The arts and culture programme runs throughout the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2025 in Davos, with the opening concert, a cultural table and a series of specially commissioned artist exhibitions. The programme focuses on the International Year of the Glacier and the forum's perennial concerns with sustainability and gender equality.
Kévin Germanier, costume designs for the vocal soloists in the opening concert of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos Courtesy: World Economic Forum
Opening concert
Plenary Hall, Congress Centre, Davos
Livestreamed Monday 20 January, 18.30-19.15
Orchestral performance: Morphing Chamber Orchestra and Tim Allhoff
Vocal artists: Ane Brun, Danielle de Niese and Jeremy Dutcher
Music composed or arranged by: Tim Allhoff; Ane Brun and Johan Lindström; Ane Brun and Fleshquartet; Jeremy Dutcher; Christopher Tin
Lyrics variously by: Ane Brun; Jeremy Dutcher; Qwo-li Driskill
Musical production: Michael Kamm
Visuals: Refik Anadol Studio
Costumes: Kévin Germanier
Cristina Mittermeier's Violet Sunset (2022). Mittermeier, a cultural leader at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, is showing her work in a specially commissioned exhibition, Hope, and acting as a keynote speaker at the cultural table Cristina Mittermeier
Cultural table: Art Can Change the World
Congress Centre, Davos
Wednesday 22 January, 19:30 – 22:00
Keynote speakers: Melanie Brown, Misty Copeland, Tom Daley, Mohammed Saeed Harib and Cristina Mittermeier
Sougwen Chung, Spectral Oscillation 1. Chung is showing Oscillation 2 of the work as part of her contribution to the annual meeting of the WEF as an exhibiting artist and cultural leader Courtesy: Sougwen Chung
Exhibitions
Congress Centre, Davos
Monday 20 January to Friday 24 January
- Refik Anadol, Large Nature Model: Glaciers (2024)
- Sougwen Chung, Spectral (2024)
- Kévin Germanier, Golden Voyager (2024)
- Jann Haworth and Liberty Blake, Work in Progress (2016 to date)
- Cristina Mittermeier, Hope (2024)
- Gary Tyler, A Life Interrupted (2024)
Arts and culture programme devised by: Joseph Fowler, head of arts and culture, World Economic Forum