Gstaad Festival Orchestra | Bomsori, Zhao & van Zweden ID:
Orchester
Saturday, 08. August 2026
7:30 p.m., Church Saanen
The first concert of the year with Jaap van Zweden at the helm of “his” Menuhin Festival Orchestra – set within the unique atmosphere of Saanen’s historic Mauritius Church! On the programme: 100% Viennese Classicism, entirely in the spirit of our Festival’s founder. At the heart of the evening stand two exceptional soloists: violinist Bomsori Kim, well known to us from her years as a “Menuhin’s Heritage Artist”, and cellist Jing Zhao, a graduate of the Berlin Karajan Academy under David Geringas and prize-winner of the prestigious ARD International Music Competition in Munich.
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Bomsori Kim, Violin
- Menuhin's Heritage Artist
Jing Zhao, Cello
Gstaad Festival Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
- Chief Conductor of the Gstaad Festival Orchestra
| Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) | |
| Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb:1 (ca. 1762) | 25' |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) | |
| Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 (1788) (without clarinets) | 30' |
| Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 “Turkish” (1775) | 30' |
| 90' | |