our 2026 summer artists

our 2026 summer artists

Verbier Festival

Every summer, high in the Swiss Alps, something magical happens. The Verbier Festival brings together international icons and the finest of the new generation for once-in-a-lifetime musical encounters. To celebrate this spectacular edition, we have curated the ultimate playlist: an exclusive sonic immersion featuring the masterworks performed by the very artists lighting up the stage this year. Discover their concert on our website: https://verbierfestival.com/programme/

II. Adagio di molto

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Joshua Bell, Los Angeles Philharmonic

8:03

I. Ondine (Live)

6:56

III. Rondo. Molto allegro (Live)

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Martha Argerich, Gábor Takács-Nagy

5:44

Rondo: Allegro

3:16

III. Nicht Schnell

Gabriele Carcano, Stephen Waarts

4:46

Overture

James Gaffigan, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester

6:29

1. Vorspiel (Allegro moderato)

Riccardo Chailly, Janine Jansen, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

8:00

Variations on a Theme of Paganini (Version for 2 Pianos) [Live]

Martha Argerich, Evgeny Kissin

5:20

Ständchen (From Schwanengesang, D957)

6:15

Les barricades mystérieuses

Pablo Sáinz-Villegas

3:44

II. Un bal

Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

6:26

I. Moderato

Kirill Petrenko, Kirill Gerstein, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

9:47

Nuit d’Espagne

Florian Caroubi, Adèle Charvet

3:19

Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19

6:29

III. L'indifférent

Magdalena Kožená, Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

4:12

III. Infernal Dance

Alexandre Kantorow

4:46

Serenade

Michael Stern, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Craig Ogden, Joshua Bell

3:47

Andante (original version of Romance, Op. 69)

Francis Grier, Steven Isserlis

4:33

La valse, M. 72

Khatia Buniatishvili

10:40

Morceau de concert, Op. 23

Timothy Ridout, Jonathan Ware

7:12

No. 3, La campanella. Allegretto (After Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 2) [Live]

Nobuyuki Tsujii

4:20

Ia-d. Andante comodo (Live)

Verbier Festival Orchestra, Daniel Harding

14:01

II. Andante Cantabile (Version for Cello Solo and String Orchestra) [Live]

Mischa Maisky, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

7:23

I. Andante - Allegro

Verbier Festival Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov, Martha Argerich

8:58

Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 141 (Live)

Martha Argerich

3:11

I. Allemanda

Leonidas Kavakos

5:41

Melodie from "Orfeo ed Euridice", Wq. 30 (Arr. Kreisler for Violin and Piano)

Stanislav Soloviev, Daniel Lozakovich

3:23

Toreador, Be Ready

Kathryn Jenkin, Edward Gardner, Gerald Finley, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Deborah Miles-Johnson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Emma Brain-Gabbott

5:09

Romance, Op. 69 in A

Steven Isserlis, Pascal Devoyon

3:29

L'Apprenti Sorcier

Orchestre National de Lyon, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider

11:28

No. 4, Alborada del gracioso

6:36

Cavatina. Largo al factotum della citta

Lawrence Renes, Peter Mattei, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

5:00

Violin Concerto in E Minor (Live)

Gábor Takács-Nagy, Marc Bouchkov, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

18:40

IV. Largo. Goin' Home (Arr. Koncz For Solo Cello and Cello Ensemble)

Kian Soltani, Staatskapelle Berlin, Cellists

5:31

I. Allegro ma non tanto (Live from the 2022 Cliburn Competition)

Yunchan Lim, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop

16:59

Adelaïde, S. 466 (After Beethoven's, Op. 46)

9:54

Presto con fuoco

Mikhail Pletnev

8:38

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Arr. for Piano by Hess) [Live]

Nikolai Lugansky

3:53

VIII. Lacrimosa (Arr. Fontaine for Clarinet, Organ and Fender Rhodes)

Bruno Fontaine, Pierre Génisson

3:09

I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto

Sunwook Kim, Clara-Jumi Kang

15:01

Erlkönig, Op. 1

Thomas Quasthoff, Charles Spencer

4:00

Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867

6:15

No. 2, Le spectre de la rose

Jean-François Verdier, Sandrine Piau, Orchestre Victor Hugo

5:45

Fantasy-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66

Dmitry Shishkin

5:21

No. 7, Träumerei (Arr. for Cello and Piano by Pablo Ferrández and Julien Quentin)

Pablo Ferrández, Julien Quentin

3:01

Tzigane, M. 76

Maria João Pires, Augustin Dumay

10:03

I. Langsam. Adagio - Allegro risoluto, ma non troppo (Live)

Gianandrea Noseda, National Symphony Orchestra

22:10

III. Presto

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani

9:08

Klänge der Heimat

Renée Fleming, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate

4:36

II. Allegro

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko

4:09