Verbier headlines Currentzis

The Swiss festival has booked two concerts with the Russian-funded Greek conductor Teodor Currentzis. Russian exiles and anti-Putinists also play a prominent part.

Here are some highlights:

Artists making their Verbier debut: Barbara Hannigan (opening concert on July 17), Sonya Yoncheva, Leonardo García-Alarcón, Teodor Currentzis (2 concerts).
Returning artists: Martha Argerich (3 concerts), Khatia Buniatishvili (closing concert on August 3), Janine Jansen, Daniil Trifonov, Paavo Järvi…
Verbier family artists: Evgeny Kissin, Mischa Maisky, Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Mao Fujita, Martin Fröst, Leonidas Kavakos, Antoine Tamestit, the Ébène Quartet…
Conductors: Klaus Mäkelä (4 concerts, including 2 as a cellist), Lahav Shani, Manfred Honeck, Fabio Luisi, Gábor Takács-Nagy…
Pianists: Yunchan Lim (3 concerts, including the Goldberg Variations on July 22), Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Sergei Babayan, Mikhaïl Pletnev, Alexander Malofeev, Minsoo Sohn, Behzod Abduraimov, Viktoria Postnikova…
Singers: Lise Davidsen, Ying Fang, Mariana Flores, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Freddie De Tommaso, Thomas Hampson, Benjamin Appl, Bryn Terfel, Ludovic Tézier…
Dance evening with the Béjart Ballet Lausanne on July 18, featuring Stravinsky’s The Firebird in Maurice Béjart’s iconic choreography.
A jazz concert on August 1, with Brad Mehldau’s trio.
A sacred music masterpiece, Bach’s Mass in B Minor, conducted by Leonardo García-Alarcón on July 26, featuring the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra and the Choeur de Chambre de Namur.
Eight “Rencontres Inédites” (Unique Encounters) the signature series which has shaped the unique identity of the Verbier Festival, featuring Daniel Lozakovich, Timothy Ridout, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Marc Bouchkov, Edgar Moreau, and many others.