As previously announced, the first Shenzhen Verbier Festival will take place between January 30 – February 8, 2026. The all-together 25 performances and educational activities will be at the Shenzhen Concert Hall. The programming will reflect the unique programs of the Verbier Festival in offering many of the worlds leading interpreters making music together and at the same time offering a platform for the new generation of artists. The Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra with its Music Director Gabor Takacs-Nagy will form the backbone of its activities.
For ticketing information, please contact us at shenzhen@verbierfestival.com
Buy your ticketsThe complete program for the first year will be:
Friday, January 30
20:00
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Gábor Takács-Nagy, conductor
Daniel Lozakovich, violin
Wang Danhong, Southern Radiance
Bruch, Violin Concerto
Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 “New World”
Saturday, January 31
11:00
Gautier Capuçon, cello
Alexander Malofeev, piano
Brahms, Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major
Shostakovich, Cello Sonata
Piazzolla Le Grand Tango
14:30
Haochen Zhang, piano
Marc Bouchkov, violin
Lir Vaginsky, violin
Timothy Ridout, viola
Daniel Mitnitsky, cello
Schumann Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 11 (Zhang)
Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 (Bouchkov, Vaginsky, Ridout, Mitnitsky, Zhang)
17:00
Timothy Ridout, viola
Masterclass
20:00
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Bach, Schumann, Grieg
Sunday, February 1
11:00
Daniel Lozakovich, violin
Minsoo Sohn, piano
Bach Violin Sonata No.1 BWV 1014
Schumann, Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor
Beethoven, Violin Sonata No. 9 “Kreutzer”
15:00
Marc Bouchkov, violin
Masterclass
20:00
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Gábor Takács-Nagy, conductor
Gautier Capuçon, cello
Yuja Wang, piano
Schumann, Cello Concerto (Capuçon)
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 (Wang)
Brahms, Symphony No. 1
Monday, February 2
11:00
Timothy Ridout, viola
Julien Quentin, piano
Vaughan Williams Suite
Enescu, Konzertstück
Schumann, Romances Op. 94
Bowen, Romance and Allegro de Concert
Clarke, Viola Sonata
15:00
Gautier Capuçon, cello
Masterclass
20:00
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
Joshua Bell, conductor & violin
Marc Bouchkov, violin
Janine Jansen, violin
Timothy Ridout, viola
Daniel Blendulf, cello
Bruce Liu, piano
Schumann, Piano Quintet – (Jansen, Bouchkov, Ridout, Blendulf, Liu)
Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto – (Joshua Bell, conductor & violin)
Beethoven, Symphony No. 1 – (Pletnev, conductor)
Tuesday, February 3
11:00
Bruce Liu, piano
Ligeti, Études, Book 1 (1985), No. 4 “Fanfares”
Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 14 Op. 27/2 “Moonlight”
Chopin, Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2
Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 21 Op. 53 “Waldstein”
Mompou, Glossa on “Au clair de lune”
Liszt, Rhapsodie espagnole S 254
15:00 – Shenzhen Longgang International Art Center
Alexandra Conunova, violin
Timothy Ridout, viola
Gautier Capuçon, cello
Minsoo Sohn, piano
Julien Quentin, piano
Fauré Elégie (Capuçon, Quentin)
Debussy Beau soir (Capuçon, Quentin)
Saint-Saëns – Le cygne (Capuçon, Quentin)
Massenet Thais Meditation (Capuçon, Quentin)
Fauré, Piano Quartet No. 2 (Conunova, Ridout, Capuçon, Sohn)
20:00
Janine Jansen, violin
Timothy Ridout, viola
Daniel Blendulf, cello
Denis Kozhukhin, piano
Lang Lang, piano
Brahms Piano Quartet c-minor op. 60 (Jansen, Ridout, Blendulf, Kozhukhin)
Chopin solo works (Lang Lang)
Wednesday, February 4
11:00
Alexandra Conunova, violin
Julien Quentin, piano
Ravel Violin Sonata
Prokofiev 5 Melodies
Franck Violin Sonata
Frolov, Fantasy on Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess”
15:00
Gábor Takács-Nagy, violin
Masterclass
20:00
Joshua Bell, violin
Paloma So, violin
LiLa, cello
Mischa Maisky, cello
Lang Lang, piano
Victor Lu, piano
Smetana, Piano Trio (So, LiLa, Lu)
Mendelssohn, Piano Trio in D minor (Bell, Maisky, Lang Lang)
19:00 – Alternative concert at the Shenzhen Longgang International Art Center
Gábor Takács-Nagy, conductor
Daniel Lozakovich, violin
Bruce Liu, piano
Bach Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BMV 1001 (Lozakovich)
Bach Partita No 2 (with the Chaconne) (Lozakovich)
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 (Liu, Takács-Nagy)
Thursday, February 5
11:00
Joshua Bell, violin
Alasdair Beatson, piano
Schubert Sonata for Violin and Piano in A-Major , D574 “Grand Duo”
Prokofiev Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, No 2 op. 94 a
Grieg Violin Sonata No 3 c-minor op. 45
15:00
Mischa Maisky, cello
Masterclass
20:00
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Gábor Takács-Nagy, conductor
Marc Bouchkov, violin
Janine Jansen, violin
Daniel Blendulf, cello
Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 3 (Bouchkov)
Brahms, Double Concerto (Jansen, Blendulf)
Mozart, Symphony No. 40
20:00 – Alternative concert at the Shenzhen Longgang International Art Center
Denis Kozhukhin, piano
Liszt Sonata
Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Friday, February 6
11:00
Alexander Malofeev piano
Jean Sibelius: The Trees, op. 75
Grieg, Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Prokofiev, Sonata No. 2
Lourié, 5 Fragile Preludes, Op. 1
Rautavaara, Sonata No. 2, Op. 64 « The Fire Sermon »
15:00 – Shenzhen Longgang International Art Center
LiLa, cello
Julien Quentin, piano
Stravinsky – Suite Italienne for Cello and Piano
Prokofiev, Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119
Chopin, Cello Sonata, Op. 65
20:00
Daniel Lozakovich, violin
Blythe Teh Engstroem, viola
Mischa Maisky, cello
Mikhaïl Pletnev, piano
Beethoven, Trio « Geister »
Mozart Piano Quartet g-minor (Lozakovich, Teh Engstroem, Maisky, Pletnev)
Tchaikovsky Trio (Lozakovich, Maisky, Pletnev)
Saturday, February 7
11:00
Marc Bouchkov, violin
Alexandra Conunova, violin
Janine Jansen, violin
Blythe Teh Engstroem, viola
Daniel Blendulf, cello
LiLa, cello
Brendan Kane, double bass
Alexander Malofeev, piano
Minsoo Sohn, piano
Schumann, Piano Quartet (Jansen, Teh Engstroem, Blendulf, Sohn)
Glinka, Sextet (Bouchkov, Conunova, Teh Engstroem, LiLa, Kane, Malofeev)
15:00
Janine Jansen, violin
Masterclass
19:30 – Shenzhen Longgang International Art Center
Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra
Gianluca Marchiano, conductor
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone
Verdi, Overture to I vespri siciliani
Boito, « Son lo spirito che nega » (Mefistofele)
Gounod, « Le veau d’or » (Faust)
Offenbach, Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
Verdi, « Credo » (Otello)
Weill, « Die Moritat von Mackie Messer » (The Threepenny Opera)
Gershwin, « It Ain’t Necessarily So » (Porgy and Bess)
Wagner, Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Wagner, « Die Frist ist um » (The Flying Dutchman)
Rodgers & Hammerstein II, Overture to South Pacific
Rodgers & Hammerstein II, « Some Enchanted Evening » (South Pacific)
Bock, « If I Were a Rich Man » (Fiddler on the Roof)
Sunday, February 8
11:00
Marc Bouchkov, violin
Julien Quentin, piano
Tribute to Jascha Heifetz
Bach Chaconne
Debussy Violin Sonata
Saint-Saëns Rondo capricioso
15:00
Minsoo Sohn, piano
Masterclass
19:30
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Gábor Takács-Nagy, conductor
Mischa Maisky, cello
Alexander Malofeev, piano
Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No. 2
Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto
Beethoven, Symphony No. 5