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Friday

15.07

mainstage
symphonic concert
VFO / GERGIEV / BRONFMAN
SHCHEDRIN, BARTÓK & SHOSTAKOVICH
An explosive opening to the 29th edition with Valery Gergiev leading the Verbier Festival Orchestra in a fiery evening of works from the Russian masters, plus Bartók’s brilliant Concerto for Piano No. 2 with Yefim Bronfman.

19:00 to 21:00  —  salle des combins

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Saturday

16.07

mainstage
chamber Music
ZLATOMIR FUNG / JULIEN QUENTIN
CHAPORINE, ARENSKI, GLIÈRE & PROKOFIEV
Gold Medallist of the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition, Zlatomir Fung dazzles audiences with a rich programme of lyrical Russian music for cello, with pianist Julien Quentin.

11:00 to 12:30  —  église de verbier

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Opera Concert
MOZART / DON GIOVANNI
VFCO – TAKÁCS-NAGY – MATTEI – STAVRAKAKIS – PERETYATKO – VOLKOV – KOŽENÁ – PETRENKO – VAN MELLAERTS – SAÏD – CHŒUR DE L’ATELIER LYRIQUE DE L’ACADEMY
Peter Mattei will mesmerise audiences in the title role of Mozart’s 'Don Giovanni', an intoxicating operatic retelling of the Don Juan legend. The Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra and singers of the Academy, conducted by Gábor Takács-Nagy, will feature alongside a starry cast, which includes Alexandros Stavrakakis, Magdalena Kožená and Olga Peretyatko.

18:00 to 21:30  —  salle des combins

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Sunday

17.07

mainstage
vocal concert
FREDDIE DE TOMMASO / JONATHAN PAPP
VERDI, PUCCINI, TOSTI & LISZT
Phenomenal tenor Freddie De Tommaso presents a delightful opera soirée with melodies and opera arias from Puccini, Liszt, Verdi and Tosti alongside pianist Jonathan Papp.

11:00 to 12:30  —  église de verbier

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piano recital
TSOTNE ZEDGINIDZE
ZEDGINIDZE, JANÁČEK, BARTÓK & SCRIABIN
Set to be a rising star, the talented, expressive young pianist Tsotne Zedginidze showcases his own compelling compositions, as well as music from Scriabin, Bartók and Janacek in a recital to remember!

16:00 to 17:00  —  église de verbier

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symphonic concert
VFO / GERGIEV / PLETNEV
SHCHEDRIN, BEETHOVEN & SHOSTAKOVICH
Mikhail Pletnev presents a bold programme of works by Shchedrin, Shostakovich and Beethoven in a concert with the Verbier Festival Orchestra and Valery Gergiev.

19:00 to 21:00  —  salle des combins

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Monday

18.07

mainstage
piano recital
ALEXANDER MALOFEEV
SCRIABIN, RACHMANINOFF & PROKOFIEV
Russian pianist Alexander Malofeev transports us to his home country, exploring music from the Russian masters Scriabin, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev.

11:00 to 12:30  —  église de verbier

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symphonic concert
VFCO / TAKÁCS-NAGY
VFCO – TAKÁCS-NAGY – ARGERICH – REDPATH – NIKOLOVSKA – GLUECKERT – PETRENKO – MÜNCHENER BACH-CHOR / BEETHOVEN
The legendary Martha Argerich brings beauty, control and majesty to a night of Beethoven with his First Piano Concerto, performed alongside Gábor Tákacs-Nagy and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. The programme also features the Ninth Symphony with esteemed soloists and the Münchener Bach-Chor.

19:00 to 21:15  —  salle des combins

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piano recital
SERGEI BABAYAN
BACH, SCHUBERT, RACHMANINOFF, ŽLABYS & SCHUMANN
Sergei Babayan lends his deep understanding and insight to a stylistically diverse repertoire from Bach to Rachmaninoff, Schumann to Liszt, plus a work from Andrius Žlabys.

20:00 to 22:00  —  église de verbier

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Theatre
ADDRESS UNKOWN
KISSIN – HAMPSON / KRESSMANN TAYLOR
Kathrine Kressmann Taylor's 'Address Unknown' is a short story written as a series of letters between a Jewish art dealer living in San Francisco, and his business partner who had returned to Germany in 1932. The story is credited with having alerted America to the horrors unfolding in Nazi Germany.

22:15 to 23:15  —  centre culturel du hameau

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Tuesday

19.07

mainstage
piano recital
KIRILL GERSTEIN
STRAVINSKY, SCHUBERT & LISZT
Kirill Gerstein brings to life one of Liszt’s greatest solo piano works and a cornerstone of the repertoire, the groundbreaking B minor Sonata, alongside Schubert’s powerful D minor Sonata and Stravinsky’s Piano Sonata.

11:00 to 12:30  —  église de verbier

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chamber Music
ALBAN GERHARDT / JULIEN QUENTIN
KODÁLY & BRAHMS
A virtuosic offering from cellist Alban Gerhardt who delivers a fresh take on Zoltán Kodály’s Sonata for Cello, a piece recognised as the most iconic work for the instrument since Bach’s Cello Suites. Moving on, Gerhardt takes audiences into the fantastical world of Brahms’ Sonata No. 2.

16:00 to 17:00  —  église de verbier

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symphonic concert
VFO / GERGIEV / MATSUEV
SHCHEDRIN & SHOSTAKOVICH
One of many concerts to celebrate the 90th birthday of Rodion Shchedrin, Denis Matsuev performs his electrifying second Concerto with the Verbier Festival Orchestra and Music Director Valery Gergiev. The exhilarating music-making continues into the night with Shostakovich’s epic Symphony No. 4.

19:00 to 20:45  —  salle des combins

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chamber Music
DANIEL LOZAKOVICH / ALEXANDRE KANTOROW
BRAHMS, SCHUMANN & FRANCK
Two of the classical world's most promising young stars, violinist Daniel Lozakovich and pianist Alexandre Kantorow, perform Sonatas from Brahms, Franck and Schumann to dizzying effect.

20:00 to 21:30  —  église de verbier

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Wednesday

20.07

mainstage
chamber Music
RENCONTRES INÉDITES I
BOUCHKOV – FUNG – FUJITA / RAVEL, ARENSKI
Violinist Marc Bouchkov joins forces with pianist Mao Fujita and cellist Zlatomir Fung for the Festival’s iconic Rencontres Inédites. A rich programme of two contrasting Trios from Ravel and Anton Arenski.

11:00 to 12:30  —  église de verbier

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chamber Music
MOZART, JANÁČEK & BEETHOVEN
AUGUSTIN DUMAY / SERGEI BABAYAN
Two classical music legends, violinist Augustin Dumay and pianist Sergei Babayan, share the stage for a transfixing afternoon of Leoš Janáček, Mozart and Beethoven.

16:00 to 17:00  —  église de verbier

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symphonic concert
VFCO / SCHIFF
VFCO – SCHIFF – FANG – KOŽENÁ – DE BARBEYRAC – STAVRAKAKIS – MÜNCHENER BACH-CHOR / MOZART
An all-Mozart programme featuring the famous and masterful Requiem in D minor.

19:00 to 21:00  —  salle des combins

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Jazz
BRAD MEHLDAU
JAZZ
An exclusive chance to witness the magic of jazz pianist Brad Mehldau within the intimate setting of the Église. Experience one of the greatest pianists, composers and improvisers of the genre like never before.

20:00 to 21:30  —  église de verbier

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Thursday

21.07

mainstage
Concert
AVI AVITAL / MILOŠ
BACH, DE FALLA, GLASS & DUPLESSY
Mandolinist Avi Avital and guitarist MILOŠ present a joyful, dynamic concert of music interweaving works from Bach to Philip Glass, plus the world premiere of Mathias Duplessy’s Sonata for Guitar and Mandolin.

11:00 to 12:30  —  église de verbier

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symphonic concert
VFJO / GONZÁLEZ-MONJAS / KANTOROW
LISZT & RACHMANINOFF
Conductor Roberto González-Monjas and the Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra sweep us into the heights of passion with Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2. Pianist Alexandre Kantorow will delight audiences with a performance of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2

14:30 to 15:45  —  salle des combins

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piano recital
DANIIL TRIFONOV
SZYMANOWSKI, DEBUSSY, PROKOFIEV & BRAHMS
Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov gives a spectacular demonstration of the piano’s limits in an evening of music that displays his passion, technique and skill for the instrument.

19:00 to 21:00  —  salle des combins

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chamber Music
RENCONTRES INÉDITES II
BOUCHKOV – LOZAKOVICH – TEH ENGSTROEM – MAISKY – PLETNEV / MOZART, BEETHOVEN SHCHEDRIN & BRAHMS
Les titans de la musique classique Mischa Maiskya et Mikhaïl Pletnev sont rejoints par les violonistes Marc Bouchkov et Daniel Lozakovich et l'altiste Blythe Teh Engstroem pour l'une des Rencontres Inédites emblématiques du Festival. Le concert comprend les malicieuses Trois pièces amusantes de Rodion Shchedrin et des œuvres de Brahms, Beethoven et Mozart.

20:00 to 21:45  —  église de verbier

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Friday

22.07

mainstage
vocal concert
JAKUB JÓZEF ORLIŃSKI / MICHAŁ BIEL
PURCELL, HÄNDEL, FUX, KARŁOWICZ, MONIUSZKO & CZYŻ
The sensational counter-tenor Jakub Józef Orliński brings his brilliant artistry to the Festival with a programme of songs from Polish Romantic composers Stanisław Moniuszko and Mieczysław Karłowic, alongside repertoire from the Baroque period.

11:00 to 12:30  —  église de verbier

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chamber Music
EVGENY KISSIN / ANDRÁS SCHIFF
SCHUMANN, MOZART, SMETANA & DVOŘÁK
Classical music titans Evgeny Kissin and András Schiff continue their artistic partnership, which began on stage at the Verbier Festival. This unmissable concert brings together the world’s best piano repertoire from Schumann, Mozart, Smetana and Dvořák.

19:00 to 20:45  —  salle des combins

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Saturday

23.07

mainstage
chamber Music
RENCONTRES INÉDITES III
LOZAKOVICH – MÄKELÄ – FRÖST – DEBARGUE / MOZART, BARTÓK & BRAHMS
Classical superstars Daniel Lozakovich, Klaus Mäkelä, Martin Fröst and Lucas Debargue take turns to perform together as a trio to playfully invigorate works by Mozart, Bartók and Brahms.

11:00 to 12:30  —  église de verbier

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Jazz
'FOR YOU'
QUASTHOFF – EVANS – LANDGREN – ILG – HAFFNER – OSLENDER
Thomas Quastoff, the bass-baritone described as having ‘the most beautiful voice in the world’, presents his programme For You—a dedication to his listeners, old and new, who have remained committed to his music-making whatever the genre.

19:00 to 20:30  —  salle des combins

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piano recital
MIKHAIL PLETNEV
BABADJANIAN, SHOR & BACH
The exceptionally virtuosic Mikhaïl Pletnev presents a selection of works by Arno Babadjanian and Alexey Shor, plus Chopin’s beautiful cycle of Piano Préludes.

20:00 to 21:30  —  église de verbier

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unlimited
Philanthropy Forum
VERBIER FESTIVAL PHILANTHROPY FORUM
with swiss philanthropy foundation
A forum for reflection—for sharing knowledge across generations and for engaging and fostering philanthropic initiative. Save the date and watch for the line-up of 2022 speakers coming soon.

14:00 to 15:30  —  cinéma de verbier

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Sunday

24.07

mainstage
chamber Music
TRIFONOV & FRIENDS
ENESCU, MUSSORGSKI & MENDELSSOHN
Grammy Award winning pianist, and audience favourite, Daniil Trifonov brings his sheer mastery and brilliant technique to the stage alongside a cohort of friends. Expect invigorating performances and astute interpretations of works by George Enescu, Mussorgski and Mendelssohn.

11:00 to 12:45  —  église de verbier

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symphonic concert
VFJO / ESCHENBACH / KARAPANOS
MOZART & TCHAIKOVSKI
The phenomenal Christoph Eschenbach conducts the Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra for Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony, whilst Stathis Karapanos brings charm to Mozart’s Concerto for Flute No. 2.

14:30 to 15:45  —  salle des combins

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chamber Music
ACADEMY SHOWCASE I : CHAMBER MUSIC
ACADEMY ENSEMBLES
First of three final concerts performed by musicians of the Academy's Soloist & Ensembles programme. This performance features the programme's pre-formed ensembles (string quartets, trios, etc.).

16:00 to 17:00  —  église de verbier

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symphonic concert
VFCO / GOEBEL / FRÖST / ORLIŃSKI / SÁ
VIVALDI & HAYDN
An evening of exquisite music from the baroque and classical periods featuring the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, clarinetist Martin Fröst, Jakub Józef Orliński as mezzo-soprano, and soprano Bruno de Sá under the baton of conductor Reinhard Goebel.

19:00 to 21:00  —  salle des combins

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vocal concert
IAN BOSTRIDGE / BRAD MEHLDAU
SCHUMANN & MEHLDAU
A unique programme that unites British tenor Ian Bostridge and American jazz pianist Brad Mehldau, pairing Mehldau’s Song Cycle The Folly of Desire with Schumann’s Dichterliebe. Mehldau's song cycle is derived from poetry by various poets including Shakespeare, Yeats, Goethe and Blake among others.

20:00 to 21:30  —  église de verbier

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Monday

25.07

mainstage
Recital
MILOŠ
‘HOMAGE TO SEGOVIA’
The classical guitarist MILOŠ, known for his ‘refined musicality’, will take us on a hypnotic journey from Germany to Spain to South America, in a morning of enthralling works by Isaac Albéniz, Heitor Villa-Lobos and Bach.

11:00 to 12:30  —  église de verbier

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chamber Music
STATHIS KARAPANOS / JULIEN QUENTIN
DEBUSSY, PROKOFIEV & BOEHM
Flautist Stathis Karapanos and pianist Julien Quentin will beguile audiences with Debussy’s exquisite Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune, before embarking on a journey of works by Prokofiev and Theobold Boehm.

16:00 to 17:00  —  église de verbier

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Opera Concert
VERDI / UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
VFO – NOSEDA – DE TOMMASO – TÉZIER – MEADE – SEMENCHUK – FANG – OBERWALLISER VOKALENSEMBLE
Love, politics and power collide in Verdi’s intense three act opera Un ballo in maschera. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the Verbier Festival Orchestra and the Oberwalliser Vokalensemble with soloists Freddie De Tommaso, Ludovic Tézier and Ying Fang.

19:00 to 21:45  —  salle des combins

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chamber Music
MIKLÓS PERÉNYI / ANDRÁS SCHIFF
BEETHOVEN
Cellist Miklós Perényi and pianist András Schiff present a stately evening dedicated to the fine work of Beethoven, from his Cello Sonata No. 1 to his 12 Variations on ''Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen''.

20:00 to 21:45  —  église de verbier

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Tuesday

26.07

mainstage
piano recital
MAO FUJITA
CHOPIN, BRAHMS & SCHUMANN
Following his shining debut at the Verbier Festival in 2021, Mao Fujita returns to the Mainstage to enchant audiences once again. The programme includes Chopin Nocturnes, Clara Schumann’s Three Romances and more.

11:00 to 12:30  —  église de verbier

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piano recital
LUCAS DEBARGUE
SCHUMANN, FAURÉ & SCRIABIN
French pianist Lucas Debargue will take to the stage for a colourful afternoon including Schumann’s Piano Sonata No. 3, as well as music by Fauré and Scriabin.

16:00 to 17:15  —  église de verbier

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chamber Music
QUATUOR ÉBÈNE / DANIIL TRIFONOV
HAYDN, SHOSTAKOVICH & FRANCK
The exuberant and highly respected pianist Daniil Trifonov will join Quatuor Ébène to share their magnificent interpretation of Franck’s Piano Quintet in F minor. This impassioned performance will be complimented by string quartets from Haydn and Shostakovich.

20:00 to 21:45  —  église de verbier

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Wednesday

27.07

mainstage
piano recital
NOBUYUKI TSUJII
BEETHOVEN, LISZT & CHOPIN
Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, described by The Observer as the “definition of virtuosity”, will fill the Église with masterful works by Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt.

11:00 to 12:30  —  église de verbier

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symphonic concert
VFCO / VANDELLI / ANTONACCI / FRÖST
POULENC & NOMADIC DANCES
Soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci delivers Poulenc's devastating tale of distress and heartache, La Voix humaine, with Claudio Vandelli conducting the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Clarinetist Martin Fröst then takes to the stage for 'Nomadic Dances'.

19:00 to 21:00  —  salle des combins

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vocal concert
SEMENCHUK / MAISKY / SKIGIN
GLINKA, TCHAIKOVSKY, BORODIN & MUSSORGSKI
Mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk, cellist Mischa Maisky and pianist Semion Skigin will form a star trio to share works by Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Borodin & Mussorgski.

20:00 to 21:30  —  église de verbier

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Thursday

28.07

mainstage
chamber Music
TIMOTHY CHOOI / JULIEN QUENTIN
PROKOFIEV, SZYMANOWSKI, KREISLER, GANG & RAVEL
Violinist Timothy Chooi and pianist Julien Quentin share a wide-ranging programme including Prokofiev’s expressive Violin Sonata No 2, Chen Gang’s beautiful Sunshine on Tashkurgan, as well as works by Kreisler, Ravel and Szymanowski.

16:00 to 17:00  —  église de verbier

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symphonic concert
VFO / MÄKELÄ / TRIFONOV
BRAHMS & MAHLER
Under the direction of Klaus Mäkelä, pianist Daniil Trifonov and the Verbier Festival Orchestra will send electricity through Salle des Combins with Brahms’ heady, stormy Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor.

19:00 to 21:15  —  salle des combins

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Friday

29.07

mainstage
chamber Music
QUATUOR ÉBÈNE
MOZART & BRAHMS
The leading French quartet Quatuor Ébène brings joy to the Église with Mozart’s String Quartet No. 14 in G major and Brahms’ riveting String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major Op. 67.

11:00 to 12:30  —  église de verbier

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chamber Music
ACADEMY SHOWCASE II : CHAMBER MUSIC
ACADEMY SOLOISTS
Second of three final concerts performed by musicians of the Academy Soloists & Ensembles Programme. This performance features chamber music collaborations with the Programme's solo pianists, violinists, violists and cellists.

16:00 to 17:00  —  église de verbier

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piano recital
EVGENY KISSIN
BACH, MOZART, BEETHOVEN & CHOPIN
Pianist Evgeny Kissin presents Karl Tausig’s transcription of Bach’s striking Toccata and Fugue, and brings to life the works of Beethoven, Chopin and Mozart.

19:00 to 20:45  —  salle des combins

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chamber Music
KAVAKOS / CAPUÇON / WANG
SHOSTAKOVICH & RAVEL
A mighty trio comprising stars Gautier Capuçon, Yuja Wang and Leonidas Kavakos will captivate audiences with Shostakovich’s melancholy Trio for violin, cello and piano Op. 67 and Ravel’s bewitching Piano Trio for piano, violin, and cello.

20:00 to 21:30  —  église de verbier

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Saturday

30.07

mainstage
chamber Music
CAPUÇON / BERNARD
BRAHMS & GRIEG
Gautier Capuçon and Kim Bernard will encompass the sweeping emotions of both Brahms’ Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in E minor Op. 38 and Grieg’s Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor Op. 36.

11:00 to 12:30  —  église de verbier

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symphonic concert
VFCO / MÄKELÄ / WANG
RAVEL, LISZT & SIBELIUS
Yuja Wang returns once more to Salle des Combins to perform in a night of unrivalled, exceptional music-making with the Verbier Festival Orchestra under the direction of Klaus Mäkelä.

19:00 to 20:30  —  salle des combins

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chamber Music
Chamber Music
SCHUMANN, BRAHMS & MENDELSSOHN
Cellist Mischa Maisky performs with his son, violinist Sascha Maisky, and daughter, pianist Lily Maisky, in a delightful encounter with music from the Romantic period, featuring Clara Schumann, Brahms and Mendelssohn.

20:00 to 21:30  —  église de verbier

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Sunday

31.07

mainstage
chamber Music
ACADEMY SHOWCASE III : CHAMBER MUSIC
ACADEMY SOLOISTS
Final of three final concerts performed by musicians of the Academy Soloists & Ensembles Programme. This performance features chamber music collaborations with the Programme's solo pianists, violinists, violists and cellists.

11:00 to 12:30  —  église de verbier

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Opera Concert
HUMPERDINCK : HÄNSEL UND GRETEL
VFJO – KOCHANOVSKY – SINGERS OF THE ATELIER LYRIQUE
Under the direction of Stanislav Kochanovsky, the Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra and singers of the Academy's Atelier Lyrique present the opera Hänsel and Gretel, Engelbert Humperdinck’s sublime interpretation of the Brothers Grimm fairytale.

14:30 to 16:30  —  salle des combins

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symphonic concert
VFO / DUTOIT / ARGERICH
KODÁLY, PROKOFIEV & STRAVINSKY
The 29th edition of the Festival will come to an unforgettable end with Charles Dutoit leading the Verbier Festival Orchestra in Stravinsky’s revolutionary masterpiece Rite of Spring and Kodály’s brilliant Háry János-Suite Op. 15, plus the legendary Martha Argerich will perform Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3.

19:00 to 21:00  —  salle des combins

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