PROGRAMME 2026

Festival Soloists – Elba Festival Orchestra Strings • Couperin, Vivaldi, Bach
400 years since the birth of Louis Couperin

Giulia Nuti harpsichord | Clara Andrada de la Calle flute
Raphael Bell cello | Liana Gourdjia, Aki Saulière violins
Elba Festival Orchestra Strings | Liana Gourdjia concertmaster

L. Couperin	Prélude, La Pastourelle, Chaconne from the Suite in D minor for solo harpsichord
C.P.E. Bach	Trio-Sonata for flute, violin, cello and harpsichord H 574
A. Vivaldi	Cello Concerto RV 424
J.S. Bach	Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050

Saturday, August 29 – 6.30 pm

Festival Soloists – Elba Festival Orchestra Strings • Bach, Mozart, Bartók

Chiesa di S. Chiara d’Assisi | Marciana Marina

Liana Gourdjia violin, concertmaster | Giulia Nuti harpsichord | Olivier Patey clarinet
Diet Tilanus, Anna Lilla Székely violins | Katrīna Pelnēna viola | Raphael Bell cello
Elba Festival Orchestra Strings

J.S. Bach	Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord BWV 1016
W.A. Mozart	Clarinet Quintet K. 581
B. Bartók	Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz. 113

Sunday, August 30 – 6.30 pm

Festival Soloists – Members of the Elba Festival Orchestra • Vasks, Herrmann, Mendelssohn

Liana Gourdjia, Aylen Pritchin,
Clara Pérez Campuzano, Maria Hernández Maya,
Carmen Mérida Gómez, Manuel Pérez Morodo,
Jesús Perogil Ostos, Juan de Dios Ruiz Racero violins
Leona Kondratenko, Maialen Lagos violas
Raphael Bell, Andrei Bisoc cellos

P. Vasks	Castillo interior for violin and cello (2013)
F. Herrmann	Capriccio for Three Violins No. 1, Op. 2
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy	Octet for Strings Op. 20

FREE ADMISSION

Monday, August 31 – 6.30 pm

Arielle Beck – Festival Soloists • Beck, Schumann, Berg, Bartók

Arielle Beck piano | Aylen Pritchin violin
Raphael Bell cello | Olivier Patey clarinet

A. Beck	Quattro Temperamenti for piano – *Homage to the Festival’s 30th anniversary. World premiere*
R. Schumann	Piano Trio Op. 63
A. Berg	Five Pieces for Clarinet and Piano Op. 4
B. Bartók	Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin and Piano Sz. 111

Tuesday, September 1 – 6.30 pm

Festival Soloists • Dvořák, Shostakovich

Centro Culturale De Laugier | Portoferraio

Diet Tilanus, Chiara Sannicandro violins
Katrīna Pelnēna, Georgy Kovalev violas
Akane Sakai piano

A. Dvořák	Terzetto for Two Violins and Viola Op. 74
D. Shostakovich	Sonata for Viola and Piano Op. 147

Tuesday, September 1 – 9.45 pm

Tcha Limberger – Liana Gourdjia • Jazz Club at De Laugier

Centro Culturale De Laugier | Portoferraio

Tcha Limberger guitar, violin, vocals | Liana Gourdjia violin

Jazz Concert

Wednesday, September 2 – 6.30 pm

Tcha Limberger – Liana Gourdjia • Jazz Club at De Laugier

Teatro Flamingo | Capoliveri

Tcha Limberger guitar, violin, vocals | Liana Gourdjia violin

Jazz Concert

Thursday, September 3 – 9.15 pm

Go West (1923) by and with Buster Keaton

Ensemble improCinema
Günter Buchwald music, electric piano | Mirko Cisilino trumpet, trombone
Romano Todesco double bass | Frank Bockius percussion

Silent Film with Live Music

Friday, September 4 – 6.30 pm

Pierre Génisson – Quartetto Indaco • Weber, Beethoven
200 Years Since the Death of Carl Maria von Weber

Chiesa dei SS. Giacomo e Quirico | Rio

Pierre Génisson clarinet
Quartetto Indaco
Eleonora Matsuno, Ida Di Vita violins | Jamiang Santi viola | Cosimo Carovani cello

C.M. von Weber	Clarinet Quintet Op. 34
L. van Beethoven	String Quartet Op. 59 No. 1

Saturday, September 5 – 6.30 pm

Roman Simović – Milena Simović – Giovanni Gnocchi • Bach Goldberg Variations

Roman Simović violin | Milena Simović viola
Giovanni Gnocchi cello

J.S. Bach

Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (transcription by D. Sitkovetskij)

Sunday, September 6 – 9.15 pm

Danilo Rea piano solo

Fortezza Pisana | Marciana

Danilo Rea piano

Jazz Concert

Monday, September 7 – 6.30 pm

Gidon Kremer – Festival Soloists • Astor and the Shadows of Tango

Gidon Kremer, Chiara Sannicandro violins | Katrīna Pelnēna viola
Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė cello | Iurii Gavryliuk double bass
Andrei Pushkarev vibraphone

A. Piazzolla	Buenos Aires hora cero
J. Petersburski	To ostatnia niedziela (The Last Sunday)
A. Piazzolla	Introducción al ángel
	Tango-Étude
	Tanti anni prima
	Milonga loca
	La Calle 92 (arr. by L. Desyatnikov)
	Chiquilín de bachín (arr. by L. Desyatnikov)
O. Strock	My Last Tango
	My Day Dream
	Dark Eyes
A. Piazzolla	La muerte del ángel
	Michelangelo ’70
	Fuga y misterio

Tuesday, September 8 – 6.30 pm

Roman Simović – Milena Simović – Giovanni Gnocchi – Alessandro Stella • Britten, Schumann, Brahms
50 Years Since the Death of Benjamin Britten

Roman Simović violin | Milena Simović viola | Giovanni Gnocchi cello
Alessandro Stella piano

B. Britten	Sonata for Cello and Piano (1961)
R. Schumann	Märchenbilder (Fairy Tale Pictures) for Viola and Piano Op. 113
J. Brahms	Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano Op. 101

Wednesday, September 9 – 6.30 pm

Gidon Kremer – Katrīna Pelnēna – Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė • Weinberg, Mozart

Gidon Kremer violin | Katrīna Pelnēna viola | Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė cello

M. Weinberg	Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello Op. 48
W.A. Mozart	Divertimento K. 563

Thursday, September 10 – 9.15 pm

Peter Bernstein Quartet

Santuario della Madonna di Monserrato | Porto Azzurro

Peter Bernstein Quartet
Peter Bernstein guitar | Sullivan Fortner piano
Doug Weiss double bass | Kush Abadey drums

Jazz Concert

Friday September 11 – 11.00 am

Mario Brunello • Trekking with Solo Cello

Mario Brunello cello

Anonymous (17th century)	Passacaglia
J. Cage	Cheap Imitation I for Piano (1969)
J. S. Bach	Suite n. 1 BWV 1007
V. Silvestrov	Two Serenades for Violin (Cello version)
A. Casarrubios	Seven (2020)

FREE ADMISSION

Friday September 11 – 6.30 pm

Mario Brunello – Georgijs Osokins • Mahler, Brahms

Mario Brunello cello | Georgijs Osokins piano

G. Mahler	Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) 1904
J. Brahms	Vier Ernste Gesange (Four Serious Songs) op. 121

Saturday, September 12 – 6.30 pm

Signum Saxophone Quartet – Roma Tre Orchestra • Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky

Signum Saxophone Quartet
Michal Knot soprano saxophone | Jacopo Taddei alto saxophone
Alan Luzar tenor saxophone | Edoardo Zotti baritone saxophone
Roma Tre Orchestra | Valerio Vicari conductor

P. Tchaikovsky	Souvenir de Florence op. 70 (arr. for string orchestra)
M. Mussorgsky	Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. by J. Nagao)

Sunday, September 13 – 9.15 pm

Martha Argerich & Friends – ELBA FESTIVAL PRIZE • Schubert, Chopin, Ravel, Debussy, Haydn