80o

2 settembre

— 23 ottobre

2025

The 2025 Programme

 

BREAKING NEWS – Opening tonight with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe: soprano Golda Schultz unable to perform due to health reasons

The Settimane Musicali di Ascona and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe regret to announce that Golda Schultz, the highly anticipated soloist of this evening's opening concert of the 80th edition, will not be performing at 8 p.m. in the Church of San Francesco in Locarno due to a sudden health issue.

 

Consequently, the programme, which was originally dedicated to vocal works by Gershwin, Weill, Stravinsky, Korngold and Bernstein, will undergo a substantial change.  Robin Ticciati will conduct the orchestra in performing Schreker's Kammersymphonie as planned at the beginning of the concert and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite as the closing work - Beethoven's 8th Symphony has been added to the programme.

 

The organisers sincerely apologise to the audience for this unexpected change and thank all concertgoers for their understanding.

© Robin Ticciati-foto roberto Barra
Tuesday02September09202520:00
Church San Francesco Locarno

Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Robin Ticciati conductor
Golda Schultz  soprano

F. Schreker, G. Gershwin, K. Weill, I. Stravinsky, E. Korngold, L. Bernstein
Le Consort
Wednesday10September09202519:30
Palazzo Società Elettrica Sopracenerina (SES)

Le Consort

Sophie de Bardonnèche  violin
Hanna Salzenstein  cello
Justin Taylor  harpsichord

Mlle Duval, Mlle Laurent, J-B. Barrière; J-P. Rameau, Mme de la Chaussée, J.B. Masse, L. Couperin, J.N. P. Royer, E. F. Dall'Abaco, A. Vivaldi, Mlle Guésdon de Presles, E. Jacquet de la Guerre
Festival Strings Lucerne ©Fabrice Umiglia
Sunday14September09202518:00
Church Collegio Papio Ascona

Festival Strings Lucerne

W.A. Mozart, R. Schumann, P. I. Tchaikovsky
Evento speciale
Maxim Emelyanychev
Wednesday17September09202519:30
Church Collegio Papio Ascona

Il Pomo d’oro

Maxim Emelyanychev conductor and fortepiano

W.A. Mozart
Noseda @ELMANSTUDIO
Friday19September09202519:30
Church San Francesco Locarno

Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Gianandrea Noseda conductor
Francesco Piemontesi piano

F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, L.v. Beethoven, R. Schumann
Ivan Fischer BFO
Tuesday23September09202519:30
Church San Francesco Locarno

Budapest Festival Orchestra

Iván Fischer conductor
Guy Braunstein violin

J.S.Bach, I. Fischer, L.v. Beethoven
Charles DUTOIT OSI ©Foto Roberto Barra
Friday26September09202519:30
Church San Francesco Locarno

Orchestra della Svizzera italiana

Charles Dutoit conductor
Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno

Guy Cutting tenor
Ludmila Schwartzwalder mezzosoprano
Matthias Winckhler basse-baritone
Carolyn Sampson soprano

Oliver Schnyder piano
Teo Gheorghiu piano
Cédric Pescia piano
Gabriele Leporatti piano

I. Stravinsky, J.S. Bach, A. Bruckner
Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini
Saturday27September09202517:00
Cinema Gran Rex, Locarno

Lo schiaccianoci

Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini formazione cameristica

Noris Borgogelli direttore e voce narrante

P. I. Tchaikovsky
Siranossian-Wieder
Sunday28September09202519:30
Church Collegio Papio Ascona

Incontri - Musica da camera I

Chouchane Siranossian violin
Sonia Wieder-Atherton cello

J.S. Bach, M. Ravel
piemontesi-schiff
Monday29September09202519:30
Church Collegio Papio Ascona

Incontri - Musica da camera II

Sir András Schiff piano
Francesco Piemontesi piano

W.A. Mozart, F. Schubert
Piotr Anderszewski © Simon Fowler- Warner Classics
Thursday02October10202519:30
Church Collegio Papio Ascona

Recital di pianoforte

Piotr Anderszewski piano

J. Brahms, B. Bartok
Mala Punica © Foto Roberto Barra
Monday06October10202519:30
Church Collegio Papio Ascona

Mala Punica

Barbara Zanichelli & Beatrice Pellegrino sopran
Marketa Cukrová alto

Gianluca Ferrarini & Raffaele Giordani tenors
Helena Zemanová & José Manuel Navarro vielle
Pablo Kornfeld organ, clavicymbalum
Pedro Memelsdorff direction, recorder

R. de Cypro, J. Ciconia, M. da Perugia, P. Ortiz
Quatuor-diotima-2023-@michel_nguyen_photographe
Tuesday14October10202519:30
Palazzo Società Elettrica Sopracenerina (SES)

Quatuor Diotima

L.v. Beethoven, B. Furrer, M. Ravel
huang-bellom
Saturday18October10202511:00
Palazzo Società Elettrica Sopracenerina (SES)

Debut Concert

Stéphanie Huang cello
Guillaume Bellom piano

R. Schumann, G. Fauré, C. Franck
14. ABO 2018 © foto Roberto Barra
Thursday23October10202519:30
Church San Francesco Locarno

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

Amsterdam Baroque Choir

Ton Koopman conductor

Suzanne Jerosme soprano

Ilse Eerens soprano

Tim Mead tenor

Kieran White tenor
Andreas Wolf bass

G.F. Händel

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