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verbier music festival

Feb 28, 2022

Verbier Festival Cuts Ties with Music Director Valery Gergiev

The Verbier Festival has accepted the resignation of Valery Gergiev as the Music Director of the Verbier Festival Orchestra. The festival released a statement on Feb. 28 in which it noted that it had asked Gergiev to resign and he accepted. The festival’s Founder & Director, Martin T:son Engstroem also added, “The Verbier Festival, its staff, management and Board, strongly condemns {…}

Jul 14, 2021

Verbier Festival Cancels Festival Orchestra Concerts & Announces Program Changes

The Verbier Festival has announced programming changes following a COVID-19 outbreak among members of the Festival Orchestra. In a press release, the Festival noted that it was forced to cancel all Verbier Festival Orchestra concerts and replace it with the Verbier Chamber Orchestra. “The positive COVID-19 cases were immediately identified and contained to the VFO, with a period of isolation {…}

Jul 13, 2017

Verbier Festival 2017 To Livestream Strauss’ ‘Elektra’ With Lise Lindstrom & Thomas Hampson

***Update: Eric Owens Will Be Singing the role of Oreste instead of Hampson, who has canceled. The Verbier Festival will livestream Strauss’ “Elektra” on Medici.tv on July 27, 2017. The opera will star Lise Lindstrom in the title role alongside Ingela Brimberg as Chrysothemis, Anna Larsson as Klytaemnestra and Thomas Hampson as Orest. Esa-Pekka Salonen will conduct the Verbier Festival {…}

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