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)

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

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)

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

Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle

6:26

I. Moderato

Berliner Philharmoniker, 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

Berliner Philharmoniker, Magdalena Kožená, Sir Simon Rattle

4:12

III. Infernal Dance

Alexandre Kantorow

4:46

Serenade

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

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)

Verbier Festival Orchestra, Daniel Harding

14:01

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

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Mischa Maisky

7:23

I. Andante - Allegro

Yuri Temirkanov, Verbier Festival Orchestra, 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)

Daniel Lozakovich, Stanislav Soloviev

3:23

Toreador, Be Ready

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kathryn Jenkin, Deborah Miles-Johnson, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, 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

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Mattei, Lawrence Renes

5:00

Violin Concerto in E Minor (Live)

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

18:40

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

Staatskapelle Berlin, Cellists, Kian Soltani

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)

Pierre Génisson, Bruno Fontaine

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

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)

Gianandrea Noseda, National Symphony Orchestra

22:10

III. Presto

Lahav Shani, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

9:08

Klänge der Heimat

Jeffrey Tate, English Chamber Orchestra, Renée Fleming

4:36

II. Allegro

Vasily Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

4:09