2026 Festival Closing Concert with Martha Argerich & World Premiere by William Kentridge

1st Act

• Akane Sakai, Piano

• Gregory Ahss, Violin

• Samuel Niederhauser, Cello

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

• Piano Trio No. 13 in D major (after Symphony No. 2, Op. 36)

WORLD PREMIERE BY WILLIAM KENTRIDGE “O Quickly Disappearing Photograph”

• A film about Quaderno musicale di Annalibera by Luigi Dallapiccola

• Commissioned by the piano festival “Le Piano Symphonique”

• Mirabelle Kajenjeri, Piano

Luigi Dallapiccola (1904–1975)

• Quaderno musicale di Annalibera for piano

2nd Act

• Martina Meola, Piano

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

• Ballade Nr. 1 in g-Moll, op. 23

• Lucerne Symphony Orchestra

• Gregory Ahss, Musical Director (play & conduct)

• Martha Argerich, Piano

Ludwig van Beethoven

• Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19

• Martha Argerich, Piano

• Christoph Eschenbach, Piano

Claude Debussy (1862–1918)

• La Petite Suite for piano four hands