2027 programme announced on 6 November. Tickets on sale from 23 November.

2027 programme announced on 6 November. Tickets on sale from 23 November.

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深圳·韦尔比耶音乐节 2026
Verbier Festival 2026 Shenzhen
The inaugural Verbier Festival in Shenzhen: 30 January to 8 February 2026
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Verbier Festival Orchestra

Verbier Festival Orchestra

Programme 2026

30 July 2025 17 July 2026 17 July 2026 20 July 2026 23 July 2026 23 July 2026 26 July 2026 30 July 2026 02 August 2026

Biography

The Verbier Festival Orchestra (VFO) is a rite of passage for today’s exceptional young orchestra musicians aged 18 to 28. It is recognized as one of the best training orchestras on the planet. Since its founding in 2000, the orchestra has brought together rising talents with the foremost conductors and soloists of our time.

Programme
30 July 2025
Discovery
LES PETITS MÉLOMANES
17 July 2026
Open Rehearsal
VFO / ESA-PEKKA SALONEN
17 July 2026
concert inaugural
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN / LUCAS DEBARGUE
20 July 2026
Symphonic
SIMON RATTLE / KIRILL GERSTEIN
23 July 2026
Open Rehearsal
VFO / DANIEL HARDING / JOSHUA BELL
23 July 2026
Symphonic
DANIEL HARDING / JOSHUA BELL
26 July 2026
Piano
LAHAV SHANI / YUNCHAN LIM / MINSOO SOHN
30 July 2026
Piano
GIANANDREA NOSEDA / MIKHAÏL PLETNEV
02 August 2026
Closing
VASILY PETRENKO / ALEXANDRE KANTOROW
13 October 2026
Open Rehearsal
VFO / SIMON RATTLE / KIRILL GERSTEIN
13 October 2026
Open Rehearsal
VFO / LAHAV SHANI / YUNCHAN LIM / MINSOO SOHN
13 October 2026
Open Rehearsal
VFO / GIANANDREA NOSEDA / MIKHAÏL PLETNEV
13 October 2026
Open Rehearsal
VFO / VASILY PETRENKO / ALEXANDRE KANTOROW
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