Young talent from Graubünden and international talent
The Arosa cultural winter once again offers a varied program this year. In addition to lots of music, there are lectures, readings, talks and a silent film. The two festivals Arosa Sounds and Klassik Festival Arosa are the flagship events.
At Arosa Sounds at the beginning of February, young talent from Graubünden is a central part of the program. Under the motto "Bündner Sounds", three Grisons singers will perform with the same backing band on each of two evenings. Original compositions are rearranged and rehearsed together in advance. The mixture of young and established musicians is a challenge, but enriching for everyone. The new interpretations bring new facets to the songs and inspire the audience. Marco Todisco, Chiara Jacomet and Julie Fox will showcase their qualities as singer-songwriters on Thursday evening, while Friday will be rockier and more energetic with Dario Hess, Sarah Mark and Gianni Tschenett. Concerts with musicians from outside the canton of Graubünden round off the festival program. This year, the Bernese saxophonist Sha and Elvis cover versions accompanied by a band and string quartet can be heard.
The Arosa Classical Music Festival includes twelve concerts, seven of which will be performed by winners of the Hans Schaeuble Award. A total of twelve prizewinners will be performing in Arosa: three accordionists, four saxophonists, three violinists, a violist and a cellist. They all attended the Arosa Music Academy master class in Arosa in the fall and were awarded the Hans Schaeuble Award for their exceptional musical performances. In two groups, they will each develop a concert program in Arosa and perform it in Arosa, Chur and Zurich. They will be guests at the Klibühni - Das Theater in Chur and in Zurich as part of the Mittagsmusik concert series in the Predigerchor of the Zentralbibliothek Zurich and in the Johanneskirche Zurich. With the Duo Recantores, consisting of Kristina Bistriha, soprano / Anton Savchuk, piano and the Duo Christoph Croisé, cello / Alexander Panfilov, piano, established international artists can be heard in Arosa. The jazz quartet "Erwin Füchslin - Laurent Girard - Thise Meyer - Madlaina Küng", which plays improvised music at the interface between folk music, jazz and classical music, deserves a special mention. Bergkirchli concerts with Jasmine Vollmer, harp, Edmauro de Oliveira, guitar and Franco Mettler, clarinet complete the festival program.
Arosa Sounds
February 1-3, 2024
Program
Sha solo / Bündner Sounds with Marco Todisco, Chiara Jacomet, Julie Fox, Dario Hess, Sarah Mark and Gianni Tschenett / Julie Fox solo / Gianni Tschenett solo / Aloha from Hawaii
All information at www.arosasounds.ch
Arosa Classical Music Festival
March 12 - 30, 2024
7 concerts with winners of the Hans Schaeuble Award / Jazz Quartet "Erwin Füchslin/Laurent Girard/Thise Meyer/Madlaina Küng" / Christoph Croisé and Alexander Panfilov / Duo Recantores / Edmauro de Oliveira and Franco Mettler / Jasmine Vollmer
All information at www.arosaklassik.ch
