63rd Gstaad Menuhin Festival | 18 July – 6 September 2019
Paris – musical cross-roads
Few cities in the world hold such power of attraction, crystallize as much history, as many memories and myths. Few cities also concentrate within their walls such a strong source of inspiration for artists of all kinds. Paris is the indisputable and unchallenged cultural capital of the French-speaking world… that starts a few hundred metres from the Saanen church! But beyond this strong identity, this national if somewhat jingoistic pride, the city is nonetheless a fantastic mosaic of cultures, a cross-road of exchanges between Eastern and Western Europe, the first port of call – past and present – on the Old Continent for overseas travellers. Paris is magical and has lost none of the power of fascination that has defined it for centuries. Theodor Adorno did criticize the transformation of the city, perceiving in its streets both “the heart beats and heart aches”, “the euphoria and the solitude”. However, these paradoxes are a gift for musicians of all periods and since the Baroque era Paris has developed into a cosmopolitan metropolis of music, hustled by massive revolutions. It is widely admitted that the “DNA” of French music winds its way from Bizet, Saint-Saëns and Franck to Fauré, Ravel and Debussy… But is there truly a “French music”? Debussy had written “French musician” on the bottom of his business card, raising the question of the specifically French aspect of his work – a specific sound, according to Maestro Daniel Barenboim. Indeed, we often forget that although they write music, composers primarily have a mother tongue. But for Barenboim – who recently spoke about this in an article of the Welt -, this aspect should not be overestimated, evoking rather the colour of sounds, the perfume, the scents and reverie – totally characteristic of Romantic and Impressionist works – as being the true essence of French music. The works of several composers of our time seem to prove him right, for instance Bruno Soeiro and Sillages, Sons de Parfums, or the French composer Tristan Murail who, with Reflets/Reflections, the piece that the Gstaad Menuhin Festival commissioned for its 2019 edition, decided to paint with his musical palette the sounds of the Saanenland’s fascinating nature. Prime French musicians and orchestras will be attending the 63rd Gstaad Menuhin Festival, and we are also greatly looking forward to welcoming you this next summer 2019.
Thursday, 18 July 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
GALA Orchestral Concert
Opening Concert – Menuhin à Paris I
Patricia Kopatchinskaja & Polina Leschenko
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Violin
Polina Leschenko, Piano
Camerata Bern
Friday, 19 July 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
GALA Chamber Music
Bach Pur – Recital Sir András Schiff
Sir András Schiff, Piano
Saturday, 20 July 2019
10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel
Chamber Music
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles I – Dmitry Smirnov
Dmitry Smirnov, Violin
3rd Grand Prix Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition (Paris) 2018
Prize Winner Tibor Varga Competition (Sion) 2015
Member Gstaad Festival Orchestra
Denis Linnik, Piano
Saturday, 20 July 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
GALA Choral Concert
Te Deum et Grands Motets pour les victoires de Louis XIV
Le Concert Spirituel & Hervé Niquet
Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Soprano I
Julia Beaumier, Soprano II
Andres J. Dahlin, Haute-contre
François Joron, Taille
Geoffroy Buffière, Basse-taille
Le Concert Spirituel (Choir & Orchestra) (Paris)
Sunday, 21 July 2019
6 pm, Saanen Church
GALA Orchestral Concert
Parfum et musique
Sol Gabetta & Kammerorchester Basel
Sol Gabetta, Cello
Kammerorchester Basel
Pierre Bleuse, Conductor
Monday, 22 July 2019
7.30 pm, Temple de Château-d'Œx
Today's Music
Cuivres en folie
David Guerrier & Les Turbulences
David Guerrier, Trumpet & Conductor
Les Turbulences (Paris), Brass-Ensemble
Tuesday, 23 July 2019
7.30 pm, Lauenen Church
Chamber Music
Beethoven russe
Chiaroscuro Quartet – Menuhin's Heritage Artist I
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Menuhin's Heritage Artist
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
Orchestral Concert
Strings Across the World
Menuhin School London
Jia Peng Fang, Erhu
Menuhin School London
Oscar Colomina, Conductor
Thursday, 25 July 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
GALA Chamber Music
Le violoncelle français – Semaine française I
Sol Gabetta & Bertrand Chamayou
Sol Gabetta, Cello
Bertrand Chamayou, Piano
Artist in Residence 2019
Friday, 26 July 2019
7.30 pm, Rougemont Church
Chamber Music
L'univers Saint-Saëns – Semaine française II
Bertrand Chamayou
Bertrand Chamayou, Piano
Artist in Residence 2019
Saturday, 27 July 2019
10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel
Chamber Music
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles II – Anastasia Vorotnaya
Anastasia Vorotnaya, Piano
Prize Winner Jeudis du Piano – Société des Arts de Genève 2018
Saturday, 27 July 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
GALA Orchestral Concert
Mozart (und Figaro) à Paris I
Patricia Petibon & La Cetra
Patricia Petibon, Soprano
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Karel Valter, Conductor
Sunday, 28 July 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
Orchestral Concert
Notre-Dame à Saanen – Olivier Latry
Olivier Latry, Organ (Notre-Dame de Paris)
Monday, 29 July 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
Orchestral Concert
Les trompettes de Versailles
Gábor Boldoczki & Cappella Gabetta
Gábor Boldoczki, Trumpet
Cappella Gabetta
Andrés Gabetta, Violin & Conductor
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
Chamber Music
Pour la fin du Temps – Semaine française III – Menuhin's Heritage Artist II
Ibragimova, Ottensamer, Gabetta & Chamayou
Alina Ibragimova, Violin
Andreas Ottensamer, Clarinet
Menuhin's Heritage Artist
Sol Gabetta, Cello
Bertrand Chamayou, Piano
Artist in Residence 2019
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
GALA Chamber Music
Grand Duo concertant – Menuhin's Heritage Artist III
Andreas Ottensamer & Yuja Wang
Andreas Ottensamer, Clarinet
Menuhin's Heritage ArtistYuja Wang, Piano
Friday, 2 August 2019
5.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
L'Heure bleue
Gstaad Conducting Academy – Final Concert I
Gstaad Festival Chamber Orchestra
Students of the Gstaad Conducting Academy
Miyako Arishima, Piano
Friday, 2 August 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
GALA Chamber Music
Clair de lune – Recital Fazil Say
Fazil Say, Piano
Saturday, 3 August 2019
10 pm, Gstaad Chapel
Chamber Music
Nocturne aux chandelles
Rondeau & Ensemble Nevermind – Menuhin's Heritage Artist IV
Ensemble Nevermind
Jean Rondeau, Harpsichord & Conductor
Menuhin's Heritage Artist
Saturday, 3 August 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
Chamber Music
La Truite – Semaine française IV
Ibragimova, Power, Gabetta & Chamayou
Alina Ibragimova, Violin
Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux, Violin
Lawrence Power, Viola
Sol Gabetta, Cello
Yann Dubost, Double Bass
Bertrand Chamayou, Piano
Artist in Residence 2019
Saturday, 3 August 2019
10 pm, Gstaad Chapel
Chamber Music
Nocturne aux chandelles
Rondeau & Ensemble Nevermind – Menuhin's Heritage Artist IV
Ensemble Nevermind
Jean Rondeau, Harpsichord & Conductor
Menuhin's Heritage Artist
Sunday, 4 August 2019
11.30 am, Gstaad Festival Tent
Gstaad Academy
Play@ Gstaad Menuhin Festival – Final Concert of the Amateur Orchestra Week
Play@ Gstaad Menuhin Festival – Amateur Orchestra
Kevin Griffiths, Conductor
Sunday, 4 August 2019
6 pm, Saanen Church
Orchestral Concert
Mozart à Paris II – Huangci, Jacot & Clément
Gstaad Festival Orchestra I
Claire Huangci, Piano
Prize Winner Géza Anda Competition 2018
Sébastien Jacot, Flute
Prize Winner ARD Competition 2015
Agnès Clément, Harp
Prize Winner ARD Competition 2016
Gstaad Festival Chamber Orchestra
Students of the Gstaad Conducting Academy
Monday, 5 August 2019
7.30 pm, Zweisimmen Church
Orchestral Concert
Vivaldi Canzonette
Nuria Rial & Avi Avital
Nuria Rial, Soprano
Avi Avital, Mandoline
Kammerorchester Basel
Monday, 5 August 2019
7.30 pm, Lenk Church
Chamber Music
Ars Gallica – Kim & Blechacz
Bomsori Kim, Violin
Prize Winner Wieniawski Competition 2016
Rafal Blechacz, Piano
Prize Winner Warsaw Chopin Competition 2005
Tuesday, 6 August 2019
7.30 pm, Mehrzweckhalle Lenk
Today's Music
«Westwards» – Movies meets Music
Gabriela Montero
Gabriela Montero, Piano
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
7.30 pm, Vers-l'Eglise Church
Chamber Music
Chopin Préludes – Recital Alexander Melnikov
Alexander Melnikov, Piano
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
7.30 pm, Lauenen Church
Chamber Music
Gstaad String Academy – Final Concert I
Chamber Music Concert – Menuhin's Heritage Artist V
Christel Lee, Violin (class: Ana Chumachenco)
Menuhin's Heritage Artist
Ettore Causa, Viola
Ivan Monighetti, Cello
Students of the Gstaad String Academy
Thursday, 8 August 2019
5.30 pm, Landhaus Saanen
L'Heure Bleue
Gstaad String Academy – Final Concert II
Final concert for the master classes of Ana Chumachenco (Violin), Ettore Causa (Viola) and Ivan Monighetti (Cello)
Thursday, 8 August 2019
7.30 pm, Rougemont Church
Today's Music
Blue Note – Hommage à Django Reinhardt
Janoska Ensemble meets Biréli Lagrène
Janoska Ensemble
Biréli Lagrène, Guitar
Friday, 9 August 2019
5.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
L'Heure bleue
Gstaad Conducting Academy – Final Concert II
Gstaad Festival Orchestra
Students of the Gstaad Conducting Academy
Friday, 9 August 2019
7.30 pm, Zweisimmen Church
Chamber Music
Fin de siècle – Faust, Melnikov & Salagon Quartet
Isabelle Faust, Violin
Salagon Quartet
Alexander Melnikov, Piano
Saturday, 10 August 2019
10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel
Chamber Music
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles IV – Clara Shen
Clara Shen, Violin
Junior Prize Winner Menuhin Competition 2018 (Geneva)
Mamikon Nakhapetov, Piano
Saturday, 10 August 2019
5.30 pm, Gsteig Church
L'Heure Bleue
Gstaad String Academy – Final Concert III
Final concert for the master classes of Ana Chumachenco (Violin), Ettore Causa (Viola) and Ivan Monighetti (Cello)
Saturday, 10 August 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
Today's Music
Cabaret & Chansons
Ute Lemper & Band
Ute Lemper, Song
& Band (Violin, Bass, Piano & Bandoneon)
Sunday, 11 August 2019
11.00 am, Alp Züneweid, Lauenen
Musikextra
Concert in the Alps
Alex Wäber, Percussion
Olivier Darbellay, Horn & Presentation
Gstaad Festival Brass
Sunday, 11 August 2019
11.30 am, Gstaad Festival Tent
Gstaad Academy
Play@ Gstaad Menuhin Festival – Final Concert of the Youth Orchestra Week
Play@ Gstaad Menuhin Festival – Youth Orchestra
Matthias Kuhn, Conductor
Sunday, 11 August 2019
6 pm, Saanen Church
Orchestral Concert
80 Years Bartók in Gstaad – Bartók and Switzerland I
Bertrand Chamayou & Kammerorchester Basel
Bertrand Chamayou, Piano
Artist in Residence 2019
Kammerorchester Basel
Monday, 12 August 2019
7.30 pm, Rougemont Church
Chamber Music
80 Years Bartók in Gstaad – Bartók and Switzerland II
Adam Laloum & Belcea Quartet
Adam Laloum, Piano
Belcea Quartet
Tuesday, 13 August 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
Chamber Music
Mozart à Paris II
Kopatchinskaja, Braude, Gabetta & Leschenko
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Violin
Nathan Braude, Viola
Sol Gabetta, Cello
Polina Leschenko, Piano
Thursday, 15 August 2019
5.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
L'Heure Bleue
Gstaad Conducting Academy – Final Concert III
Gstaad Festival Orchestra
Students of the Gstaad Conducting Academy
Thursday, 15 August 2019
7.30 pm, Zweisimmen Church
Orchestral Concert
La Lyra d'Orfeo – Luigi Rossi à la cour d'Anne d'Autriche
L'Arpeggiata & Christina Pluhar
Giuseppina Bridelli, Mezzo-Soprano
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar, Theorbo & Conductor
Friday, 16 August 2019
7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
Chamber Music
Khatia! – Recital Khatia Buniatishvili
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano
Saturday, 17 August 2019
10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel
Chamber Music
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles V – Timothy Chooi
Timothy Chooi, Violin
Prizewinner Joachim Competition Hannover 2018
Akane Matsumura, Piano
Saturday, 17 August 2019
7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
Symphony Concert
Pathétique – Manfred Honeck & Seong-Jin Cho
Gstaad Festival Orchestra II
Seong-Jin Cho, Piano
Gstaad Festival Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, Conductor
Sunday, 18 August 2019
6 pm, Saanen Church
Orchestral Concert
The Menuhin Academy Soloists
Oleg Kaskiv, Violin & Conductor
IMMA – Menuhin Academy Soloists
Monday, 19 August 2019
7.30 pm, Boltigen Church
Today's Music
Rêveries françaises – Les Violoncelles Français
Raphaël Pidoux, Roland Pidoux, Xavier Phillips, Eric Maria Couturier, Hanna Salzenstein, Gauthier Broutin, Volodia van Keulen, Hsing-Han Tsai, Cellos
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
7.30 pm, Rougemont Church
Chamber Music
Rameau au clavecin – Christophe Rousset
Christophe Rousset, Harpsichord
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
7.30 pm, Zweisimmen Church
Choral Concert
Le chant du c(h)œur – Tenebrae
Tenebrae (London)
Nigel Short, Conductor
Friday, 23 August 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
GALA Orchestral Concert
Cecilia Bartoli
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano
Les Musiciens du Prince - Monaco
Andrés Gabetta, Violin & Konzertmeister
Saturday, 24 August 2019
10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel
Chamber Music
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles VI – Nadège Rochat
Nadège Rochat, Violoncello
Judith Jáuregui, Piano
Saturday, 24 August 2019
7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
Opera in concert versions
Carmen
Gaëlle Arquez, Mezzo-Soprano (Carmen)
Marcelo Alvarez, Tenor (Don José)
Julie Fuchs, Soprano (Micaëla)
Luca Pisaroni, Baritone (Escamillo)
Uliana Alexyuk, Soprano (Frasquita)
Kristina Stanek, Mezzo-Soprano (Mercédès)
Manuel Walser, Tenor (Le Dancaïre)
Omer Kobiljak, Tenor (Le Remendado)
Alexander Kiechle, Bass (Zuniga)
Dean Murphy, Baritone (Moralès)
Philharmonic Choir Brno
Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House – Philharmonia Zurich
Marco Armiliato, Conductor
Sunday, 25 August 2019
6 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
Orchestral Concert
La Valse – Lahav Shani & Vilde Frang
Vilde Frang, Violin
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Lahav Shani, Conductor
Monday, 26 August 2019
7.30 pm, Rougemont Church
Chamber Music
Soirée Schubert – Francesco Piemontesi
Top of Switzerland
Francesco Piemontesi, Piano
Tuesday, 27 August 2019
7.30 pm, Lauenen Church
Chamber Music
Mozart à Paris III – Kristian Bezuidenhout
Kristian Bezuidenhout, Fortepiano
Wednesday, 28 August 2019
7.30 pm, Rougemont Church
Chamber Music
La Fleuraison des Impressionnistes – Modigliani Quartet
Modigliani Quartet (Paris)
Thursday, 29 August 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
Orchestral Concert
«Mit tiefem Pathos»
Hilary Hahn & Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Hilary Hahn, Violin
Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Omer Meir Wellber, Conductor
Friday, 30 August 2019
5.30 pm, Kirchgemeindehaus Gstaad
L'Heure Bleue
Gstaad Vocal Academy – Final Concert
Final concert for the master classes of Silvana Bazzoni Bartoli
Friday, 30 August 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
Chamber Music
Capriccioso – Daniel Lozakovich
Daniel Lozakovich, Violin
Sergei Babayan, Piano
Saturday, 31 August 2019
11.30 am, Gstaad Chapel
Chamber Music
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles VII – Kiefer Hablitzel | Göhner Prize Winners
Augustinas Rakauskas, Accordion
Saturday, 31 August 2019
7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
Symphony Concert
Symphonie fantastique
Mikko Franck & Gautier Capuçon
Gautier Capuçon, Cello
Orchestre philharmonique de Radio-France (Paris)
Sunday, 1 September 2019
6 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
Symphony Concert
De Wagner à Ravel – Classique France-Allemagne
Klaus Florian Vogt & Gergely Madaras
Klaus Florian Vogt, Tenor
Orchestre National de Lyon
Gergely Madaras, Conductor
Wednesday, 4 September 2019
5.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
Discovery
Carnaval des animaux – Children’s and Family Concert
Children from the Saanenland
Ksenia Lubiantseva, Roumen Kroumov, Pianos
Ensemble of the Gstaad Festival Orchestra
Margrith Gimmel-Dauwalder, Staging
Wednesday, 4 September 2019
7.30 pm, Zweisimmen Church
Chamber Music
Concert comique – Maurice Steger & Friends
Maurice Steger, Recorder & Direction
Stephane Mester, Maître de danse [Dance Master] & Causerie
Hille Perl, Viola da gamba
Daniele Caminiti, Theorbo
Diego Ares, Harpsichord
Small Court and Dance Chapel
Friday, 6 September 2019
5.30 pm, Rougemont Church
L'Heure Bleue
Gstaad Baroque Academy – Final Concert
Final concert for the master classes of Maurice Steger (Recorder)
Friday, 6 September 2019
7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
Symphony Concert
«Rach 3»
Myung-Whun Chung & Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang, Piano
Staatskapelle Dresden
Myung-Whun Chung, Conductor