Concerti d’eccellenza

These are the highlights of the festival. Stars of the music scene perform in Ascona and Locarno: soloists, orchestras, choirs, and ensembles give the festival an international scope.

19 concerts in the Church of Collegio Papio in Ascona, San Francesco in Locarno and other churches in the region.

Festival Warm-Up Concert: Tra Mondi – Between Worlds | Cornèr Bank Preview

Wednesday, 2. September, 20:00

Inaugural Concert | Julia Lezhneva I | Per Constanze: Mozart’s Great Mass

Friday, 18. September, 19:30

Volodos!

Saturday, 19. September, 19:30
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Festival Warm-Up Concert: Tra Mondi – Between Worlds | Cornèr Bank Preview
02.09
Wednesday
Concerts of excellence

{mb_concerts_date:H:i} | Festival Warm-Up Concert: Tra Mondi – Between Worlds | Cornèr Bank Preview

Chiesa San Francesco, Locarno
  • Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano

  • Conductor: Emmanuel Tjeknavorian

  • Piano: Alexandra Dovgan

  • Inaugural Concert | Julia Lezhneva I | Per Constanze: Mozart’s Great Mass
    18.09
    Friday
    Concerts of excellence

    {mb_concerts_date:H:i} | Inaugural Concert | Julia Lezhneva I | Per Constanze: Mozart’s Great Mass

    Chiesa San Francesco, Locarno
  • Soprano: Marie Lys

  • Soprano: Julia Lezhneva

  • Tenor: Matthew Newlin

  • Bass: Yannick Debus

  • Tölzer Knabenchor

  • Kammerorchester Basel

  • Conductor: Francesco Corti

  • Volodos!
    19.09
    Saturday
    Concerts of excellence

    {mb_concerts_date:H:i} | Volodos!

    Chiesa del Collegio Papio, Ascona
  • Piano: Arcadi Volodos

  • Nello specchio di Rossini – In Rossini’s Mirror
    20.09
    Sunday
    Concerts of excellence

    {mb_concerts_date:H:i} | Nello specchio di Rossini – In Rossini’s Mirror

    Chiesa San Francesco, Locarno
  • Conductor: Finnegan Downie Dear

  • Camerata Salzburg

  • Pianos: Lucas & Arthur Jussen

  • Affetti & Plaisirs | 30 Anni Barocchisti
    21.09
    Monday
    Concerts of excellence

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    Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo, Ascona
  • I Barocchisti

  • Harpsichord and Conductor: Diego Fasolis

  • Recorder: Maurice Steger

  • Golden Age | Julia Lezhneva II
    23.09
    Wednesday
    Concerts of excellence

    {mb_concerts_date:H:i} | Golden Age | Julia Lezhneva II

    Chiesa di San Martino, Ronco sopra Ascona
  • Soprano: Julia Lezhneva

  • Theorbo: Luca Pianca

  • Ispirazione Ungheria – Hungarian Folk | Vilde Frang I
    24.09
    Thursday
    Concerts of excellence

    {mb_concerts_date:H:i} | Ispirazione Ungheria – Hungarian Folk | Vilde Frang I

    Chiesa del Collegio Papio, Ascona
  • Violin: Vilde Frang

  • Piano: Martin Helmchen

  • Trumpet, Contratambura: Benjamin Eredics

  • Accordion, Flute, Tambura (Mandolin): Salamon Eredics

  • Pathétique
    25.09
    Friday
    Concerts of excellence

    {mb_concerts_date:H:i} | Pathétique

    Chiesa San Francesco, Locarno
  • Violin: Nemanja Radulović

  • Conductor: Krystof Urbański

  • Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana