/concerts

The Verbier Festival Celebrates its 20th Anniversary

The Verbier Festival Celebrates its 20th Anniversary

This was THE most anticipated evening of the 2013 edition: a gala concert gathering the most iconic stars of the Verbier Festival!
Whether they are regulars of the Festival or young artists coming there for the second time, they all have in common an extraordinary talent and unlimited admiration for what has become one of the most prestigious events on the classical music planet.

Thus, Yuri Bashmet, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Leonidas Kavakos, Martin Fröst, Evgeny Kissin, Mischa Maisky, Menahem Pressler but also Daniil Trifonov and Yuja Wang – among others – pay tribute to the festival celebrating together this 20th anniversary! The highlight of the night was certainely the Chopin Preludes, performed in their original version or in transcriptions for other instruments.

> VIEW LIST OF CONCERTS

  • /

  • Emanuel Ax, piano - Yuri Bashmet, viola - Khatia Buniatishvili, piano - Gautier Capuçon, cello - Renaud Capuçon, violin - David Aaron Carpenter, viola - Vilde Frang, violin - Martin Fröst, clarinet - Ilya Gringolts, violin - Leonidas Kavakos, violin - Evgeny Kissin, piano - Leigh Mesh, double bass - Mischa Maisky, cello -Nicholas Angelich, piano - Menahem Pressler, piano - Ébène Quartet - Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin - Antoine Tamestit, viola - Daniil Trifonov, piano - Yuja Wang, piano.


  • -


  • Gábor Takács-Nagy


  • Schubert: Trio in B flat Major, Op.99, Andante un poco mosso Dvořák: Quintet in A major, Op.81, Andante con moto “Dumka” Göran Fröst: Klezmer Dance No.3 Schumann: Quintet in E flat Major, Op.44, Allegro brillante Monty Alexander: “Happy Birthday” Variations Prokofiev: Transcription Mikhail Pletnev: Cinderella suite: Cinderella's Waltz and Gallop Chopin: 24 preludes Op.28, Transcriptions by Dmitry Sitkovetsky


  • Schubert, Chopin, Dvořák & others


  • 01:45:00


  • Salle des Combins in Verbier, Switzerland