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Shenzhen 2026 – Programme

Published on 26 Sep 2025

As previously announced, the first Shenzhen Verbier Festival will take place between January 30 – February 8, 2026. The all-together 25 performances and educational activities will be divided between the new Longgang Concert Hall and the Shenzhen Concert Hall. The programming will reflect the unique programs of the Verbier Festival in offering many of the worlds leading interpreters making music together and at the same time offering a platform for the new generation of artists. The Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra with its Music Director Gabor Takacs-Nagy will form the backbone of its activities.

The complete program for the first year will be:

Friday, January 30
19:30
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Gábor Takács-Nagy, conductor
Daniel Lozakovich, violin
Bruch, Violin Concerto
Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 “New World”


Saturday, January 31
11:00
Gautier Capuçon, cello
Alexander Malofeev, piano
Brahms, Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major
Shostakovich, Cello Sonata

15:00
Timothy Ridout, viola
Masterclass

19:30
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Bach, Schumann, Grieg


Sunday, February 1
11:00
Daniel Lozakovich, violin
Minsoo Sohn, piano
Schumann, Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor
Beethoven, Violin Sonata No. 9 “Kreutzer”

15:00
Marc Bouchkov, violin
Masterclass

19:30
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Gábor Takács-Nagy, conductor
Gautier Capuçon, cello
Martha Argerich, piano
Schumann, Piano Concerto
Schumann, Cello Concerto
Brahms, Symphony No. 1


Monday, February 2
11:00
Timothy Ridout, viola
Julien Quentin, piano
Enescu, Konzertstück
Schumann, Romances Op. 94
Bowen, Romance and Allegro de Concert
Clarke, Viola Sonata

15:00
Gautier Capuçon, cello
Masterclass

19:30
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
Joshua Bell, conductor
Marc Bouchkov, violin
Janine Jansen, violin
Timothy Ridout, viola
Daniel Blendulf, cello
Bruce Liu, piano
Schumann, Piano Quintet – (Bouchkov, Jansen, Ridout, Blendulf, Liu)
Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto – (Joshua Bell, conductor)
Beethoven, Symphony No. 1 – (Pletnev, conductor)


Tuesday, February 3
11:00
Bruce Liu, piano
Ligeti, Études, Book 1 (1985), No. 4 “Fanfares”
Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 14 Op. 27/2 “Moonlight”
Chopin, Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2
Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 21 Op. 53 “Waldstein”
Mompou, Glossa on “Au clair de lune”
Liszt, Rhapsodie espagnole S 254

15:00
Alexandra Conunova, violin
Timothy Ridout, viola
Gautier Capuçon, cello
Minsoo Sohn, piano
Julien Quentin, piano
Debussy, Cello Sonata (Capuçon, Quentin)
Fauré, Piano Quartet No. 2 (Conunova, Ridout, Capuçon, Sohn)

19:30 – Duo Recital
Martha Argerich, piano
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Mozart, Andante and Variations in G major
Schubert, Fantasy in F minor


Wednesday, February 4
11:00
Alexandra Conunova, viola
Julien Quentin, piano
Prokofiev, 5 Melodies
Grieg, Violin Sonata No. 3
Gershwin / Frolov, Fantasy on “Porgy and Bess”

15:00
Gábor Takács-Nagy, violin
Masterclass

19:30
Joshua Bell, violin
Paloma So, violin
LiLa, cello
Mischa Maisky, cello
Lang Lang, piano
Victor Lu, piano
Smetana, Piano Trio (So, LiLa, Lu)
Mendelssohn, Piano Trio in D minor (Bell, Maisky, Lang Lang)


Thursday, February 5
11:00
Joshua Bell, violin
Alasdair Beatson, piano
Grieg, Violin Sonata No. 3
Prokofiev, Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major

15:00
Mischa Maisky, cello
Masterclass

19:30
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Gábor Takács-Nagy, conductor
Marc Bouchkov, violin
Janine Jansen, violin
Daniel Blendulf, cello
Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 3 (Bouchkov)
Brahms, Double Concerto (Jansen, Blendulf)
Mozart, Symphony No. 40


Friday, February 6
11:00
Alexander Malofeev
Grieg, Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Prokofiev, Sonata No. 2
Lourié, 5 Fragile Preludes, Op. 1
Rautavaara, Sonata No. 2, Op. 64 « The Fire Sermon »

15:00
LiLa, cello
Julien Quentin, piano
Prokofiev, Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119
Chopin, Cello Sonata, Op. 65

19:30
Janine Jansen, violin
Mischa Maisky, piano
Martha Argerich, piano
Beethoven, “Ghost” Trio
Tchaikovsky, Trio


Saturday, February 7
11:00
Marc Bouchkov, violin
Alexandra Conunova, violin
Daniel Lozakovich, violin
Blythe Teh Engstroem, viola
Daniel Blendulf, cello
LiLa, cello
Brendan Kane, double bass
Alexander Malofeev, piano
Minsoo Sohn, piano
Schumann, Piano Quartet (Lozakovich, Teh Engstroem, Blendulf, Sohn)
Glinka, Sextet (Bouchkov, Conunova, Teh Engstroem, LiLa, Kane, Malofeev)

15:00
Janine Jansen, violin
Masterclass

19:30
Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra
Gianluca Marchiano, conductor
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone
Verdi: Overture to I vespri siciliani
Boito: « Son lo spirito che nega » (Mefistofele)
Gounod: « Le veau d’or » (Faust)
Offenbach: Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
Verdi: « Credo » (Otello)
Weill: « Die Moritat von Mackie Messer » (The Threepenny Opera)
Gershwin: « It Ain’t Necessarily So » (Porgy and Bess)
Wagner: Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Wagner: « Die Frist ist um » (The Flying Dutchman)
Rodgers & Hammerstein II: Overture to South Pacific
Rodgers & Hammerstein II: « Some Enchanted Evening » (South Pacific)
Bock: « If I Were a Rich Man » (Fiddler on the Roof)


Sunday, February 8
11:00
Marc Bouchkov, violin
Julien Quentin, piano
Tribute to Jascha Heifetz
Works by Albeniz, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Godowsky

15:00
Minsoo Sohn, piano
Masterclass

19:30
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Gábor Takács-Nagy, conductor
Mischa Maisky, cello
Alexander Malofeev, piano
Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No. 2
Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto
Beethoven, Symphony No. 7

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