1st Symphony Concert – Zakhar Bron Festival Orchestra

Holly Hyun Choe, the South Korean conductor, has established herself as a sought-after guest conductor in Europe and the United States following two years as assistant conductor of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich. In 2025, she made her debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic as part of the Dudamel Fellowship and has worked with Gustavo Dudamel, Zubin Mehta, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Philippe Jordan, among others. Starting with the 2026/27 season, she will take over as music director of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (2026–2029) and the Orchestre national de Cannes (2026–2030), and has been an “Artiste associée” of the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève since 2023.

Maximilian Hornung impresses with exceptional technical mastery, a powerful, versatile tone, and a wide range of timbres. His charismatic stage presence and his immediate emotional connection lend his playing a special intensity.

Born in 2009, trumpeter Hayato Kodama is considered one of the great emerging talents of his generation. His mentor, Reinhold Friedrich, describes him as a “trumpet prodigy from Japan.” Kodama gained international attention in 2024 as the youngest winner of the 39th Japan Wind and Percussion Competition, where he also received the “Prime Minister’s Special Prize.”

2nd Symphony Concert – Zakhar Bron Festival Orchestra

Since her acclaimed debut at the Salzburg Festival, Alexandra Dovgan has achieved a series of international highlights, including performances with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under Gustavo Dudamel and with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich under Paavo Järvi. Her most recent engagements include debuts at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Concertgebouw, as well as concerts with leading orchestras such as the Orchestre National de France, the Dresden Philharmonic, the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, and the San Diego Symphony. She has also returned to venues including the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Boulez Saal in Berlin, and the Prinzregententheater in Munich.
Her playing captivates with its depth, tonal beauty, and precise articulation, carried by great concentration and musical imagination.

Jiří Rožeň, born in Prague in 1991, regularly conducts renowned orchestras such as the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic, and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. In the 2026 season, he will make his debut at the Montreal Opera and the Frankfurt Opera, among others. With his dynamic and energetic conducting, he captivates audiences and orchestras alike.

Matinee Zakhar Bron Chamber Orchestra

The young Luxembourgish violinist Eloisa-Marie Aubert (b. 2014) comes from a family of musicians and began playing the violin at the age of four. After completing her training at the Luxembourg City Conservatory, she is now studying at the Zakhar Bron Academy in Interlaken. Despite her young age, she has already won numerous international competitions, including the Grand Prix at the Concorso Violinistico Internazionale “Andrea Postacchini” (2025), the Grand Prix at the Barcelona International Youth Artist Competition (2024), and first prizes at the International Saulius Sondeckis Competition (2024) and the Stockholm International Music Competition (2023/2024). Her playing combines technical precision with remarkable musical maturity.

The Parisian violinist Marie-Aude Mellies (*2004) began her studies with Zakhar Bron at the Zakhar Bron Academy in Interlaken and continued them at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where she earned her master’s degree in 2025. She gained artistic inspiration through masterclasses with Shlomo Mintz, Maxim Vengerov, Leonidas Kavakos, and others. She is a prize winner of several international competitions, has performed as a soloist with the Baden-Baden Philharmonic, and appeared at the Festival Étoiles du Classique in 2025. Her debut album, “A Paris,” will be released in 2026 on Mirare Records.

Jodok Cello Concert “CelloScapes”
A Spectacle Featuring Images of Nature

With his project “CelloScapes,” cellist Jodok transports the audience into a fascinating world of sound where music and nature merge. Virtuoso cello sounds blend with impressive film footage of the Swiss mountains, projected onto a large screen behind Jodok. The intense interplay of sound and nature coalesces into a poetic and powerful overall experience. The program includes around 20 works featuring well-known pop melodies as well as several classical masterpieces.

A new chapter begins in 2026. Old and new music by the Gupfbuebä – compositions by Dani Häusler and Walter Balmer.

To mark the 40th anniversary of Dani Häusler and Jörg Wiget’s stage career, the Gupfbuebä are joining forces with the Zug Sinfonietta for the first time. This unique concert project brings together traditional Swiss folk music from the Inner Switzerland region with symphonic richness: familiar melodies, newly orchestrated, colorful, and full of dynamism. Under the musical direction of Dani Häusler, an impressive homage to Swiss folk music is created – rooted in tradition and at the same time open, modern, and concertante.

Doors open: 7:00 p.m.

Concert begins: 8:00 p.m.