Change and Transformation at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival

Desmond Cecil
Friday, December 15, 2023

Desmond Cecil examines the Festival's programme and ethos as it embarks on its 68th edition – its second in a three-year theme cycle focused on 'Change'

Menuhin founded the Festival in 1957 with his friends  Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears and Maurice Gendron in the historic 15th century St Maurice Church (Mauritiuskirche) in Saanen © Ettore Causa
Menuhin founded the Festival in 1957 with his friends  Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears and Maurice Gendron in the historic 15th century St Maurice Church (Mauritiuskirche) in Saanen © Ettore Causa

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