The Verbier Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary (II/II)
Verbier Festival 2018
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Cast
Kristóf Baráti — Violinist
Lisa Batiashvili — Violinist
Renaud Capuçon — Violinist
Alexandra Conunova — Violinist
Vilde Frang — Violinist
Ilya Gringolts — Violinist
Leonidas Kavakos — Violinist
Daniel Lozakovich — Violinist
Vadim Repin — Violinist
Dmitry Sitkovetsky — Violinist
Kirill Troussov — Violinist
Maxim Vengerov — Violinist
Pinchas Zukerman — Violinist
Gérard Caussé — Violist
Blythe Teh Engstroem — Violist
Nobuko Imai — Violist
Tabea Zimmermann — Violist
Program notes
In the summer of 2018, the Verbier Festival celebrated its first quarter of a century, inviting some of the world’s greatest string players to an exceptional gala concert! Violinists, violists, and cellists of all ages were brought together on one stage to perform works by Bach, Sarasate, Mozart, Handel, and Strauss II, not to mention a very special version of “Happy Birthday”!
Photo: © Aline Paley
A closer look: composers and works
Pablo de Sarasate