Highlight of the 25th edition, the anniversary evening at the Salle des Combins brings together some thirty artists known worldwide for a colorful and emotional celebration. The guest list eloquently testifies to the musicians' deep attachment to the Verbier Festival.

Music:
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048; Sarasate/Dmitry Sitkovetsky: Navarra Fantasy; Peter Heidrich: Happy Birthday Variations, Theme, Variation II (Haydn), Variation IV (Beethoven), Variation VI (Brahms), Variation X (Viennese Style), Variation XIII (Tango), Variation XIV (Hungarian Style); Smetana: Sonata for 2 pianos; Brahms: Souve nir de la Russie Nos. 2, 3 & 4; Bach/Mikhail Pletnev: Jesus bleibet mei ne Freude BWV 147; Rachmaninov: Romance; Dvorak: Slavonic Dance Op. 72 No. 2; Dvorak: Slavonic Dance Op. 46 No. 5; Rachmaninov: Italian polka; Rachmaninov: Suite No. 1 for 2 Pianos Op. 5, Barcarolle; Lutosławski: Variations on a theme by Paganini; Rossini: William Tell: Overture; Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus; Haendel: The Messiah: Hallelujah; Johann Strauss II: Polka Op. 332; Johann Strauss II/ Stephan Koncz: Die Fledermaus: “Champagne medley”; Johann Strauss II: Die
Fledermaus: Overture; Rossini: William Tell: Overture

Cast: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Martha Argerich, Sergei Babayan, Kristóf Baráti, Yuri Bashmet, Lisa Batiashvili, Gautier Capuçon, Renaud Capuçon, Gérard Caussé, Alexandra Conunova, Amanda Forsyth, Vilde Frang, Martin Fröst, Valery Gergiev, Ilya Gringolts, Nobuko Imai, Andrei Ioniță, Janine Jansen, Leonidas Kavakos, Evgeny Kissin, Daniel Lozakovich, Mischa Maisky, Denis Matsuev, Mikhaïl Pletnev, Thomas Quasthoff, Julien Quentin, Vadim Repin, RIAS Kammerchor, András Schiff, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Blythe Teh Engstroem, Daniil Trifonov, Kirill Troussov, Maxim Vengerov, Yuja Wang, Tabea Zimmermann, Pinchas Zukerman