The Verbier Festival is considered as one of the most important European festivals. Every July, the greatest names of classical music gather during two weeks, among the wonderful landscape of the Swiss Alps for an exceptional concert series.
Khatia Buniatchvili
For five consecutive seasons, medici.tv has been the place for classical music lovers around the world to enjoy the spectacular array of top artists who perform at the Verbier Festival, which this summer takes place July 15 – 31. As Martin T:son Engstroem, the festival’s founder and executive director, says:
“Verbier is a tiny Swiss mountain village, far from any big towns, but we can connect with the global internet community and share our wonderful programs with a worldwide audience. People have followed our concerts from some mind-boggling places. Hats off to medici!”
More than 20 events from the 18th annual Verbier festival are streamed live as well as being available on demand for free. Here are some piano related highlights you may not want to miss:
Evgeny Kissin
July 15: Nelson Freire: Brahms PC 2
July 16: Lars Vogt: piano recital
July 17: Angela Hewitt: piano recital
July 18: Khatia Buniatishvilli: Rachmaninoff PC 3
July 19: Lars Vogt: Mozart PC 16
July 20: Bryn Terfel /Llŷr Williams: recital
July 21: Stephen Hough: piano recital
July 22: Jan Lisiecki: piano recital
July 22: Argerich & friends: chamber music
July 23: Martin Helmchen: piano recital
July 23: Evgeny Kissin: piano recital
July 26: Khatia Buniatshvili, piano recital
July 26: Verbier Festival Celebrates
July 27: Yuja Wang: Rachmaninov PC 2
July 28: Steinbacher / Goerner: chamber music
July 28: Wang / Kavakos / Capuçon: chamber music
All the concerts are available online for free (account registration needed) the day after their broadcast on medici.tv as well as on medici TV’s iPhone and iPad applications until September 30th.
Links:
The Verbier Festival Website