from Gstaad Tourism, at the concert entrance or the New Year Music

PROGRAMME OUTLINE - 10th anniversary edition of
the New Year Music Festival in Gstaad Saturday 26.12.2015 - Saturday 9.1.2016
Sous le Haut Patronage de SAS le Prince Souverain Albert II de Monaco
SATURDAY 26 December 2015 - Opening evening of the festival - Grand Hotel Park Gstaad (GHPG)
17.45 - In the Gardens - Jodlerklub Lauenen “Traditional Christmas Yodelling Songs” Salon Montgomery - 18.15 - Cocktail de bienvenue & interview with Yves Prin, composer - Michele Larivière, musicologist:
19.00 - WORLD PREMIER - Yves Prin’s “FANTAISIE HAFFNER” sur des thèmes de Mozart
Caroline Haffner, piano • Trio du New Year Music Festival - Schumann duet for clarinette and cello.
SUNDAY 27 December 2015 - “Musical Fireworks” - Château d’Oex
19.30 - Concert at the Church as part of the “Orgues des Temple” celebrations: Coro San Rocco di Vicenza.
Gstaad Yacht Club - with Yves Marre & Marc van Peteghem’s ‘WATEVER,’ the French NGO for innovative and sustainable, floating
solutions: GALA CELEBRATION “10/16” Musical interludes & dinner (Reservations: [email protected])
from 20.30 - “Lyrical Guitar Solo” - Emmanuel Rossfelder, guitar
MONDAY 28 December 2015 - Lauenen Church - Brahms “Die schöne Magelone”
17.00 - Cocktails at the GHPG with presentation on Brahms “Die schöne Magelone” by Michele Larivière (en français)
18.30 - Marthe Keller, récitante (auf Deutsch) with Edwin Crossley-Mercer, baritone, Caroline Haffner, piano.
TUESDAY 29 December 2015 - Grand Hotel Park Gstaad - Salon Montgomery
17.30 - Cocktails followed by concerts: 18.00 - “Fleet of Flute” Antonio Arias, Marta Femenia, flutes • interval •
18.45 - Pierre Réach, piano J.S. Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” in association with the Glenn Gould Foundation.
WEDNESDAY 30 December 2015 - Grand Hotel Park Gstaad - Salon Montgomery
17.30 - Cocktails, followed by presentation - Agathe Amzallag (en français)
18.00 -“Broadway” Stephen Lancaster, baritone, Laetitia Noyon, narrator, Muriel Zeiter, piano.
THURSDAY 31 December 2015 - Freikonzert - St. Josefkirche Gstaad - “Music of Mozart - Opera Viva”
19.30 - Beatrice Villiger, soprano, Joachim Florlani, clarinet, Valentina Rebaudo, clarinet, Sébastien Gex, horn.
FRIDAY 1 January 2016 - Traditional new year’s day concert - Rougemont Church
17.00 - “Sacred music” Christmas programme - Choeur Novantiqua de Sion. Reception at the Salle Communale.
SATURDAY 2 January 2016 - Saanen Landhaus & Gstaad Bahnhof
17.30 - Cocktails -18.00 - “Spanish Music and Dance” Cristina Otero Ruiz Herrera, Jose Miguel Román, piano.
19.30 - Gstaad Bahnhof Popup concert - Daniela Heiderich, harp & cornemuse
SUNDAY 3 January 2016 - Rougemont Church - Beethoven
17.00 - “Cellissimo - Beethoven” - Alain Meunier, cello with Anne le Bozec, piano
18.00 - “Beethoven - Appassionata & Tempest Sonatas” - Ilan Rogoff, piano.
MONDAY 4 January 2016 - Salon Montgomery, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad - “Cellissimo”
17.30 - Cocktails - 18.00 Concert - Christophe Croisé, winner of the Brahms International Competition 2015,
with Alexander Panfilov, piano - winner of the Premio Accademia Romano 2014.
TUESDAY 5 January 2016 - Grand Hotel Park Gstaad to benefit the “Maria Callas Competition for Voice & Piano”
17.00 - Cocktails - 17.30 - Concert: “Passion” Evangelos Sarafianos, piano. Music by Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin • Interval •
19.00 - “Hommage to Maria Callas” - Anna Kasyan, soprano - with the support of the “Friends of La Scala”
and the “Concours International de Belcanto Vincenzo Bellini.”
WEDNESDAY 6 January 2016 - Gstaad Yacht Club - Dinner and Cultural presentation Clotilde Courau, Princesse de Venise with
Yves Marre & Marc van Peteghem’s ‘WATEVER,’ the French NGO for innovative and sustainable, floating solutions.
(Reservations: [email protected])
THURSDAY 7 January 2016 - Salon Montgomery, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad
17.30 - Cocktails - 18.00 “Pianissimo” The music of George Gershwin - François-Joel Thiollier, piano
FRIDAY 8 January 2016 - Grand Hotel Park Gstaad & Saanen Landhaus
17.00 - Salon Montgomery - Cocktails and concert - Michelle Bushkova, violin, Caroline Haffner, piano.
19.00 - Saanen Landhaus - Concert “From Bach to Beyrouth” - Paul Gulda, harpsichord, Marwan Abado, Oud.
SATURDAY 9 January 2016 - Rougemont Church - Gala de clôture - “Concert des Concours internationaux”
17.00 - Lauréats des Concours Internationaux de piano under the Patronage of the Embassy of Poland & the support of the
Amis du Concours Long -Thibaud:
Krzysztof Ksiazek - 2015 Laureat of the International Chopin Competition, Poland
Julian Trevelyan - 2015 Laureat of the Concours Long -Thibaud, France & Prix de SAS le Prince Albert II de Monaco
Mikhail Sporov - Laureat of the Geneva International Music Competition, Switzerland
with the New Year Music Festival Ensemble - Young Eurasian Soloists.
Tickets SFR 25.- to SFR 50.- from Gstaad Tourism, at the concert entrance
or the New Year Music Festival office: E: [email protected] • Tel: 41 (0)77 474 15 27
Artistic Director Princess Caroline Murat - www.gstaadnymf.com