Soloist: Argerich, Martha

Soloist: Bashmet, Yuri

Soloist: Bell, Joshua

Soloist: Capucon, Gautier

Soloist: Kavakos, Leonidas

Soloist: Kissin, Evgeny

Soloist: Lakatos, Roby

Soloist: Maisky, Mischa

Soloist: Matsuev, Denis

Soloist: Rachlin, Julian

Soloist: Repin, Vadim

Soloist: Wang, Yuja

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Composer: Mendelssohn, Felix

Composer: Ysaye, Eugene

Composer: Monti, Vittorio

Composer: Brahms, Johannes

Composer: Lutoslawski, Witold

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Venue: Salle des Combins, Verbier

Date of Concert: 07-2011

Festival: Verbier Festival

Playing Time: 01:01:02

Television Director: Soulard, Isabelle

Catalogue Number: EuroArts7977

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The Verbier Festival is arguably one of the most prestigious classical usic events in the world. The quality of the participating artists as well as the originality of the programmes has established the festival as a culminating point in the music season.

Yuja Wang, Leonidas Kavakos, and Gautier Capucon get the ball rolling with Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 2, followed by Leonidas Kavakos and Joshua Bell performing a Ysaye Duo Sonata. Denis Matsuev, Julian Rachlin, and Roby Lakatos tackle Vittorio Monti's Csardas, transcribed for two violins and piano. Brahms' Piano Quartet follows, featuring Kissin, Repin, Bashmet, and Maisky. Finally, as the cherry on the cake, legendary pianists Martha Argerich and Evgeny Kissin bring Lutoslawski's Variations sur un theme de Paganini with head-spinning virtuosity.