THE GSTAAD CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS

A Place for Conversation

Come curious, listen closely, exchange perspectives and leave having discovered something you did not know before.

An Encounter, Not a Lecture

What Stayed With Us

Every guest leaves something behind. Rather than simply documenting who visited the Club, we remember each encounter through the ideas, questions and perspectives that remained afterwards.

31.08.2026 , Monday

christian levett

Investor / Art Collector / 2026

We discovered

Christian Levett brings together the worlds of collecting, scholarship and public access. A former investment manager, his lifelong fascination with art evolved from collecting ancient coins

We discussed

Levett's journey from private collecting to creating museums reflects a belief that art gains meaning when it is made available to the public

What stayed with us

The most lasting collections may be the ones that change how we look. Levett's work reminds us that there are always stories still waiting to be found

 

Different Worlds. One Room.

There is deliberately no single subject defining the Cultural Encounters. One evening may begin with contemporary art. Another with architecture, collecting, film, literature, design or the story behind an extraordinary life.

What connects them is the quality of the person, the depth of the conversation and the possibility of discovering something new.

From People, For People

The Gstaad Cultural Encounters were created to remain personal. Residents, members, visitors and people passing through Gstaad can find themselves in the same room, listening to the same guest and sharing the same conversation. The scale is intentional: close enough to listen, small enough to speak, open enough to encounter someone you may never otherwise have met.

The Next Encounter

Julia Lezhneva

02.09.2026 , Wednesday

Julia Mikhaylovna Lezhneva born 5 December 1989) is a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist, specializing in soprano and coloratura mezzo-soprano material of the 18th and early 19th century.

COME CURIOUS.

You do not need to be an expert. You only need to be interested in discovering another way of seeing something.

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