The closing concert of the 2025*2026 season
Alban Berg dedicated his violin concerto to the memory of an angel, namely Alma Mahler's daughter Manon. Together with Teodor Currentzis and the Utopia Orchestra, the exceptional violinist Vilde Frang will bring this angelic song to life. Mahler's First Symphony is entirely earthly in nature: from the sounds of nature to parodic funeral marches to the ‘titanic’ triumph of the nameless hero.
Tonhalle Zurich — FRI, 29*05*2026, 7.30 p.m.
Victoria Hall Geneva — SUN, 31*05*2026, 6 p.m.
Casino Bern — MON, 01*06*2026, 7.30 p.m.
This is the 77th concert season of Migros Culture Percentage Classics.
We present high-quality, new concert experiences featuring masterpieces by Beethoven, Stravinsky, Handel, Gershwin, Sibelius, Berg and Mahler. Young orchestras offer a new approach to classical music – innovative, experimental and full of enthusiasm.
We look forward to seeing you soon at the concert hall!
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All the details about our 2025*26 concert season:
We have decided on the 2024–25 season together with the 100-strong Budapest Festival Orchestra and conductor Iván Fischer. Their performance of Mahler's epoch-making Fifth Symphony has thrilled audiences in Geneva, Lucerne, Zurich and Bern.
Jordi Savall, his Concert des Nations and 9 dancers from the Maribor Ballet brought Gluck's ‘Don Juan’ to the stage. Choreography: Edward Clug. (Photo: Edouard Mätzener).
On 20*21* March 2025, the musicians of the Geneva Camerata danced to Lully's ‘Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme’ and Mozart's Symphony No. 40. (Photo from the dress rehearsal: Inès Nouara, Geneva Camerata)
On 27*28* January 2025, pianist Alexander Melnikov and the Belgian B'Rock Orchestra explored the many facets of Beethoven's 1st Piano Concerto. Standing ovations!
Learn moreThe musicians of the London Aurora Orchestra played Ravel's ‘Bolero’ on 28 October 2020 throughout the entire concert hall of the Tonhalle Zurich. The audience sat in the middle of the orchestra!
The exceptional orchestra ‘Les Siècles’ played Ravel's ‘Ma Mère l'Oye’ at the Tonhalle Zurich on 17*11*2024, while illustrator Grégoire Pont created live animations.
On 28*10*2024, pianist Alexandre Tharaud played Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major together with the Aurora Orchestra.
On 18*11*2024, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden presented an all-Schumann programme in front of a full house at the KKL Luzern. (Photo: Oliver Killig)
On 18*11*2024, world-renowned violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann played Schumann's Violin Concerto in D minor on his Stradivarius from 1711, conducted by Daniele Gatti. (Photo: Oliver Killig)
2025*2026