Location:Croatian home Splitt, Ivo Tijardović Concert Hall (Tončićeva 1)

Date: October 8 –  November 16, 2026

Piano Loop Festival has earned an enviable reputation as a prominent international music festival, held annually and presenting an outstanding group of world-class artists who have received great exposure and career boosts through their Festival performances. The Festival places special emphasis on creating a unique atmosphere for its artists, lecturers, and staff – one that is warm, inspiring, and filled with mutual respect and collaboration.

As a unique event that fosters excellence, tradition, and international acclaim, Piano Loop Festival proudly celebrates its twelfth edition, continuing to set important cultural standards in Split and bringing together top-tier audiences and artists from around the world.

The 2026 Piano Loop Festival brings three concert evenings dedicated to the piano and its almost unlimited expressive possibilities to the Ivo Tijardović Concert Hall. This year's program brings together three pianists of different generations and artistic sensibilities – Goran Filipec, Nagino Maruyama and Jan Niković – through three recitals that lead from Baroque and Classical, through the great achievements of Romanticism, to virtuoso music of the 20th century.

The festival ticket for the Piano Loop festival 2026 is €24 and provides admission to all three concerts of the festival. A single ticket for each concert is €12 , or €36 for all three concerts purchased separately. By purchasing a three-day ticket, all three concerts are available for €24.

Special benefit for existing subscribers of the Croatian House Split: existing subscribers receive an additional discount of €4 on the festival ticket , exclusively when purchasing at the box office of the Croatian House Split, Tončićeva 1. For subscribers, the price of a three-day ticket is €20.

More info about the performers is availabel at: https://hdsplit.hr/en/

Programme:

 October 8, 2026, at 8:00 p.m.

Goran Filipec, piano

More information: https://hdsplit.hr/koncerti/

October 29, 2026, at 8:00 p.m.

Nagino Maruyama, piano

Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel, Brahms

More information: https://hdsplit.hr/koncerti/

November 16, 2026, at 8 p.m.

PIANO LOOP FESTIVAL – Jan Niković, piano

More information: https://hdsplit.hr/en/koncerti/