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Posted by Jane on December 5, 2007, 9:15 pm
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MUSIC PROMENADE FESTIVAL
Gstaad Lauenen Rougemont, Switzerland
Thursday 27 December 2007 – Saturday 5 January 2008
Thursday 27 December 2007 GRECIAN OPENING GALA
in support of the reforestation projects following the fires in the Kalamata region of Greece
MUSIC PROMENADE FESTIVAL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Direction: John Apeitos with Irini Tsirakidis, soprano (Laureat of the Maria Callas Competition)
‘Opera Arias’
18h00 Welcome Cocktails ‘Gstaad Yacht Club’
20h00 Eglise de Lauenen Concert ‘Opera Arias’
21h30 Gala Dinner at the Grand Hotel Park Gstaad
Friday 28 December 2007 YOUNG VIOLINISTS OF KAZAKHSTAN
Direction: Aiman Musakhodzhayeva (UNICEF Ambassador for Peace)
Under the High Patronage of the Kazakh Minister of Education and in the presence of the Kazakh Minister of Culture and Communication in partnership with the Rosey International
National Academy of Music of Kazakhstan (17 violinists aged 7-13 years)
19h30 Eglise de Lauenen
21h30 Gala Dinner at the ‘Eagle Club’ Gstaad
Saturday 29 December 2007 MAXIM VENGEROV’S MUSICAL ARTISTRY
Musical Promenade with Maxim Vengerov (UNICEF International Ambassador) to benefit the ‘Green Cross International’ project in Tchernobyl
Green Cross International Chairman – President Mikhail Gorbachev
19h30 Eglise de Rougemont
21h30 Gala Dinner at the ‘Chlosterli’ Restaurant Gstaad
Sunday afternoon 30 December 2007 FREE CONCERT
Alessandro Valoriani, organ, Norbert Kiser, trumpet +
Music to celebrate – Scarlatti (250th anniversary), Buxtehude (300th anniversary)
Bach and Torelli
17h00 Eglise de Rougemont
Sunday evening 30 December 2007 3RD ‘GALA DES CŒURS’
Grace Bumbry, soprano Final Farewell Performance of her World Tour in the presence of the Director General of the United Nations Office Geneva.
In benefit of the Global Humanitarian Fund (Founder Kofi Annan).
20h00 Eglise de Rougemont
21h30 Gala Dinner at the Grand Hotel Park Gstaad
Monday 31 December 2007
Mélodie Zhao (12 years old), piano ‘Kinderszenen’
16h00 Grand Hotel Park (plus ‘Music in Painting’ activity for under 12’s)
Monday 31 December 2007 FREE CONCERT
Part of the ‘International Year of Glenn Gould’ Celebrations
Liu Ji (16 years old), piano, Bach Goldberg Variations
19h30 Eglise St Josef de Gstaad
21h00 Champagne cocktails offered
Tuesday 1 January 2008 HOMMAGE TO PAVAROTTI
Mauro Pagano, Italian tenor ‘Opera Recital’
The Maestro’s favourite arias
19h30 Salon Montgomery
20h45 Dinner at the ‘Marco Polo’ Restaurant, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad
Thursday 3 January 2008 VLADIMIR SVERDLOV, Piano
(Laureat of the Monte Carlo ‘Masters of Piano’ 2006)
‘In memory of Sviatoslav Richter’ (d. 1997)
Next summer Vladimir plays with the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra in the courtyard of the Prince’s Palace, Monaco
19h00 Chapelle St Nicolas de Gstaad
Friday 4 January 2008 HOMMAGE TO ROSTROPOVITCH
Tatiana Vassiljeva, Cello
Winner of the Rostropovitch International Competition and Tchaikovsky International Competition
with Julian Quentin, piano
19h00 Chapelle St Nicolas de Gstaad
Saturday 5 January 2008 RUSSIAN GALA
Leontina Vaduva, soprano, Caroline Haffner, piano
Dimitri Maslennikov, cello, Denis Kojoukhine, piano
19h30 Eglise de Lauenen
21h00 Closing Gala Dinner at the Grand Hotel Park Gstaad
MUSIC PROMENADE FESTIVAL - Artistic Director Princess Caroline Murat
President APMC 5 rue de l’Eglise, CH-1146 Mollens
Fax: 0041 21 864 38 01
MUSIC PROMENADE FESTIVAL - GSTAAD LAUENEN ROUGEMONT
Thursday 27 December 2007 to Saturday 5 January 2008
Website under construction: http://www.music-promenade-festival.com
Tickets online: www.tempslibre.ch
Promotion: reduction of 25 per cent on tickets forall 4 opera recitals.
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