Our festival 6th edition will take place between May 17th – 26th 2027 with the focus of celebrating 2 birthdays: Pablo Casals 150 & Daniel Müller-Schott 50.

The former was born at the very end of 1876, exactly on December 29th while the later was born a century later on November 2nd.

Casals was not only one of the greatest cellists and celebrated musicians of all time but also a great humanist. He was simply a larger than life personality and a close friend of legends associated with the history of Vevey such as Clara Haskil, Oskar Kokoschka, Charlie Chaplin

Specially in our 2027 festival, it is a fitting occasion to celebrate Casals and Müller-Schott anniversaries with storytelling programs, linking the glory of the art of cello playing past and present, as well as show casing a few cornerstone repertoire which Casals performed as a conductor.

The facts that both Casals and Müller-Schott were born almost at the end of the calendar year, it is our intention to celebrate their anniversaries connected to the 2027 festival.

Together with our close artistic partner Musée Jenisch Vevey, we will announce exciting news in the coming months in regard to the focus of Casals & Müller-Schott celebration….

We would like to thank Fundació Pau Casals – Museu for the right to post the photo of Pablo (Pau) Casals having lunch at the restaurant Hôtel des Trois Couronnes – The Leading Hotels of the World in August 1954 with Clara Haskil, Eugene Ormandy and friends.