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

Gabriele Carcano, Stephen Waarts

4:46

Overture

Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, James Gaffigan

6:29

1. Vorspiel (Allegro moderato)

Janine Jansen, Riccardo Chailly, 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

Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle

6:26

I. Moderato

Berlin Philharmonic, Kirill Petrenko, Kirill Gerstein

9:47

Nuit d’Espagne

Adèle Charvet, Florian Caroubi

3:19

Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19

6:29

III. L'indifférent

Berlin Philharmonic, Magdalena Kožená, Sir Simon Rattle

4:12

III. Infernal Dance

Alexandre Kantorow

4:46

Serenade

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

3:47

Andante (original version of Romance, Op. 69)

Steven Isserlis, Francis Grier

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)

Daniel Harding, Verbier Festival Orchestra

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, Martha Argerich, 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

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Deborah Miles-Johnson, Kathryn Jenkin, Gerald Finley, Edward Gardner, 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, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Mattei

5:00

Violin Concerto in E Minor (Live)

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

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

Clara-Jumi Kang, Sunwook Kim

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)

Julien Quentin, Pablo Ferrández

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

Lahav Shani, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

9:08

Klänge der Heimat

English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate, Renée Fleming

4:36

II. Allegro

Vasily Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

4:09