Musical season 2026

How lucky we are, here in Fusio at the far end of the Maggia Valley, for this third musical season, to welcome internationally renowned artists such as the German piano legend Peter Rösel (piano), Delphine Bardin (piano) – winner of the 1997 Clara Haskil Prize, continuing her ‘Schubert – viceversa’ cycle, Tjasha Gafner (harp) & Maud Paquis (voice) in a reimagined “Winterreise”, Bach’s Suites performed by Ophélie Gaillard (cello), and the promising young duo Julien Fornerod (cello) & Théo Comby (piano).

Book your tickets (and your rooms?). It’s going to be magnificent!

Price: 40.- (post-concert drinks included) / 30.- for guests Bookings: info@villapineta.ch / 091 755 17 55

16 & 17 May: SCHUBERT – VICEVERSA (8 concerts cycle [pdf])

DELPHINE BARDIN, piano (Clara Haskil Prize 1997)

Saturday 16.05.2026 – 4.30 pm – Programme 3

• Jan Václav Vorisek : Impromptus, Op. 7, Nos. 4, 5 and 6 (1822)
• Jan Václav Vorisek : Piano Sonata in B flat minor, Op. 20 (1824)

• Franz Schubert : Impromptus Op. 142, D 935

Sunday 17.05.2026 – 11.15 am – Programme 4

• Franz Schubert : “Moments musicaux”, Op. 94, D 780
• Ludwig van Beethoven : Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90

• Franz Schubert : Piano Sonata in C minor, D 958

DELPHINE BARDIN

Winner of the first prize at the Paris Conservatoire, French pianist Delphine Bardin won the famous Clara Haskil Competition in Vevey in 1997. When her Clara Haskil prize was announced, many listeners exclaimed: ‘It’s her! It’s Clara Haskil reborn!’ ‘ And it is true that it is not only a physical resemblance that links Delphine Bardin to her illustrious predecessor. Precociously gifted, possessed of unusual maturity, as demanding as she is sometimes taciturn, devoted to music and nothing but music, the French pianist is advancing as she wishes, but not as she deserves. Her secret art, of absolute purity, awaits only one thing: that we enjoy it without moderation!

Sunday 07.06.2026 – 11.15 am

PETER RÖSEL, piano

• Joseph Haydn : Piano Sonata in E flat major, Hob.XVI.49
• Felix Mendelssohn : Lieder ohne Worte: Op. 62, Nos. 1 and 3, Op. 19 No. 1 and Op. 62 No. 2

• Carl Maria von Weber : Aufforderung zum Tanz, Op. 69
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Sonata in F major, K. 332, and Sonata in B flat major, K. 333

PETER ROESEL

Born in Dresden in 1945, a pupil of Dmitri Bashkirov and Lev Oborin in Moscow, Peter Rösel is today ‘the least known of the great pianists’ (Alain Lompech). A comet escaped from a paradise we thought had been lost: that of pure inspiration. Unsurprisingly, it is the Everest peaks of the repertoire that feature most prominently in his programmes: Peter Rösel needs space and height to quench his thirst for beauty and transcendence. His complete recording of Brahms’s piano works, and his performances of Beethoven’s and Rachmaninov’s piano concertos with the great Kurt Sanderling remain absolute, essential benchmarks.

Sunday 29.06.2026 – 11.15 am

TJASHA GAFNER, harp & MAUD PAQUIS (vocals)

• Franz Schubert : “Winterreise” reimagined for harp, piano and voice

The friendship between Tjasha Gafner (harp) and Maud Paquis (vocals) goes back a long way; the future musicians first met at nursery school. Tjasha is now one of the leading classical harpists of her generation. A winner of numerous international competitions, including the prestigious ARD Prize in 2024, she performs on the world’s greatest stages. Maud, for her part, has chosen the path of jazz. A pianist, singer and songwriter, she has two albums to her name and places creativity and improvisation at the heart of her practice.

Both artists were keen to collaborate on a joint project. The idea of ‘reinterpreting Schubert’s Winterreise’ seemed obvious . A landmark of German Romanticism, this song cycle is also one of the earliest major song repertoires: a territory at the crossroads of their artistic sensibilities. As a result of a week-long residency at Villa Pineta, the duo will present their reinterpretation of Schubert’s Lieder — a freely adapted version for harp, piano and voice, where tradition and improvisation engage in dialogue, and where two musical journeys finally converge.

19 & 20 September : SCHUBERT – VICEVERSA (8 concerts cycle [pdf])

DELPHINE BARDIN, piano (Clara Haskil Prize 1997)

Saturday 19.09.2026 – 4.30 pm – Programme 5

• Franz Liszt: Transcriptions of Lieder by Franz Schubert        
• Franz Liszt:  ‘The Water Games at Villa d’Este’ (Year 3 of the Pilgrimage)

• Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 78, D 894

Sunday 20 September 2026 – 11.15 am – Programme 6

• Alban Berg : Sonate pour piano op 1           
• Franz Schubert : Impromptus op 90, D 899

• Arnold Schönberg: ‘6 Little Piano Pieces’ Op. 19               
• Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in A minor, Op. 42, D 845

DELPHINE BARDIN

Winner of the first prize at the Paris Conservatoire, French pianist Delphine Bardin won the famous Clara Haskil Competition in Vevey in 1997. When her Clara Haskil prize was announced, many listeners exclaimed: ‘It’s her! It’s Clara Haskil reborn!’ ‘ And it is true that it is not only a physical resemblance that links Delphine Bardin to her illustrious predecessor. Precociously gifted, possessed of unusual maturity, as demanding as she is sometimes taciturn, devoted to music and nothing but music, the French pianist is advancing as she wishes, but not as she deserves. Her secret art, of absolute purity, awaits only one thing: that we enjoy it without moderation!

Sunday 4 October 2026 – 11.15 am

OPHELIE GAILLARD, cello

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1, 3 and 5 (subject to change)

OPHELIE GAILLARD

An endless curiosity, a taste for risk, and an unbridled appetite for the entire concertante cello repertoire—without boundaries or factional squabbles—are undoubtedly what set this brilliant Franco-Swiss performer apart from her peers from a very early age. Voted ‘Instrumental Soloist Revelation’ by the general public at the ‘Victoires de la Musique Classique’ in 2003, she has since performed in recitals at the most prestigious venues (the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Théâtres d’Aix-en-Provence and du Châtelet, Oji Hall in Tokyo, Wigmore Hall in London, etc.)

Saturday 17 October 2026 – 11.15 am

THÉO COMBY, piano & JULIEN FORNEROD, cello 

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for viola da gamba and harpsichord in D major                                               
• Claude Debussy: Sonata for cello and piano in D minor

• Anton Webern: Two Pieces (1899) + 3 Little Pieces, Op. 11 (1914) for cello and piano                                                                       
• Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano in E minor, Op. 38

THÉO COMBY & JULIEN FORNEROD

Théo Comby was born on 3 May 1997. He began learning the piano at the age of seven, first at a music school and then at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional (CRR) in Bordeaux under Marie-Christine Dubernat. After completing his A-levels, he began studying philosophy in Paris and obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 2020 at the Sorbonne. Following his university studies, he finally decided to devote himself to music, after a nine-year hiatus. He returned to the world of classical music at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Départemental (CRD) in L’Haÿ-les-Roses and resumed his piano studies with Ilen Song, obtaining his Diplôme d’Études Musicales (DEM) in 2022. That same year, he joined the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne (HEMU) in Pascal Godart’s class. In 2025, he had the opportunity to perform Mozart’s Concerto No. 17, K.453, during the ‘Nuit du Concerto’ organised by the HEMU.

Born in February 2005, Julien Fornerod began learning the cello in Marc Jaermann’s class at the Lausanne Conservatoire, in his hometown. In 2021, he was admitted to the special classes for musicians at the Auguste Piccard Gymnasium. In 2022, he obtained his certificate of completion in cello studies and, in the same year, was admitted to the pre-professional course at the Lausanne Conservatoire. Julien performs regularly with various orchestras such as the Orchestre des jeunes de la Suisse romande (conducted by the Sine Nomine Quartet), the Orchestre Symphonique en Vogue, and the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra. He is also deeply committed to chamber music and has had the opportunity to work with Hans Egidi (Sine Nomine Quartet), Vincent Coq (Wanderer Trio) and Sigiswald Kuijken. Since 2023, he has been studying for a Bachelor’s degree at the Lausanne University of Music in Patrick Demenga’s class.