The Mahler Chamber Orchestra opens the World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos together with Renaud Capucon and Jon Batiste.
The Forum’s Annual Meeting takes place on 19-23 January, under the theme A Spirit of Dialogue. The Forum opens with a concert that embodies this intersection of tradition and technology. The Mahler Chamber Orchestra, joined by world-renowned violinist Renaud Capuçon, performs classical repertoire accompanied by an AI-generated visual installation created by artist and technologist Ronen Tanchum. Reacting in real time to the musicians’ performance, the artwork transforms every note into dynamic, evolving imagery, turning the concert into a living dialogue between sound and vision. In this interplay, tradition and innovation do more than coexist; they actively shape one another, illustrating that technology can deepen, rather than diminish, artistic expression.
The second half of the concert features multi-Grammy Award-winning artist Jon Batiste, whose genre-blending musicianship exemplifies the power of cultural hybridity. Few performers embody so clearly the idea that music is a universal language.
“We are thrilled to be part of the World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos with Renaud and Jon Batiste. The arts and culture have a central role in building sustainable societies, where people can thrive and be happy. Solutions for the challenges of today and tomorrow are found together through respectful dialogue between different sectors of society, and we are proud to bring our artistic input to this event that collects the world’s leaders together”, says Mahler Chamber Orchestra CEO Liisa Ketomäki.
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/davos-2026-opening-concert-music/
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