SCHUBERT · Klaviertrio

Sigh that wants to increase to the point of heart's fear. This quote from Robert Schumann refers to the slow second movement of Schubert's Piano Trio No. 2. This movement is the heart of the trio, an intimate funeral march, wistful, not effervescent, but deep mourning. The first movement, on the other hand, is energetic and dramatic. Franz Schubert composed the trio in 1827. That was the time of the Winterreise, icy and lonely. You can feel the hiker. But in the end, the melancholy is overcome. At the very last minute. Only Schubert can do that! (Annelies Berger, SRF)


Louis Schwizgebel, piano
Born in Geneva in 1987, the pianist won first prize at the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York in 2002. In 2014, his Prokofiev Piano Concerto was televised at the BBC Proms. In 2023/24 he toured with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at the KKL Lucerne, with the Tonkünstler Orchestra at the Vienna Musikverein and with the Orchestre national de Metz at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, among others. He has also performed with the Orchestre National de France and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich. As a chamber musician, he has played with violinist Renaud Capuçon and violinist Alina Ibragimova, among others. His discography includes the recording of Beethoven's 1st and 2nd Piano Concertos with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Yuuki Wong, violin
In 1991, the then 9-year-old was already admitted to the Yehudi Menuhin School in London. In 2007 he received first prize at the Summit Music Festival Competition in New York. He has performed at the Menuhin Festival Gstaad, Carnegie Hall, and he has played at Buckingham Palace for HM Queen Elizabeth II. He has performed as a soloist with the Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne and the Singapore Symphony, among others. In 2020, a Mozart album was released on Sony Classical.

Lionel Cottet, Cello
Born in Geneva in 1987, he is the first principal cellist of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, a role he previously held in the Bavarian Radio Orchestra. As a soloist, he has performed at Carnegie Hall, Philharmonie de Berlin and Vienna Musikverein, among others. He also played with the ensemble of 12 cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic. He is a prizewinner of the Lutosławski Cello Competition in Warsaw, among others.

Program:
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major op. 100
Notturno op. 148


09:45 am Guided tour BEAUX_LOSANGES BÜEL
1:45 pm Artist talk Gabriela Gerber & Lukas Bardill in conversation with Lisa Gianotti, curatorial assistant