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

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Joshua Bell, Esa-Pekka Salonen

8:03

I. Ondine (Live)

6:56

III. Rondo. Molto allegro (Live)

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

5:44

Rondo: Allegro

3:16

III. Nicht Schnell

Stephen Waarts, Gabriele Carcano

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, Berliner Philharmoniker

6:26

I. Moderato

Kirill Gerstein, Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko

9:47

Nuit d’Espagne

Adèle Charvet, Florian Caroubi

3:19

Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19

6:29

III. L'indifférent

Magdalena Kožená, Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker

4:12

III. Infernal Dance

Alexandre Kantorow

4:46

Serenade

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

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

Jonathan Ware, Timothy Ridout

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

Martha Argerich, Verbier Festival Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov

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

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

5:09

Romance, Op. 69 in A

Pascal Devoyon, Steven Isserlis

3:29

L'Apprenti Sorcier

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Orchestre National de Lyon

11:28

No. 4, Alborada del gracioso

6:36

Cavatina. Largo al factotum della citta

Lawrence Renes, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Mattei

5:00

Violin Concerto in E Minor (Live)

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

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)

Marin Alsop, Yunchan Lim, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra

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

Clara-Jumi Kang, Sunwook Kim

15:01

Erlkönig, Op. 1

Charles Spencer, Thomas Quasthoff

4:00

Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867

6:15

No. 2, Le spectre de la rose

Sandrine Piau, Jean-François Verdier, 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

Augustin Dumay, Maria João Pires

10:03

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

National Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda

22:10

III. Presto

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani

9:08

Klänge der Heimat

Jeffrey Tate, Renée Fleming, English Chamber Orchestra

4:36

II. Allegro

Vasily Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

4:09