Programme

Tuesday

30.07

mainstage
chamber music
QUATUOR ÉBÈNE / MAO FUJITA
Mozart, Schnittke, Dvořák
Quatuor Ébène won a 2023 Gramophone Award® for its Mozart String Quintets. Here it performs the first of his brightly melodic ‘Prussian’ quartets, before joining forces with Mao Fujita for Dvořák's similarly brightly songful Piano Quintet No. 2 – punctuated by Schnittke’s dark Third String Quartet.

Tuesday 30 July 2024 11:00 to 12:30  —  Église de Verbier Station

+ more info buy tickets
recital piano
BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV
Franck, Prokofiev, Price, Mussorgsky
Behzod Abduraimov presents a programme of works which all, in their own way, ran deep with their four keyboardist-composers, from the piano suite Prokofiev distilled from his ballet masterpiece, Romeo and Juliet, to Florence Price’s Fantasie nègre No. 1 fusing post-Romantic style with the melodies and harmonies of African American folksong via Franck’s Prelude, Fugue et variations Op. 18 and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Tuesday 30 July 2024 18:30 to 20:15  —  salle des combins

+ more info buy tickets
unltd
Wednesday

31.07

mainstage
lyric
ACADEMY PRESENTS III
Chamber song recital
Accomplished singers and instrumentalists of the Verbier Academy's Atelier Lyrique and Soloists & Ensembles programme join forces in a captivating vocal chamber recital. This popular concert not only presents the remarkable talents of these performers but also shines a spotlight on some of the most captivating yet often underappreciated chamber music repertoire.

Wednesday 31 July 2024 15:00 to 16:00  —  Église de Verbier Station

+ more info buy tickets
academy
spotlight
ACADEMY SPOTLIGHT
academy instrumentalists
Journey through a rich tapestry of sound, from the intricate elegance of 18th century German keyboard masterpieces to the soulful melodies of Australian folk songs. Discover the many musical sounds and styles that have shaped our world.

Wednesday 31 July 2024 10:30 to 11:45  —  cinéma de verbier

+ more info
unltd
KiDs
LANTERN CREATION WORKSHOP
atelier: for kids and adults
Create your own luminous lantern and take part in our Nuit Coucou night parade on 1 August. Accompanied by sculptor Isabelle Barthélemy, you'll create a large, elegant and unique lantern flower, using the finesse and plasticity of wicker and the transparency of paper. This workshop is for a group of ten adults or adults with children ages 9 and older.

Wednesday 31 July 2024 10:00 to 16:30  —  atelier unltd kids

+ more info buy tickets
CONCERTS
HELENA RICCI
concert club: new creation
Classical harpist and creative entrepreneur Helena Ricci, the Verbier Festival Academy's Creative Project Development Resident, presents an innovative and immersive new concert creation 'Anima'. Featuring Helena's transcriptions of music from Bach to Philip Glass with projected animations commissioned from visual artists Infinite Vibes and Emma Catnip, this is a unique multisensory concert experience. Mesmerising, Meditative, Modern.

Wednesday 31 July 2024 22:15 to 23:45  —  taratata

+ more info buy tickets
Thursday

01.08

mainstage
symphonic
VFO / MÄKELÄ / FRAY
Bach, Mahler
Klaus Mäkelä and the VFO present a pair of works by two of classical music’s most toweringly influential figures, French pianist David Fray joining them for JS Bach’s powerful D minor Keyboard Concerto, after which they jump to the dawn of the 20th century for Mahler’s much-loved Fifth Symphony.

Thursday 01 August 2024 18:30 to 20:45  —  salle des combins

+ more info buy tickets
academy
unltd
OPEN AIR
LE PEUPLE LUMIÈRE
nuit coucou: show for all ages (fr)
Legend has it that Le Peuple Lumière appears between day and night, at the turning point from light to dark. Like a lighthouse showing the way, the People of Light prolong the day. Spirits of the venerable animals of the Alps, the Peuple Lumière brings together in an enchanted bestiary the wolf and the fox, the ibex and the deer, the owl and the golden eagle. An enchanting show for all the family.

Thursday 01 August 2024 20:45 to 21:20  —  Place de jeux Orny - Marais-Verts

+ more info
Friday

02.08

mainstage
chamber music
ACADEMY PRESENTS IV
Verbier Festival Academy Ensembles
The Verbier Festival Academy has discovered some of today’s leading chamber music ensembles: the Calidore, Arod, and Ébène Quartets among them. Musicians of the 2024 edition of the Academy’s Ensembles programme look to carry on this legacy. They take to the stage in this hour-long recital to showcase their talent.

Friday 02 August 2024 15:00 to 16:00  —  Église de Verbier Station

+ more info buy tickets
unltd
CONCERTS
SCHOENBERG AT THE CABARET
concert club: CELEBRATING AN ICON OF MODERNISM
When we think of Arnold Schoenberg, the concept of ‘fun’ isn't necessarily the first thing that comes to mind. So, for the composer’s 150th birthday, UNLTD, with the help of the Verbier Festival Academy’s talented soloists and singers, offers a glimpse of the lighter, humorous side of Schoenberg's character through his Brettl-Lieder, the beginnings of the Weimar cabaret tradition.

Friday 02 August 2024 22:15 to 23:45  —  taratata

+ more info buy tickets
Saturday

03.08

mainstage
symphonic
VFCO / TAKÁCS-NAGY / DOVGAN
Haydn, Grieg, Brahms
From the symphony’s grandfather to symphonic grandeur, Gábor Takács-Nagy conducts the VFCO in Haydn’s and Brahms’s first symphonies, between which rising star pianist Alexandra Dovgan performs as soloist in Grieg’s thrilling Piano Concerto in A minor.

Saturday 03 August 2024 18:30 to 20:30  —  salle des combins

+ more info buy tickets
unltd
OPEN AIR
hoplà
pump up the altitude – free afternoon concert en montagne
UNLTD's free afternoon concert 'en montagne' returns for a second year. Join us on the alpine meadow of La Chaux for two acts that celebrate cultures and sounds from around the globe, from african brass band to brazilectro.

Saturday 03 August 2024 13:00 to 16:00  —  La Chaux

+ more info
CONCERTS
WOODEN ELEPHANT
projector: Wooden Elephant plays Radiohead Kid A
Experience a mesmerizing sonic journey as Wooden Elephant takes on Radiohead's iconic Kid A album live on stage. Wooden Elephant create totally acoustic versions of classic electronic-based albums, presenting them in their entirety as long-form contemporary classical compositions.

Saturday 03 August 2024 20:30 to 21:45  —  cinéma de verbier

+ more info buy tickets
Sunday

04.08

mainstage
chamber music
ACADEMY PRESENTS VI
Soloists in chamber formations
A time to celebrate the young talents of the Verbier Festival Academy. This second of two concerts performed by Academy soloists features chamber music collaborations by the programme’s pianists, violinists, violists, and cellists. The recital is followed by the presentation of Academy awards.

Sunday 04 August 2024 11:00 to 12:30  —  Église de Verbier Station

+ more info buy tickets
symphonic
VFO / DUTOIT / FUJITA
Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Ravel
Charles Dutoit conducts the VFO in a programme guaranteed to play the Festival out with a bang, Mao Fujita joining them as soloist in Saint-Saëns’s dramatic Second Piano Concerto, before an orchestral fireworks show in the shape of Respighi’s three Rome-themed tone poems.

Sunday 04 August 2024 18:30 to 20:30  —  salle des combins

+ more info buy tickets
unltd