A not-to-be-missed cultural event in Val d’Isère for the past thirty years, ClassicaVal was the brainchild of Jean Reizine, a music-loving Avalin at heart. He was keen to put the spotlight on promising young artists. That’s why, every year, a handful of new musicians are put in the spotlight by the artistic directors and accompanied by the festival’s resident musicians.

The festival is also characterised by its artistic diversity, the fruit of the creative dynamism of its various artistic directors. Classicaval brings together concerts with a classical base that can include other musical forms or original instruments.

With each edition, Classicaval goes beyond the walls of the Val d’Isère church: there are meetings with pupils from the Val d’Isère school, a snow piano at the top of Bellevarde or on the snow front, street piano…

Over three evenings at the Eglise de Saint-Bernard de Menthon in the heart of Val d’Isere you can experience the beauty of classical music:

Tuesday 10th March

ROMANTICISM BETWEEN SOUL AND VIRTUOSITY

Johannes Brahms
Gestillte Sehnsucht op 91 for voice, viola and piano

David Popper
Requiem for three cellos and piano

Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Quintet op 115 Allegro / Con moto

Niccolò Paganini
Variations on a single string on a theme by Rossini for three cellos

Johannes Brahms
Trio for piano, clarinet and cello Allegro / Anadantino grazioso / Allegro

Wednesday 11th March

THE ANTIPODES OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Dimitri Shostakovich
Trio No. 1 Op. 8 for piano, violin and cello

Dimitri Shostakovich
Quintet for piano and strings Op. 57 Praeludium Scherzo

Georges Gershwin
Three Preludes

Georges Gershwin
Somewhere over the rainbow

Georges Gershwin
Rhapsody in blue

Thursday 12th March

Evening of Piotr Tchaikovsky

Melody

Waltz from “The Sleeping Beauty” for piano four hands

Souvenir de Florence – String Sextet

Tickets can be bought online, at the Tourist Office and on site (in front of the church) from 5:30pm depending on available spaces.

1-day pass

Adult: 28€
Child (under 14): 22€
Reduced price: 22€

3-day pass

Adult: 75€
Child (under 14): 60€
Reduced price: 60€

Reduced rate: holders of the Vie Val d’Is card and/or the Amicale du Personnel card