OpeningNight is a celebration of music, where we show that GAIA makes chamber music a very special experience.

You can experience chamber music in sequences of 30 minutes.
The sequences are repeated three times at each concert venue, always with a half-hour pause in between.
In the pauses you can take refreshments and comfortably stroll from one concert venue to the next.
All three venues are located within seven minutes' walking distance of one another.
You can hear various formations, genres and styles and spontaneously enjoy an evening of chamber music. You determine the course of your evening.

6.30 p.m.
only in Klösterli: Pre-concert talk with the musicians and festival introduction

7.30 – 8 p.m.
at all three venues: Concert

8.30 – 9 p.m.
at all three venues: Repeat of concert

9.30 – 10 p.m.
at all three venues: Repeat of concert

from 10 p.m.
in Klösterli only: Après-Concert with the artists

Ticket price: CHF 5
(No reductions)

The exact programme will be announced on the evening of OpeningNight.

Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)
Rêverie orientale
for Clarinet and String Quartet

Pjotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Streichsextett d-Moll op. 70String Sextet in D minor op. 70
"Souvenir de Florence"

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
String Octet E flat Major op. 20

Performers
Violin: Lisa Schatzman, Pil Kyun Paul Kim, Gwendolyn Masin, Svetlin Roussev
Viola: Vladimir Mendelssohn, Lars Anders Tomter
Violoncello: Natalie Clein, Dóra Kokas
Clarinet: Christoffer Sundqvist

Tickets: CHF 60

Includes:
Festival booklet with programme notes and biographies,
Prosecco in the interval,
nightcap with the musicians after the concert

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Clarinet Quintet in A Major KV 581

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
String Quintet in G Major op. 111

Performers
Violin: Lisa Schatzman, Pil Kyun Paul Kim, Gwendolyn Masin
Viola: Vladimir Mendelssohn, Lars Anders Tomter
Violoncello: Natalie Clein, Dóra Kokas
Clarinet: Christoffer Sundqvist

Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
"Crisantemi" for String Quartet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Piano Concerto in A Major KV 414
Version for Piano and String Quartet

Ernest Chausson (1855–1899)
Concert for Piano, Violin, and String Quartet in D Major op. 21

Performers
Violin: Gwendolyn Masin
Quatuor Ernest (Violin: Stanislas Gosset, Clara Chartré; Viola: Thomas Levier; Violoncello: Clément Dami)
Piano: Cédric Pescia, Marianna Shirinyan

Tickets: CHF 60

Includes:
Festival booklet with programme notes and biographies,
Prosecco in the interval,
nightcap with the musicians after the concert

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Clarinet Quintet in A Major KV 581

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
String Quintet in G Major op. 111

Performers
Violin: Lisa Schatzman, Pil Kyun Paul Kim, Gwendolyn Masin
Viola: Vladimir Mendelssohn, Lars Anders Tomter
Violoncello: Natalie Clein, Dóra Kokas
Clarinet: Christoffer Sundqvist

Tickets: CHF 60

Includes:
Festival booklet with programme notes and biographies,
nightcap with the musicians after the concert

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Three Military Marches op. 51 (D 733)
for Piano Four Hands

Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
Danse espagnole from "La vida breve"
after the version for violin and piano by Fritz Kreisler

Raymond Deane (geb. 1953)
Hungarian-Jewish Melodies
for Clarinet and String Trio
World Premiere

Thomas Fortmann (geb. 1951)
Andante für einen Oberhofer Purzelbaum
for String Sextet, Clarinet, Piano, and Mime
World Premiere

Thomas Fortmann (geb. 1951)
Bourlesque
for String Sextet, Clarinet, Piano, and Mime
World Premiere

Pjotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Piano Trio in A minor op. 50

Performers
Violin: Lisa Schatzman, Pil Kyun Paul Kim, Gwendolyn Masin
Viola: Vladimir Mendelssohn, Lars Anders Tomter
Violoncello: Natalie Clein, Dóra Kokas
Piano: Cédric Pescia, Marianna Shirinyan
Thespian: Clemens Lüthard
Clarinet: Christoffer Sundqvist

Tickets: CHF 60

Includes:
Festival booklet with programme notes and biographies,
Prosecco in the interval,
nightcap with the musicians after the concert