ReMusica Festival is an annual international music festival and a key cultural event in Kosovo, focusing on both music and education. Its primary objective is to promote contemporary music and innovative performances, including pieces of 20th-century, classical, early music, and acousmatic music concerts, featuring world-class and local artists.

Founded by Rafet Rudi in the spring of 2002, the festival started as an activity of the “Center for New Music,” an institution formed with support from Vanessa Redgrave and Philip Glass after the Kosovo war. ReMusica aims to celebrate classical composers and introduce contemporary music, providing a platform for today’s composers in its programmes.

Over the years, ReMusica has expanded its cultural activities to include programmes like ReMusica Junior programme for children, ReNew for new talents, and panel discussions on important topics. It also offers platforms for artist collaboration, music education, masterclasses, and workshops. The festival fosters inter-sectoral cooperation and cultural promotion, addressing themes such as climate change, inclusion, diversity, and well-being.

ReMusica is part of numerous European initiatives, such as Festivals for Compassion and European Festivals Forest. Since 2019, it has held the EFFE Label, Europe’s quality stamp for remarkable arts festivals, recognising its engagement in the arts, community involvement, and international openness.

The festival has a comprehensive archive of Albanian composers’ works from the post-war period, preserving Kosovan compositions. It holds the largest collection of local composers’ audio recordings from the past twenty years. In 2023, ReMusica Festival established its vocal ensemble – ReVocal Ensemble, participating in various performances in Kosovo and beyond.

Throughout the years, many artists have been part of the festival, such as : Marc Bouchkov, Petrit Çeku (Croatia Kosovo), Zagrebacki Solisti – Soloist of Zagreb, Pierre Fouchenneret (France), Aki Takahashi (Japan), Elbenita Kajtazi (Kosovo/Germany),  Mondriaan Quartet (Netherlands), Ko Matsushita and Japanese Choir (Japan), European Union Youth Orchestra EUYO,  Trio Elogio (Croatia), Julien Libeer (Belgium), Calefax Reed Quintet (The Netherlands), Ian Pace (Great Britain), , Jonian Ilias Kadesha (Albania Germany), Andreas Lewin Richter (Spain), Dominique De Williencourt (france),  Michael Finnisy (Great Britain) Ophelié Gaillard (France),  etc.

ReMusica Festival is organised by Kosovar Center for New Music (KCNM) member of ECPNM (European Conference of Promoters of New Music) and part of EFFE (Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe).