Friday, August 28 – 9.15 pm
Teatro dei Vigilanti “Renato Cioni” | Portoferraio
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
Teatro dei Vigilanti “Renato Cioni” | Portoferraio
Festival Soloists – Elba Festival Orchestra Strings • Bach, Mozart, Bartók
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
Chiesa di S. Chiara d’Assisi | Marciana Marina
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
Teatro dei Vigilanti “Renato Cioni” | Portoferraio
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 | Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano Op. 5 |
| B. Bartók | Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin and Piano Sz. 111 |
Tuesday, September 1 – 6.30 pm
Teatro dei Vigilanti “Renato Cioni” | Portoferraio
Festival Soloists • Dvořák, Shostakovich
Liana Gourdjia, Diet Tilanus 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
Centro Culturale De Laugier | Portoferraio
Tcha Limberger – Liana Gourdjia • Jazz Club at De Laugier
Tcha Limberger guitar, violin, vocals | Liana Gourdjia violin
Jazz Concert
Wednesday, September 2 – 6.30 pm
Piazza della Chiesa, Sant’Ilario in Campo | Campo nell’Elba
Pierre Génisson – Festival Soloists • Brahms | Traditional Klezmer
Pierre Génisson clarinet
Liana Gourdjia, Diet Tilanus violins
Georgy Kovalev viola | Raphael Bell cello
Amerigo Bernardi double bass
| J. Brahms | Clarinet Quintet Op. 115 |
Traditional Klezmer Pieces for Clarinet and Strings
Thursday, September 3 – 9.15 pm
Go West (1925) 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
Teatro dei Vigilanti “Renato Cioni” | Portoferraio
Pierre Génisson – Quartetto Indaco • Weber, Beethoven
200 Years Since the Death of Carl Maria von Weber
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
Chiesa dei SS. Giacomo e Quirico | Rio
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
Teatro dei Vigilanti “Renato Cioni” | Portoferraio
Danilo Rea piano solo
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
Teatro dei Vigilanti “Renato Cioni” | Portoferraio
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
Teatro dei Vigilanti “Renato Cioni” | Portoferraio
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
Teatro dei Vigilanti “Renato Cioni” | Portoferraio
Peter Bernstein Quartet
Peter Bernstein Quartet
Peter Bernstein guitar | Sullivan Fortner piano
Doug Weiss double bass | Kush Abadey drums
Jazz Concert
Friday September 11 – 11.00 am
Santuario della Madonna di Monserrato | Porto Azzurro
Mario Brunello • Trekking with Solo Cello
Mario Brunello cello
| Anonymous (17th century) | Passacaglia |
| J. Cage | Cheap Imitation I (1969) for Piano (Cello version) |
| 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
Teatro dei Vigilanti “Renato Cioni” | Portoferraio
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 Gesänge (Four Serious Songs) op. 121 |
Saturday, September 12 – 6.30 pm
Teatro dei Vigilanti “Renato Cioni” | Portoferraio
Jacopo Taddei – Roma Tre Orchestra • Čaikovskij, Mozart, Glazunov
Jacopo Taddei saxophone
Roma Tre Orchestra
| P. Tchaikovsky | Souvenir de Florence op. 70 (arr. for string orchestra) |
| W.A. Mozart | Oboe Concerto K. 314 (arr. for saxophone and strings) |
| A. Glazunov | Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra op. 109 |
Sunday, September 13 – 9.15 pm
Teatro dei Vigilanti “Renato Cioni” | Portoferraio
Martha Argerich & Friends – ELBA FESTIVAL PRIZE • Schubert, Chopin, Ravel, Debussy, Haydn
Martha Argerich piano
Georgijs Osokins piano | Michael Guttman violin | Jing Zhao cello
David Chen Sverdlov piano Elba Festival Prize 2026
| F. Schubert | Impromptu op. 90, n. 3 (D. 899) |
| F. Chopin | Scherzo n. 2, op. 31 |
| M. Ravel | Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose), Suite for Piano Four Hands (1908–1910) |
| F. Schubert | Fantasy for Piano Four Hands D. 940 |
| C. Debussy | Sonata for Cello and Piano (1915) |
| J. Haydn | Piano Trio No. 39, Hob. XV:25 |