Ilva Eigus
Rezital
Saturday, 22. August 2026
10:30 a.m., Gstaad Chapel
Born in Zurich in 2007 to a Latvian mathematician and a Swiss jazz musician – the outstanding pianist Nik Bärtsch – Ilva Eigus is an extraordinary talent shaped by the incomparable school of Zakhar Bron. Ilva Eigus returns to Gstaad with a programme devoted to two composers who drew profound inspiration from the unique Swiss landscape: Johannes Brahms, represented by his celebrated “Thun Sonata”, and Tchaikovsky, who might never have completed his Violin Concerto without the invigorating – and soothing – atmosphere of Clarens near Montreux, on the eastern shore of Lake Geneva. By his side: Richard Octaviano Kogima – an exceptional pianist and equally compelling conductor, who captured attention at last year’s Conducting Academy and distinguished himself as one of its most exciting rising talents.
Ilva Eigus, Violin
Richard Octaviano Kogima, Piano
| Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) | |
| Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 “Thun” | 20' |
| Robert Schumann (1810–1856) | |
| Fantasiestücke for Violin and Piano, Op. 73 (1849) | 10' |
| Igor Strawinsky (1882–1971) | |
| Divertimento from the ballet “The Fairy's Kiss” (arr. for violin and piano by Samuel Dushkin) (1932) | 20' |
| Peter Tschaikowsky (1840–1893) | |
| Sérénade mélancolique for Violin and Piano in B-flat Minor, Op. 26 (1875) | 10' |
| Valse-Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C Major, Op. 34 (1877) | 5' |
| 70' | |