DISCOVERYSHARING MUSIC WITH YOUNG AUDIENCES 2017

Welcome to the Discovery Program at Gstaad Menuhin Festival:

The “Discovery” program has been made possible through the generous support of Angelika Heerema and Babette Herbert as well as the Association of Festival Friends (family concert) and the MBF Foundation (family concert).

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DISCOVERYDiscovery - a brand new program at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival!

We are thrilled to expand our mission and create a plethora of new, enlivening, one of a kind experiences for our young audiences.

This season we are offering a wide range of musical experiences, aimed at transporting all of our younger participants into the enchanting world of classical music, opening the door to heart-swelling, soul-stirring moments, ensuring lively conversations on the trip home and beyond.

Kids & TeensVacation fun (7-12 years) .................................................................................page 4

Curiosity workshop (7-12 years) .......................................................................page 5

Teens go concert (12-20 years) .........................................................................page 6

@schoolEvents for school classes and summer camps ..................................................page 7

Family concertA concert performed by children for children and their families ..................page 10

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DEADLINE AND CONTACT: are given for each activity in the corresponding page. When registering for Kids&Teens events please include the following information:

• name of the child and date of birth• names and telephone numbers of the parents• adress

Participants are responsible for their own insurance. The participation in the Discovery program includes the consent of parents and children that any photographs taken at these events may later be used for festival purposes.

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Kids & Teens Kids & Teens

VACATION FUNInterested in classical music? Would you like to create your own music or ask a famous musician some burning questions? Sit in the middle of an orchestra? Come and do it all! Join us for a rehearsal and become part of the experience.

Mo 17.7.2017 Is someone who plays the mandolin a mandolinist? (in German)

How does someone become a world-famous mandolin player? 9:00-11:00 am , pick-up and drop-off at the church Saanen (can also be booked at Ferienpass Obersimmental)

Sa 05.8.2017 Soloists and conductors from around the world (in German)

Do you need feet to play the piano? Can you play the horn with your feet? 10:00-12:00 am, pick-up and drop-off at the church Saanen (can also be booked at Ferienpass Saanenland)

Wed 09.8.2017 What makes a conductor a conductor? (in German)

Why are the conductors gesturing wildly? Does a conductor need a baton? 2:30-4:30 pm, pick-up and drop-off at the Festival Tent in Gstaad, entrance at the tennis hall (can also be booked at Ferienpass Saanenland)

Fr 18.8.2017 How does a conductor work? (in French)

It’s up to you to pick up the baton/stick… 10:15-12:45 am, pick-up and drop-off at the Festival Tent in Gstaad, entrance at the tennis hall (can also be booked at Ferienpass Pays-d‘Enhaut)

PRICE: CHF 10.– per child (dependent on availability). Free of charge for children from the regions of Saanenland, Obersimmental and Pays d’Enhaut (as well as for children with the correspondent Ferienpass)

REGISTRATION: until two days before each event to Anne-Christine Cettou, acc@gstaadmenuhinfestival.ch, +41 79 629 46 19

7-12 YEARS

CURIOSITY WORKSHOP (in German and French)

Experiencing sounds in nature and visit a rehearsal for the concert “Baroque Twitter”

The recorder? Everyone learns to play it in kindergarten! Well, yes, but anyone who would like to play like a virtuoso must practice a great deal. The recorder was a very popular instrument 300 years ago, as popular as the electric guitar is today. Composers thus employed the instrument in large variety of manners, for example, in imitation of bird calls in the works performed in the concert “Baroque Twitter”. How did Vivaldi do this?

In this workshop, we will go outdoors to listen to the sounds of nature and record them. We will create music built around these sounds and then listen to how Baroque composers did this in their works. We will be able to visit the rehearsal with the Basel Chamber Orchestra and personally meet the orchestra musicians as well as soloist Maurice Steger.

PRICE: CHF 15.– per child (dependent on availability). Free of charge for children from the regions of Saanenland, Obersimmental and Pays-d’Enhaut.

REGISTRATION: until Monday 24.7.2017 to Anne-Christine Cettou, acc@gstaadmenuhinfestival.ch, +41 79 629 46 19

7-12 YEARS

Sa 29.7.2017 1:30-6:30 pm, drop-off and pick-up location: Church Saanen

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Teens @school

TEENS GO CONCERTWould you like to attend an affordable concert? Learn more about the music and life of classical musicians? Meet a famous artist? This program is for you!

45 minutes before each concert we provide information about the work performed, give you the opportunity to talk with a musician and arrange a behind-the-scene peek. The perfect moment for questions, photos or autographs…

Sa 15.7.2017 7:30 pm, Church in Saanen: Handel’s Messiah

The great tradition of boys choirs.

Mo 31.7.2017 7:30 pm, Church in Saanen: Tenthing Brass

Ten first-class female brass musicians from Norway.

Sa 12.8.2017 7:30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent: Fazil Say and the Gstaad Festival Orchestra

Also sprach Zarathustra…

Sa 02.9.2017 7:30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent: Final Concert with Khatia Buniatishvili and the London Symphony Orchestra

A piano superstar!

MEETING POINT: 6:45 pm at the entrance to the church or the festival tent respectively

PRICE: CHF 10.– (category of seating is dependent on availability). Free of charge for children and teens from the regions of Saanenland, Obersimmental and Pays d’Enhaut.

REGISTRATION: until two days before each concert to Anne-Christine Cettou, acc@gstaadmenuhinfestival.ch, +41 79 629 46 19

12-20 YEARS

STARS IN THE CLASSROOM

We cordially invite your class to attend concerts in the Festival Tent with international orchestras and world-famous musicians.

We are happy to provide documentation to prepare for the concert in class. Alternatively, we would gladly come for a visit and introduce the program in person. We suggest upper classes attend concerts, while elementary levels come to rehearsals or academies.

Please contact us and we will gladly make suggestions for your school or class.

PRICE: CHF 10.– per student (category of seating is dependent on availability), attendance at rehearsals or academies is free of charge.

Additional offers by arrangement

2014 - High school music class Gstaad with mit Neeme Järvi, Khatia Buniatishvili and Olivier Marron

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Nicola Benedetti

Erwin Schrott

Khatia Buniatishvili

Examples of con certs for schools

Is your summer camp located in the region Saanenland, Obersimmental or Pays d’Enhaut? Are you interested in the Gstaad Menuhin Festival for Young Audiences? Please contact us to learn more!

Diana Damrau, Soprano

Nicola Benedetti, Violin

Orchestra dell‘Academia della Santa Cecilia Roma

Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor

AÏDA – CONCERT VERSION OF THE OPERA

Fr 01.9.2017 7:30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent

Giuseppe Verdi: „Aida“, Opera in four acts (with subtitles in German and English)

Roberto Alagna, Tenor (Radames)

Kristin Lewis, Soprano (Aida)

Anita Rachvelishvili, Mezzosoprano (Amneris)

Simone Piazzola, Baritone (Amonasro)

Erwin Schrott, Baritone (Ramfis)

Giacomo Prestia, Bass (Re)

Teatro Regio Torino Chorus

London Symphony Orchestra

Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor

THE LAST NIGHT OF – BUNIATISHVILI & LSO

Sa 02.9.2017 7:30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent

Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16

Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

Edward Elgar: March No. 1 from “Pomp and Circumstance”, Op. 39

Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor

CONTACT: Anne-Christine Cettou, acc@gstaadmenuhinfestival.ch, +41 79 629 46 19

Fr 25.8.2017 7:30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, “Haffner”, Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K 216

Richard Strauss: Orchestral Songs Including “Til Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche”, Symphonic Poem Op. 28

ROMA A GSTAAD I – MOZART, STRAUSS

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AÏDA – A CHILDREN’S OPERA ENFANTS

RECOMMENDED: for ages 4 and up

LANGUAGE: spoken in German, sung texts partly in Italian

PRICE: CHF 40.– for adults, CHF 15.– for children. Children from the region of Saanenland can register through their school class (price CHF 5.– instead of CHF 15.–)

TICKETS: at the box office on the evening of the concert or in advance at: +41 33 748 81 82

Familiy concert

Tu 27.8.2017 4:30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent

Aïda, a children’s opera after Giuseppe Verdi

Who or what was Aïda? A cruise ship? A coffee bar? Or a Nubian princess who was kidnapped and taken hostage? The young singers and actors look for engaging answers in Egypt at the time of the pharaohs in Verdi’s most important opera.

Children and young people from the region

Ensemble ad hoc

Margrith Gimmel-Dauwalder, staging

Roumen Kroumov, arrangement and artistic direction

Apart from the Discovery program discounts, the following price reductions apply to all of the other concerts in the Festival and the Academy:

UNDER 25 LAST MINUTE discountAges 25 and under: last minute tickets for CHF 10.– at the evening box office (with proof of age). No tickets available in advance.

TEEN SPECIAL discount (50%)Ages 18 and under, as well as apprentices and students up to the age of 25 with a valid ID.

FAMILY discountFor concerts in the Festival Tent: for every two tickets purchased at regular price, receive a free ticket for a family member under the age of 25.

ACADEMY SPECIAL discountYouth under 16 are free. No tickets available in advance.

Additional special prices for children, teens and young adults

TICKETS IN ADVANCE:at +41 33 748 81 82 or www.gstaadmenuhinfestival.ch › Tickets&Program

Family concert 2015: the children’s opera “Oberon”

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Gstaad Menuhin Festival & AcademyPost office box 65, CH–3780 Gstaad, tel. +41 33 748 83 38 fax +41 33 748 83 39, info@gstaadmenuhinfestival.ch, www.gstaadmenuhinfestival.ch