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

Joshua Bell· Los Angeles Philharmonic· Esa-Pekka Salonen

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

Stephen Waarts· Gabriele Carcano

4:46

Overture

James Gaffigan· Luzerner Sinfonieorchester

6:29

I. 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· Kirill Petrenko· Berliner Philharmoniker

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· Berliner Philharmoniker· Sir Simon Rattle

4:12

III. Infernal Dance

Alexandre Kantorow

4:46

Serenade

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields· Craig Ogden· Joshua Bell· 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)

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

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

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)

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)

Pierre Génisson· Bruno Fontaine

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

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

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra· Lahav Shani

9:08

Klänge der Heimat

Jeffrey Tate· English Chamber Orchestra· Renée Fleming

4:36

II. Allegro

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra· Vasily Petrenko

4:09