Kurkonzerte St. Moritz

The new Alpine retreat concert series kicks off with a classical piano trio. The three musicians play classical salon music, the traditional style that is so synonymous with St. Moritz’s summer concerts. The trio’s art lies in serving up apparent clichés with subtle irony. Also known as coffeehouse music, this genre is not intended to be played seriously as chamber music. It demands instead a broad spectrum of playful and thematic freedom. Intrigued? Sit back and enjoy!
On 28.6, 29.6 and 30.6, Barbara Felicitas Marin, soprano, will further enrich the programme with highlights from a selection of opera, operetta, musicals and zarzuela.
The ensemble will close this year’s concert series again with the farewell concert on 15th September.

As the name of the ensemble suggests, this is a local group comprising instrumentalists who have featured in the Upper Engadine’s music scene for many years. We are thrilled to welcome back these musicians, who have been guests at the salon concerts in recent years, for this exciting reinterpretation of the traditional salon concerts!
Clingiadina encompass an impressively broad style ranging from classical music and jazz to gospel, film music and pop. Yes, that’s what the “Engiadina” sounds like: cosmopolitan and multifaceted!

Arrangements of great classical works have always been part of the repertoire of retreat orchestras and salon music formations. We are delighted that the Ensemble Modestia is continuing this tradition. Their performance brings to life Mozart’s great symphonies in arrangements for flute and piano trio. These reductions by Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Mozart’s famous pupil, are comparable to Mozart’s own chamber music, but are seldom heard. They fit wonderfully with a carefree mountain summer morning, and are complemented by some nostalgic Belle-Epoque delights performed for us by the ensemble with “Mozartian” enthusiasm.

A humorous and frivolous revue featuring songs from 1920s Berlin awaits the audience this week. The baritone and entertainer Samuel Zünd “could break the heart of even the strongest woman” with his charm and the seductive mellifluousness of his cultured voice. He is accompanied by the congenial pianist Edward Rushton. And when it comes to strong women, this one adds her own unique style: the virtuoso and yet sensitive artistry of violinist Nina Ulli transports you to the wild East and the sweet West!

With its nostalgic evergreens and German chansons, the programme conjures up 1920s Berlin, with a spotlight on the congenial singer and cabaret artist Max Hansen (the first head waiter Leopold in Benatzky’s Weisses Rössel am Wolfgangsee), a frequent guest in St. Moritz in the 1930s. An emotive and immersive trip to a bygone world for the audience.

The ensemble I Musichieri has been synonymous with high-quality, virtuoso salon music for over 20 years. In the Ticino dialect, the name means something along the lines of “musicians who play as they dance.” The group cultivates this style, played on ocean liners, in grand hotels, Viennese cafés and spa pavilions from around 1900 to the middle of the 20th century, in an amusing and playful manner. The musicians have already travelled half the world together, with engagements in Hong Kong, Dubai and Vienna, where they performed at an OECD congress and at the Venice Biennale.

In addition to virtuoso pieces, their repertoire includes hits from the 1920s, soulful operetta melodies, and dances from waltzes to tangos and the Charleston to the swinging foxtrot, along with wonderful light music from the so-called “Beromünster” era of the 1950s and 1960s, named after the Swiss radio station “Beromünster.”

“Céleste” means heavenly – and that is exactly what this ensemble brings to mind, with its unique lineup of harp, flute, cello and vocals: heavenly musical delights. As the name suggests, most of the ensemble’s pieces are of French origin. The combination of harp and flute was particularly popular with 19th-century French composers. The performance will include pieces by such illustrious names such as Ravel, Debussy and Fauré, as well as Saint-Saëns’ “The Swan,” with its enchanting cello solo. The ensemble perform famous melodies from operettas, and sometimes the harp mutates into a vibrato to accompany the singer with Alpine melodies – indeed heavenly…

During these two weeks, audiences will be thrilled and delighted by a larger ensemble: the Tiffany Ensemble from French-speaking Switzerland. Soyez les bienvenus! These fifteen musicians perform delightfully retro music, bringing back to life the nostalgic era of the Golden Years – with this performance focusing on music by the renowned French violinist and composer of the century, Georges Boulanger.

Toe-tapping performances that are full of joie de vivre – while at the same time portraying elegance and refinement.

This one is a treat for fans of sophisticated vocal entertainment! The Sam Singers is the name of this Close Harmony ensemble which has dedicated itself to the swinging melodies and unforgettable hits of the first half of the 20th century and has worked throughout Switzerland for many years as the leading group in this genre. The Sam Singers pursue the original sounds of the early hits, focussing primarily on the effect of the pure sound. Their engaging, warm sound revives the ambience of yesteryear. Be it the evergreens of Manhattan Transfer, the Andrews Sisters, the Swiss export hit Geschwister Schmid or the German singing group Comedian Harmonists – the four-part vocal group appeal to their audience with delightful authenticity. 

Sam Singers complement their moderated shows with anecdotes about the music and its background, with contemporary documents and choreography as well as matching outfits.

A truly creative musician can produce melodies from the imagination that are perhaps even more authentic than folklore itself. This applies as much to Beethoven and Piazzolla as to Tosti and Puccini. On this same theme, this ensemble juxtaposes two other brilliant composers: Fritz Kreisler and Georg Kreisler, the former one of the greatest violinists and salon composers, the latter one of the wittiest and most enigmatic chansonniers in the German language – and they were both Viennese. Look forward to special concerts with strings and tenor.

As the name of the ensemble suggests, this is a local group comprising instrumentalists who have featured in the Upper Engadine’s music scene for many years. We are thrilled to welcome back these musicians, who have been guests at the salon concerts in recent years, for this exciting reinterpretation of the traditional salon concerts!
Clingiadina encompass an impressively broad style ranging from classical music and jazz to gospel, film music and pop. Yes, that’s what the “Engiadina” sounds like: cosmopolitan and multifaceted!

The new Alpine retreat concert series kicks off with a classical piano trio. The three musicians play classical salon music, the traditional style that is so synonymous with St. Moritz’s summer concerts. The trio’s art lies in serving up apparent clichés with subtle irony. Also known as coffeehouse music, this genre is not intended to be played seriously as chamber music. It demands instead a broad spectrum of playful and thematic freedom. Intrigued? Sit back and enjoy!
On 28.6, 29.6 and 30.6, Barbara Felicitas Marin, soprano, will further enrich the programme with highlights from a selection of opera, operetta, musicals and zarzuela.
The ensemble will close this year’s concert series again with the farewell concert on 15th September.

The LenZün Harmonie Ensemble plays a broad, international repertoire of classy, light music, of the style that has been played for decades in the exclusive bars and dance establishments of renowned resort destinations such as Gstaad, Montreux and St. Moritz.

The four passionate musicians are no strangers to St. Moritz. They have already performed in the Vico Torriani musical Hotel Victoria on the theatre stage of the Hotel Reine Victoria and have made guest appearances with various ensembles at the Festival da Jazz.

Their repertoire includes jazz standards, international hits and chansons, local folk music and South American evergreens. It ranges from Frank Sinatra to the Bündner Ländlerfründa and Vico Torriani to Udo Jürgens.

The entertaining show is interjected with fascinating and fun anecdotes about entertainment stars of the past.

During these two weeks, audiences will be thrilled and delighted by a larger ensemble: the Tiffany Ensemble from French-speaking Switzerland. Soyez les bienvenus! These fifteen musicians perform delightfully retro music, bringing back to life the nostalgic era of the Golden Years – with this performance focusing on music by the renowned French violinist and composer of the century, Georges Boulanger.

Toe-tapping performances that are full of joie de vivre – while at the same time portraying elegance and refinement.

As the name of the ensemble suggests, this is a local group comprising instrumentalists who have featured in the Upper Engadine’s music scene for many years. We are thrilled to welcome back these musicians, who have been guests at the salon concerts in recent years, for this exciting reinterpretation of the traditional salon concerts!
Clingiadina encompass an impressively broad style ranging from classical music and jazz to gospel, film music and pop. Yes, that’s what the “Engiadina” sounds like: cosmopolitan and multifaceted!

Emil Moser, a brilliant musician, arranger, composer of children’s operas and longtime head of entertainment at Swiss Radio DRS, knew how to present and write music himself, from international and national upscale entertainment and salon music to popular classical music at its finest.

His musical delights (arrangements) still enchant and spoil us to this day. The Trio Intimité dedicates itself entirely to this charming music. Ernst Jandl’s texts enrich the programme even further, performed by the well-known Swiss actor and narrator Walter Küng.

The new Alpine retreat concert series kicks off with a classical piano trio. The three musicians play classical salon music, the traditional style that is so synonymous with St. Moritz’s summer concerts. The trio’s art lies in serving up apparent clichés with subtle irony. Also known as coffeehouse music, this genre is not intended to be played seriously as chamber music. It demands instead a broad spectrum of playful and thematic freedom. Intrigued? Sit back and enjoy!
On 28.6, 29.6 and 30.6, Barbara Felicitas Marin, soprano, will further enrich the programme with highlights from a selection of opera, operetta, musicals and zarzuela.
The ensemble will close this year’s concert series again with the farewell concert on 15th September.