Events: Concert, Musical in Ascona

<strong>Discovering Ascona</strong> The spirit of Ascona can be experienced through live music in a wide range of jazz genres.

<strong>The 18th season</strong> of the Jazz Cat Club in Ascona, a hub for jazz in Ticino, features <strong>eleven concerts</strong> with international artists from October 13, 2025, to May 18, 2026.

Floating Notes presents the preview of the Floating Notes Festival 2026, which will take place in October at the Teatro Sociale in Bellinzona. This special evening features two exclusive concerts.

Imagine a hidden oasis where the sun warms your skin and you can hear the waves crashing against the shore and the gentle rustle of palm trees create a tranquil atmosphere.

For more than 30 years, the town of Ascona and its picturesque lakefront have been immersing themselves in the world of music, hosting one of the biggest jazz events in Switzerland

The men's category stone weighs 22.140 kg, the women's category stone weighs 7.050 kg.

<strong>Occhi verso l'alto</strong> Sit comfortably on one of the terraces under the plane trees on the Piazza, enjoying dinner or sipping a refreshing cocktail.

Ascona dresses up in Rock Music flows through Ascona's streets in an evening of Rock to be discovered and experienced. Organized by AMA - Associazione Manifestazioni Ascona

UNMASK THE SUN The iconic SunIce Festival, known for its electrifying winter festival in the snowy mountains of St. Moritz, is expanding to the shores of Ascona.

For 80 years, the Settimane Musicali Ascona have been a prestigious meeting place for music lovers. In 2026, the festival becomes classicAscona.

The Preludio Lungolago concerts are organized as pre-concerts by ensembles from the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana on Ascona's famous and legendary lakeside promenade

Programm nach Ansage

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Klaviersonate Nr. 18 G-Dur D 894 --- Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) Mazurka h-Moll op. 33 Nr. 4 Mazurka e-Moll op. 41 Nr. 2 Mazurka f-Moll op. 63 Nr. 2 Prélude...

Frédéric Chopin | Franz Schubert

Reading & talk - in Italian and German

Georg Philipp Telemann | Giovanni Battista Sammartini | Johann Sebastian Bach | Antonio Vivaldi

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Ouvertüre (Suite) für Blockflöte, Streicher und Basso continuo a-Moll TWV 55:a2 Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700-1775) Sinfonia G-Dur J-C 39 Konzert für...

Programm wird kurzfristig bekanntgegeben.

Students of the master class with Julia Lezhneva (voice).

Vilde Frang | Martin Helmchen | Benjamin and Salamon Eredics

Béla Bartók (1881-1945) Violinsonate Nr. 1 Sz. 75 --- Ungarische Folklore (nach Ansage) Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Ungarische Tänze (Auszüge nach Ansage) Béla Bartók...

Seohyun Kim | Ryan Wang

Orchestra 1 della Scuola di musica del Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana

Programm nach Ansage

Georgian on my mind Werke von Chopin, Brahms, Inola Gurgulia, Giorgi Gigashvili, Kantscheli, Prokofjew, sowie georgische Volkslieder und Weltmusik

Nini Nutsubidze | Giorgi Gigashvili

Students of the master class with Vilde Frang (violin)

Programm wird kurzfristig bekanntgegeben.

Elina Duni & Rob Luft feat. Matthieu Michel | Vision String Quartet

Set 1 Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906-1975) Streichquartett Nr. 8 c-Moll op. 110 Set 2 «Spectrum» Jazz-Pop-Improvisationen --- Set 3 «Lost Ships» Set 4 Gatto Wine-Bistrot & Music

Luka Coetzee | Yukino Kaihara

Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020) Preludio aus der Suite für Violoncello solo Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Prélude aus der Suite für Violoncello solo Nr. 6 D-Dur BWV 1012 Claude...

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Cellosonate c-Moll op. 65 Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Cellosonate a-Moll op. 36 --- Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994) «Grave», Metamorphosen für Violoncello und...

Sol Gabetta | Bertrand Chamayou

Children and youth project Accademia | Dimitri Verscio in collaboration with the Locarnese Music School/Conservatorio and the Ascona/Locarno schools

Musik von Prokofjew und anderen – eine interdisziplinäre Performance aus Musik, Tanz und Bewegungstheater mit den jungen Schülerinnen und Schülern der Musikschule und der Vorschule des...