Rencontres Inédites I

An exceptional trio will open this concert, bringing together violinist Joshua Bell, cellist Steven Isserlis, and pianist Richard Goode. In the second part, Brahms’s famous Piano Quintet will be performed by a team of charismatic chamber musicians who perfectly embody the spirit of the Rencontres Inédites.

Program and cast

20 July 2026

Programme

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 63
(Goode, Bell, Isserlis)

Interval

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34
(Lugansky, Bouchkov, Waarts, Teh Engstroem, Maisky)

Cast

Joshua Bell violin 

Marc Bouchkov violin 

Stephen Waarts violin 

Blythe Teh Engstroem viola 

Steven Isserlis cello 

Mischa Maisky cello 

Richard Goode piano 

Nikolaï Lugansky piano

22 July 2026

Programme

GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845-1924)
String Quartet in E minor Op. 121
(Bell, Duval, Teh Engstroem, Isserlis)

Interval

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Piano Trio in E-flat major D. 929
(Fujita, Bell, Isserlis)

Joshua Bell violin 

Irène Duval violin 

Blythe Teh Engstroem viola 

Steven Isserlis cello 

Mao Fujita piano

26 July 2026

Programme

IGOR RAYKHELSON (1961-)
Piano Quintet
(Quentin, Bouchkov, So, Teh Engstroem, Cheng) 

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor Op. 25
(Tsujii, Saadi, Szücs, Soltani)

Concert without interval

Marc Bouchkov violin 

Yamen Saadi violin 

Paloma So violin 

Máté Szücs viola 

Blythe Teh Engstroem viola 

Bryan Cheng cello 

Kian Soltani cello 

Julien Quentin piano 

Nobuyuki Tsujii piano

27 July 2026

Programme

LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990)
Clarinet Sonata
(Génisson, Quentin)

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
Three Songs from William Shakespeare
(Jüngling, Neugebauer, Génisson, S. Ferrández)

TSOTNE ZEDGINIDZE (2009–)
Piano Quintet (World Premiere)
(Zedginidze, Bouchkov, Vaginsky, S. Ferrández, P. Ferrández)

Concert without interval

Marc Bouchkov violin 

Pablo Ferrández cello 

Zofia Neugebauer flute 

Pierre Génisson clarinet 

Emma Jüngling mezzo-soprano 

Julien Quentin piano 

Tsotne Zedginidze piano 

Lir Vaginsky violin 

Sara Ferrández viola

28 July 2026

Programme

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
Terzetto for two violins and viola in C major Op. 74
(Kavakos, Kang, Ridout)

CÉSAR FRANCK (1822-1890)
Violin Sonata in A major
(Kavakos, Kantorow)

Interval 

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major Op. 87
(Kantorow, Kavakos, Ridout, Ferrández)

Leonidas Kavakos violin 

Clara-Jumi Kang violin 

Timothy Ridout viola 

Pablo Ferrández cello 

Alexandre Kantorow piano

29 July 2026 11:00-12:45

Programme

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Piano Quintet in A major D. 667 “The Trout”
(Zedginidze, Bouchkov, Teh Engstroem, Blendulf, Kane) 

Interval 

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Piano Quintet in E-flat major Op. 44
(Liu, Dumay, Abouzahra, Ridout, Maisky)

Amira Abouzahra violin 

Marc Bouchkov violin 

Augustin Dumay violin 

Timothy Ridout viola 

Blythe Teh Engstroem viola 

Daniel Blendulf cello 

Mischa Maisky cello 

Brendan Kane double bass 

Bruce Liu piano 

Tsotne Zedginidze piano

29 July 2026 19:30-20:30

Programme

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Piano Trio No. 2 in F major Op. 80
(Sohn, Kang, Ferrández)

Interval 

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Piano Quartet in E-flat major Op. 47
(Sohn, Waarts, Ridout, Maintz)

Clara-Jumi Kang violin 

Stephen Waarts violin 

Timothy Ridout viola 

Pablo Ferrández cello 

Jens-Peter Maintz cello 

Minsoo Sohn piano

30 July 2026

Programme

MAX BRUCH (1838-1920)
Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano Op. 83
(Génisson, Ridout, Kim) 

Interval

NIKOLAÏ MEDTNER (1880-1951)
Piano Quintet in C major Op. posth
(Lim, Lozakovich, So, Ridout, Soltani)

Daniel Lozakovich violin 

Paloma So violin 

Timothy Ridout viola 

Kian Soltani cello 

Pierre Génisson clarinet 

Sunwook Kim piano 

Yunchan Lim piano