Young Stars Line-up in the Verbier Festival

Classical music festivals are not usually synonymous with youth, but this year’s edition of the world-famous Verbier Festival has more than its pick of today’s young stars. Look out for enchanting Frang, dramatic Carpenter, sparkling Wang and the indefinable Armstrong, who combines mathematics with piano and who wrote his first symphony at the age of ten. They make Verbier youthful and just a little hip. Or what about David Kadouch from France, a 25 year-old protégé of pianist Daniel Barenboim who won Verbier’s honor prize last year and who has recently published an integral of Dmitri Shostakovich’s preludes.
Watch him in the delightful and lively Beethoven Rondo Capriccio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbWTd-e41U0

Starting July 16 until August 1, the alpine village of Verbier comes alive with the sound of music. With impromptu performances, master classes and open rehearsals accessible to the public at no cost, the festival is not just a glamour trip for the well-heeled.

Follow the Verbier Festival 2010 at MEDICI.TV covering 28 live concert performances:
http://www.medici.tv/

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