KALAMAZOO, MI — Tickets for the 2026 Irving S. Gilmore International Piano Festival go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 29. Billed as North America’s largest piano festival, the 11-day event will showcase over five dozen artists from Thursday, April 30 through Sunday, May 10. The Kalamazoo-based festival, held every other year since 1991, is shifting to an annual model, beginning with this spring’s festival. With over 75 events planned, the festival will feature everything from a world premiere monodrama, exclusive artist collaborations, Gilmore commissioned works to family-friendly performances, master classes, film screenings and more. “Building on this success, as well as the Gilmore Artist Awards and this year’s inaugural Larry J.