Season Opening with Paavo Järvi & Khatia Buniatishvili
Season Opening with Paavo Järvi & Khatia Buniatishvili
Paavo Järvi Music Director
Khatia Buniatishvili Klavier
Pause Dieter Ammann «Boost»
Alexander Skrjabin «Poème de l'extase» op. 54
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18. Sep 2026, 21.30 Uhr
Nach dem Konzert im Konzertfoyer
mit Ilona Schmiel und Gästen
Fokus-Künstlerin unterstützt von Elisabeth Weber-Stiftung
Creative Chair unterstützt von Swiss Re
New: At all orchestral concerts, printed programmes will be available on the evening of the concert, which you can purchase for CHF 5 at the box office or at the CD stand.
‘Boost’ is the title of the orchestral work with which the Swiss composer Dieter Ammann makes his debut as Creative Chair. The title is fitting for this energetic, yet meticulously crafted music. And it suits the season opener as a whole: the Georgian pianist and new ‘Focus Artist’, Khatia Buniatishvili, will also demonstrate just how much driving passion there is in her playing in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1. And then Paavo Järvi will also be conducting Scriabin’s ‘Poème de l’extase’: a sensual yet deeply contemplative work inspired by a poem of his own. ‘The spirit / Spurred on by a thirst for life / Soars on a bold flight’ are the opening lines – the new season is ready to take off!