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.
Alexandre Kantorow
Eglise de Verbier,
Verbier, Switzerland
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Important Info
Festival: Verbier Festival 2026
Type: Classical Concert
City: Verbier, Switzerland
Starts at: 11:00
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
Frédéric Chopin: Prelude in C sharp minor, Op.45
Nikolai Medtner: Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 5
Ludwig van Beethoven : Piano Sonata no. 32 in C minor, Op.111
Overview
Since his brilliant victory at the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition, Alexandre Kantorow has captivated audiences with the intensity of his interpretations.
At 28, he is one of the leading ambassadors of the piano worldwide. In addition to Chopin, he performs the exceptional Sonata by Medtner and a sacred masterpiece: Beethoven’s ultimate Sonata, Op. 111.
Chopin’s experimental Prelude Op.45 twists simple melodic material into chromatic modulations, a process revived by Wagner, who was then gleaning his first successes. Beethoven’s last Sonata is equally innovative, “the last step from this world to the next” according to Wilhelm Kempff, so far did the composer venture into the limbo of the compositional language of his time.
It was the discovery of Beethoven’s late works that kindled the artistic flame in the young Medtner, who in this early Sonata composed a formidable synthesis of the heritages of the great European style. The first movement, for example, sounds as if Johann Sebastian Bach had spent a few years under the influence of Slavic Romanticism. But it is the Finale that bears Beethoven’s stamp the most, with its epic pomp and skilfully maintained tension. It is with great enthusiasm that we see Alexandre Kantorow, a great specialist in the Russian repertoire, take on this jewel.
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: 11:00
Duration: 1h 45min