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Transformation

12 July — 31 August 2024

Cycle «Change II» 2023 — 2025

Friday, 12 July 2024
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Choral and Orchestral Concert 
Opening Concert – Schubert and the Art of Longing – Trans-cendence I 
Hanna Elisabeth Müller, Soprano, Sophie Harmsen, Mezzo-SopranoIlker Arkayürek, Tenor, Krešimir Stražanac, Bass, Collegium Vocale Gent, Camerata Salzburg, Philippe Herreweghe, Conductor

Saturday, 13 July 2024
10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel

Chamber Music 
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles I 
Kevin Chen, Piano

Saturday, 13 July 2024
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Choral and Orchestral Concert 
Schubert and the Art of Longing – Trans-cendence I 
Hanna Elisabeth Müller, Soprano, Sophie Harmsen, Mezzo-Soprano, Ilker Arkayürek, Tenor, Krešimir Stražanac, Bass, Collegium Vocale Gent, Camerata Salzburg, Philippe Herreweghe, Conductor

Sunday, 14 July 2024
6 pm, Zweisimmen Church

Chamber Music 
Idées transformées – Julia Fischer I 
Julia Fischer, Violin, Yulianna Avdeeva, Piano

Monday, 15 July 2024
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Today's Music 
Double Sens – Trans-Classics I 
Nemanja Radulović, Violin, Ensemble Double Sens

Tuesday, 16 July 2024
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Orchestral Concert 
Metamorphosen – Trans-cendence II – Julia Fischer II 
Julia Fischer, Violin & Direction, Camerata Salzburg 

Wednesday, 17 July 2024
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Chamber Music 
All-Chopin 
Yunchan Lim, Piano

Thursday, 18 July 2024
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Chamber Music 
Transfiguration – Trans-cendence III – Julia Fischer III 
Julia Fischer, Violin, Valerie Steenken, Violin, Nils Mönkemeyer, Viola, Louis Vandory, Viola, Daniel Müller-Schott, Cello, Friedrich Thiele, Cello

Friday, 19 July 2024
7.30 pm, Lauenen Church

Chamber Music 
Haydn to Mozart – Trans-Mission I 
Kristian Bezuidenhout, Fortepiano, Chiaroscuro Quartet, Alina Ibragimova, Violin, Pablo Hernán Benedi, Violin, Emilie Hörnlund, Viola, Claire Thirion, Cello

Saturday, 20 July 2024
10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel

Chamber Music 
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles II 
Hana Chang, Violin, Robert Neumann, Piano

Saturday, 20 July 2024
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Chamber Music 
Slavic Folk Dances Transformed – Trans-Classics II – Julia Fischer IV 
Julia Fischer, Violin & Piano, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin, Valerie Steenken, Violin (Dvořák), Nils Mönkemeyer, Viola, Benjamin Nyffenegger, Cello

Sunday, 21 July 2024
6 pm, Zweisimmen Church

Chamber Music 
«A Farewell to the Beautiful World» – Trans-cendence IV 
Andreas Ottensamer, Clarinet, Schumann Quartet, Erik Schumann, Violin, Ken Schumann, Violin, Veit Hertenstein, Viola, Mark Schumann, Cello

Tuesday, 23 July 2024
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Orchestral Concert 
Venezia and Beyond – Music for the Planet I 
Anastasia Kobekina, Cello, Kammerorchester Basel, Julia Schröder, Violin & Direction

Wednesday, 24 July 2024
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Today's Music 
Hayato' Piano Transformation
Hayato Sumino

Thursday, 25 July 2024
7.30 pm, Zweisimmen Church

Today's Music 
Baroque'n'Roll – Trans-Classics III 
Miloš Karadaglić, Guitar, Festival Strings Lucerne, Daniel Dodds, Konzertmeister & Direction

Friday, 26 July 2024
7.30 pm, Rougemont Church

Today's Music 
Richard Galliano New York Tango Trio – Trans-Classics IV 
Richard Galliano, Accordion & Melowtone, Adrien Moignard, Guitar, Diego Imbert, Bass

Saturday, 27 July 2024
10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel
6 pm, Abländschen Church

Chamber Music 
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles III 
Mishka Rushdie Momen, Piano

Saturday, 27 July 2024
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Chamber Music
Recital Sir András Schiff 
Sir András Schiff, Piano

Sunday, 28 July 2024
11.30 am, Eggli Lounge

Mountain Spirit 
Four Celli on the Alp – A Sunday Brunch Concert on the Eggli – Trans-Classics V 
Gstaad Festival Cello Quartet, Christopher Jepson, Cello & Direction

Sunday, 28 July 2024
6 pm, Saanen Church

Chamber Music 
«Shadow and Light» 
Sol Gabetta, Cello, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Piano

Monday, 29 July 2024
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Orchestral Concert 
Transformation of Dance – Trans-Classics VI 
Daniel Hope, Violin & Direction, Zürcher Kammerorchester

Tuesday, 30 July 2024
7.30 pm, Zweisimmen Church

Today's Music 
Irish Roots
Daniel Hope, Violin & Presentation, AIR Ensemble:Simos Papanas, Violin, Nicola Mosca, Cello, Emanuele Forni, Baroque Guitar, Markellos Chryssikos, Harpsichord, Michael Metzler, Percussion

Wednesday, 31 July 2024
7.30 pm, Berghaus Eggli, Terrace

Mountain Spirit 
Best of Swing –
Andrej Hermlin and his Swing Dance Orchestra – Trans-Classics VII
 

Andrej Hermlin, Piano & Direction, Rachel Hermlin, Song, David Hermlin, Drums & Song, Swing Dance Orchestra

Friday, 2 August 2024
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Chamber Music 
Sol Gabetta Following the Footsteps of Lisa Cristiani (1827-1853) – Trans-Mission II 
Sol Gabetta, Cello, Sergio Ciomei, Piano, Dmitry Smirnov, Violin & Ensemble

Saturday, 3 August 2024
10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel
6 pm, Abländschen Church

Chamber Music 
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles IV 
Simon Zhu, Violin, Marco Scilironi, Piano

Saturday, 3 August 2024
5 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent

Gstaad Academy – Concert for All
Gstaad Festival Amateur Orchestra – Concert 
Gstaad Festival Amateur Orchestra, Kevin Griffiths, Conductor

Saturday, 3 August 2024
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Chamber Music 
Recital Yuja Wang 
Yuja Wang, Piano

Sunday, 4 August 2024
6 pm, Rougemont Church

Today's Music 
«The Times They Are A-Changin» – Trans-Classics VIII 
Lea Desandre, Mezzo-Soprano, Ensemble Jupiter (Paris), Thomas Dunford, Lute, Violin & Direction

Monday, 5 August 2024
7.30 pm, Boltigen Church

Today's Music 
Pure Energy – Trans-Classics IX 
Vivi Vassileva, Multi-Percussion, Lucas Campara Diniz, Guitar

Tuesday, 6 August 2024
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Chamber Music 
The Transformation of Preludes – Trans-Formation I 
Jan Lisiecki, Piano 

Wednesday, 7 August 2024
5.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent

L'Heure Bleue – Concert for All 
Gstaad Conducting Academy – Concert I 
Gstaad Festival Orchestra, Participants of the Gstaad Conducting Academy

Wednesday, 7 August 2024
7.30 pm, Berghaus Eggli, Terrace
9.30 pm. Berghaus Eggli, Terrace

Mountain Spirit 
Visions of Classical Music – Trans-Classics X 
Vision String Quartet, Electronic Music Event with DJ & E-Violinist Seth Schwarz

Thursday, 8 August 2024
7.30 pm, Rougemont Church

Chamber Music 
The Transformation of Music – Trans-Formation II 
Sayaka Shoji, Violin, Kian Soltani, Cello, Beatrice Rana, Piano

Friday, 9 August 2024
5.30 pm, Hotel Landhaus Saanen

L'Heure Bleue – Concert for All 
Gstaad String Academy – Concert I 
Participants of the master classes by Ana Chumachenco (violin), Ettore Causa (viola) and Ivan Monighetti (cello)

Friday, 9 August 2024
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Orchestral Concert 
Revolutionen – Trans-Formation III – Gstaad Festival Orchestra I 
Lucienne Renaudin Vary, Trumpet, Gstaad Festival Orchestra, Participants of the Gstaad Conducting Academy

Saturday, 10 August 2024
10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel

Chamber Music 
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles V 
Yibai Chen, Cello, Boyang Shi, Piano

Saturday, 10 August 2024
5.30 pm, Hotel Landhaus Saanen

L'Heure Bleue – Concert for All 
Gstaad String Academy – Concert II 
Participants of the master classes by Ana Chumachenco (violin), Ettore Causa (viola) and Ivan Monighetti (cello)

Saturday, 10 August 2024
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Orchestral Concert 
Time and Eternity – Music for the Planet II – Trans-cendence V 
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Violin & Direction, Camerata Bern, Pascal Viglino, Percussion, Beata Würsten, Sarah Würsten, Monika Würsten, Song, Wieslaw Pipczynski, Accordion, Henri Mugier, Kantor, Jewish Community of Bern, Vikar Wojciech Maruszewski, Priest, Roman Catholic Parishes of the Canton of BernIoan Ciurin, Priest, Russian Orthodox Church Bern

Saturday, 10 August 2024
10 pm, Berghaus Eggli, Terrasse

Mountain Spirit 
Planets by Night – Night Concert – Trans-cendence VI 
Gstaad Festival Brass Ensemble (brass musicians of the Gstaad Festival Orchestra), Immanuel Richter, Trumpet & Presentation

Sunday, 11 August 2024
11.30 am, Gstaad Festival Tent

Gstaad Academy – Concert for All
Gstaad Festival Youth Orchestra – Concert 
Gstaad Festival Youth Orchestra, Matthias Kuhn, Conductor

Sunday, 11 August 2024
6 pm, Saanen Church

Chamber Music 
Bach-Beethoven-Brahms – Trans-Mission III 
Hélène Grimaud, Piano

Monday, 12 August 2024
7.30 pm, Lauenen Church

Chamber Music 
Gstaad String Academy – Concert III – Chamber Music Concert 
Ettore Causa, Viola, Ivan Monighetti, Cello, Students of the Gstaad String Academy

Tuesday, 13 August 2024
7.30 pm, Zweisimmen Church

Chamber Music 
Eternal Songs – Trans-Classics XI 
Konstantin Krimmel, Baritone, Hélène Grimaud, Piano

Wednesday, 14 August 2024
5.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent

L'Heure Bleue – Concert for All 
Gstaad Conducting Academy – Birthday Edition – Concert II
Gstaad Festival OrchestraParticipants of the Gstaad Conducting Academy

Thursday, 15 August 2024
7.30 pm, Rougemont Church

Friday, 16 August 2024
7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent

Symphony Concert 
The Heaven of Bruckner – Trans-cendence VII – Gstaad Festival Orchestra II 
Janine Jansen, Violin, Gstaad Festival Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden, Conductor

Saturday, 17 August 2024
10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel

Chamber Music 
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles VI 
Raphael Nussbaumer, Violin, Kateryna Tereshchenko, Piano

Saturday, 17 August 2024
7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent

Today's Music 
Breakin' Mozart – Klassik meets Breakdance – Trans-Classics XIII 
DDC Dancefloor Destruction Crew, Dance & Choreography, Christoph Hagel, Stage Direction & Piano

Sunday, 18 August 2024
6 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent

Orchestral Concert 
Symphonist Emilie Mayer – Trans-Mission IV 
Hélène Grimaud, Piano, Kammerorchester Basel

Wednesday, 21 August 2024
7.30 pm, Temple de Château-d'Œx

Orchestral Concert 
Créations Menuhin
Gary Hoffman, Cello, Sara Ispas, Violin, Vlad Osadchyl, Viola, Bohdan Luts, Violin, IMMA – Menuhin Academy Soloists, Oleg Kaskiv, Konzertmeister & Direction

Thursday, 22 August 2024
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Chamber Music 
«A Symbol of Life’s Renewal» – Trans-cendence VIII 
Lucas & Arthur Jussen, Piano

Friday, 23 August 2024
7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent

Opera in concert version
Tristan und Isolde – Trans-cendence IX – Gstaad Festival Orchestra III
Camilla Nylund, Soprano (Isolde), Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor (Tristan), Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-Soprano (Brangäne), Christof Fischesser, Bass (König Marke), Todd Boyce, Baritone (Melot / Kurnewal), Gstaad Festival Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder, Conductor

Saturday, 24 August 2024
7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent

Symphony Concert 
Folk Music in Symphony – Trans-Classics XIV 
Alexandre Kantorow, Piano, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer, Conductor

Saturday, 24 August 2024
10.30 am, Gstaad Chapel

Chamber Music 
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles VII 
Seohyun Kim, Violin, Marco Scilironi, Piano 

Saturday, 24 August 2024
7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent

Symphony Concert 
Folk Music in Symphony – Trans-Classics XIV 
Alexandre Kantorow, Piano, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer, Conductor

Sunday, 25 August 2024
5.00 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent

Discovery 
«Carmen» – Children's and Family Concert 
Children from the Saanenland, Roumen Kroumov, Arrangement & Direction, Ensemble of the Gstaad Festival Orchestra, Margrith Gimmel-Dauwalder, Staging

Wednesday, 28 August 2024
7.30 pm, Gsteig Church

Chamber Music 
Jeunes Etoiles Prize Winners 2023 
Samuel Niederhauser, CelloDenis Linnik, Piano

Thursday, 29 August 2024
7.30 pm, Zweisimmen Church

Chamber Music 
Il giardino d'amore
Nuria Rial, Soprano, Maurice Steger, Recorder & Flautino, Julia Schröder, Violin, Christoph Dangel, Cello, Sebastian Wienand, Harpsichord & Organ

Friday, 30 August 2024
7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent

Symphony Concert 
«Dall’ Inferno al Paradiso» – Trans-cendence X 
Vilde Frang, Violin, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor

Saturday, 31 August 2024
11.30 am, Gstaad Chapel

Chamber Music 
Matinée des Jeunes Etoiles VIII –
Winners Concert of the Kiefer Hablitzel | Göhner Prize
 
Chelsea Zurflüh, Soprano, Laurène Dif, Accordion

Saturday, 31 August 2024
5.30 pm, Rougemont Church

L'Heure Bleue – Concert for All 
Gstaad Baroque Academy – Concert 
Participants of the master classes around Maurice Steger (Early Music)

Saturday, 31 August 2024
7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent

Symphony Concert 
Sound of Planets – Trans-cendence XI 
Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, Kaunas Choir Lithuania, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor

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