64th Gstaad Menuhin Festival | 17 July – 6 September 2020
Cancelled
Vienna – world capital of music?
While the entire music world is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven in 2020, its eyes are also focused on the city where his talent originated: Vienna. The place that not only forged him, but also inspired him through contacts with great figure-heads, concerts and patrons he met there, right to his death in 1827. The love story that links Vienna to the highest spheres of musical creation began in the Baroque period, within the court and nobility. The bourgeoisie came into it later, during what has been called the “Biedermeier” period. Today, the city radiates with all genres and colours of music. Cultural tourism flourishes here more than anywhere else in the world, to the extent of serving as model for the world's largest cities in merging and developing the association of history of music with the present times. Vienna owes its ascension to the status of world capital of music – which is not only attested in the glossy tourist industry magazines but also in the daily choice of concerts of exceptional quality and richness – to the cultural commitment of the Habsburg dynasty in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thus, it is not so much the golden clichés of imperial imagery, nor the somewhat tacky waltz industry exploiting Sisi's idyllic image, that have turned Vienna into the world capital of music that it is today, but rather the great figures of classicism – Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert –, the Biedermeier – who enabled the emergence of a new bourgeois public and, in turn, of institutions such as the Musikverein and the Philharmonic Orchestra still active today – as well as the “titans” of the late 19th century – Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler. May we invite you to relive the great landmarks of this Viennese epic through over 65 concerts, from July 17 to September 6, 2020. Welcome to the 64th edition of Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy!
Friday, 17 July 2020
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
GALA Choral Concert
Opening Concert – Missa solemnis – Beethoven 250
RIAS Kammerchor & René Jacobs
Saturday, 18 July 2020
10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel
Chamber Music
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles I – Julia Hagen
Saturday, 18 July 2020
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
GALA Choral Concert
Missa solemnis – Beethoven 250
RIAS Kammerchor & René Jacobs
Sunday, 19 July 2020
6 pm, Saanen Church
Orchestral Concert
Celestial music
Céline Scheen, Philippe Jaroussky & L'Arpeggiata
Monday, 20 July 2020
7.30 pm, Zweisimmen Church
Today's Music
«Wien, Ach Wien»
Federspiel – Alpine music for wind instruments
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
7.30 pm, Vers-l'Eglise Church
Chamber Music
From Lobkowitz to Razumovsky – Beethoven 250
Cuarteto Casals
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
GALA Orchestral Concert
Beyond Biedermeier – Schuberts «liebliche Sinfonie»
Gabriela Montero, KOB & Heinz Holliger
Thursday, 23 July 2020
7.30 pm, Lauenen Church
Chamber Music
Shadow and light – Beethoven 250
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Friday, 24 July 2020
7.30 pm, Zweisimmen Church
Chamber Music
Beethoven pur I – Beethoven 250
Sol Gabetta & Alexander Melnikov
Saturday, 25 July 2020
10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel
Chamber Music
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles II – Nathan Mierdl
Saturday, 25 July 2020
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
GALA Orchestral Concert
Bernstein meets Beethoven – Beethoven 250
Daniel Hope & ZKO
Sunday, 26 July 2020
6 pm, Saanen Church
Chamber Music
Beethoven pur II – Beethoven 250
Sol Gabetta & Alexander Melnikov
Monday, 27 July 2020
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
GALA Chamber Music
Music and inner emigration
Leonidas Kavakos & Yuja Wang
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
7.30 pm, Zweisimmen Church
Today's Music
Beethoven in Scandinavia – Beethoven 250
Tine Thing Helseth & tenThing
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
5.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
L'Heure Bleue – Concert for All
Gstaad Conducting Academy – Final Concert I
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
7.30 pm, Lenk Church
Chamber Music
Andreas Ottensamer I – Vienna for beginners
Kopatchinskaja, Amerling, Mendes, Ahonen & Koreny
Thursday, 30 July 2020
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
Choral Concert
Andreas Ottensamer III – Wiener Sängerknaben
Thursday, 30 July 2020
ca. 10 pm, Bar
Hotel Le Grand Bellevue
Today's Music
Late Night – Andreas Ottensamer II – «Tauben vergiften im Park»
Romana Amerling & Bela Koreny
Friday, 31 July 2020
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
Orchestral Concert
Andreas Ottensamer IV – Vienna 1789 – Beethoven 250
Gstaad Festival Orchestra I
Saturday, 1 August 2020
5.30 pm, Gstaad Chapel
L'Heure Bleue – Concert for All
Gstaad String Academy – Final Concert I
Sunday, 2 August 2020
11.30 am, Gstaad Festival Tent
Gstaad Academy – Concert for All
Gstaad Festival Amateur Orchestra – Final Concert
Sunday, 2 August 2020
6 pm, Saanen Church
Chamber Music
Andreas Ottensamer V – Gran Trio – Beethoven 250
Sol Gabetta & Dejan Lazić
Monday, 3 August 2020
7.30 pm, Boltigen Church
Today's Music
From Vienne to Rio de Janeiro
Ksenja Sidorova & Avi Avital
Monday, 3 August 2020
7.30 pm, Lauenen Church
Chamber Music
Gstaad String Academy – Final Concert II
Chamber Music Concert
Tuesday, 4 August 2020
5.30 pm, Hotel Landhaus Saanen
L'Heure Bleue – Concert for All
Gstaad String Academy – Final Concert III
Tuesday, 4 August 2020
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
GALA Orchestral Concert
Mozart Opra Gala
Elsa Dreisig, KOB & Riccardo Minasi
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
5.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
L'Heure Bleue – Concert for All
Gstaad Conducting Academy – Final Concert II
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
GALA Chamber Music
The Last Three Piano Sonatas – Beethoven 250
Recital Sir András Schiff
Thursday, 6 August 2020
7.30 pm, Rougemont Church
Chamber Music
Baroque Festival
Gábor Boldoczki & Iveta Apkalna
Friday, 7 August 2020
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
Chamber Music
A Schubertiade among the Schobers
Sir András Schiff, Robert Holl & students of the Gstaad Piano Academy
Saturday, 8 August 2020
10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel
Chamber Music
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles III – Pallavi Mahidhara
Saturday, 8 August 2020
7.30 pm, Zweisimmen Church
Chamber Music
Music & Literature – Heiligenstadt 1802 – Beethoven 250
Klaus Maria Brandauer & Sebastian Knauer
Sunday, 9 August 2020
11 am, Alp Züneweid, Lauenen
Musikextra
Concert in the Alps – «… sollst stets die Stadt meiner Träume»
Sunday, 9 August 2020
11.30 am, Gstaad Festival Tent
Gstaad Academy – Concert for All
Gstaad Festival Youth Orchestra – Final Concert
Sunday, 9 August 2020
6 pm, Saanen Church
Orchestral Concert
Viennese «Sturm und Drang»
Maurice Steger, Christoph Croisé & Il Pomo d'Oro
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
5.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
L'Heure Bleue – Concert for All
Gstaad Conducting Academy – Final Concert III
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
7.30 pm, Lauenen Church
Chamber Music
Sonett für Wien – Brigitte Geller & Manuel Lange
Friday, 14 August 2020
7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
Opera
Fidelio – Beethoven 250
Kampe, Kaufmann & van Zweden – Gstaad Festival Orchestra II
Saturday, 15 August 2020
10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel
Chamber Music
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles IV – Sophie Lee
Saturday, 15 August 2020
7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
Symphony Concert
Fatum | Destiny
Seong-Jin Cho & Jaap van Zweden – Gstaad Festival Orchestra III
Sunday, 16 August 2020
10.30 am, Gstaad Festival Tent
Matinee Jubilee Concert 50 Years Music School Saanenland-Obersimmental (MSSO)
Sunday, 16 August 2020
6 pm, Saanen Church
Orchestral Concert
Menuhin & Fritz Kreisler
Renaud Capuçon & The Menuhin Academy Soloists
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
7.30 pm, Lenk Church
Today's Music
Timeless Viennese waltzes
Philharmonix – The Vienna Berlin Music Club
Wednesday, 19 August 2020
7.30 pm, Gsteig Church
Chamber Music
Inspiration Mozart – Beethoven 250
Menuhin Festival Piano Quartet
Friday, 21 August 2020
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
GALA Orchestral Concert
Pastoral Idyll – Beethoven 250
Renaud Capuçon, KOB & Sylvain Cambreling
Saturday, 22 August 2020
10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel
Chamber Music
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles V – Chiara Opalio
Saturday, 22 August 2020
7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
Symphony Concert
Rare symphonic gems – Beethoven 250
Lozakovich, Moreau, Babayan, Royal Philharmonic & Petrenko
Sunday, 23 August 2020
11 am / 2 pm, Dorfplatz Saanen [2 performances]
Discovery – Concert for All
«Haydn full blast» – Children’s and Family Concert
Sunday, 23 August 2020
6 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
Today's Music
Breakin' Mozart – Classics Meet Breakdance
Christoph Hagel & DDC
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
7.30 pm, Temple de Château-d'Œx
Chamber Music
Young Beethoven in Vienna – Beethoven 250
Christian Zacharias & Wind Soloists of the Gstaad Festival Orchestra
Wednesday, 26 August 2020
7.30 pm, Rougemont Church
Chamber Music
Quartets at the summit – Beethoven 250
Hagen Quartet
Thursday, 27 August 2020
7.30 pm, Lauenen Church
Chamber Music
«Mein Wien» – Beethoven 250
Daniel Behle & Jan Schultsz
Friday, 28 August 2020
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
GALA Orchestral Concert
Vienna or Vivaldi’s final journey
Kopatchinskaja, Il Giardino Armonico & Antonini
Saturday, 29 August 2020
10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel Gstaad
Chamber Music
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles VI – Elena Nefedova
Saturday, 29 August 2020
7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
Opera
The Magic Flute
Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset
Saturday, 29 August 2020
5.30 pm, Kirchgemeindehaus Gstaad
L'Heure Bleue – Concert for All
Gstaad Vocal Academy – Final Concert
Sunday, 30 August 2020
6 pm, Saanen Church
GALA Chamber Music
Diabelli Variations – Beethoven 250
Mitsuko Ushida
Monday, 31 August 2020
7.30 pm, Gstaad Chapel
Chamber Music
«Archiduke» – Beethoven 250
Lee, Roozeman & Sunwoo
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
6.30 pm (part 1) | 8.30 pm (part 2), Zweisimmen Church
Chamber Music
Bach Solo – Isabelle Faust
Friday, 4 September 2020
7.30 pm, Rougemont Church
Chamber Music
Gradus ad Parnassum – Beethoven 250
Jean Rondeau
Saturday, 5 September 2020
10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel Gstaad
Chamber Music
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles VI – Kiefer Hablitzel | Göhner Prize Winners
Dominic Chamot
Saturday, 5 September 2020
5.30 pm, Rougemont Church
L'Heure Bleue – Concert for All
Gstaad Baroque Academy – Final Concert
Saturday, 5 September 2020
7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
Symphony Concert
Dance Apotheosis – Beethoven 250
Jan Lisiecki, Santa Cecilia & Antonio Pappano
Sunday, 6 September 2020
6 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
Symphony Concert
Finale – Viennese Operetta Gala Evening
Tokar, Nurgeldiyev & Eschwé