Shenzhen Verbier Festival 2027
February 9, 2027 to February 18, 2027

 
 
Tuesday, February 9, 2027
 
Time: 20:00
 
Orchestra: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Gábor Takács-Nagy
Violin: Joshua Bell
Piano: Nikolay Lugansky
Programme:
Antonín Dvořák: Romance in F minor, Op. 11
(Violin: Joshua Bell)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
(Piano: Nikolay Lugansky)
—— Intermission ——
Peking Opera (Jingju) and Orchestra (Arr. Yang Nailin): Excerpt from The Drunken Beauty
(Special guest: Shenzhen Jingju Theatre)
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
 
 
Wednesday, February 10, 2027
 
Time: 11:00
 
Piano: Behzod Abduraimov
Programme:
Johannes Brahms: 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 119
Carl Czerny: Variations on a theme by Rode, Op. 33
Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque, CD 82
Igor Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrushka
 
Time: 14:30
 
Piano: Shao Ziyu
Programme:
Franz Liszt: Fantasy and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H, S. 529
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fantasie in G minor, Op. 77
Manuel de Falla: Fantasía bética
Aleksandr Scriabin: Fantasie in B minor, Op. 28
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
 
Time: 20:00
 
Violin: David Garrett
Piano: Julien Quentin
Guitar: Franck van der Heijden
Programme:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Valse sentimentale, from 6 Pieces, Op. 51
Fritz Kreisler: Andantino in the Style of Martini
Francesco Maria Veracini: Allegro, from Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 1, No. 7
John Williams: Schindler’s List (Theme)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesus bleibet meine Freude, from Kantate “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”, BWV 147
Sergei Prokofiev: March, from The Love For Three Oranges, Op. 33
Robert Schumann: Three Romances for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94
Jean Sibelius: Nocturne, from Belshazzar’s Feast, Op. 51
Frédéric Chopin: Etude No. 3 in E major “Tristesse”, from 12 Etudes, Op. 10
Henri Wieniawski: Légende, Op. 17
Fritz Kreisler: La Chasse in the Style of Cartier
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre, Op. 40
—— Intermission ——
Jules Massenet: Elegie
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Menuetto, from Divertimento in D major, K. 334
Niccolò Paganini: Cantabile, MS 109
Grigoraș Dinicu: Hora Staccato
Dmitri Shostakovich: Waltz No. 2
Claude Debussy: Beau soir, CD 84
Johannes Brahms: Ungarischer Tanz Nr. 17 fis-moll, from 21 Hungarian Dances (Piano), WoO 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Adagio, from Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Giacomo Puccini: Nessun dorma, from Turandot, SC 91
Felix Mendelssohn: Andante con moto, from Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19b
Pablo de Sarasate: Romanza Andaluza, from Spanish Dances, Op. 22, No. 1
Ottokar Nováček: Perpetuum mobile
 
 
Thursday, February 11, 2027
 
Time: 11:00
 
Violin: Daniel Lozakovich
Viola: Blythe Teh Engström
Cello: Pablo Ferrández
Piano: Behzod Abduraimov
Programme:
Edvard Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45
(Violin: Daniel Lozakovich, Piano: Behzod Abduraimov)
Edvard Grieg: Andante con moto in C minor, EG 116
(Violin: Daniel Lozakovich, Cello: Pablo Ferrández, Piano: Behzod Abduraimov)
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 41
(Violin: Daniel Lozakovich, Viola: Blythe Teh Engström, Cello: Pablo Ferrández, Piano: Behzod Abduraimov)
 
Time: 14:30
 
Piano: Nikolay Lugansky
Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31, No. 1
Robert Schumann: Fantasie, Op. 17
Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle, Op. 60
Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise, Op. 53
 
Time: 20:00
 
Orchestra: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Gábor Takács-Nagy
Piano: Sergei Babayan
Violin: Joshua Bell
Programme:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271
(Piano: Sergei Babayan)
Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46
(Violin: Joshua Bell)
—— Intermission ——
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor “Scottish”, Op. 56
 
 
Friday, February 12, 2027
 
Time: 11:00
 
Violin: Joshua Bell
Piano: Jeremy Denk
Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major “Spring”, Op. 24
I  Allegro
II  Adagio molto espressivo
III  Scherzo. Allegro molto
IV  Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chaconne from Violin Partita No. 2, BWV 1004 (Violin: Joshua Bell)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo in A minor, K.511 (Piano: Jeremy Denk)
Maurice Ravel: Violin Sonata in G major, M. 77
 
Time: 14:30
 
Double Bass: Marc André
Piano: Julien Quentin
Programme:
Vladimir Soltan (Arr. Marc André): Élégie
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Valse sentimentale, from 6 Pieces, Op. 51
Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48
Astor Piazzolla (Arr. Marc André): Nightclub 1960, from L’histoire du Tango
Antonín Dvořák (Arr. Fritz Kreisler & Marc André): Songs My Mother Taught Me, from Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, No. 4
Claude Debussy (Arr. A. Roelens & Marc André): Beau soir, CD 84
Claude Debussy (Arr. A. Roelens & Marc André): Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque, CD 82
Manuel de Falla: Danza Española No. 1, from La vida breve
Christoph Willibald Gluck (Arr. Fritz Kreisler): Mélodie, from Orfeo ed Euridice
Ennio Morricone (Arr. Marc André): Main Theme from Cinema Paradiso
Astor Piazzolla (Arr. Marc André): Yo Soy Maria, from Maria De Buenos Aires
 
 
Time: 20:00
 
Violin: Clara-Jumi Kang, Marc Bouchkov
Viola: Antoine Tamestit
Cello: Pablo Ferrandez
Piano: Vadim Rudenko, Nikolay Lugansky
Programme:
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 1 in G minor for 2 pianos, Op. 5
(Piano: Vadim Rudenko, Nikolay Lugansky)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2 in C major, Op. 17
(Piano: Vadim Rudenko, Nikolay Lugansky)
—— Intermission ——
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
(Piano: Nikolay Lugansky, Violin: Clara-Jumi Kang and Marc Bouchkov, Viola: Antoine Tamestit, Cello: Pablo Ferrandez)
 
 
Saturday, February 13, 2027
 
Time: 11:00
 
Piano: Lucas Debargue
Programme:
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K. 32
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in D major, K. 214
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in A minor K. 109
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in D major, K. 45
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor “Moonlight”, Op. 27, No. 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36
Lucas Debargue: 20 Concert Variations and Finale on Summertime by George Gershwin
 
Time: 14:30
 
Cello: Pablo Ferrandez
Piano: Julien Quentin
Programme:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Gaspar Cassadó: Suite for Cello Solo
Robert Schumann: 3 Fantasiestücke, Op. 111
Sergei Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119
 
Time: 20:00
 
Orchestra: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Gábor Takács-Nagy
Violin: Pinchas Zukerman
Piano: Behzod Abduraimov
Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
(Violin: Pinchas Zukerman)
—— Intermission ——
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major “Rhenish”, Op. 97
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fantasy in C minor “Choral Fantasy”, Op. 80
(Piano: Behzod Abduraimov)
 
 
Sunday, February 14, 2027
 
Time: 11:00
 
Violin: Clara-Jumi Kang
Piano: Lucas Debargue
Programme:
Lucas Debargue: Mozart transcription
Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
César Franck: Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano
 
Time: 14:30
 
Piano: Jeremy Denk
Programme:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in B major, BWV 892, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Hélène Montgeroult: Études
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
 
 
Time: 19:30
 
Violin: Daniel Lozakovich, Clara-Jumi Kang, Marc Bouchkov
Viola: Antoine Tamestit, Blythe Teh Engström
Cello: Pablo Ferrandez, Kian Soltani, Mischa Maisky, Zhao Jing
Piano: Sergei Babayan
Soprano: Ana Oniani
Programme:
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bacchianas Brasilieras No. 5
(Soprano: Ana Oniani; 1st cello: Mischa Maisky; Cello: Pablo Ferrandez, Kian Soltani, Zhao Jing and 4 more cellists from the VFCO)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70
(Violin: Daniel Lozakovich and Clara-Jumi Kang, Viola: Antoine Tamestit and Blythe Teh Engström, Cello: Kian Soltani and Zhao Jing)
Dmitry Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 (Violin: Marc Bouchkov and Daniel Lozakovich, Viola: Blythe Teh Engström, Cello: Mischa Maisky, Piano: Sergei Babayan)
 
Time: 22:30
 
Programme:
Programme TBC; to be announced as a surprise!
 
 
Monday, February 15, 2027
 
Time: 11:00
 
Violin: Clara-Jumi Kang, Pinchas Zukerman
Viola: Antoine Tamestit, Blythe Teh Engström
Cello: Kian Soltani, Zhao Jing
Double Bass: Marc André
Piano: Jeremy Denk, Lucas Debargue
Programme:
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet in D major, Op. 110
(Violin: Clara-Jumi Kang, Viola: Antoine Tamestit and Blythe Teh Engström, Cello: Kian Soltani, Double Bass: Marc André, Piano: Jeremy Denk)
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
(Violin: Pinchas Zukerman, Viola: Antoine Tamestit, Cello: Zhao Jing, Piano: Lucas Debargue)
 
 
Time: 14:30
 
Piano: Vadim Rudenko
Programme:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 9 in D major, K. 311
Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Book II, Op. 35
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Excerpts from Moments musicaux, Op. 16
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Arr. Mikhail Pletnev): Concert Suite from the ballet The Nutcracker
 
 
Time: 20:00
 
Orchestra: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Gábor Takács-Nagy
Violin: Clara-Jumi Kang, Daniel Lozakovich
Soprano: Ana Oniani
Piano: Shao Ziyu
Programme:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
(Violin: Clara-Jumi Kang, Daniel Lozakovich)
Alfredo Catalani: “Ebben? ne andrò lontana”, from the opera La Wally
(Soprano: Ana Oniani)
Giuseppe Verdi: Sempre Libera, from the opera La Traviata
(Soprano: Ana Oniani)
Camille Saint‑Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
(Piano: Shao Ziyu)
—— Intermission ——
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
 
 
Tuesday, February 16, 2027
 
Time: 11:00
 
Violin: Marc Bouchkov
Viola: Blythe Teh Engström
Cello: Kian Soltani, Zhao Jing
Piano: Vadim Rudenko, Lucas Debargue
Programme:
Dmitry Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
(Cello: Kian Soltani, Piano: Vadim Rudenko)
Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45 (Violin: Marc Bouchkov, Viola: Blythe Teh Engström, Cello: Zhao Jing, Piano: Lucas Debargue)
 
Time: 14:30
 
Viola: Antoine Tamestit
Piano: Julien Quentin
Programme:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata in E minor, K. 304
Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821
Robert Schumann: Märchenbilder für Klavier und Viola, Op. 113
Antoine Tamestit: Transcription of Schumann/Schubert: Sélection de Lieder
Antoine Tamestit: Transcription of Schumann Adagio et Allegro pour piano et cor, Op. 70
 
 
Time: 20:00
 
Violin: Marc Bouchkov
Viola: Antoine Tamestit
Cello: Mischa Maisky, Kian Soltani
Double Bass: Marc André
Piano: Behzod Abduraimov, Sergei Babayan
Programme:
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
(Violin: Marc Bouchkov, Cello: Mischa Maisky, Piano: Behzod Abduraimov)
—— Intermission ——
Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major “Die Forelle”, D. 667
(Violin: Marc Bouchkov, Viola: Antoine Tamestit, Cello: Kian Soltani, Double Bass: Marc André, Piano: Sergei Babayan)
 
 
Wednesday, February 17, 2027
 
Time: 11:00
 
Cello: Mischa Maisky
Piano: Julien Quentin
Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Seven Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen”, WoO. 46
Franz Schubert:
Der Müller und der Bach, from Die Schöne Müllerin, D. 795
Heidenröslein, D. 257
An die Musik, D. 547
Du bist die Ruh, D. 776
Robert Schumann: Excerpts from Dichterliebe, Op. 48
Robert Schumann: Widmung, from Myrthen, Op. 25
Johannes Brahms: Liebestreu, Op. 3, No. 1
Johannes Brahms: Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op. 105, No. 2
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 62/1
Manuel de Falla: Excerpts from Suite Populaire Espagnole
 
Time: 14:30
 
Cello: Zhao Jing
Piano: Julien Quentin
Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
Claude Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, CD 144
Alexander Glazunov: Chant du ménestrel, Op. 71
Alexander Glazunov: 2 Pieces for Cello and Orchestra (Piano), Op. 20
Bohuslav Martinů: Variations on a Theme of Rossini for Cello and Piano, H. 290
 
Time: 20:00
 
Piano: Yuja Wang
Violin: Marc Bouchkov
Programme:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata in E minor, K. 304
Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
—— Intermission ——
Amy Beach: Romance, Op. 23
Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94bis
 
 
Thursday, February 18, 2027
 
Time: 11:00
 
Piano: Sergei Babayan
Programme:
Arvo Pärt: Für Alina
Franz Liszt: Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S. 171
Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
 
Time: 20:00
 
Orchestra: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Teddy Abrams, Gábor Takács-Nagy
Piano: Yuja Wang
Violin: Yamen Saadi
Programme:
Alban Berg: Kammerkonzert
(Conductor: Teddy Abrams; Piano: Yuja Wang; Violin: Yamen Saadi; Wind instruments: VFCO musicians)
Alexander Tsfasman: Suite for Piano and Orchestra (Jazz Suite)
(Conductor: Teddy Abrams; Piano: Yuja Wang)
—— Intermission ——
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
 
 
*Please check program updates at the concert.