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
Jean-Albert Ferrez
Vice President
Patrick Aebischer
Member
Yves Bonzon
Member
Martin T:son Engstroem
Founder & Director
Patrice Feron
Member
Christophe Maret
President, Commune de Val de Bagnes/VS
Catherine de Marignac
Member
Vincent Michellod
Member
Dietmar Müller-Elmau
Member
Patrick de Preux
Member
François Reyl
Member
Julien Schoenlaub
Member
Julien Tron
President, The Friends of the Verbier Festival
Jean-Baptiste Vaudan
Member
Pierre-Martin Moulin
Secretary
board committees
Chairman’s Committee
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe (President)
Martin T:son Engstroem
Jean-Albert Ferrez
Christophe Maret
François Reyl
Julien Schoenlaub
Julien Tron
Pierre-Martin Moulin (Secretary)
Câline Yamakawa (Ex-officio)
Stephen McHolm (Ex-officio)
Audit Committee
Patrice Feron (President)
Jean-Albert Ferrez
Pascal Mottier (Secretary)
Câline Yamakawa (Ex-officio)
Institutional Relations Committee
Christophe Maret (President)
Patrick de Preux
Câline Yamakawa (Secretary)
Stephen McHolm (Ex-officio)
Philanthropic Giving & Sponsorship Committee
François Reyl (President)
Patrick Aebischer
Yves Bonzon
Martin T:son Engstroem
Catherine de Marignac
Vincent Michellod
Julien Tron
Marina Gross (Secretary)
Câline Yamakawa (Ex-officio)
Stephen McHolm (Ex-officio)
Concert Hall & Strategic Development Committee
Julien Schoenlaub (President)
Patrick Aebischer
Martin T:son Engstroem
Patrick de Preux
Dietmar Müller-Elmau
Jean-Baptiste Vaudan
Câline Yamakawa (Secretary)
Stephen McHolm (Ex-officio)
