We are very happy announcing the 2 Prelude concerts which take place during the festival week in connection with our artistic partnership with the HEMU (Haute École de Musique) Vaud Valais Fribourg.

Tuesday, 13th May 2025 at 18:30 with Andrea Cueva Molnar, soprano.

Saturday, 17th May 2025 at 18:30 with Tami Pohjola, violin.

Your ticket to attend “Hommage à Clara Haskil” concert on May 13th and “Hommage à Kokoschka II” on May 17th gives you automatic access to attend the Prelude concert which precede the corresponding evening concert.

Tickets to attend the Prelude concert only (10 CHF per ticket) are sold directly at the venue starting at 18:15.

You can now buy your tickets on the site monbillet.ch with an EARLYBIRD offer of 10% discount during the month of January only.

A special mention:
The Closing Concert on Monday, May 19th with the Cameristi della Scala and soloists Veronika Eberle and Daniel Müller-Schott, which is labeled “Concert pour Vevey”, is a free event with limited number of free tickets available.

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The second season of the series Les Accords Parfaits opened on 21 September at the Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa Lausanne. Thanks to the unfailing support of the Vevey Spring Classic, the winner of the 2023 edition of the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition, Magdalene Ho, played with Pierre Génisson, one of the world pre eminent clarinetists. The two artists amazed an enthusiastic audience performing a programme of works by Schumann, Weber and Gershwin.

Les Accords Parfaits continues! On Saturday 30 November, Daniel Müller-Schott will be joined by his younger colleagues for the second of four concerts. Opening the concert with Bach’s Cello Suite No. 3 in C major BWV 1009, the cellist will then let the stage taken by Emmanuel Tjeknavorian (violin) and Annika Treutler (piano) to perform a few romantic pieces for violin and piano. To close the evening, the three artists will present Brahms’s Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101.

Two days prior, Daniel Müller-Schott will be performing at the Musée Jenisch Vevey at 18:30 pm. The Vevey Spring Classic begins an artistic partnership with the Vevey museum which houses the Oskar Kokoschka Foundation. The works of the Austrian painter are often associated with music and his friendships with major composers and performers of the 20th century. Daniel Müller-Schott opens a series of concerts in the museum combining music, painting, history and literature at this cultural mecca on the region of the Riviera. Following the performance of works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Pablo Casals, Daniel Müller-Schott and Wilson Hermanto will take part in a public conversation about the artistic figure of Oskar Kokoschka and the links between him and the world of music of his time. This discussion will be moderated by Aglaja Kempf, curator of the Oskar Kokoschka Foundation.

A happy Summer greetings from the Vevey Spring Classic team. 

We are pleased to share the article which appeared in the “Revue musicale de Suisse Romande” with all of you :

The Vevey Spring Classic and Musée Jenisch Vevey are proud to announce the start of a long term exclusive artistic partnership. Each year, several classical music concerts will be organized in one of the museum’s exhibition rooms during the festival week in Spring. Under this collaboration, other musical events will also take place in the museum during the year with the purpose of creating synergy between music, painting, history and literature.

Musée Jenisch Vevey hosts the largest collection of Oskar Kokoschka’s works in the world. The painter lived in Villeneuve from 1953 until his death in 1980 at the age of 93. The famous Austrian born expressionist painter fell in love with the Swiss Riviera. He painted several works with Lake Geneva as subject. Kokoschka was also known as a writer, poet and playwright. This cosmopolitan man and vagabond, as he called himself, maintained a close connection with the Viennese musical society of the turn of the century. In this connection, to his legacy we credit his paintings of portraits of Arnold Schönberg, Egon Wellesz and Anton Webern. The painter was also a close friend of Alban Berg and was the lover of Alma Mahler from 1912 to 1914.

Being a passionate writer, Kokoschka’s play Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen inspired Paul Hindemith to compose his one act opera with the same title. With Wilhelm Furtwängler, they had a plan to collaborate in a new production of Mozart The Magic Flute at Salzburg Festival which sadly did not materialize due to the death of the great conductor. The concerts curated by the Vevey Spring Classic at the Musée Jenisch Vevey will focus on the many elements that bring forth the richness of the history of the 20^th century and embrace the intimate relationship of the arts and culture with our region.

As the launching pad of our collaboration, we invite you to attend the event below: 

Thursday 28 November 2024, 18:30

Musée Jenisch, Vevey

J.S. Bach  Suite for solo cello no. 3 in C Major BWV 1009

Pablo Casals  El cant dels ocells (The Song of the Birds)

Daniel Müller-Schott, cello

Followed by a conversation on “Oskar Kokoschka and music” with the Co-Artistic Directors of the Vevey Spring Classic, Wilson Hermanto and Daniel Müller-Schott, moderated by Aglaja Kempf, Curator of the Oskar Kokoschka Foundation. 

Dear Friends of the Vevey Spring Classic,

The interaction and support for the outstanding young musical talents have been one of the founding values ​​of the Vevey Spring Classic since its inception. We have been working for three years now with artists who, in our opinion, will be the stars of tomorrow.

During our 2024 festival edition, moments of pure magic occurred. Among them our discovery of an extraordinary talent : the young Malaysian pianist Magdalene Ho who performed several concerts, both in recital and chamber music.

Winner of the First Prize of the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Vevey in 2023, Magdalene Ho was selected to integrate our festival as part of the artistical partnership with this competition. From the first rehearsal, she impressed her mentors, Simon Trpčeski and Daniel Müller-Schott, with her musical maturity and the quality of her playing.

It was a great pleasure to work and play with Magdalene Ho who brought a lot of joy to the Festival in an immense program that she managed to master with professionalism. I am sure that her musicality will further develop naturally and that she will make a substantial contribution to our musical universe.

– Simon Trpčeski

It is extraordinary that at her age, Magdalene Ho has such depth and freedom of expression which is truly rare. She is also very modest, always seeking to transmit the composer’s message and presents impeccable technique which allows her to play in a natural way. All of this is truly exceptional. I am delighted to have Magdalene with us at the start of her career.

– Daniel Müller-Schott

Speaking from a musician’s point of view and having worked with her, I sincerely feel that a talent like Magdalene Ho’s very rarely appears in our life. For me, this young pianist embodies the true spirit and uniqueness of Clara Haskil.

– Wilson Hermanto

Amazed by the talent and absolutely unique qualities of Magdalene Ho, we decided to offer her mentoring and support her future development over time, in collaboration with the SONORA music agency. We are convinced that artistic personalities like those of Magdalene Ho have their place on the most important concert stages.

The upcoming concerts of Magdalene Ho in Switzerland :

• On September 18^th with the Sinfonieorchester Biel Solothurn in Biel.
• On September 21^st in recital in Lausanne as part of the Vevey Spring Classic.
• On October 24^th with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) in Geneva.

Dear Magdalene, welcome to the Vevey Spring Classic family !

The Fourth Edition of the Vevey Spring Classic festival will take place between the 12th to 18th of May 2025.

Details regarding the artists and programs will be communicated in the autumn.

We wish all of you a nice Summer holiday !

Dear Friends,

May 19^th 2024

Our violin and viola mentor Yura Lee has regrettably had to cancel her overseas flight from United States to Switzerland at the very last minute due to pneumonia that required hospitalization.

We are extremely grateful to have Máté Szücs, former Principal Viola of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, renown soloist and chamber musician as well as a Professor at the HEM Geneva coming to replace Yura Lee at a very short notice for the concerts on May 25^th and 26^th.

In addition, the young star Dutch violinist Noa Wildschut, who was the young prodigy in our inaugural edition in 2022 has agreed to take over the repertoire which Yura Lee originally had to play on May 23^rd, 24^th and 25^th.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Salle del Castillo between May 22^nd and 26^th !

Wilson Hermanto and Daniel Müller-Schott, Co-Artistic Director

Dear Friends,

Our friend and musical partner, the great Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi has unfortunately had to cancel his participation in the 2024 edition of the Vevey Spring Classic due to hands inflammation.

We are very grateful to welcome the eminent Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski and the renowned French pianist Éric Le Sage at such a short notice.

Simon Trpčeski will be performing in the Soirée I, II, IV and Éric Le Sage in the closing concert.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Salle del Castillo between May 22^nd  and 26^th !

Wilson Hermanto and Daniel Müller-Schott, Co-Artistic Directors

We are happy to announce a series of 4 “Prelude” concerts during the 2024 festival week as the continuation of our artistic partnership with the HEMU (Haute École de Musique et Conservatoire de Lausanne).

This year we look forward to welcoming 2 students from the HEMU “Master Soliste” program: the flutist Melanie Martin Gil and the clarinetist Tiago Bento.

In addition, the cellist Benjamin Jacobs who is the recipient of VSC scholarship for the season 2023-24 will be featured together with the 2023 laureate of the Clara Haskil Prix, Magdalene Ho.

As a part of our artistic partnership with the Clara Haskil Competition, the fourth “Prelude” concert is programmed with a solo recital by Magdalene Ho.

“Prelude” concert I
Thursday 23 May 2024, 18:30

Salle del Castillo, Vevey

Ysaÿe  Poème élégiaque in d minor op. 12
Borne  Fantaisie brillante sur “Carmen”

Melanie Martin Gil, flute
Veronica Kuijken, piano

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“Prelude” concert II
Friday 24 May 2024, 19:00

Salle del Castillo, Vevey

Brahms  Cello Sonata no. 1 in e minor op. 38

Benjamin Jacobs, cello
Magdalene Ho, piano

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“Prelude” concert III
Saturday 25 May 2024, 19:00

Salle del Castillo, Vevey

Weber  Grand duo concertant in E-flat Major op. 48

Tiago Bento, clarinet
Véronique Goudin-Léger, piano

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“Prelude” concert IV
Sunday 26 May 2024, 16:00

Salle del Castillo, Vevey

Mozart  Piano Sonata in c minor K. 457
Schumann  Toccata in C Major op. 7

Magdalene Ho, piano