The Sunday Salon series in Lavatersaal, Zürich is an offering filled with live music, poetry recitation, and story telling that are based on the experience we share together as everyday human beings who are going through similar situations in life. This shared identity gives all of us a stronger sense of community and culture. The goal of our series is to break the boundaries between audience and performers by inviting everyone into the conversation of communicative art and making the floor a less formal and more interactive space for sharing.

2026 
Lavatersaal, Zürich

Concert I
Sunday April 26th, 2026 14:30  
"Remembering" - Art Songs  
Soprano: Eszter Gyüdi
Piano: Yilan Zhao

Program
Federico Mompou: Combat del Somni (Combat of Dreams)
Judith Bingham: Cathedral of Trees
Heinz Holliger: Mileva Lieder (Poetry from Mileva Demenga as a 6 year old girl)
Benjamin Britten: selections from Les Illuminations (poetry from Arthur Rimbaud)

- For remembering Yvonne.



Concert II
Sunday May 24th, 2026 14:30
"Unfolding" - Jazz Duo
Piano: Jean-Paul Brodbeck
Bass: Lukas Traxel

Program
Songs from the Great American Songbook
Original Songs from Jean-Paul Brodbeck and Lukas Traxel  



More dates to be followed.
Tickets and reservation links to be updated one month before concert date. 



ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

YILAN ZHAO
As the funder and artistic director of the Sunday Salon, Yilan Zhao's stage presence was never confined in the realm of pianist. Her versatile experience on stage led her to create the "Sunday Salon" concert series in Zurich in 2022. She curates and hosts the concerts.