Vivi Vassileva & Stephanie Childress

Percussion fireworks in the Tonhalle Zurich

She is a bundle of energy on the drums and ignites a veritable firework of musicality on stage. As the central figure in Martin Grubinger's succession, Vivi Vassileva is therefore in a special spotlight. She also uses this position to expand her repertoire for percussion solo, but also in combination with other instruments. When Vassileva interweaves her countless instruments, including marimba, tubular bells, kettledrums and bongos, with the sounds of the orchestra, the audience can look forward to magical moments. Together with London conductor Stephanie Childress and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, she presents Conjurer, a concerto for percussion by the leading American composer of the moment, John Corigliano.

Nadia Boulanger described Igor Stravinsky as a harbinger of musical modernism, as can be read in numerous letters from their 48-year friendship. And rightly so, as his antiquity-inspired work Apollon musagète proves.

Photo: Vivi Vassileva © Adriana Yankulova

Date and time
February 24, 2026, 19:30

Address
Tonhalle Zurich - Great Hall

Organizer
Zurich Chamber Orchestra

Works
John Corigliano: Conjurer. Concerto for percussion and string orchestra; Jean Françaix: Ode sur "La Naissance de Vénus"; Igor Stravinsky: Apollon musagète, K048

Management
Stephanie Childress (Management)

Soloists
Vivi Vassileva (percussion)

Admission price
CHF 115 / 105 / 90 / 65 / 40

Contact us
Telephone: +41 (0)44 552 59 00; e-mail: tickets@zko.ch

Website
https://zko.ch/events/vivi-vassileva-stephanie-childress-2025-26/