Sonc, La Marca, Knight & Crawford-Phillips

Pianist Simon Crawford-Phillips invites a professor and two professors from the String Academy 2026 to join him on stage: the Frenchman Adrien La Marca, one of the outstanding violists of his generation; British cellist Josephine Knight, holder of the prestigious Alfredo Piatti Chair at the Royal Academy of Music in London; and Slovenian violinist Tanja Sonc, a student of Igor Ozim in Salzburg and Nora Chastain in Zurich, and since 2017 a member of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. The result: a high-profile chamber music celebration that highlights two great female composers from past centuries – Fanny Mendelssohn, in musical "dialogue" with her beloved brother, and Nadia Boulanger, who shaped early editions of the Menuhin Festival Gstaad with her presence.

Tanja Sonc, violin

Adrien La Marca, viola

Josephine Knight, cello

Simon Crawford Phillips, piano

Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn (1805–1847)

"Dimming descended from above" (1843) 3'

"In Autumn" (1844) 3'

"Harpist's Song" (1825) 3'

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)

Piano Trio No. 2 c-minor op. 66 (MWV Q 33) (1845) 30'

Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)

3 pieces for cello and piano (1911-1913) 7'

Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)

Piano Quartet No. 1 c-minor op. 15 (1879) 30'

80'