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GSTAAD - ROUGEMONT - LAUENEN (SWITZERLAND) A look back at 11 concerts in 10 days in 5 pleasant places Thursday 27 December 2007 - Saturday 5 January 2008
Thursday 27 December 2007
Welcome to the Festival at the 'Gstaad Yacht Club'
with point of contact at the 'Grand Hotel Park Gstaad' (our thanks to the entire team and especially at the Concierge desk to Luciano, Walter & Franco)
First performance of the MUSIC PROMENADE FESTIVAL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Direction: John Apeitos with Irini Tsirakidis, soprano
Opera Arias 19h30 Eglise de Lauenen
Friday 28 December 2007 YOUNG VIOLINISTS OF KAZAKHSTAN
Direction: Aiman Musakhodzhayeva
in partnership with Le Rosey International School , Switzerland National Academy of Music of Kazakhstan (17 violinists aged 7-13 years) 19h30 Eglise de Lauenen
Saturday 29 December 2007 in the presence of HE Monsieur Sergei Ordzhonikidze
to benefit 'Green Cross International'
MAXIM VENGEROV'S MUSICAL ARTISTRY
Musical Promenade with Maxim Vengerov
and Grigori Zhislin
Grigori Zhislin & Agnieska Tobik and Quartet "MozART"
Sunday afternoon 30 December
Alessandro Valoriani, organ, Norbert Kiser, Trumpet 17h00 Eglise de Rougemont Music to celebrate - Scarlatti (250th anniversary), Buxtehude (300th anniversary), Bach, Torelli
Sunday 30 December 2007 GRACE BUMBRY, soprano with Alexander Schmalcz, piano
3rd 'Gala des Coeurs' of the APMC in benefit of the 'Global Humanitarian Forum' Founding President, Mr Kofi Annan 20h Eglise de Rougemont
Monday 31 December Mélodie Zhao, piano - Kinderszenen - an introduction to music & musicians
with presentation by Dr Moritz von Bredow & as part of the international "Year of Glenn Gould" celebrations organized by the Glenn Gould Foundation of Canada LIU JI (17 years old), piano, Bach Goldberg Variations
to mark the 50th anniversary of the significant first recital at the Salle Tschaikovsky, Moscow by Glenn Gould during his historic May 1958 tour to Russia 19h30 Eglise St Josef de Gstaad
Tuesday 1 January 2008 HOMMAGE TO PAVAROTTI New year concert at the Grand Hotel Park, Gstaad
Mauro Pagano, tenor in opera recital 19h30, Salon Montgomery, Grand Hotel Park
Thursday 3 January 2008 VLADIMIR SVERDLOV, piano
Laureat of the 'Masters of Piano, Monte Carlo' 2006 'In memory of Sviatoslav Richter' 1997(Ý) Vladimir plays with the Monte Carlo Philarmonic Orchestra in the Courtyard of the Prince's Palace in the summer of 2008 19h00 Chapelle St Nicolas de Gstaad
Friday 4 January 2008
Tatiana Vassiljeva, Cello (Laureat of the Rostropovitch Competition) HOMMAGE TO ROSTROPOVITCH with Julien Quentin, piano 19h00 Chapelle St Nicolas de Gstaad
Saturday 5 January 2008
Leontina Vaduva, soprano sang Tatiana's Aria from Tschaikovsky's opera "Eugene Onegin" for the first time, accompanied by Caroline Haffner, piano 19h00 - Eglise Lauenen
MUSIC PROMENADE FESTIVAL Artistic Director: Princess Caroline Murat, President, Association pour la Promotion de la Music Classique APMC, 5 rue de l'Eglise, CH-1146 Mollens Thanks to Rougemont & Lauenen Tourist Offices and All local shops and businesses who talked about the Festival and helped with publicity. link to Music Promenade Festival website NEWSLETTER December 2007 REVIEW with press links
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