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 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 

Location:
Lavatersaal
St. Peterhofstatt 6, 8001 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

The Brodbeck/Traxel duo performs their
original compositions as well as songs
from the Great American Songbook.
Their repertoire also includes compositions
directly influenced by classical music,
lending a timeless beauty to their dynamically
nuanced sound. Their musical language is
modern and free with a rhythmically traditional backbone. 
 


Concert III
Sunday June 14th, 2026 14:30
"Revealing" - Chamber Music 
Cello: Elena Gröger
Violin: Laurent Bourquin
Piano: Hanna Meister

Program:
Lili Boulanger: 3 Pieces for cello and piano
Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata in e minor, Op.38
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65
 




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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.