The Verbier Festival Orchestra conducted by its Music Director Charles Dutoit with soloist Yuja Wang opens this year’s Verbier Festival. The Orchestra goes on to give concerts under Semyon Bychkov, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and Daniel Harding. Other Festival highlights include the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra and Gábor Takács-Nagy, two recitals by Evgeny Kissin, an unprecedented cycle of Schubert’s piano sonatas by Elisabeth Leonskaja, as well as appearances by Martha Argerich, Joshua Bell, Leonidas Kavakos, Gidon Kremer, Hélène Grimaud and many many more artists. The closing concert on 1 August features Richard Strauss’ opera Salome sung by some of the greatest names in opera and conducted by Valery Gergiev.
Location: Verbier, Valais
Link out: http://www.verbierfestival.com/
Start date: 16 Jul 2010
End date: 1 Aug 2010
Title: Opera: Salome, Geneva
Location: Geneva
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Description: Based on the Richard Strauss opera, performed by the Swiss-Romande Orchestra and the ensamble of Geneva’s Grand Theatre.
Start Date: 13 Feb 2009
End Date: 22 Feb 2009
