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40% discount for permanent residents of Commune de Val de Bagnes (excluding Carré Or and cat. C)
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Under 35
For adults under 35 years old, for all Mainstage concerts excluding VFJO, Academy, and afternoon church concerts (excluding Carré Or).
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Attend all evening concerts at Salle des Combins (Carré Or) from the 17th of July 2025 to the 3rd of August 2025. Contact the Ticket Office to buy your Pass.
Ravel 150
Includes Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s two concerts on July 17 2025.
Soloists & Ensembles
The Academy searches the world for the most promising pianists, violinists, violists, cellists and chamber music ensembles of trios and quartets.
Atelier Lyrique
The Verbier Festival Academy’s Atelier Lyrique stands out among professional training programmes by offering a unique blend of opera role and song repertoire studies.
Creative Project Development
The Creative Project Development Residency offers an opportunity to an imaginative and entrepreneurial young artist to develop and workshop an original project.
Audio Recording
The Academy’s Audio Recording Programme offers a unique opportunity to up to three emerging sound engineers to work alongside a professional recording team.
VFJO
The Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra (VFJO) is an international orchestral training programme for young musicians aged 15 to 18.
VFO
The Verbier Festival Orchestra (VFO) is a rite of passage for today’s exceptional young orchestra musicians.
Conducting
The Verbier Festival Conducting Programme offers a stepping stone to emerging artists who are on the verge of leading orchestras at the highest level.
VFCO
The Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra is the Verbier Festival’s worldwide Ambassador.
UNLTD Summer 2025
Le Cinéma
Six bold concerts at Cinéma de Verbier — genre-blurring nights, headline artists, unexpected encounters.
La Chapelle
A candlelit sanctuary for sound. Four intimate concerts—meditative journeys, bold detours, and resonant music.
South
The Festival’s late shift lives here. Four concerts where genres clash, stories unfold, and music dares to go further.
ideaLab
Where music meets ideas. IdeaLab blends concerts and conversation to explore the ‘why’ behind the music.
KiDs Summer 2025
Concerts, creative workshops, musical fun in the open air, and a one-of-a-kind storytelling camp—VF KiDS offers magical moments for children of all ages throughout the Verbier Festival.
Storytellers in the Classroom
The Storytellers project offers valuable educational enrichment in primary schools across the canton of Valais.
Music Discovery
Each summer, VF KiDS offers fun and interactive workshops for young children at the Verbier Festival.
Zoo
Dive into a world of imagination through the eyes of VF KiDS.
Ludwig's world
Interactive exhibition for all ages.
Verbier Festival Gold
Gems from the Festival archives.
VF Collection
An ambitious heritage project that extends our artistic mission beyond the summer season
Apple Music Classical
The Verbier Festival is pleased to announce its partnership with Apple Music Classical.
Jukebox
An immersive audiovisual space for archival treasures.
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Our 2025 line-up is capturing the imagination of our festivalgoers! This week, we’re shining a spotlight on some of the top-selling concerts of our 32nd edition. Tickets are going fast, so be sure to book soon and join us for these unforgettable performances.
Step into the world of Maurice Béjart through the powerful vision of Julien Favreau, the new artistic director of Béjart Ballet Lausanne. This highly anticipated production reflects on the company’s rich legacy (featuring the iconic Stravinsky’s Firebird), while offering a fresh perspective on its future. A deeply moving and cathartic experience.
20.07 Klaus Mäkelä Yunchan Lim Verbier Festival Orchestra
Two of today’s most electrifying talents unite on stage: Klaus Mäkelä, a visionary conductor, and Yunchan Lim, the remarkable pianist and latest Van Cliburn Gold Medalist. Together, they bring a programme of dazzling contrasts, from the rich lyricism of Rachmaninoff to the fiery brilliance of Stravinsky’s Firebird.
An Evgeny Kissin recital is always an occasion to remember. A towering figure of the piano, he presents a programme spanning his most beloved repertoire, from Bach to Shostakovich, with Chopin at its heart. Experience the artistry, virtuosity, and deep passion of one of the world’s greatest pianists.
Minsoo Sohn dedicated years to exploring Beethoven’s complete sonatas, culminating in his acclaimed recording for Sony Classical. At Verbier, he performs the composer’s final three sonatas—monumental works that push the boundaries of piano music—offering a rare chance to hear them through one of today’s leading Beethoven interpreters.
Klaus Mäkelä, Daniel Lozakovich, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Timothy Ridout, Blythe Teh Engstroem, Mao Fujita, Marc Bouchkov, Johan Dalene, Amanda Håøy Horn: here is an exceptional line-up for this Rencontre Inédite, so emblematic of chamber music in Verbier. The programme includes two masterpieces of Romantic music, with quintets by Saint-Saëns and Schumann.
Discovered at Verbier in 2012 shortly after winning the Tchaikovsky Competition (at just 21 years old), the spectacular Daniil Trifonov has since built an exemplary career worldwide. It’s a great joy to welcome him back with this recital featuring Tchaikovsky, Chopin’s Waltzes, and Barber’s stunning Sonata.
Since his time as a Verbier Festival Academy student in 2018, Mao Fujita has captivated audiences with his depth and sensitivity. Now a major voice of his generation, he returns to perform a spectacular programme devoted to the Preludes of Chopin and Scriabin—music that perfectly showcases his poetic touch and effortless virtuosity.
Bryn Terfel brings his unmistakable charisma to Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, while Ludovic Tézier, Yulia Matochkina and Freddie De Tommaso shine in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana. An evening of high drama and unforgettable music.
Festival favourites Leonidas Kavakos, Antoine Tamestit, and Gautier Capuçon join forces with the brilliant Mao Fujita for a Rencontre Inédite. The programme includes Beethoven’s Trio No. 3 Op. 9, No. 1 and Brahms’s monumental Piano Quartet No. 2.
The highlight of our tribute to Shostakovich, Evgeny Kissin has crafted a fascinating programme showcasing the stylistic diversity of the Russian genius: Cello Sonata with Mischa Maisky, Piano Quintet with the Quatuor Ébène, Concertino for Two Pianos with Martha Argerich and the Viola Sonata with Antoine Tamestit. A truly unmissable evening!
We know it, you love music! And if you love music, you love the piano… And if you love the piano, you will love Brad Mehldau, who shines among the greatest pianists of all time and across all genres, alongside Clara Haskil, Arthur Rubinstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Thelonious Monk, Glenn Gould, Martha Argerich, Art Tatum, Sviatoslav Richter, Yuja Wang, Keith Jarrett, to name few stars of the keyboard.
“The most influential jazz pianist of the last 20 years”
A true musical genius of our time, Brad Mehldau’s creativity knows no bounds, whether in solo performances, trios, tributes to The Beatles, Bach or Fauré, or in collaborations with Anne Sofie von Otter and Renée Fleming.
Verbier audiences remember his dazzling 2023 Église recital. This year, Mehldau returns to the main stage with his trio, featuring Felix Moseholm on double bass and longtime drummer Jorge Rossy, with whom he has recorded many albums. A must-see!
2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of the great Russian composer. The Verbier Festival pays tribute to Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) with five exceptional concerts, showcasing the full expressive power of his music—where tragic, comic, melancholic, ironic, and sarcastic emotions intertwine and create a unique work. Indeed, it is impossible to listen to his uniquely distinctive music without considering the historical context of the Soviet era under the rule of Stalin and later Khrushchev and Brezhnev.
Author of three complete operas, fifteen symphonies, six concertos, fifteen string quartets, and a rich catalog of chamber music, ballets, and film scores, the St. Petersburg native leaves us with a prodigious legacy. Whether you are familiar with Shostakovich or not, come and discover these concerts with an open mind, performed by exceptional artists.
The Piano Sonata No. 2 (1943), dedicated to his teacher Leonid Nikolaev, and Two Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 No. 15 & 24 (1950–1951), a tribute to Bach, will be featured in Evgeny Kissin’s recital. (First part: Bach and Chopin).
The Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 67 (1944) is one of the composer’s most popular and iconic works, renowned for its references to traditional Jewish music (Allegretto). The third movement (Largo) was even performed at the Shostakovich’s public funeral at the Moscow Conservatory.
The highlight of our tribute to Shostakovich, Evgeny Kissin has crafted a fascinating program showcasing the stylistic diversity and emotional depth of the Russian genius. He will first perform the tormented Cello Sonata, Op. 40 (1934) alongside Mischa Maisky. He will then be joined by the Quatuor Ebène for the magnificent Piano Quintet, Op. 57 (1940).
In the second half, Evgeny Kissin and Martha Argerich will present the rare Concertino for Two Pianos, Op. 94 (1954). To conclude this exceptional concert, Antoine Tamestit and Evgeny Kissin will unite for the Viola Sonata, Op. 147 (1975), Shostakovich’s musical testament, composed just days before his death. A truly unmissable evening!
The legendary Russian pianist will perform both Piano Sonatas: No. 1, Op. 12, composed at the age of 20, and No. 2, Op. 61, premiered by the composer himself in Moscow in 1943. Viktoria Postnikova will then present a rarely performed version of Symphony No. 14, Op. 135, which Shostakovich composed in 1969—a true ode to life and death, set to texts by García Lorca, Apollinaire, and Rilke. This arrangement by the composer, for piano, mezzo-soprano, bass, and percussion, brings a striking purity to the work, making its music even more moving.
Another “enfant terrible” takes the stage for the final concert in tribute to Shostakovich. For his first appearance in Verbier, the electrifying Teodor Currentzis will conduct the composer’s most famous symphony, No. 5, Op. 47, premiered in 1937 in Leningrad by Evgeny Mravinsky. This masterpiece is charged with an intense emotional tension, reflecting the composer’s deep struggle between loyalty to the regime and his artistic freedom. A must-hear work! (First part of the programme: Tchaikovsky, with the Verbier Festival Orchestra.)
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The Verbier Festival and the Association of Friends invite you to an intimate and memorable concert with Trio Concept, winner of the 2024 Yves Paternot Prize, at 6:30 PM on Sunday, December 29, 2024, at the Église de Verbier.
Formerly known as Trio Chagall, Trio Concept is rapidly making a name for itself in the world of classical music. This Italian ensemble, composed of talented young musicians, is already set to perform on prestigious stages such as the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, and the Konzerthaus in Dortmund. Their artistic mastery and musical sensitivity promise an unforgettable evening.
Starting at 5:00 PM, spectators will be welcomed with the traditional mulled wine.
At 6:30 PM, the concert will begin with a carefully curated program:
Stanford Live Announces Special Partnership with the Verbier Festival
November 7, 2024 | This groundbreaking collaboration will feature a week-long series of events hosted by Stanford Live in April 2025.
This unique residency is designed to offer both organizations the opportunity to exchange ideas, collaborate with students, engage the community and foster long-term partnerships, both at Stanford and in Verbier, Switzerland. Stanford students will have the rare opportunity to attend open rehearsals and panel discussions, and work closely with Verbier musicians, exploring repertoire, refining performance techniques, and participating in masterclasses and coachings.
The partnership reflects Stanford Live’s commitment to promoting artistic excellence by engaging with students and the community at large, and fostering partnerships across the campus. It also speaks to one of the most important aims of the Verbier Festival, transmission of musical knowledge between generations.
The residency culminates in the highly anticipated return to the West Coast of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. The performance, led by VFCO Music Director Gábor Takács-Nagy, the renowned Hungarian conductor and founder of the Takács Quartet, will be the culmination of Stanford Live’s ongoing celebration of the music of Mahler and the Second Viennese School.
Join us in celebrating this exceptional artistic exchange. More to follow with a detailed announcement in January 2025.
The Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra performance is generously supported by David Wollenberg and The Wollenberg Foundation.
