ADVANCE BOOKING Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy AG GSTAAD PIANO ACADEMY GSTAAD BAROQUE ACADEMY Tu 15.8 7.30 pm, Saanen Church Orchestral Concert Sa 19.8 10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel Chamber Music Fr 25.8 7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent Symphony Concert Th 31.8 7.30 pm, Saanen Church GALA EXTRA Orchestral Concert Postfach 65, CH-3780 Gstaad Maxim Vengerov and the Menuhin Academy Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles VI – Nicolas Salloum Roma a Gstaad I – Mozart-Strauss “Dolce Duello” – Cecilia & Sol Saturday, 15 July 2017 – Wednesday, 19 July 2017 Sunday, 27 August 2017 – Saturday, 2 September 2017 Soloists Nicolas Salloum, Piano (13 years old) – Student from Menuhin's Heritage Artist V Sol Gabetta, Cello; Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano; [email protected] Kirchgemeindehaus Gstaad Hotel Ermitage Schönried www.gstaadmenuhinfestival.ch Brahms ou la richesse intérieure VI Lang Lang’s Workshop in 2016 Diana Damrau, Soprano; Nicola Benedetti, Violin – Cappella Gabetta; Andrés Gabetta, Violin & Conductor Master class open to the pubic with Prof. András Schiff Master class open to the pubic with Prof. Maurice Steger Maxim Vengerov, Violin & Conductor; IMMA – Music by J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Prokofiev Menuhin's Heritage Artist; Orchestra dell'Academia della Italian Baroque Opera and the Cello – World Premiere Tel. +41 (0)33 748 81 82 (Recorder & Direction) of the new programme Fax +41 (0)33 748 83 39 Menuhin Academy Soloists CHF 30 Santa Cecilia Roma; Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor CHF 340 / 210 / 110 / 45 GSTAAD STRING ACADEMY Final Concert – L'Heure Bleue: Music by Mozart (Violin Concerto No. 4), Brahms (String Tel. 0900 585 887 – CHF 1.20 / Min. Monday, 24 July 2017 – Wednesday, 2 August 2017 Saturday, 2 September 2017, 5.30 pm, Rougemont Church Sextet No. 1), Prokofiev (Sonata for 2 Violins) and Sa 19.8 7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent Symphony Concert Fr 1.9 5.30 pm, Kirchgemeindehaus Gstaad L'Heure Bleue Booking offices and exact seating available at: Hotel Landhaus Saanen, Kennedy School Saanen Bartók (Divertimento) CHF 125 / 105 / 65 / 40 Welcome Jaap van Zweden! Gstaad Vocal Academy – Final Concert www.kulturticket.ch Gstaad Festival Orchestra II Final Concert for the master classes of Prof. Silvana Bazzoni print@home Master class open to the pubic with Professors Igor Ozim and PLAY @ GSTAAD MENUHIN FESTIVAL – Wonji Kim (Violins), Ettore Causa (Viola), Ivan Monighetti AMATEUR ORCHESTRA WEEK Tu 15.8 7.30 pm, Gsteig Church Chamber Music Sol Gabetta, Cello; Gstaad Festival Orchestra; Jaap van Bartoli No reservations, tickets at the box office; CHF 30 Beethoven in Thun 1886 – Brahms Trios III Zweden, Conductor (Cello) and Janoska Ensemble (Workshop) Monday, 31 July 2017 – Sunday, 6 August 2017, Gstaad Brahms ou la richesse intérieure VII © Michael Tammaro Fr 1.9 7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent Opera in concert versions Kevin Griffiths, Conductor; Lucas Tiefenthaler, Trombone Final Concerts – L’Heure Bleue: Top of Switzerland II Mozart: Symphony No. 35 “Haffner”; Violin Concerto Aida Monday, 31 July 2017, 5.30 pm, Hotel Landhaus Saanen Music by Dukas, Waespi (Commission) and Brahms (Symphony No. 4) Oliver Schnyder Trio: Oliver Schnyder, Piano; Andreas No. 3; R. Strauss: Orchestral Songs; “Till Eulenspie- Roberto Alagna, Tenor (Radames); Kristin Lewis, Wednesday, 2. August 2017, 5.30 pm, Hotel Landhaus Saanen Final Concert: Janke, Violin; Benjamin Nyffenegger, Cello gels lustige Streiche”, Symphonic Poem Soprano (Aida); Anita Rachvelishvili, Mezzo-Soprano SPONSORS Gstaad String Academy – Chamber Music Final Concert: Sunday, 6 August 2017, 11.30 am, Gstaad Festival Tent Music by Schubert, Smetana, Beethoven («Ghost» Trio) CHF 160 / 135 / 95 / 65 (Amneris); Simone Piazzola, Baritone (Amonasro); Tueday, 1 August 2017, 7.30 pm, Gstaad Chapel and Brahms (Piano Trio No. 3) CHF 80 / 60 / 40 Erwin Schrott, Baritone (Ramfis); Giacomo Prestia, The Gstaad String Academy 2017 has been made possible PLAY @ GSTAAD MENUHIN FESTIVAL – Sa 26.8 10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel Chamber Music Bass (Re); Teatro Regio Torino Chorus; London by the generous support of the Tharice Foundation and the YOUTH ORCHESTRA WEEK We 16.8 7.30 pm, Zweisimmen Church Chamber Music Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles VII Symphony Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor Walter Fischli Stiftung. Monday, 7 August 2017 – Sunday, 13 August 2017, Gstaad / Berlin Philharmonic Stradivarius Summit © Bert Hulselmans Chepovetsky & Avagyan Zweisimmen Brahms ou la richesse intérieure IX Lalo: Cello Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 Yevgeny Chepovetsky, Violin; Levon Avagyan, Piano – GSTAAD CONDUCTING ACADEMY Matthias Kuhn, Conductor Berlin Philharmonic Stradivarius Summit: Wolfram CHF 160 / 135 / 95 / 65 Lauréats de l'Académie de Lausanne 2016 Brandl, Violin; Christoph Streuli, Violin; Matthew Music by Szymanowski, Stravinsky and Rosenblatt Tuesday, 1 August 2017 – Saturday, 5 August 2017 (Part I) Music by Elgar, Beethoven, Wagner, Sibelius and Ives Hunter, Viola; Walter Küssner, Viola; Knut Weber, Su 20.8 6 pm, Rougemont Church Chamber Music CHF 30 Tuesday, 8 August 2017 – Saturday, 12 August 2017 (Part II) Final Concert: Cello; Stephan Koncz, Cello Pathétique – Seong-Jin Cho in Recital Tuesday, 14 August 2017 – Saturday, 18 August 2017 (Part III) Sunday, 13 August 2017, 11.30 am, Gstaad Festival Tent Musicians from the Berlin Philharmonic perform on six Seong-Jin Cho, Piano – Prizewinner, Chopin Competi- Sa 26.8 7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent GALA Symphony Concert © zvg Gstaad Festival Tent Stradivarius instruments from the Swiss Habisreutin- tion, Warsaw 2015 Roma a Gstaad II – Fontane di Roma Verdi: “Aida”, Opera in 4 Acts (concert version) Master class open to the pubic with Professors Jaap van www.gstaadacademy.ch ger Stradivari Foundation. Music by Beethoven (Sonatas Nos. 8 “Pathétique” & Evgeny Kissin, Piano; Orchestra dell'Academia della CHF 220 / 160 / 135 / 95 / 65 Zweden ( Artistic Director), Johannes Schlaefli (Head of Music by Brahms (String Sextet No. 2) and Tchaikovs- 30) and Chopin (4 Ballades) CHF 80 / 60 / 40 Santa Cecilia Roma; Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Teaching) and Long Yu (Academy Professor), as well as the ky (String Sextet “Souvenir de Florence”) Sa 2.9 11.30 am, Gstaad Chapel Chamber Music Gstaad Festival Orchestra CHF 125 / 105 / 65 Mo 21.8 7.30 pm, Lauenen Church Chamber Music Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles VIII OFFICIAL CAR Final Concerts – L'Heure Bleue: The Thun Sonata – Brahms ou la richesse Kiefer Hablitzel Prize Winners Thursday, 3 August 2017, 5.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent Th 17.8 7.30 pm, Rougemont Church Chamber Music intérieure X Stefanie Mirwald, Accordion; Arata Yumi, Violin; Alice Gstaad Conducting Academy I Anmuthig, vertrauend, jungfräulich Menuhin's Heritage Artist IV Rossi, Sopran Music by Mozart, Haydn and Beck Brahms Trios IV Ji-Young Lim, Violin – Prizewinner Queen Elisabeth Music by Rameau, Poulenc, Ysaÿe and Berio CHF 30 Brahms ou la richesse intérieure VIII Competition Brussels 2015 – Menuhin's Heritage Thursday, 10 August 2017, 5.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent Trio Jean Paul: Eckhart Heiligers, Piano; Ulf Schneider, Artist; Dong-Hyek Lim, Piano © Sasha Gusov Sa 2.9 5.30 pm, Rougemont Church L'Heure Bleue Gstaad Conducting Academy II Violin; Martin Löhr, Cello Violin Sonatas by Mozart, Brahms (No. 2) and Puccini: Preludio sinfonico; Bartók: Piano Concerto Gstaad Baroque Academy – Final Concert Music by Saint-Saëns and R. Strauss Under the direction of its new artistic director, the Gstaad Festival Piano Trios by Haydn, Brahms (arrangement of the String Beethoven (No. 9 “Kreutzer”) CHF 80 / 60 / 40 No. 2; Respighi: Fontane e Pini di Roma Final Concert for the master classes of Prof. Maurice MEDIA PARTNER Orchestra will once again undertake a concert tour in Germany this Friday, 18 August 2017, 5.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent Sextet No. 2) and Schubert (No. 1) CHF 80 / 60 / 40 CHF 220 / 160 / 135 / 95 / 65 Steger (Recorder) POMP IN summer. The eminent musical ambassador of the Gstaad Menuhin Gstaad Conducting Academy III 7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent GALA Chamber Music Festival will have on its programme works such as Ravel's "Pavane Th 24.8 No reservations, tickets at the box office; CHF 30 Music by Ravel, Lalo and Mahler Anne-Sophie Mutter in Recital 4.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent Musikextra pour und infante défunte", Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony as well Fr 18.8 5.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent L'Heure Bleue Su 27.8 Presentation of the Neeme Järvi Prize Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin; Lambert Orkis, Piano Children’s and Family Concert – Aida as Lalo's Cello Concerto, which will feature the magical sonorities Gstaad Conducting Academy III Sa 2.9 7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent Sinfoniekonzert Children from the region; Ensemble ad hoc; Margrith of none other than Sol Gabetta - certain to be an unforgettable Gstaad Festival Orchestra; Students of the Gstaad Last Night of… – Buniatishvili & LSO Gimmel-Dauwalder, Staging; Roumen Kroumov, GSTAAD VOCAL ACADEMY musical experience. Conducting Academy Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano; London Symphony Sunday, 27 August 2017 – Friday, 1 September 2017 Music by Ravel, Lalo (Cello Concerto) and Tchaikovsky Arrangement & Musical Direction Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor On Tour 2017 FESTIVAL FRIENDS Kirchgemeindehaus Gstaad (Symphony No. 5) Children's Opera “Aida” after Giuseppe Verdi CHF 40 / 15 MUSIC 26.4.17 Stuttgart, Liederhalle (Khatia Buniatishvili, Neeme Järvi) No reservations, tickets at the box office; CHF 40 Master class occasionally open to the pubic with Prof. Silvana 28.4.17 Düsseldorf, Tonhalle (Khatia