Programme 2026
Temple of Château-d'Œx
THURSDAY
Opening concert
A.Arensky – Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, op. 32
J.Brahms – Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, op. 8
Artists: Juan José Peña Aguirre (Violin), Karla Bazi (Piano), Julien Fornerod (Cello)
FRIDAY
M.Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Piano Quintet No. 1
A.Dvořák – Piano Quintet No. 2
Artists: Juan José Peña Aguirre (Violin), Cristian Páez (Violin), Ivan Udovychenko (Viola), Roni Gordillo (Cello), Yosuke Shimizu (Piano)
A.Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht op.4
J.Brahms – String Sextet No. 1
Artists: Juan José Peña Aguirre (Violin), Guillaume Apvrille (Violin), Olekhsandr Ahafonov (Viola), Ivan Udovychenko (Viola), Julien Fornerod (Cello), Emile Deprecq (Cello)
SATURDAY
F.Liszt – Il Penseroso / Sposalizio (Années de pèlerinage II)
C.Schumann – 3 Romances op. 22
E.Grieg – Violin Sonata No. 3, op. 45
Artists: Juan José Peña Aguirre (violin, piano), Yosuke Shimizu (Piano)
J.Raff – String Octet in C major, op. 176
F.Mendelssohn – String Octet in E flat major, op. 20
Artists: Juan José Peña Aguirre (Violin), Fabián Cáceres Pérez (Violin), Colin Soldati (Violin), Guillaume Apvrille (Violin), Olekhsandr Ahafonov (Viola), Ivan Udovychenko (Viola), Yunseo Song (Cello), Ulysse Bonneau (Cello)
SUNDAY
Closing concert
J.Brahms – Clarinet Quintet, op. 115
P.I.Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings, op. 48
— Clarinet Quintet —
Sophia Marchadier, clarinet
Juan José Peña Aguirre, violin
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Fabián Cáceres, violin
Olekhsandr Ahafonov, viola
Julien Fornerod, cello
— Serenade for Strings —
Violins
Juan José Peña Aguirre, Fabián Cáceres, Cristian Páez, Guillaume Apvrille
Violas
Olekhsandr Ahafonov, Ivan Udovychenko
Cellos
Julien Fornerod, Yun-seo Song, Ulysse Bonneau, Emile Deprecq
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