Yehudi Menuhins Love of Gstaad
In 1957 Yehudi Menuhin and his family moved to Gstaad where he was fascinated and inspired by the elemental power of the region’s natural environment and commanding mountains. He was impressed not only...
View ArticleTradition and Innovation
The Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy Today: a Union of Tradition and InnovationIn the spirit of its founding father Yehudi Menuhin, Christoph Müller set new accents in his first year in 2002...
View ArticleProgramme Pillars
Chamber Music: The heart of the Gstaad Menuhin Festival: top-class chamber music concerts in the impressively beautiful and acoustically outstanding churches of the Saanenland.Choral / Opera / Choir:...
View ArticleA Spontaneous Idea Becomes a Tradition
The roots of the Gstaad Menuhin Festival go back to the year 1956 when Paul Valentin, the director of tourism at the time, asked Yehudi Menuhin if he would be willing to enhance the summer season with...
View ArticleThe Festival Grows
The structure of the festival became ever more complex. In 1976 a new organisation committee was established to oversee the handling of administrative tasks. In 1977 Menuhin created an important basis...
View ArticleThe Introduction of Symphony Concerts in 1989
The Gstaad Menuhin Festival acquisition of the Alpengala AG and above all its Festival Tent toward the end of the 1980’s made it possible now to bring large symphony orchestras to Saanenland. The...
View Article1996: Anniversary and Upheaval
At the age of 80 and after 40 years of artistic activities in Gstaad Yehudi Menuhin decided to pass on the direction of the festival to younger hands. Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer, well known for his...
View ArticleThe Turbulent Period after Menuhin
Following Gidon Kremer’s retirement, the artistic directorship of the Festival was taken over by Peter Keller followed by Yehudi Menuhin’s former collaborator, musicologist Eleanor Hope. After...
View ArticleLiterature & CD
The 304-page book «Gstaad und die Menuhins» (ISBN 3-71651446-2), published by Benteli VerlagCD «Swan Lake» under the direction of Kristjan Järvi, (Sony Classical)
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