time
20:00 Oslo City Hall
Opening Concert - Iannis Xenakis: Oresteia  Blood and revenge, war and peace, crime and punishment: a musical tragedy for our troubled present
Sold out
Friday 16/09
11:30 Sentralen
Ultima Context: Curation and Decolonisation A forum on the broad topic of Curation and Decolonisation
15:00 HL-senteret
World premiere ANNA&CO & Nils Petter Molvær: SÅLE  Blowing away the dark secrets of wartime Norway in a three-part dance work with music by electronic jazz legend Nils Petter Molvær.
15:00 Akershus Fortress
Natasha Barrett: PRESENCE|NÆRVÆR Adventures in hyper-real listening
17:00 Astrup Fearnley Museum
World premiere Ignas Krunglevicius: POSSESSOR Come and feel the noise
18:00 HL-senteret
ANNA&CO & Nils Petter Molvær: SÅLE  Blowing away the dark secrets of wartime Norway in a three-part dance work with music by electronic jazz legend Nils Petter Molvær.
19:00 Atelier Nord
World premiere Maia Urstad: FERD All aboard for a sonic journey to a phantom train station
19:00 Kulturhuset
Ultima Context: Inside Einstürzende Neubauten Inside Einstürzende Neubauten With Chris Bohn & Rob Young: Stories, insight and a listening guide to Einstürzende Neubauten with an expert from The Wire magazine.
19:30 MUNCH
Arne Nordheim Prize Concert – Portrait Jan Martin Smørdal The winner of Norway’s highest composer award
Sold out
21:00 Sentrum Scene
Einstürzende Neubauten: THE YEAR OF THE TIGER TOUR 2022 + Gudrun Gut solo A rare Oslo appearance from Germany’s greatest experimental rock band
Few tickets left
21:00 Black Box teater
Nuria Guiu / Ingri Fiksdal: MEDIUM  Possessed dancers and the music of Sunn O))) channel the supernatural dimension
Saturday 17/09
12:00 Birkelunden
Nils Henrik Asheim: Organotopia A day-long magical mystery tour packed with organ-ised chaos
12:00 Atelier Nord
Maia Urstad: FERD All aboard for a sonic journey to a phantom train station
12:00 Akershus Fortress
Natasha Barrett: PRESENCE|NÆRVÆR Adventures in hyper-real listening
13:00 MUNCH
Simon Løffler: Becoming Animal  Non-human music
15:00 MUNCH
Simon Løffler: Becoming Animal  Non-human music
15:00 HL-senteret
ANNA&CO & Nils Petter Molvær: SÅLE  Blowing away the dark secrets of wartime Norway in a three-part dance work with music by electronic jazz legend Nils Petter Molvær.
Sold out
16:00 Akershus Fortress
Natasha Barrett: PRESENCE|NÆRVÆR Adventures in hyper-real listening
17:00 Sentralen
Ultima Context: Missy Mazzoli on The Listeners Premiere talk
17:00 MUNCH
Simon Løffler: Becoming Animal  Non-human music
Few tickets left
18:00 HL-senteret
ANNA&CO & Nils Petter Molvær: SÅLE  Blowing away the dark secrets of wartime Norway in a three-part dance work with music by electronic jazz legend Nils Petter Molvær.
19:00 Den Norske Opera & Ballett
World premiere Sofia Jernberg/Ariadne Greif/Cory Smythe: Dreams Of Our Future Hope, rainbows and fear: The dream life of today’s children, magicked into song
19:00 MUNCH
Simon Løffler: Becoming Animal  Non-human music
Few tickets left
21:00 Kafé Hærverk
Ultima x byLarm Ultima’s by:Larm takeover!
21:00 Black Box teater
Nuria Guiu / Ingri Fiksdal: MEDIUM  Possessed dancers and the music of Sunn O))) channel the supernatural dimension
23:55 Kulturkirken Jakob
Ultima x byLarm: Anja Lauvdal & Laurel Halo A natural highlight at Ultima and by:Larm
Sunday 18/09
12:00 Sentralen
Barnas Ultima-dag 2022 (BUD) All aboard the BUD express!
12:00 Nasjonalmuseet
Janne-Camilla Lyster/Solveig Styve Holte Two solo dance works inspired by choreography from the Noa Eshkol Archives
12:00 Sentralen
Det Norske Kammerorkester + Oslo-Filharmonien Arnold Schönberg’s melodramatic masterwork in 21st century guise
12:00 Atelier Nord
Maia Urstad: FERD All aboard for a sonic journey to a phantom train station
12:00 Akershus Fortress
Natasha Barrett: PRESENCE|NÆRVÆR Adventures in hyper-real listening
14:00 Atelier Nord
Ultima Context: Maia Urstad artist talk Norway’s leading sound artist talks trains and technology
15:00 Kulturkirken Jakob
Cikada & Qasim Naqvi Adventures in the synth chamber
15:00 HL-senteret
ANNA&CO & Nils Petter Molvær: SÅLE  Blowing away the dark secrets of wartime Norway in a three-part dance work with music by electronic jazz legend Nils Petter Molvær.
16:00 Akershus Fortress
Natasha Barrett: PRESENCE|NÆRVÆR Adventures in hyper-real listening
17:00 Kunstnernes Hus
Notam - Kunstfilm på en søndag (Notam Film Programme) Films of life, death, crisis and magic
18:00 HL-senteret
ANNA&CO & Nils Petter Molvær: SÅLE  Blowing away the dark secrets of wartime Norway in a three-part dance work with music by electronic jazz legend Nils Petter Molvær.
Sold out
18:30 Kunstnernes Hus
Notam - Kunstfilm på en søndag (Notam Film Programme) Films of life, death, crisis and magic
Monday 19/09
10:00 Sentralen
Noa Eshkol workshop 1 (advanced) A unique opportunity to experience Noa Eshkol’s choreographic theory in practice
Few tickets left
12:00 Atelier Nord
Maia Urstad: FERD All aboard for a sonic journey to a phantom train station
12:00 Akershus Fortress
Natasha Barrett: PRESENCE|NÆRVÆR Adventures in hyper-real listening
14:00 Sentralen
Ultima Context: Seminar: Roles Reversed – Children as Composers Kids Take Charge!
16:00 Sentralen
Noa Eshkol workshop 2 (beginners) A unique opportunity to experience Noa Eshkol’s choreographic theory in practice
Sold out
16:00 Akershus Fortress
Natasha Barrett: PRESENCE|NÆRVÆR Adventures in hyper-real listening
19:00 Sentralen
Ekko (Echo) – Listening In with Lena Lindgren and guests  Diagnosing the digital Narcissus complex
Tuesday 20/09
12:00 Atelier Nord
Maia Urstad: FERD All aboard for a sonic journey to a phantom train station
12:00 Akershus Fortress
Natasha Barrett: PRESENCE|NÆRVÆR Adventures in hyper-real listening
16:00 Den Norske Opera & Ballett
Bornstein / Iunker / Wilhite-Hannisdal: Notices from the Paris Commune Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!
Sold out
16:00 Sentralen
Ultima Context: Crticism and Cancelling: When Critics Self-Censor A panel on self-censorship in the critical milieu, arranged by Norsk kritikerlag
16:00 Akershus Fortress
Natasha Barrett: PRESENCE|NÆRVÆR Adventures in hyper-real listening
17:00 Sentralen
Noa Eshkol Chamber Dance Group: Homework – Gestures Enter the mind-body matrix
19:00 Kulturkirken Jakob
Neue Vocalsolisten — Voice Affairs Vocal explorations of the new Middle East
Few tickets left
Wednesday 21/09
09:00 Sentralen, Stortinget T-banestasjon, Wessels plass
LEMUR: Symphonie Magnétophonique  Secret sounds of the city
12:00 Sentralen, Stortinget T-banestasjon, Wessels plass
LEMUR: Symphonie Magnétophonique  Secret sounds of the city
12:00 Atelier Nord
Maia Urstad: FERD All aboard for a sonic journey to a phantom train station
16:00 Akershus Fortress
Natasha Barrett: PRESENCE|NÆRVÆR Adventures in hyper-real listening
17:00 Sentralen
World premiere Sonisk Hage (Sonic Garden) I: Acoustic Mind expanding new works from the next generation of composers
19:00 Black Box teater
Lost and Found Productions: Witch Club Satan  Witchcraft is the new black (metal)
Few tickets left
19:00 Sentralen, Stortinget T-banestasjon, Wessels plass
LEMUR: Symphonie Magnétophonique  Secret sounds of the city
21:00 MUNCH
World premiere Øyunn: Aspects  Modular mayhem
Few tickets left
Thursday 22/09
12:00 Atelier Nord
Maia Urstad: FERD All aboard for a sonic journey to a phantom train station
12:00 Akershus Fortress
Natasha Barrett: PRESENCE|NÆRVÆR Adventures in hyper-real listening
16:00 Akershus Fortress
Natasha Barrett: PRESENCE|NÆRVÆR Adventures in hyper-real listening
17:00 Riksscenen
World premiere Theater Corpus / Lars Skoglund: Epp  Absurd, hilarious, dystopian puppet show
Sold out
18:30 Riksscenen
Ultima Context: Puppets and politics Samtale etter forestillingen
19:00 Oslo Konserthus
Oslo-Filharmonien, Valentin Silvestrov & Lasse Thoresen Electrifying and nostalgic orchestral masterpieces by two vital living symphonists
19:00 Nasjonal jazzscene Victoria
Arturas Bumšteinas: Multi-track Simplicities The freedom of listening is just around the corner at Nasjonal Jazzscene this evening!
19:00 Black Box teater
Lost and Found Productions: Witch Club Satan  Witchcraft is the new black (metal)
20:30 Black Box teater
Ultima Context: Witch Club Satan  Post-show talk
21:00 Kulturkirken Jakob
Insub Meta Orchestra & Skogen Radical collective creation
21:00 Margaretakyrkan
Nordic Voices & Gryphon Piano Trio Ukrainian rhapsodies
Friday 23/09
12:00 Atelier Nord
Maia Urstad: FERD All aboard for a sonic journey to a phantom train station
12:00 Akershus Fortress
Natasha Barrett: PRESENCE|NÆRVÆR Adventures in hyper-real listening
16:00 Akershus Fortress
Natasha Barrett: PRESENCE|NÆRVÆR Adventures in hyper-real listening
16:30 Sentralen
World premiere Sonisk Hage (Sonic Garden) II: Electroacoustic Mind expanding new works from the next generation of composers
17:30 Sentralen
World premiere Elena Perales Andreu & Camila Nebbia: Huella ignorada - Ignored trace Poetry without borders
18:00 Riksscenen
Frode Haltli: Da Gruekjerka brann  Requiem for victims of a deadly fire
19:00 Dansens Hus
Voetvolk: Into the Open Let's trance!
19:30 Sentralen
Det Norske Kammerorkester + Oslo-Filharmonien Arnold Schönberg’s melodramatic masterwork in 21st century guise
20:00 Den Norske Opera & Ballett
Sophia Brous: Mount Analogue – A Provisionally Utopian Live Performance Event  A transformative trip to a surreal mountainscape of the mind
Sold out
22:00 MUNCH
Caterina Barbieri: Spirit Exit Synth from the spirit world
Saturday 24/09
12:00 Atelier Nord
Maia Urstad: FERD All aboard for a sonic journey to a phantom train station
12:00 Akershus Fortress
Natasha Barrett: PRESENCE|NÆRVÆR Adventures in hyper-real listening
14:00 Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
Ultima Context: A Brief History of Ambience
15:00 Kulturkirken Jakob
Ensemble Temporum  Nocturnal microtones
15:00 Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
Electric Utopia Perila / Klara Lewis & Nik Colk Void + Pedro Maia New routes for ambient music
15:00 Kanonhallen
Spreafico Eckly & Matteo Fargion: Bad Dante Bad English Bad Opera (Purgatorio I-IX Dante’s Divine Comedy as you’ve never seen (or heard) it before
16:00 Kulturkirken Jakob
Ultima Context: Beautiful Disasters Post-concert talk
16:00 Akershus Fortress
Natasha Barrett: PRESENCE|NÆRVÆR Adventures in hyper-real listening
17:00 Den Norske Opera & Ballett
Ultima Context: The Listeners An Introduction
17:00 Den Norske Opera & Ballett
Sophia Brous: Mount Analogue – A Provisionally Utopian Live Performance Event  A transformative trip to a surreal mountainscape of the mind
18:00 Den Norske Opera & Ballett
World premiere Missy Mazzoli: The Listeners How much would you sacrifice to find your place in the world?
19:00 Sentralen
Det Norske Kammerorkester: Vrede Musical war stories
19:00 Dansens Hus
Voetvolk: Into the Open Let's trance!
Akershus Fortress
Astrup Fearnley Museum
Atelier Nord
Birkelunden
Black Box teater
Borggården Oslo rådhus / Fridtjof Nansens plass (City Hall)
Dansens Hus
Den Norske Opera & Ballett
HL-senteret
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
Kafé Hærverk
Kanonhallen
Kulturhuset
Kulturkirken Jakob
Kunstnernes Hus
MUNCH
Margaretakyrkan
Nasjonal jazzscene Victoria
Nasjonalmuseet
Oslo City Hall
Oslo Konserthus
Riksscenen
Sentralen
Sentrum Scene
Stortinget T-banestasjon
Wessels plass

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