Concerts
Artiste étoile: Bligg
Idea & concept: Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer
Bligg & band
Swiss Orchestra Soloists
In this new edition of “The Bash”, Bligg and his band are the guest performers in the Andermatt Concert Hall together with the Swiss Orchestra Soloists. There’ll be melancholy ballads alongside Bligg’s big hits and classical treats.
Live at the Andermatt Concert Hall.
Artiste étoile: Bligg
Idea & concept: Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer
Bligg
Swiss Orchestra
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, conductor
In this new edition of “The Bash”, the dialect pop singer Bligg and the full Swiss Orchestra under its conductor Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer will be venturing out onto unfamiliar terrain. Together, they’ll be forging an unconventional, surprising bridge between classical and pop.
Live at the Andermatt Concert Hall.
SYMPHONY CONCERT
Olga Scheps, piano
Swiss Orchestra
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, conductor
William Tell is surely the most legendary figure in Swiss history, and he’s at the centre of this concert by the Swiss Orchestra and the brilliant pianist Olga Scheps. Rossini’s William Tell Overture and Huber’s Tell Symphony are here joined by Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto.
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NEW FOLK MUSIC
Kinimode
Dominik Flückiger, schwyzerörgeli accordion
Lukas Gernet, piano
Pirmin Huber, bass
Christian Zünd, percussion
Dave Hasler, guitar
Mario Alonso, saxophone
In Dominik Flückiger’s “Kinimode”, Swiss folk music meets pop, jazz and funk. At times rhythmically electrifying, at others melancholic and restrained – but always full of passion, creativity and magic.
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SWISS ORCHESTRA SOLOISTS
Pacific Quartet Vienna
Yuta Takase, violin
Simon Wiener, violin
Chin-Ting Huang, viola
Sarah Weilenmann, violoncello
Olivia Steimel, accordion
The Pacific Quartet Vienna brings classical music’s supreme chamber-music genre to Andermatt, featuring string quartets by Mozart and Schumann. Olivia Steimel will add extra panache on her accordion.
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NEW YEAR’S CONCERT
Reto Bieri, clarinet
Sherniyaz Mussakhan, violin
Alexander Boldachev, harp
Swiss Orchestra
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, conductor
From Geneva via Paris to New York – then a brief trip to Vienna to round things off. In this scintillating New Year’s Concert with the solo clarinettist Reto Bieri and the Swiss Orchestra, the boundaries become thoroughly blurred between the serious art music of Europe and the American lightness of being in the New World.
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SYMPHONY CONCERT
Antoine Tamestit, viola solo & conductor
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana
The world-renowned violist Antoine Tamestit (here both as soloist and conductor) will perform Carl Maria von Weber’s Andante e Rondo ungarese. Also on the programme: Haydn’s dramatic Symphony No. 49 and Brahms’s thrilling Serenade No. 2.
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SYMPHONY CONCERT
Kian Soltani, cello
Camerata Salzburg
Gregory Ahss, violin & direction
Imperial Viennese flair and dolce vita: Mozart meets Boccherini, performed by renowned experts in the Classics – the Camerata Salzburg under Gregory Ahss (directing from the violin) and the grandiose cellist Kian Soltani.
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NEW FOLK MUSIC
Schäbyschigg
David Jud, clarinet
Guillermo Casillas, trumpet
Fabian Jud, trumpet
Jérôme Müller, bass trumpet
Tobi Zwyer, tuba, accordion & voice
The music of the five intrepid, cosmopolitan musicians of the wind ensemble “Schäbyschigg” delights audiences both near and far. Sometimes groovy and buoyant, at others melancholic or rustic, it’s always authentic and fresh!
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ROTARY CLUB BENEFIT CONCERT FOR SAO ASSOCIATION
Sebastian Bohren, violin
Alexander Boldachev, harp
Swiss Orchestra
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, conductor
Dreamy melodies are coming to the Andermatt Concert Hall, courtesy of the Swiss star violinist Sebastian Bohren, the harpist Alexander Boldachev and the Swiss Orchestra. And it’s all for a good cause: this charity concert is being organised as a collaboration between the Üetliberg Rotary Club and ANDERMATT MUSIC in aid of SAO Association for Displaced Women.
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NEW FOLK MUSIC
Pirmin Huber Swiss Folk
Pirmin Huber, double bass
Fränggi Gehrig, accordion
Dimitri Monstein, percussion
Andreas Gabriel, violin
Lukas V. Gernet, piano
Alpine power hits the groove – “Pirmin Huber Swiss Folk” unites traditional Swiss sounds with elements of pop and jazz, taking audiences on an exciting sonic journey.
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FAMILY CONCERT
Swiss Orchestra
Uri Percussion Ensemble with Christoph Gautschi
Nežka Prosenjak, marimba
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, conductor
This family concert, featuring the Uri Percussion Ensemble and the Swiss Orchestra under the baton of Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, will be real bang-on fun – and there’ll be ample lovely melodies too. Fun in music for kids of all ages from 5 upwards.
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PIANO RECITAL
Igor Levit, piano
Exciting interpretations, technical brilliance and an uncompromising attitude: pianist extraordinaire Igor Levit will be honouring the Andermatt Concert Hall with a recital featuring works by Schubert, Schumann and Chopin.
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SYMPHONY CONCERT
Emmanuel Pahud, flute
Swiss Orchestra
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, conductor
The French/Swiss flautist Emmanuel Pahud and the Swiss Orchestra will here seduce you into the world of classical music: from Mozart’s Don Giovanni to a work by the Swiss composer Dupuy – the “Don Juan of the North”, as he liked to be called.
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CLASSICAL MEETS FOLK MUSIC
Fränggi & Maria Gehrig, accordion & violin
Dani Häusler, clarinet
Christoph Pfändler, dulcimer
Nadja Räss, yodelling
Sherniyaz Mussakhan, violin
Swiss Orchestra
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, conductor
On the Furkagasse and the Piazza Gottardo, Andermatt will celebrate a festival of music that culminates in the concert hall. Sherniyaz Mussakhan will be the soloist in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with the Swiss Orchestra, alongside works for solo instruments and orchestra especially composed by great names from the Swiss folk music scene.
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MUSIC MEETS LITERATURE AT THE 4TH ANDERMATT GOETHE DAYS
Oliver Schnyder, piano
Alain Claude Sulzer, speaker
The Swiss pianist Oliver Schnyder will play the first part of Franz Liszt’s Années de Pèlerinage (“Years of pilgrimage”), which depicts Switzerland. He’ll be accompanied on his musical journey from William Tell’s Chapel to Geneva by the writer Alain Claude Sulzer.
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