Discover the 2026 Programme

An exceptional trio will open this concert, bringing together violinist Joshua Bell, cellist Steven Isserlis, and pianist Richard Goode. In the second part, Brahms’s famous Piano Quintet will be performed by a team of charismatic chamber musicians who perfectly embody the spirit of the Rencontres Inédites.

2026 marks the grand return of Joshua Bell to the Festival, with several concerts including this Rencontre Inédite alongside, among others, pianist Mao Fujita and cellist Steven Isserlis. On the program: Schubert’s tragic and moving Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 100, and Fauré’s final masterpiece, composed just weeks before his death.

An original programme paying tribute to the two masters of Leipzig, Bach and Mendelssohn, brought to life by the immense baritone Peter Mattei and a top-tier chamber ensemble for Mendelssohn’s Piano and Strings Sextet.

From the famous Funeral March of Schumann’s Quintet to the timeless tune of Schubert’s Trout, the finest soloists become chamber musicians to help us rediscover the popular heritage of Romantic music, with unmatched charm and inventiveness.