Renaud Capuçon, Timothy Ridout, Stefan Dohr, Emanuel Ax, and Denis Kozhukhin perform Brahms

The 2026 Rencontres Musicales d'Évian welcomes an all-star lineup to its brand-new concert hall, the idyllic La Source Vive, for a second all-Brahms chamber concert! In this volume, violin virtuoso Renaud Capuçon joins world-class pianist Emanuel Ax for Brahms’s quintessentially Romantic Violin Sonata No. 1. Nicknamed “Rain” in reference to Brahms's own Regenlied (“Rain Song”), one of the two Lieder which inspired it, this tender and introspective work even features the pitter-patter of raindrops in its final movement. The unique charm of the French horn is then highlighted in Brahms’s unconventional yet utterly beautiful Horn Trio in E-flat Major, performed by the Berlin Philharmonic’s principal horn, Stefan Dohr, alongside Capuçon and pianist Denis Kozhukhin. To open, violist Timothy Ridout and pianist Guillaume Bellom showcase a diverse palette of Brahmsian colors in the lesser-played Viola Sonata No. 2, whose intimate, poised outer movements conceal an unexpectedly powerful scherzo at the work’s center.

Catch Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, Renaud Capuçon and more in another exceptional Brahms chamber concert at the 2026 Rencontres Musicales d'Évian here.