The Collegiate Chorale at the Verbier Festival
All Day
The Collegiate Chorale will make its sixth appearance at the 20th Anniversary of the Verbier Festival from July 19-25, 2013, in concerts with Charles Dutoit, Christian Zacharias, and Valery Gergiev. The Collegiate Chorale cherishes a rich collaboration with the Verbier Festival since its first appearance at the festival under James Levine in 2005. The Chorale is thrilled to perform at the festival on its 20th anniversary and to celebrate a shared mission for artistic excellence and inter-generational exchange through music.
The Collegiate Chorale at the 2013 Verbier Festival
July 19 at 7:00 PM - Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Lera Auerbach’s Verbier Festival commission In Praise of Peace with the Verbier Festival Orchestra and Charles Dutoit, conductor
July 22 at 7:00 PM - Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy with the Verbier Festival Orchestra and Charles Dutoit, conductor
July 23 at 7:00 PM - Schubert’s Mass in E-flat with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra and Christian Zacharias, conductor
July 25 at 7:00 PM - Verdi’s Otello (Act I) with Aleksandrs Antonenko, Anna Netrebko, Alexey Markov, and Francesco Demuro, the Verbier Festival Orchestra, and Valery Gergiev, conductor
For more information or to buy tickets, visit http://www.verbierfestival.com/programme-tickets/programme/artist/the-collegiate-chorale.
The Collegiate Chorale recently honored the Verbier Festival at their annual Spring Benefit on April 30 at Carnegie Hall. Martin T. Son Engstroem, founder of the Verbier Festival, was present at the benefit evening to accept the honor for the Verbier Festival. He has been artistic and executive director of the festival since its foundation in 1994. Mr. Engstroem was first an agent for international opera singers and musicians in his native Sweden before moving to Switzerland in 1987. Mr. Engstroem worked at EMI France, the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele and the Paris Opera, and was Vice President of Artists & Repertoire at Deutsche Grammophon where he was directly responsible for the recording projects of many major artists such as Anne-Sophie Mutter, Pierre Boulez, Claudio Abbado, and Maurizio Pollini.