Piano Festival 19 – 27 November 2016
Program
Piano Festival
19 – 27 November 2016 Program
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Contents 5 | Editorial 6 | Organization 9 | Partners 10 | Foundation Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL 11 | Concerts and Events 29 | Schedule Overview 30 | Piano Off-Stage 33 | Useful Information 34 | Ticketing Information 35 | Ticket Outlets Throughout Switzerland 37 | For Our Visitors 38 | Seating Maps 43 | Getting There 44 | Map of Lucerne 47 | KKL Luzern 48 | Hotels 53 | Supporting Organizations 54 | Addresses | Publishing Credits | Image Credits 55 | Ticket Order Form
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Editorial
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To adapt a phrase from Gertrude Stein: is a piano a piano a piano? Certainly not, as our Piano Festival has been proving every year since it began in 1998. Even if the instrument itself remains the same, a single, isolated note will sound completely different depending on whether it’s a layperson or a professional who is striking the keys. And just think of how big the differences are between the “cracks,” so to speak – between the master pianists of our time! Not to mention the variety of ways and nuances of playing. At the keyboard you can sing or bang away, you can Michael Haefliger caress the notes, play pearl-like scales, produce a crisp or richly resonant sound, make the performance hall quiver with powerful fortissimos or flirt with the edge of audibility. Thirteen classical pianists are on our roster for 2016, as well as jazz artists and a dazzling organist. They will together illustrate the rich world of keyboard artistry. Grigory Sokolov, Maria João Pires, Murray Perahia, and Rudolf Buchbinder are the grand masters we have in store: artists who have triumphed for decades on stages around the globe. Igor Levit meanwhile leads the pack of those under 30: in spite of his youth, he already ranks among the most highly sought-after performers in the field. And our lineup of pianists debuting at the Festival includes Louis Schwizgebel, Andrew Tyson, and Kit Armstrong, who are all headed for highly promising future careers. Lars Vogt will enchant us from the keyboard accompanying a program of chamber music, while Cameron Carpenter, the one-of-a-kind wizard of the organ from America, will ignite veritable fireworks when he shows off his international touring organ. During the Day of the Keyboard we will get to know more closely the secrets of the Russian School of pianism. And late evenings remain the time to indulge in the finest piano jazz “off-stage.” Everything is set to ensure a grand celebration of the art of the piano! We look forward to seeing you at our keyboard summit in late fall. Michael Haefliger Executive and Artistic Director
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Organization
Honorary Board Johann N. Schneider-Ammann, President of the Swiss Confederation | Dr. Othmar Frei, Provost | Reto Wyss, President of the Government of the Canton of Luzern | Beat Züsli, Mayor of the Town of Lucerne Board of Trustees of LUCERNE FESTIVAL Dr. iur. Hubert Achermann, Chairman* | Otto Wyss, Treasurer* | Peter Eckert* | Markus Hongler* | Isabelle Welton* | Christian Casal | Dr. Franz B. Humer | Alexandre F. Jetzer-Chung | Dr. Ursula Jones-Strebi | Walter B. Kielholz | Prof. Dr. Alois Koch | Urs Rohner | Stefan Roth | Prof. Klaus Schwab | Martin Senn † | Reto Wyss Honorary Chairman Jürg R. Reinshagen
Foundation Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL Board of Trustees: Dr. iur. Hubert Achermann, Chairman | Otto Wyss, Treasurer | Elisabeth Oltramare | Dr. Michel Stadlin | Corinna von Schönau-Riedweg Team: Valentina Rota, Executive Director | Claudia Cavallari Hemmeter, Manager and Support of the Friends | Marina Cavallari, Assistant to the Director and Manager of Young Friends International Advisory Committee of the Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL: Mag. Klaus Buchleitner (Austria) | Klaus Jacobs (USA) | Dr. Christoph M. Müller (Switzerland) | Makoto Nakao (Japan) | Sara Sela (Israel), Paloma O’Shea (Spain) | Prof. Dr. Ferdinand von Siemens (Germany) | Alan B. Vickery (USA)
Executive and Artistic Director Michael Haefliger*, Executive and Artistic Director Alexandra Lankes, Assistant to the Executive and Artistic Director Valérie Grüter, Director of Strategic Projects Artistic Office Christiane Weber*, Director | Katharina Christen | Monika Widler LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY: Dominik Deuber, Director | Lea Hinden Modern Music: Mark Sattler, Director and Dramaturgy Editing: Susanne Stähr, Director and Dramaturgy | Denise Fankhauser | Malte Lohmann LUCERNE FESTIVAL YOUNG: Johannes Fuchs, Director | Marcella Tönz Sponsorship Martina Lötscher, Director | Daniela Amrein | Cornelia Imfeld Marketing & Communication Helmut Bachmann*, Director Ticketing & Visitor Services: Friederike Reich, Leitung | Sandra Boog-Vogel | Christina Bucher | Birgit Hackbarth | Claudia Cavallari Hemmeter | Brigitte Keller | Gabi Marker | Simone Primavesi | Patricia Thérisod | Claudia Zeyer Marketing: Helmut Bachmann*, Director | Bettina Jaggi | Franziska Schälin | Verena Sponsel Brand & Publications: Isabelle Gargiulo | Andrea Mettler Public Relations: Nina Steinhart, Director | Katharina Schillen Finance, Human Resources & IT Kai Uellendahl*, Director | Tanja Cattaneo | Susanne Stalder IT: Stefan Kilian Bürli, Director | Silvio Frei | Gisela Sigrist Salzmann
American Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL: Alan B. Vickery, Chairman | Klaus Jacobs, Secretary, Treasurer | Dr. iur. Hubert Achermann | Beatrice Ducrot | Michael Foley | Michael Haefliger | Cynthia Sculco Valentina Rota, Director of Development
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Partners
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Foundation Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL In 2016 the Foundation Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL celebrates its 50th anniversary! Since its founding in 1966, the Foundation Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL has made supporting the work of one of the world’s most renowned classical music festivals its goal. The moral and financial support that is obtained through this non-profit organization is invaluable for LUCERNE FESTIVAL. The contributions made by the Friends amount to approximately eight percent of the total budget, thereby contributing significantly to the Festival’s financial security and sustainability. Since, aside from this funding source, LUCERNE FESTIVAL is mainly supported by private and corporate sponsors and receives only a small contribution in the form of subsidy from the public sector, the Friends have become an indispensable partner of the Festival. But not only is supporting the Festival of today a matter of central concern: they also hope to create a sustainable basis for the artistic activity of tomorrow – through fostering such important projects as the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY and LUCERNE FESTIVAL YOUNG. The circle of the Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL offers you an opportunity to share in the experience of the Festival in all its variety and to deepen your musical experience through such exclusive events as artist meet-and-greets and visits to rehearsals; through the Friends you can moreover make contact with an interesting and international group of like-minded peers. LUCERNE FESTIVAL is grateful to all of its Friends for their long-standing and loyal support. We would especially like to thank our following patrons: Thomas Abegg | Estate of Ernest I. Ascher | Dr. Dr. Prof. H. Batliner | Jörg G. Bucherer | Coralma Stiftung, Meggen | Oswald J. Grübel | Happel Foundation, Luzern | Josef Müller Stiftung, Muri | Dr. Christoph M. Müller und Sibylla M. Müller | Michael Pieper | Marlene Porsche | Thomas Schmidheiny | Carla Schwöbel-Braun
Contact Valentina Rota | Executive Director Foundation Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL | International Private Fundraising Hirschmattstrasse 13 | P.O. Box | CH–6002 Luzern t +41 (0)41 226 44 52 | f +41 (0)41 226 44 60 | v.rota@lucernefestival.ch
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Concerts and Events
Saturday, 19 November | 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
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Sunday, 20 November | 11.00 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Day of the Keyboard 1
Recital 1 Event no. 16500 | Ticket prices CHF 170/130/90/60/30 | Seating map 2, p. 39
Event no. 16501 | Ticket price CHF 50
Grigory Sokolov piano
Georgy Tchaidze piano
Robert Schumann Arabesque in C major, Op. 18 | Fantasy in C major, Op. 17 Additional program details will be published at a later date.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Children’s Album, Op. 39 Sergei Rachmaninoff Four Études tableaux from Op. 33 Sergei Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op. 84
Grigory Sokolov is a mystery. He is an artist who doesn’t follow the latest trends or marketing ploys, disdains giving interviews, keeps his private life to himself – and yet he is the ultimate cult pianist of our time. He refuses to talk about music, yet his playing reveals infinitely more about the works than words ever could express. For a period of six months he performs the exact same program, night after night; but it never becomes boring to him, for at each concert the pieces sound different and fresh. And yet Sokolov will not attribute this “success” to himself. Rather, he believes that it is the listeners who seek to understand and know the artists and the music better and better. For him, the secret of performance relies therefore not only on the performer – the recipient has an equal share in it. What better way then to open the 2016 Piano Festival than with a recital by Grigory Sokolov, the incomparable keyboard magician, who wants all of us to share in a blissful artistic experience?
The Day of the Keyboard included in this year’s Piano Festival takes us on a trip to Russia led by three young piano stars, all of whom were born in the former Soviet Union and influenced by the Russian Piano School. Naturally they will play Russian repertoire. First up is Georgy Tchaidze, who studied in Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow, and Berlin and who won Canada’s Honens Competition in 2009 as well as the Top of the World Piano Competition in Tromsø, Norway, in 2015. He has long been at home in the major concert halls around the world: Carnegie Hall in New York, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Berlin Konzerthaus, and London’s Wigmore Hall. “Fine sensibility and perfectly honed technique,” wrote The Daily Telegraph. For his first Lucerne appearance Tchaidze will demonstrate that Russian pianism has more to offer than immense technique. Which is why he begins with Tchaikovsky’s Children’s Album, with its marching toy soldiers, dolls, and witches, before kicking into high gear with Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. The Day of the Keyboard Package: Attend all three Day of the Keyboard recitals for a total ticket price of CHF 120 (instead of CHF 150). See the ticket order form.
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Sunday, 20 November | 14.00 – 15.30 | KKL Luzern, Auditorium
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Sunday, 20 November | 16.00 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Piano Lectures 1 (in German)
Day of the Keyboard 2
Free admission | limited number of seats
Event no. 16521 | ticket price CHF 50
Martin Meyer lecture
Alexei Gorlatch piano “The Russians Are Coming” Russian piano music belongs among the highlights of the virtuoso Romantic repertoire, and composers like Tchaikovsky and, somewhat later, Rachmaninoff coaxed from the instrument a rich abundance of sonorities, colors, and associations. Alongside this the Russians have contributed such other masters as the visionary Alexander Scriabin and – in some instances with the claim of essaying a new “objectivity” – Sergei Prokofiev, whose nine sonatas comprise a treasury of new discoveries and pianistic adventures. Other personalities like Nikolai Medtner, Mili Balakirev, and, finally, the outstanding Dmitri Shostakovich complete the spectrum. Great Russian pianists have knowingly devoted and continue to devote themselves to this challenge with gusto. The range spans from Gilels and Richter to Pletnev, Boris Beresowski, Lilya Zilberstein, and Daniil Trifonov and is being carried forward by young talents with spirit and with a sense of the joy of playing. This series offers an overview of works and performances with significant examples (but also some surprising ones) from the concert hall and the studio.
Frédéric Chopin Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61 | Mazurkas, Op. 67, nos. 2 and 4 | Mazurkas, Op. 68, nos. 1–4 Sergei Prokofiev The Montagues and the Capulets from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75 Igor Stravinsky Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor Frédéric Chopin Scherzo No. 2 in B minor, Op. 31 When Alexei Gorlatch first played at LUCERNE FESTIVAL in November 2013, he wowed the audience with his highly poetic and pianistically flawless performance of the fiendishly difficult Op. 10 Etudes by Frédéric Chopin. Now he returns as part of the Day of the Keyboard lineup. Born in 1988 in Kiev, Gorlatch will play a delectable series of Chopin pieces on this program, but the focus will be on two Russian composers, Sergei Prokofiev and Igor Stravinsky. You can look forward to a genuine discovery with Stravinsky’s early Sonata in F-sharp minor, a rarely heard work by the 21-year-old composer that doesn’t yet sound like Stravinsky but is more reminiscent of Russian Romanticism, calling to mind such models as Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Glazunov. But the finale makes use of a refrain-like theme that strikingly anticipates Joseph Schmidt’s Ein Lied geht um die Welt (“A Song Goes Round the World”) – though it was composed thirty years before the famous hit. A truly pleasurable musical menu! The Day of the Keyboard Package: Attend all three Day of the Keyboard recitals for a total ticket price of CHF 120 (instead of CHF 150). See the ticket order form.
Sunday, 20 November | 18.00 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
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Monday, 21 November | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Recital 2 – Organ
Day of the Keyboard 3 Event no. 16522 | Ticket price CHF 50
Event no. 16502 | Ticket prices CHF 120/90/60/30 | Seating map 3, p. 40
Nareh Arghamanyan piano
Cameron Carpenter International Touring Organ
Alexander Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23 Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano transcriptions of selected lieder Nikolai Medtner Sonata Reminiscenza in A minor, Op. 38, no. 1 Igor Stravinsky Danse infernale, Berceuse, and Finale from The Firebird, arranged for piano by Guido Agosti Michail Glinka Nocturne La separation | Romance L’alouette, arranged for piano by Mili Balakirev Mili Balakirev Islamey. Oriental Fantasy for Piano
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue for Organ in B minor, BWV 544 | French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816* | Contrapunctus 9 a 4 alla Duodecima from The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080* | Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 Olivier Messiaen Dieu parmi nous from La Nativité du Seigneur Robert Schumann Study for Pedal Piano in A-flat major, Op. 56, no. 4 Franz Liszt Funérailles, S 173, no. 7* Alexander Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30* * arranged for organ by Cameron Carpenter
A stroll through a century of Russian music history is what Nareh Arghamanyan will undertake during this year’s Day of the Keyboard, which is dedicated completely to the Russian School of piano artistry. The pianist, who was born in 1989 in Armenia (then part of the Soviet Union), hearkens back to the Founding Father with Michail Glinka and then covers a range through the Mighty Handful (represented by Mili Balakirev) and late Romanticism (Sergei Rachmaninoff and Nikolai Medtner) to the visionaries Igor Stravinsky and Alexander Scriabin. The fact that this also happens to include some of the most virtuoso work in the piano literature is no surprise when you encounter the dexterity and stunning technical command of this pianist. She is “a genuine whirlwind of power and spirit,” as the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung writes. The Day of the Keyboard Package: Attend all three Day of the Keyboard recitals for a total ticket price of CHF 120 (instead of CHF 150). See the ticket order form.
Whenever the organ is the topic, it tends to conjure images of churches and pious chorales. Cameron Carpenter, an American born in 1981, clears away all such preconceptions. He performs not only the great organ repertoire but arranges works from other genres for his instrument, even something of the order of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. And he masters the pedals with such virtuoso, balletic elegance as to evoke Olympic sport. No surprise, then, that along with his music studies Carpenter has a degree in dance. The latter no doubt comes in handy when he’s playing the pedals, which, as he notes, is a skill that shares something with tap dancing. Since 2014 Carpenter has hardly performed in churches but instead plays on his own hightech instrument, the International Touring Organ, which he positions at the center of the podium in the concert hall so that everyone in the audience can admire the visual effect of his playing – not to mention his outrageous outfits. Before his recital Cameron Carpenter will introduce children and youths into his organ world through a workshop. Applications should be made to young@lucernefestival.ch.
Tuesday, 22 November | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall
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Wednesday, 23 November | 12.15 | Lukaskirche
Debut 1
Opening Piano Off-Stage Free admission
Event no. 16503 | Ticket price CHF 30
Complete Lineup of Off-Stage Pianists: Vince Benedetti | Luca Filastro | Jean-Baptiste Franc | Christina Jaccard | Simon Mulligan | Frank Muschalle | Ricardo Regidor | Christof Sänger Andreas Müller-Crepon host There’s the major key, and there’s the minor. And there are blue notes, which introduce an ambiguous twist into the clear harmonic distinction between major and minor. It’s to these blue notes that Piano Off-Stage, the small but fine jazz festival within the Festival, is dedicated. Eight international improvisers give a total of forty performances over five evenings, seeing to it that the music continues long after the final applause in the KKL has faded. Off-Stage takes place in Lucerne’s finest bars and restaurants – turning the whole city into a stage. Such old friends as the Zurich pianist and singer Christina Jaccard and the German boogie-woogie virtuoso Frank Muschalle will be there, and so will newcomers like the Italian Luca Filastro, one of the most promising talents of stride piano. Stroll through Lucerne’s bars and listen to an exquisite set of piano jazz while enjoying a drink. And before it all starts tomorrow, you can get an overview tonight of the complete lineup of Off-Stage artists at the grand opening in the KKL. The overview of all Piano Off-Stage concerts can be found on pp. 30-31.
Louis Schwizgebel piano Robert Schumann Kinderszenen, Op. 15 Ludwig van Beethoven 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80 Franz Schubert Piano Sonata in C minor, D. 958 He has been called “a fiery spirit with depth” by the trade magazine FonoForum. The pianist Louis Schwizgebel, who was born in 1987 into a Swiss-Chinese family in Geneva, was already traveling across half of the globe during his training: to Pascal Devoyon in Berlin, Emanuel Ax at the Juilliard School in New York, and Pascal Nemirovski at the Royal Academy of Music in London. When he was 17, Schwizgebel won the Concours de Genève, and, in 2007, the Young Concert Artists Auditions in New York; he took second prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2012. The BBC named him a New Generation Artist, presenting him at numerous concerts from 2013 to 2015. And such ensembles as the London Philharmonic, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony, and the Orchestre National de Lyon have engaged him as a soloist. For his LUCERNE FESTIVAL debut Schwizgebel will therefore practically be playing a home match. His smartly designed program shows that he’s interested in a good deal more than mere virtuosity.
Wednesday, 23 November | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
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Recital 3 Event no. 16504 | Ticket prices CHF 120/90/60/30 | Seating map 3, p. 40
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Thursday, 24 November | 12.15 | Lukaskirche
Debut 2
Event no. 16505 | Ticket price CHF 30
Igor Levit piano
Andrew Tyson piano (winner of the 2015 Concours Géza Anda)
Johann Sebastian Bach Aria with 30 Variations BWV 988 Goldberg Variations
Domenico Scarlatti Piano Sonata in D minor, K. 9 | Piano Sonata in A major, K. 322 | Piano Sonata in D major, K. 96 Frédéric Chopin Mazurkas, Op. 59, nos. 1–3 | Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47 Isaac Albéniz Iberia, Book 1 Franz Liszt Rhapsodie espagnole, S 254
“What will this piano-mad artist do next?” wondered the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) when Igor Levit last fall performed two absolute milestones of the repertoire, Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, together with a pianistic tour de force by Frederic Rzewski, all forming a massive triptych. But from the start Levit, who was born in 1987 in Nizhny Novgorod and who has resided in Germany since 1995, was someone who did the unusual. His very first CD, which was released in 2013, already took on one of the summits of the piano literature: the five last sonatas by Beethoven. Levit sets no boundaries. He performs as a soloist with the major orchestras, plays chamber music with colleagues like the violinist Julia Fischer and the cellist Daniel Müller-Schott, accompanies lieder, gives piano lectures, and sometimes improvises with jazz colleagues. He recently performed the Goldberg Variations in New York as part of a project with the performance artist Marina Abramović. But in Lucerne he will present pure Bach, incomparably played “with a crystal clear, vocally saturated sound” (FAZ).
The level of unanimity on display at the 2015 Concours Géza was rare. After ten days and four rounds in which 27 young pianists vied for the jury’s favor, one of them won out big time. The American Andrew Tyson, who was born in 1986 in Majorham, North Carolina, was not only the winner of the competition but also garnered both the audience prize and the Mozart prize. For Tyson, though, this was merely the continuation of a long list of successes that also includes the Young Concert Artists Auditions in New York, the Arthur Rubinstein Prize in Piano, and the Avery Fisher Career Grant. In his homeland he has already concertized with several orchestras of distinction, and now, after his triumph in Zurich, it’s Europe’s turn. In the first half of 2016, Tyson made his debuts with the Bamberg Symphony, the Moscow Virtuosi, and the SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. And now comes his debut in Lucerne, with a program that has a heavily Spanish flavor.
Thursday, 24 November | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
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Friday, 25 November | 12.15 | Lukaskirche
Debut 3
Piano Concert 1 Event no. 16506 | Ticket prices CHF 200/170/130/90/60/30 | Seating map 1, p. 38
Event no. 16507 | Ticket price CHF 30
Basel Chamber Orchestra | Trevor Pinnock conductor | Maria João Pires piano
Kit Armstrong piano
Franz Schubert Overture in D major, D. 590 In the Italian Style Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 Scottish
William Byrd Three Pieces from Parthenia | A Fancie from My Ladye Nevells Booke of Virginal Music Wolfgang Amadé Mozart Suite for Piano in C major, K. 399 (385i) | Piano Sonata in D major, K. 284 (205b) Franz Liszt Sarabande and Chaconne from the Singspiel Almira by Handel, S 181
“Music is the truth about the world that we do not know.” What a statement! It comes from Maria João Pires, the grande dame of piano playing. For her it’s never about mere surface charm but instead always comes down to the essence of the works she plays, whose depths she knows how to explore like few others. “First we have to listen to what the music has to say and totally forget ourselves,” is her artistic credo. “It’s about having a conversation with the composer.” And this time she will enter into dialogue with Robert Schumann: a master of hidden messages, to whose works she feels especially drawn. She will join with the British conductor Trevor Pinnock, a longtime musical partner and confidant, to perform Schumann’s Piano Concerto. Whoever has had the pleasure of hearing the two of them together – whether with the Berlin Philharmonic or the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie – knows that this combination guarantees incandescent music-making.
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How many “child prodigies” actually succeed in making it in music? Most of them are hyped and then almost as soon forgotten. This fate might have even happened to Kit Armstrong when he began his meteoric ascent in 2008, at the age of 16. No less than the judicious Alfred Brendel praised him as “the greatest musical talent I have encountered in my entire life,” and the marketing machine was soon spinning in high gear. But Armstrong, an American with Taiwanese roots who speaks perfect German, who completed a degree in mathematics, and who composes, resisted all temptations. He refused to sign questionable record deals and agree to shady agency offers so that he could take his time to develop further. He gave only a limited number of concerts of the most demanding repertoire, immersing himself deeply, and with humility, in the great piano literature. With the result that today he ranks among the most unusual and interesting performers. Listen for yourself!
Friday, 25 November | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
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Saturday, 26 November | 16.00 – 17.30 | KKL Luzern, Auditorium
Piano Lectures 2 (in German)
Piano Concert 2 Event no. 16510 | Ticket prices CHF 220/190/140/100/60/30 | Seating map 1, p. 38
Free admission | limited number of seats
Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Murray Perahia pianist and conductor
Martin Meyer lecture
Ludwig van Beethoven Overture to the Ballet The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 | Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 | Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
“Alfred Brendel. Musician and Human Being”
“I never wanted to become a pianist,” Murray Perahia confesses, “but rather a musician. As complete a musician as possible.” Which is why he began very early not just to train his fingers on the piano’s 88 keys but to study the works he was playing thoroughly, learning about their compositional structures, their genesis, and their stylistic features. As a conductor and pianist united in one, especially when collaborating with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, with whom he is associated as Principal Guest Conductor, Perahia has found his true fulfillment. Whenever he performs Beethoven concertos with this ensemble, the philosophy and poetry of music are therefore also at the center. “Beethoven is like Shakespeare,” says Perahia, referring to the encompassing greatness of the classical genius. And he suggests the secret of interpretation with a bon mot by Chopin’s teacher Józef Elsner: “A craftsman sets stone upon stone and at the end sees a house. An artist sees the house first and then seeks out the stones.”
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On 5 January of this year, maestro Alfred Brendel celebrated his 85th birthday – as powerful and fresh as ever and with the wink of a philosopher who is equally attuned to the serious and the unserious, and not just in music. Which is reason enough to portray this outstanding pianist and musician in a way that demonstrates his many levels of skill and achievement as an artist and as a human being. Brendel’s performances of the works of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert have shaped how we listen to and think about their music in different and new ways. The young, sometimes impetuously thrilling Brendel will also be explored, as will a bit of his work as a poet and writer who has transferred the rhythm of music into language. This promises to be an entertaining event.
Saturday, 26 November | 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
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Sunday, 27 November | 11.00 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Chamber Music
Recital 4 Event no. 16509 | Ticket prices CHF 170/130/90/60/30 | Seating map 2, p. 39
Rudolf Buchbinder piano Robert Schumann Fantasie in C major, Op. 17 Franz Liszt Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto, S 434 Robert Schumann Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 Rudolf Buchbinder is celebrating a milestone birthday – and LUCERNE FESTIVAL celebrates Rudolf Buchbinder. Five days before he turns 70, the Viennese pianist will give a recital of works by Schumann and Liszt, combining the poetic with the highly virtuosic. For him routine has remained a foreign word, even though his international career began back in the 1960s. Buchbinder has maintained a habit of preparing meticulously, right up to the present. He studies autograph scores or consults the widest variety of score editions to compare them. “Knowledge confers freedom,” he says about his approach, and this freedom enables him, when things get serious in the concert hall, to then act spontaneously. Yet Buchbinder does not believe that his professional life has become easier through all his experiences and successes: “Day by day I become more nervous,” he sighs. “You move the bar higher and higher. To meet the audience’s expectations is not enough: you have to outdo them.” That is indeed a work ethic.
Event no. 16511 | Ticket prices CHF 90/60/30 | Seating map 4, p. 41
Lars Vogt piano | Veronika Eberle violin | Florian Donderer viola | Tanja Tetzlaff cello Johannes Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 | Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8 | Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60 He is the “Mister Chamber Music” of pianists. What other colleagues regard as “the loveliest thing to pursue on the side” is for Lars Vogt the focus of his creative work: joining together in small ensembles to play the inexhaustible world of duo sonatas, trios, quartets, and quintets. For almost twenty years, amid the idyllic Eiffel hills in Heimbach, he has been holding his own chamber music festival, known as the “Spannungen” – a name with a hidden meaning (in German it signifies both excitement and voltage), since the concerts take place in a former hydroelectric power plant. And there will be pure electricity indeed when Vogt joins with the violinist Veronika Eberle, the violist Florian Donderer, and the cellist Tanja Tetzlaff to perform three masterpieces by Johannes Brahms. Even when he was young, Brahms was one of his “great heroes,” Vogt once declared: “The Nordic-tinged harmonies and the melancholy that is colored by pain which you find in his works are very close to me. Brahms’s music has a tremendous emotionality, intense to the point of bursting, and yet it is all held together through a rational structure. That makes Brahms something very special.”
Tuesday – Saturday, 15 – 19 November | St. Charles Hall, Meggen
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Schedule Overview
Master Class in Piano with Robert Levin Ticket prices for auditors: CHF 30 (single day)/100 (complete course) Tickets must be purchased directly from the Hochschule Luzern – Musik
Participants in the Master Class | Robert Levin leader
Piano Festival | 19 – 27 November 2016
In collaboration with the Hochschule Luzern – Musik
15. – 18.11.
With some musicians, you have the impression that they could replicate themselves. For instance, Robert Levin. The American is not only a gifted pianist on modern and period instruments alike. He is also a music researcher, and as such has particularly been involved in investigating the performance practice of the Classical era and in preparing complete versions of Mozart’s Requiem and C minor Mass. And he is a passionate teacher, as he proved two years ago with his master class in Lucerne. Now he returns to share his wisdom and experience once again with selected young pianists and to guide them in the study of a repertoire ranging from the Baroque to classical Modernism. The results will be insightful for any interested auditors, not just those who play the piano! Admission is of course free for students of the Hochschule Luzern – Musik. Dates for the Master Class in Piano: Tuesday – Friday, 15 – 18 November | each day 9.30 – 12.30 and 14.00 – 17.00 Final Concert in the Lukaskirche: Saturday, 19 November | 16.00 | Free admission Application for those interested in auditing: Hochschule Musik – Luzern | Reimar Houtman Zentralstrasse 18 | CH–6003 Luzern reimar.houtman@hslu.ch
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Master Class in Piano
Participants in the Master Class | Robert Levin
Sat, 19.11. 16.00 LK
Master Class in Piano – Participants in the Master Class Final Concert
Sat, 19.11. 18.30 KS
Recital 1
Grigory Sokolov
Sun, 20.11. 11.00 KS
Day of the Keyboard 1
Georgy Tchaidze
14.00 A
Piano Lectures 1
Martin Meyer
16.00 KS
Day of the Keyboard 2 Alexej Gorlatch
18.00 KS
Day of the Keyboard 3 Nareh Arghamanyan
Mon, 21.11. 19.30 KS
Recital 2 – Organ
Cameron Carpenter
Tue, 22.11. 19.30 LS
Opening Piano Off-Stage
Complete Lineup of Off-Stage Pianists
23. – 27.11.
Piano Off-Stage
Off-Stage-Pianists
Wed, 23.11. 12.15 LK
Debut 1
Louis Schwizgebel
19.30 KS
Recital 3
Igor Levit
Thu, 24.11. 12.15 LK
Debut 2
Andrew Tyson
19.30 KS
Piano Concert 1
Basel Chamber Orchestra | Trevor Pinnock | Maria João Pires
12.15 LK
Debut 3
Kit Armstrong
19.30 KS
Piano Concert 2
Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Murray Perahia
Piano Lectures 2
Martin Meyer
Recital 4
Rudolf Buchbinder
Chamber Music
Lars Vogt | Veronika Eberle | Florian Donderer | Tanja Tetzlaff
Fri, 25.11.
Sat, 26.11. 16.00 A 18.30 KS Sun, 27.11. 11.00 KS
Venues: KKL Luzern: A Auditorium | KS Concert Hall | LS Lucerne Hall LK Lukaskirche | SC St. Charles Hall Meggen
Tuesday – Sunday, 22 – 27 November | Restaurants and Bars in Lucerne
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Piano Off-Stage Entrance to all Piano Off-Stage events is free
Vince Benedetti | Luca Filastro | Jean-Baptiste Franc | Christina Jaccard | Simon Mulligan | Frank Muschalle | Ricardo Regidor | Christof Sänger
Opening Piano Off-Stage Tuesday, 22 November | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall Wed, 23 November
Thu, 24 November
Fri, 25 November
Sat, 26 November
Sun, 27 November
KKL Foyer
Frank Muschalle 18.30 – 19.15
Simon Mulligan 18.30 – 19.15
Vince Benedetti 18.30 – 19.15
Jean-Baptiste Franc 17.30 – 18.15
Christof Sänger 10.00 – 10.45
KKL Seebar
Ricardo Regidor 18.30 – 19.15 21.30 – 23.45
Jean-Baptiste Franc 18.30 – 19.15 21.30 – 23.45
Christof Sänger 18.30 – 19.15 21.30 – 23.45
Simon Mulligan 20.30 – 23.45
Frank Muschalle 17.00 – 18.00 19.30 – 21.30
The Hotel
Christof Sänger 18.00 – 19.00 20.30 – 22.30
Christina Jaccard 18.00 – 19.00 20.30 – 22.30
Luca Filastro 18.00 – 19.00 20.30 – 22.30
Vince Benedetti 18.00 – 19.00 20.30 – 22.30
Jean-Baptiste Franc 16.00 – 19.00
Hotel Wilden Mann
Simon Mulligan 19.00 – 22.00
Frank Muschalle 19.00 – 22.00
Ricardo Regidor 19.00 – 22.00
Christina Jaccard 19.00 – 22.00
Vince Benedetti 12.00 – 15.00
Just as ice cubes belong in a cocktail, fine piano jazz belongs in a bar. At least it does in late November, during Piano Off-Stage, the annual sideshow of the Lucerne Piano Festival. But what a “sideshow”! Eight internationally acclaimed jazz artists from Italy, France, Germany, Great Britain, the United States, and Switzerland come to town to give some forty concerts. They follow the principle of rotation: each evening they change the venue, so that all of the pianists end up performing at every venue. This gives you an opportunity not only to get to know a widely varied range of jazz playing styles but also to sample the breadth of Lucerne’s finest bars and restaurants.
Hotel Des Balances
Christina Jaccard 18.30 – 19.30 21.30 – 23.30
Christof Sänger 18.30 – 19.30 21.30 – 23.30
Jean-Baptiste Franc 18.30 – 19.30 21.30 – 23.30
Ricardo Regidor 18.30 – 19.30 21.30 – 23.30
Luca Filastro 15.00 – 18.00
Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern
Luca Filastro 18.30 – 21.30
Vince Benedetti 20.00 – 22.15
Frank Muschalle 20.00 – 22.15
Christof Sänger 18.30 – 21.00
Christina Jaccard 19.30 – 22.30
Detailed information about this year’s pianists can be found in the Piano Off-Stage flyer.
Grand Hotel National
Jean-Baptiste Franc 20.00 – 23.00
Ricardo Regidor 20.00 – 23.00
Christina Jaccard 20.00 – 23.00
Luca Filastro 20.00 – 23.00
Simon Mulligan 18.00 – 21.30
Palace Luzern
Vince Benedetti 19.00 – 22.30
Luca Filastro 19.00 – 22.30
Simon Mulligan 20.00 – 23.30
Frank Muschalle 20.00 – 23.30
Christof Sänger 19.00 – 22.30
Simon Mulligan 19.45 – 20.30 21.15 – 23.00
Vince Benedetti 19.45 – 20.30 21.15 – 23.00
Jean-Baptiste Franc 18.45 – 19.30 20.15 – 22.00
Ricardo Regidor 17.00 – 20.00
Des Alpes
Art Deco Hotel Montana
Frank Muschalle 21.30 – 24.00
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Ticketing Information
Piano Festival | 19 – 27 November 2016 Online ticket sales begin on Mail and fax sales begin on Telephone sales begin on
Ticket Outlets Throughout Switzerland
Basel 2 August 2016, 12.00 noon 5 August 2016 12 August 2016, Mon – Fri from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
Ticket Sales at the Box Office Ticket Sales Throughout the Year – Across Switzerland As soon as online sales begin on 2 August 2016 at 12.00 noon, you can also obtain your concert tickets for the Summer Festival in person at the ticket windows of our off-site ticket outlets. Please find the addresses of our ticket outlets throughout Switzerland on p. 35. During the Festival Throughout the Piano Festival, daily from 10.00 am until the evening’s event begins, you can purchase tickets for events in the ongoing Festival as well as for events at the Easter Festival 2017 by visiting the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ticket window at the KKL Luzern’s main entrance (on the lake side). Ticket Purchases Directly at the Concert If you decide to attend a concert at the last minute, you can purchase tickets starting one hour before the concert begins directly at the venue where it takes place.
Musik Hug Basel | Freie Strasse 70 | CH–4001 Basel Mon – Fri, 10.00 am to 6.30 pm | Thu, 10.00 am to 7.00 pm | Sat, 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Kulturhaus Bider & Tanner, Vorverkaufsstelle | Aeschenvorstadt 2 | CH–4010 Basel Mon – Wed and Fri, 9.00 am to 6.30 pm | Thu, 9.00 am to 8.00 pm | Sat, 9.00 am to 6.00 pm
Lausanne
Hug Musique Lausanne | Grand Pont 4 | CH–1002 Lausanne Tue – Fri, 10.00 am to 6.30 pm | Sat, 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
Luzern
KKL Kartenverkauf (train station entrance) | Europaplatz 1 | CH–6002 Luzern Mon – Fri, 9.00 am to 6.30 pm | Sat, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm Musik Hug Luzern | Luzernerstrasse 45 | CH–6030 Ebikon Tue – Fri, 10.00 am to 6.30 pm | Sat, 9.00 am to 4.00 pm
Solothurn
Central ticket outlet | Buchhandlung Säli | Ritterquai 4 | CH–4500 Solothurn Mon, 2.00 pm to 6.30 pm | Tue – Fri, 9.00 am to 12.00 noon and 2.00 pm to 6.30 pm | Sat, 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Sursee
von Matt AG | Buchhandlung | Rathausplatz 2 | CH–6210 Sursee Mon, 1.30 pm to 6.30 pm | Tue – Fri, 7.45 am to 12.00 noon and 1.15 pm to 6.30 pm (Thu to 8.00 pm) | Sat, 8.30 am to 4.00 pm
St. Gallen
Musik Hug St. Gallen | Fürstenlandstrasse 96 | CH–9014 St. Gallen Tue – Fri, 10.00 am to 7.00 pm | Sat, 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
Zürich
Musik Hug Zürich | Limmatquai 28–30 | CH–8022 Zürich Mon – Fri, 10.00 am to 6.30 pm | Thu, 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
Picking Up Tickets That Have Been Ordered Tickets that have been ordered in advance may be picked up starting one hour before the performance begins at the relevant venue.
Musikhaus Jecklin | Rämistrasse 30 | CH–8024 Zürich Mon – Fri, 10.00 am to 6.30 pm | Thu, 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Tickets and Information LUCERNE FESTIVAL Ticketing & Visitor Information | P.O. Box | CH–6002 Luzern t +41 (0)41 226 44 80 | f +41 (0)41 226 44 85 ticketbox@lucernefestival.ch | www.lucernefestival.ch
With regard to all ticket sales from our sales partners, it is not possible to redeem LUCERNE FESTIVAL vouchers, to print duplicate tickets, or to return tickets for resale.
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For Our Visitors
Discounted Tickets for Students and KulturLegi Holders University students, high school students, vocational students, and JTC members up to the age of 30 as well as KulturLegi holders may purchase tickets for CHF 20 starting one hour before the beginning of the performance for events which are not sold out. They must present valid identification. No additional price reductions are possible. Valid identification must also be shown at the entrances to the respective venues. Special student offers can be found at www.lucernefestival.ch. Bring Your Youngster to a Concert for Free What could be lovelier than introducing young listeners to the enchanting world of classical music? When you a buy a ticket to selected Festival events, you can also receive one free ticket for the same value for your little one. Information and list of eligible concerts available at www.lucernefestival.ch. Duplicates in Case of Ticket Loss When possible, we will provide duplicates for lost concert tickets. Such duplicates are handed out exclusively at the evening box office for a fee of CHF 10 per order. It is not possible to print duplicates of tickets purchased at the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ticket window or at our sales outlets without customer data. Returning Tickets for Resale For events that are sold out, tickets can be resold on commission. The commission fee is 30% of the purchase price. The costs of the transfer transaction are payable by the recipient. The organizer accepts no liability for the resale of returned tickets. Print@Home-Tickets as well as tickets for which no customer data were stored at the LUCERNE FESTIVAL box office or that were bought at ticket outlets may not be resold. Wheelchair Spaces The main concert hall of the KKL Luzern has six wheelchair spaces available on special terms. The Festival cannot ensure that accompanying persons will receive a seat in the same price range or in the general vicinity. Wheelchair spaces are also available at the other event locations. Should you require help at any event venue, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our local staff are always available to help with questions and problems.
Entrance to the Concert Hall The house opens 30 minutes before the beginning of the concert. For events in the KKL’s Lucerne Hall or at one of the venues outside the KKL, if applicable, access will start shortly before the beginning of the event. For the sake of the musicians and the audience, latecomers will not be admitted until intermission or at the discretion of the Concert Hall staff. In certain instances concerts will have no intermission and allow no latecomers. If the concert is missed on account of tardy arrival, tickets will not be refunded. Audio and Video Recording For all LUCERNE FESTIVAL events, customers are strictly prohibited from making visual or audio recordings, including even for private use. Devices used to record, to film, to photograph, and to video record are not permitted. Failure to comply will result in expulsion from the event venue. LUCERNE FESTIVAL makes audio and/or video recordings of certain performances. With the purchase of a concert ticket, the customer understands that LUCERNE FESTIVAL also uses recordings in which it is possible that he or she may appear. General Terms & Conditions The General Terms & Conditions may be found at www.lucernefestival.ch.
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Note on the seat maps: The organizer reserves the right to release individual sections for sale at a later date. Updated information on all available seats can be found at www.lucernefestival.ch.
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Getting There
Arrival via Bus and Train: Your concert ticket is also valid as a travel ticket! Free rides within the Passepartout System In Lucerne your concert ticket may also be used on the day of the performance for a free ride to and from the venue within the Passepartout-Zone 10 (2nd class). Valid from 3 hours before the start and up to 3 hours after the end of the performance. Arrival and Departure by Train: 50% Rebate in the Swiss Rail Network As a concertgoer you can receive a discount of 50% for 1st or 2nd class at any Swiss Rail ticket window for a round trip to Lucerne. (The concert ticket must be presented to the inspector on the train.) With the half-fare card, the trip will cost only 25% of the full fare. This special ticket must be purchased at a Swiss Rail ticket counter, by calling the Rail Service line at 0900 300 300 (CHF 1.19/minute in the Swiss telephone network), or online at the SBB ticket shop (www.sbb.ch/lucernefestival) before beginning your trip.
Arrival via Car Owing to the parking and traffic situation, we recommend using public transportation during the Festival season. Guests who travel by car are advised to observe the city’s parking guidance system and to take the bus from the parking garages to the KKL Luzern.
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Park & Ride Several train stations outside the City of Lucerne offer Park & Ride for rail travel to Lucerne. The following stations are especially convenient and provide ample parking: Sursee, Rotkreuz, Zug, Wolhusen, Arth-Goldau, and Sarnen.
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Tourist Information Tourist Information Lucerne: Zentralstrasse 5 | CH–6002 Luzern t +41 (0)41 227 17 17
Accommodation Lucerne’s Tourist Office can help you find accommodation. Central reservations no.: t +41 41 227 17 27 | luzern@luzern.com
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The Piano Festival: A Feast for the Senses in the KKL Luzern
Because dining and wining is cultural too. Restaurant RED Creative and modern cuisine. Lunch Monday to Friday from 11:30 to 13:30 Dinner Wednesday to Sunday and on event evenings from 17:00 Reservations by telephone on + 41 41 226 71 10
World Café Specialities from across the world. To select for yourself and to take away. Open from 9:00 daily.
Every year in late autumn, LUCERNE FESTIVAL culminates in the KKL Luzern with the Piano Festival, which guarantees pure emotion. And once again this November we look forward to a full nine days long of the master pianists of our time, as well as emerging artists and the extraordinary organist Cameron Carpenter. The Debut series and a matinee of chamber music, along with Piano Off-Stage concerts, which are held late in the evening in Lucerne’s finest bars, round off the Festival. Built by the French architect Jean Nouvel, and featuring the singular acoustical design of Russell Johnson, the Concert Hall in the KKL offers a perfect stage for the Piano Festival: the sounds produced there are distributed in an optimal way throughout the space of the hall, conveying unforgettable sonic experiences along with a feeling of closeness between the pianist and audience – a feeling that is unparalleled among the world’s concert halls. This results in unique moments of intimacy, right through to the furthest seats. The KKL Luzern rounds out the Festival’s programs with still further choices. There are treats to discover in the Restaurant RED, which has earned a 15-point GaultMillau rating, delicious snacks and sparkling drinks in the Seebar, and fresh wok dishes from all over the globe in the World Café. In short: in the KKL Luzern you will find everything to make your evening at the concert an unforgettable culinary experience as well. I am delighted to welcome you to this gathering of exceptional artists and guests in the KKL Luzern and hope you enjoy exhilarating moments of music making and a beautiful holiday season. Welcome! Hans E. Koch Director of the KKL Luzern
Seebar Relax on the shore of Lake Lucerne Open daily from 17:00 April to October – summer terrace with BBQ daily from 11:00 Reservations by telephone on + 41 41 226 73 08
KKL Luzern Europaplatz 1, CH-6005 Luzern, fon + 41 41 226 70 70, www.kkl-luzern.ch
KKL Luzern | Europlatz 1 | CH–6005 Luzern t +41 (0)41 226 70 70 | f +41 (0)41 226 70 71 | info@kkl-luzern.ch | www.kkl-luzern.ch
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Piano Festival | 19 – 27 November 2016
Online ticket sales begin on Tuesday, 2 August 2016, noon Mail and fax sales begin on Friday, 5 August 2016 Telephone sales begin on Friday, 12 August 2016: Monday to Friday 10.00 am – 5.00 pm Date
Time Venue Event
No. of Ticket price tickets CHF
No.
Sat, 19.11. 18.30
KS
Recital 1
16500
Sun, 20.11. 11.00
KS
Day of the Keybord 1*
16501
50
Sun, 20.11. 16.00
KS
Day of the Keybord 2*
16521
50
Sun, 20.11. 18.00
KS
Day of the Keybord 3*
16522
50
Sun, 20.11. 11.00/ 16.00/ 18.00
KS
Package Day of the Keybord* (3 concerts at a special package price)
120
Mon, 21.11. 19.30
KS
Recital 2 – Organ
16502
Wed, 23.11. 12.15
LK
Debut 1
16503
Wed, 23.11. 19.30
KS
Recital 3
16504
Thu, 24.11. 12.15
LK
Debut 2
16505
Thu, 24.11. 19.30
KS
Piano Concert 1
16506
Fri, 25.11.
12.15
LK
Debut 3
16507
Fri, 25.11.
19.30
KS
Piano Concert 2
16510
Sat, 26.11. 18.30
KS
Recital 4
16509
Sun, 27.11. 11.00
KS
Chamber Music
16511
Handling fee
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CHF 10
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