Concerts
Order Subscription: Whole season
You can attend all 17 concerts in the season (excluding the Charity Concert and the Family Concert) at a preferential price, and won’t miss any of the many programme highpoints in the Andermatt Concert Hall.
Everyone resident in Canton Uri and the owners of an apartment in Andermatt Reuss, The Chedi Andermatt, the Interessengemeinschaft Urserental (owners of secondary residences) and the IG Tujetsch will be given 20% discount on all subscriptions. The discount will be applied and confirmed to you after receipt of your order.
Concerts included in the subscription:
SEASON OPENING
Guy Braunstein, violin
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer, conductor
To open our season, we are welcoming the Budapest Festival Orchestra to Andermatt under the baton of Iván Fischer. Beethoven’s 7th Symphony and Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 4 will feature alongside Fischer’s own “Dance Suite” with Guy Braunstein on the violin.
GALA CONCERT
Jeanine De Bique, soprano
Farrah El Dibany, mezzo-soprano
Valentin Thill, tenor
James Newby, baritone
Swiss Orchestra
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, conductor
When the soprano Jeanine De Bique won the Opus Klassik prize, it confirmed her status as a celebrity in the international operatic firmament. Together with Farrah El Dibany (mezzo-soprano), Valentin Thill (tenor), James Newby (baritone) and the Swiss Orchestra, she’ll transport us all into the wonderful world of opera.
NEW FOLK MUSIC
Helen Maier & The Folks
Helen Maier, violin
Maria Gehrig, violin (special guest)
Tobias Künzli, accordion & piano
Theo Känzig, guitar
Jonas Künzli, double bass
Adrian Böckli, drums & percussion
“Helen Maier & The Folks” play folk music from all corners of the world, merging it into a style all of their own – though with Switzerland as their focal point and musical centre. They are joined by a special guest: Maria Gehrig.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SWISS ORCHESTRA SOLOISTS
Pacific Quartet Vienna
Yuta Takase, violin
Simon Wiener, violin
Chin-Ting Huang, viola
Sarah Weilenmann, violoncello
Tizia Zimmermann, accordion
The Pacific Quartet Vienna brings classical music’s supreme chamber-music genre to Andermatt, featuring string quartets by Mozart and Schumann. Tizia Zimmermann will add extra panache on her accordion.
NEW YEAR’S CONCERT
Reto Bieri, clarinet
Sherniyaz Mussakhan, violin
Alexander Boldachev, harp
Swiss Orchestra
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, conductor
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
MUSIC MEETS LITERATURE AT THE 4TH ANDERMATT GOETHE DAYS
Oliver Schnyder, piano
Alain Claude Sulzer, speaker
The pianist Oliver Schnyder from Canton Aargau 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.
