Summer Concert
Friday, 26 June 2026
Sol Gabetta, violoncello
Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet
Dejan Lazić, piano
Worksby Shchedrin, Rota,Bartók, Brahms
Paths to Brahms
This summer concert will surely delight you. It brings together three outstanding musical personalities – Sol Gabetta, Andreas Ottensamer and Dejan Lazić – and four extraordinary chamber music works in a legendary location, the Bürgenstock. In the chapel, which seats only 70 people, you will experience the artists closer than almost anywhere else.
In the Style of Albéniz opens the evening. The piece by Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, who died in the summer of 2025 and lived in Munich, is a tribute to Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz. It exemplifies Shchedrin’s masterful way of crossing boundaries and combining different musical traditions.
Nino Rota seduces us with Italian charm. Best known for his more than 150 film scores, including that for The Godfather, Rota always considered himself a classical composer and created an extensive body of concert music. Our ensemble has chosen his clarinet trio from 1973: a true gem of chamber music literature, timeless, enchanting and virtuosic.
Mikrokozmosz is the name of Béla Bartók’s enormous piano collection, comprising a total of around 150 pieces, which he composed between 1927 and 1939. From this collection, we will hear the 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm, which form the conclusion of the collection as concert-level études. Inspired
by Balkan folk music, they are distinctly characteristic of Bartók in their complex and unevenly paced measures.
These virtuoso folkloric and cross-border alliances ultimately lead us to Brahms. It was in Bad Ischl in 1891 that he wrote one of his most important late chamber music works, the Clarinet Trio in A minor. The trio is described as elegiac, with melancholy paired with passion and joie de vivre, and the intense dialogues between the instruments eventually culminating in a Hungarian Csárdás melody.
Programme
Champagne aperitif: from 5.30 pm, Parisa – Persian Cuisine
Concert: 6.30–7.45 pm, Bürgenstock Chapel
Rodion Shchedrin (1932–2025)
‘In the Style of Albéniz’ for cello and piano
Nino Rota (1911–1979)
Trio for clarinet, cello and piano
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Allegrissimo
Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm from ‘Mikrokosmos’ for solo piano, Sz 107, BB 105, Nos. 148–153
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Andantino grazioso
4. Allegro
Performers
Sol Gabetta is a sought-after guest at leading festivals and was Artiste étoile at Lucerne Festival where she appeared with Wiener Philharmoniker, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra. As a chamber musician she appears regularly with Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Isabelle Faust, Bertrand Chamayou, Kristian Bezuidenhout and Alexander Melnikov – at Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall, Lucerne, Verbier, Salzburg, Schwetzingen, the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, and the Beethovenfest Bonn. In recognition of her exceptional artistic achievements, vision, and creativity, Sol Gabetta was honored with the European Culture Prize in 2022. This was preceded by countless other awards. Gabetta has been artistic director of the Solsberg Festival since 2006.
City Recital Hall in Beijing, and at festivals such as the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, alongside partners such as Joshua Bell, Sol Gabetta, Andreas Ottensamer and Benjamin Schmid. He is the artistic director of the 2026 Toujours Mozart Festival in Munich. As a composer, Lazić is under contract with Sikorski Music Publishers.
Andreas Ottensamer has captured audiences and critics alike with his distinct musicianship and versatility as clarinettist, artistic director and conductor. As a clarinet soloist, he has performed with the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. His artistic partnerships as a chamber musician include work with Yuja Wang, Seong-Jin Cho, Lisa Batiashvili, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Phillippe Jaroussky, Gautier Capuçon and Sol Gabetta. He regularly performs at festivals such as the Salzburger Festspiele, the Gstaad Menuhin Festival and the Rheingau Musik Festival and is an exclusive recording artist with Deutsche Grammophon. The programme is subject to change
Dejan Lazić’s refreshing interpretations of the piano repertoire make him one of the most unique artists of his generation. As a soloist, he regularly performs with orchestras such as the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, London Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, NHK Symphony and the Budapest Festival Orchestra. He has performed at venues such as the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Lincoln Centre, Melbourne Recital Centre, Forbidden
Further information about the concert and the performers:
buergenstock-festival.ch
The concert is organised by the Bürgenstock Festival Foundation, with the Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne as event partner.
Prices & advance booking
Concert attendance with champagne aperitif:
CHF 155.00 (incl. free parking in the underground car park of the Bürgenstock Hotel & Alpine Spa) 70 seats, free seating
Ticket sales: buergenstock-festival.ch/en/advance-sales
In combination with a concert attendance, guests benefit from the following special offers at the Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne. These must be booked directly at the resort.
Dinner:
3-course dinner at Verbena by Christian Scharrer: CHF 110.00. Advance booking is mandatory by 15 June 2026 at the latest at: restaurants@burgenstockresort.com
Accommodation:
15 per cent discount (promo code: BF) at the Bürgenstock Hotel & Alpine Spa – The Heritage and at the Waldhotel by Bürgenstock, to be booked at: burgenstockresort.com
Photo credits:
Andreas Ottensamer: Halina Jasinka
Dejan Lazic: Susie Knoll
Sol Gabetta: Julia Wesely
Bürgenstock Kapelle: Michael Schmid