The Verbier Festival is an international classical music event that takes place each summer in the mountain town of Verbier, Switzerland. The Festival’s mission is to build a community of exchange between great masters and young artists from all over the world and to be a leader in its field by providing meaningful music education programmes.
Launched in 1994, and now globally renowned, the Festival welcomes audiences with a distinctive and exhilarating blend of events, both large-scale and intimate. Audiences from around the globe come to experience music-making at the highest level in a setting that brings them close to star performers, rising talent and a complete process of learning, rehearsal and performance.
The Festival’s Academy is its respiratory system—a laboratory where future talents are discovered and nurtured. It sets the gold standard for the training of emerging soloists, chamber and orchestral musicians, singers and conductors. Each summer, audiences witness these musicians in action at more than 100 masterclasses, rehearsals and performances. The Verbier Festival Orchestra has become a rite of passage for today’s exceptional young orchestral musicians and the Academy’s programmes for soloists, chamber musicians and singers include an impressive list of alumni from over 60 countries who have been engaged by the world’s leading concert presenters since their time in Verbier.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe
President
Alain Nicod
Vice President
Patrick Aebischer
Member
Yves Bonzon
Member
Martin T:son Engstroem
Founder & Director
Patrice Feron
Member
Jean-Albert Ferrez
Member
Pierre de Labouchère
Member
Christophe Maret
Presiden, Commune de Val de Bagnes/VS
Catherine de Marignac
President, The Friends of the Verbier Festival
John Porter
Member
Patrick de Preux
Member
Julien Schoenlaub
Member
Olivier Verrey
Member
Julien Tron
Secretary, non-voting participant
BOARD COMMITTEES
Chairman’s Committee
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe
Alain Nicod
Martin T:son Engstroem
Jean-Albert Ferrez
Christophe Maret
Julien Schoenlaub
Public Relations
Christophe Maret
Patrick de Preux
Audit
Patrice Feron
Jean-Albert Ferrez
Olivier Verrey
Development
Patrick Aebischer
Martin T:son Engstroem
Pierre de Labouchère
Catherine de Marignac
Julien Schoenlaub
John Porter