The Église de Verbier hosts morning, afternoon and evening concerts. It is the Verbier Festival’s primary venue for solo, chamber music and vocal recitals.
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Eglise de Verbier,
Verbier, Switzerland
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7:30 PM
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US$ 214
E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.
You can only select the category, and not the exact seats.
If you order 2 or 3 tickets: your seats will be next to each other.
If you order 4 or more tickets: your seats will be next to each other, or, if this is not possible, we will provide a combination of groups of seats (at least in pairs, for example 2+2 or 2+3).
Important Info
Festival: Verbier Festival 2026
Type: Classical Concert
City: Verbier, Switzerland
Starts at: 19:30
Duration: 1h 45min
E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.
You can only select the category, and not the exact seats.
If you order 2 or 3 tickets: your seats will be next to each other.
If you order 4 or more tickets: your seats will be next to each other, or, if this is not possible, we will provide a combination of groups of seats (at least in pairs, for example 2+2 or 2+3).
Festival
Verbier Festival 2026
The Verbier Festival 2026 invites you to experience classical music at its most vibrant, set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Swiss Alps. Each summer, this unique gathering transforms the alpine village of Verbier into a global meeting point for the world’s finest musicians and the next generation of rising stars — a place where tradition meets discovery, and every performance feels alive with possibility.
Programme
Max Bruch: 8 Pieces for clarinet, viola and piano, Op.83
Nikolai Medtner: Piano Quintet in C major Op. posth
Overview
Piano superstar Yunchan Lim, only 21 years old, delves into Medtner’s universe with his monumental Piano Quintet, bringing together the finest musicians of his generation (Lozakovich, So, Ridout, Soltani). In the first half, clarinetist Pierre Génisson will explore the full lyrical genius of Bruch with his Eight Pieces for clarinet, viola, and piano.
When Bruch composed his Eight Pieces for clarinet, viola and piano in 1910 at the age of 72, the young Medtner had already laid the foundations for his Piano Quintet – which he did not complete until 1949. Peppered with references to Orthodox liturgy (one only has to listen to the second movement, an ample chorale reflected from the strings to the piano, to realise this), it combines superb melodic mastery with a tragic bent and a shifting, deliberately indecisive harmony. For Rachmaninov, Medtner was “the greatest composer of his time“: a major challenge for Sunwook Kim, Kian Soltani and Daniel Lozakovitch, artists who shine with their lofty vision in the most profound works.
Bruch’s Eight Pieces are yet another demonstration of the composer’s lyrical genius. Romantic in aesthetic but innovative in form, they alternate tenderness, playfulness and nostalgia, three feelings that Pierre Génisson, with his infectious enthusiasm, knows how to convey to his audience.
Venue Info
Eglise de Verbier - Verbier
Chemin de l’Église
Chemin de l’Église
Important Info
Festival: Verbier Festival 2026
Type: Classical Concert
City: Verbier, Switzerland
Starts at: 19:30
Duration: 1h 45min