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The PulSion student association from HEMU Valais-Wallis, in partnership with the Haute École de Musique Vaud-Valais-Fribourg, presents the 7th edition of the PulSion Winter Festival.

For 5 days, students will perform chamber music concerts in various cultural venues across Valais, in formations ranging from duos to octets. Fondation Opale host these students, who have entirely composed the festival program, will perform in the lobby of the Art Center, facing the Louché Lake, where works by Mozart, Beethoven, and Shostakovich will resonate.

 

Free entry, donations welcome
No registration required


Program:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, KV 575

  1. Allegretto
  2. Andante
  3. Menuetto: Allegretto
  4. Allegretto

Victor Macabiès & Metalena Wulu, violins, Nina Soffe, viola, Pauline Letombe, cello

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) String Quartet No. 4, Op. 18

  1. Allegro ma non tanto
  2. Scherzo
  3. Menuetto
  4. Allegro

Julie Cuennet & Viviana Peters, violins, Nina Soffe, viola, Camille Ducroux, cello

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) String Quartet No. 3, Op. 73

  1. Allegretto
  2. Moderato con moto
  3. Allegro non troppo
  4. Adagio
  5. Moderato

Arthur Gautier & Alessia Neri, violins, Anna Bougie, viola, Eléonore Rocca, cello

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