With the crowning final concert of the violinist Christian Tetzlaff and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the ten-day festival “Klosters Music” ended on Sunday. Among the highlights were performances by Sir András Schiff, Kit Armstrong and Maurice Steger. More than 3000 guests visited the high-class classical concerts in Klosters.

Klosters Music took place this year for the first time under the roof of the newly founded foundation “Kunst & Musik, Klosters”. “The enthusiasm of the guests and musicians is great,” says artistic director David Whelton with satisfaction. “We were able to realise concerts of the highest quality and with very good visitor numbers,” says Whelton. “We have thus laid a reliable foundation for the further development of Klosters Music”.

Expectations fulfilled, promises kept
“World class meets mountain world” was the slogan of this year’s concerts. This promise could be fulfilled with high-standing performances by national and international orchestras, ensembles and artists. The highlight was the performance by Sir András Schiff, who performed the monumental solo recital “Das Wohltemperierten Kla-vier, Band 1” by Johann Sebastian Bach in the church of St. Jakob, which was filled to capacity. The concert of the Swiss recorder player Maurice Steger with his programme “Mr Handel’s Dinner” as well as the performance of the Janoska Ensemble with an enthralling homage to the Beatles also provided great enthusiasm.

Over 3000 guests attended the two dozen large and small concerts at five venues in Klosters. In addition to the main concerts, the various performances of various formations on the Bahnhofplatz Klosters and the jazz concert on Madrisa with the South African jazz band Virtual Jazz Reality, held for the first time, were very well attended.

Promoting the location with art and music
“The aim of our foundation is to enrich the destination of Klosters with top-quality art and music. We have succeeded in doing this in the last ten days,” says President Rolf Theiler. “Now the planning for next year begins. We would like to further develop our formats in depth and breadth”.

Next year’s event has already been decided: Klosters Music will take place from August 1 to August 9, 2020.