Andermatt (15.12.2023) – Another concert highlight for the 8th Swiss Alps Classics in Andermatt (May 2 to 4, 2024) has now been confirmed! On Friday, May 3 2024, the Norwegian violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing will perform with the string ensemble of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra and the Norwegian pianist Håvard Gimse in the Andermatt Concert Hall.
With her program, the artist will bring Nordic sounds to the heart of Andermatt. Hemsing will perform Edvard Grieg's Våren "Last Spring" in the arrangement by Ben Palmer for violin and orchestra from op. 33 no. 2 and P.I. Tchaikovsky's "Souvenir d'un lieu cher" ("Memory of a beloved stay") in the arrangement by Nils Thore Røsth for violin and orchestra from op. 42 with a string ensemble from the "Luzerner". With Håvard Gimse, the artist will perform Johan Halvorsen's "Norwegian Dance No. 2", Suite Mosaique op. 35 Veslemøy's Song, "Norwegian Dance No. 1", Johan Svendsen's Romance for violin and piano and Edvard Grieg's Sonata for violin and piano No. 2 in G major.
Eldbjørg Hemsing, born in 1990, is one of the most charismatic violinists on the international scene. Praised for her radiant and sophisticated performances, she is a musician committed to bringing her art form to new audiences around the world. Her international career has quickly taken off, resulting in four award-winning albums and the premiere of numerous compositions in many of the world's greatest concert halls.
Advance ticket sales for the 8th Swiss Alps Classics started at the beginning of December. From today Friday (15.12.2023) you can now also secure your tickets for the concert on May 3, 2024. Tickets are available via the online ticket store on the event website HERE.
The concert on Saturday, May 4, 2024, has already been announced. The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra with Emmanuel Tjeknavorian from Vienna as conductor and Anastasia Kobekina on the cello will perform in the Andermatt Concert Hall. The wonderful program of Switzerland's oldest symphony orchestra will include P.I. Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations op. 33 for cello and orchestra as well as Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's Symphony No. 4 in A major "Italian" op. 90. Anastasia Kobekina will also perform Johan Halvorsen's Passacaglia for violin and cello on a theme by George Frideric Handel with Hemsing.
The Swiss Alps Classics stands for beautiful, sometimes extraordinary venues around the mystical St. Gotthard as well as for personal proximity to world-class artists. Star pianists such as Lang Lang, Igor Levit or Katia & Marielle Labèque, the opera greats Olga Peretyatko, Marisol Montalvo and Herbert Lippert, the violin virtuosos Maxim Brilinsky, Ziyu He, Benjamin Schmid & Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, who has already appeared as a conductor in 2019 & 2021, the internationally renowned composer and clarinettist Jörg Widmann, acclaimed formations such as the Philharmonia Schrammeln Wien, Triology or the Janoska Ensemble as well as members of the Vienna Philharmonic have honored us in the course of the past festivals. The actress Isabel Karajan and the Swiss-born Dieter Flury, long-time solo flutist and former managing director of the Vienna Philharmonic, as well as the "family duo" Elena Bashkirova-Barenboim and Michael Barenboim and Hans and Martin Haselböck also enjoyed the unmistakable atmosphere of the Swiss Alps Classics.
The Nätschen middle station, the Sasso San Gottardo Crystal Hall, the Benedictine monastery in Disentis, the Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne with its fantastic view over Lake Lucerne and the equally picturesque Park Hotel Vitznau on Lake Lucerne have already served as unusual concert locations. The festival's home venues are the 5-star deluxe hotel The Chedi Andermatt and the Andermatt Concert Hall. At the 2023 festival, Swiss Alps Classics made its first guest appearance in the new chamber music hall of Kultur Kulinarik Vitznau, which opened in February 2023.