A space for exchange: privileged dialogues with your favourite artists and inspiring encounters with major figures from the international cultural scene. Discover a new TALK every day at the Forum, exploring the richness and diversity of the Verbier Festival. Each one-hour TALK will be hosted and presented by renowned journalists and musicologists.
The TALKS will be held in English or French. Simultaneous translation will be offered to the audience depending on the language of the guests.
TALKS PROGRAMME
FRI 17.07 – 5:00 PM | Mischa Maisky
SAT 18.07 – 4:00 PM | Kengo Kuma, architect of the Verbier Cultural Centre, with Peter Brabeck-Letmathe*
SUN 19.07 – 5:00 PM | Alexandre Kantorow & Lucas Debargue
MON 20.07 – 5:00 PM | Music & Sustainability: challenges and perspectives, with Marie-Jo Valente and Justine Tincq
TUE 21.07 – 5:00 PM | Evgeny Kissin
WED 22.07 – 5:00 PM | Mireille Fulpius, artist, with the Verbier 3-D Foundation
THU 23.07 – 5:00 PM | Verbier Cultural Centre, with the project teams
FRI 24.07 – 3:00 PM | 20 years of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, with Gábor Takács-Nagy, Blythe Teh Engstroem and Michael Füller
FRI 24.07 – 5:00 PM | Presentation of Bartók’s opera “Bluebeard’s Castle”, with Michèle Larivière
SAT 25.07 – 3:00 PM | Music & Artificial Intelligence, with Cybel’Art
SAT 25.07 – 5:00 PM | Sandrine Piau, with the singers of the Atelier Lyrique
SUN 26.07 – 5:00 PM | “Nicholas Angelich, the absolute piano”, with Nathalie Krafft
MON 27.07 – 3:30 PM | Shenzhen Verbier Festival, with Martin Engstroem and the city of Shenzhen
MON 27.07 – 5:00 PM | Gianandrea Noseda
TUE 28.07 – 5:00 PM | Kian Soltani
WED 29.07 – 5:00 PM | James Gaffigan, with the musicians of the Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra
THU 30.07 – 5:00 PM | Renée Fleming, with Chris Beiley from the World Health Organization
FRI 31.07 – 5:00 PM | The Verbier Festival Archives, with Alain Dufaux, from EPFL, and Claire-Aimée Allyndrée
SAT 01.08 – 5:00 PM | Music & Therapy, with Ygal Rabinovici, Noa Rabinovici and Arseny Sokolov
SUN 02.08 – 5:00 PM | Martin T:son Engstroem
FREE ADMISSION
Pavillon des Combins
* The TALK with Kengo Kuma and Peter Brabeck-Letmathe takes place at 16:00 in the Salle des Combins