How to Get Here
Verbier is easily accessible by various means of transport.
Venues & Accessibility
Learn more about our performance venues and accessibility.
Where to Stay
Explore available accommodation options in Verbier.
Eat and drink
Explore a selection of places to eat or drink during your visit to Verbier.
Flex pack
20% discount starting 7 concerts purchased from the Mainstage programme (excluding Carré Or).
Gift cards
Share your passion for classical music by offering a Verbier Festival gift card (valid until the end of the current edition, i.e. August 3, 2025).
Bagnard
40% discount for permanent residents of Commune de Val de Bagnes (excluding Carré Or and cat. C)
RailAway
The Verbier Festival, in partnership with RailAway, offers you 30 % off your train tickets to Verbier.
Under 35
For adults under 35 years old, for all Mainstage concerts excluding VFJO, Academy, and afternoon church concerts (excluding Carré Or).
Students
For students with student identity card available on all Mainstage concerts (excluding Carré Or, open seating concerts, and VFJO and Academy concerts).
Children
For children under 16 on all Mainstage concerts (excluding Carré Or and Academy concerts).
Combins pass
Attend all evening concerts at Salle des Combins (Carré Or) from the 17th of July 2025 to the 3rd of August 2025. Contact the Ticket Office to buy your Pass.
Ravel 150
Includes Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s two concerts on July 17 2025.
Soloists & Ensembles
The Academy searches the world for the most promising pianists, violinists, violists, cellists and chamber music ensembles of trios and quartets.
Atelier Lyrique
The Verbier Festival Academy’s Atelier Lyrique stands out among professional training programmes by offering a unique blend of opera role and song repertoire studies.
Creative Project Development
The Creative Project Development Residency offers an opportunity to an imaginative and entrepreneurial young artist to develop and workshop an original project.
Audio Recording
The Academy’s Audio Recording Programme offers a unique opportunity to up to three emerging sound engineers to work alongside a professional recording team.
VFJO
The Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra (VFJO) is an international orchestral training programme for young musicians aged 15 to 18.
VFO
The Verbier Festival Orchestra (VFO) is a rite of passage for today’s exceptional young orchestra musicians.
Conducting
The Verbier Festival Conducting Programme offers a stepping stone to emerging artists who are on the verge of leading orchestras at the highest level.
VFCO
The Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra is the Verbier Festival’s worldwide Ambassador.
UNLTD Summer 2025
Le Cinéma
Six bold concerts at Cinéma de Verbier — genre-blurring nights, headline artists, unexpected encounters.
La Chapelle
A candlelit sanctuary for sound. Four intimate concerts—meditative journeys, bold detours, and resonant music.
South
The Festival’s late shift lives here. Four concerts where genres clash, stories unfold, and music dares to go further.
ideaLab
Where music meets ideas. IdeaLab blends concerts and conversation to explore the ‘why’ behind the music.
KiDs Summer 2025
Concerts, creative workshops, musical fun in the open air, and a one-of-a-kind storytelling camp—VF KiDS offers magical moments for children of all ages throughout the Verbier Festival.
Storytellers in the Classroom
The Storytellers project offers valuable educational enrichment in primary schools across the canton of Valais.
Music Discovery
Each summer, VF KiDS offers fun and interactive workshops for young children at the Verbier Festival.
Zoo
Dive into a world of imagination through the eyes of VF KiDS.
Ludwig's world
Interactive exhibition for all ages.
Verbier Festival Gold
Gems from the Festival archives.
VF Collection
An ambitious heritage project that extends our artistic mission beyond the summer season
Apple Music Classical
The Verbier Festival is pleased to announce its partnership with Apple Music Classical.
Jukebox
An immersive audiovisual space for archival treasures.
Broadcast and streaming
The Verbier Festival lets music-lovers worldwide enjoy concerts live or on replay.
The Friends
Music-loving donors supporting the Verbier Festival.
Sponsorship
A partnership built for success.
Patronage
Gifts to the Verbier Festival Foundation.
Legacy Giving
Help us build a sustainable future.
Founder & Director
En 1991, Martin Engstroem put the wheels in motion for what in 1994 would become the Verbier Festival & Academy.
Contact
Our telephone numbers, email and postal addresses, office hours and directory of personnel.

Directory

Verbier Festival Personnel
ADDRESS

Fondation du Verbier Festival
Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau 4
1800 Vevey
Switzerland

GENERAL ENQUIRIES

Reception
+41 (0)21 925 90 60
info@verbierfestival.com

Ticket Office
+41 (0)848 771 882
ticketing@verbierfestival.com

The Friends of the Verbier Festival
+41 (0)21 925 90 66
amis@verbierfestival.com


EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

Founder & Co-CEO Martin T:son Engstroem
Co-CEO Hervé Boissière
Director, Academy & UNLTD Stephen McHolm
Technical Director & Manager, Safety Erick Sez
direction@verbierfestival.com

ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES

Manager, Administration & Finance Pascal Mottier
Office Assistant Arthur Favre
finance@verbierfestival.com

HR Assistant Zaklina Peric
rh@verbierfestival.com

ARTISTIC

Co-Artistic Director Blythe Teh Engstroem
Co-Founder & Artistic Consultant
Avi Shoshani
Manager, Artistic Administration & Production
Manuel Lopez Baumann
artistique@verbierfestival.com

ARTIST TRAINING / ACADEMY – ORCHESTRAS

Academy Office
academy@verbierfestival.com

Manager, Orchestras Samuel Goldscheider
Orchestra Artistic Administrator Mattia Bornati
Orchestra Coordinator Camille Coisne
orchestras@verbierfestival.com

Librarian Juliette Bertrand
bibliothecaire@verbierfestival.com

COMMUNICATION – MARKETING

Communications & Marketing Manager Yasmine Deixonne
Coordinator, Brand & Marketing Silvia Laurent
Graphic Designer Joëlle Mansourian
communication@verbierfestival.com

Official Photographers
Nicolas Brodard / Lucien Grandjean

COMMUNICATION – PRESS

Press Relations & Engagement Manager (WORLD) Alessandra Cossu
presse@verbierfestival.com

The Publicists (FR/BE/LU) Thierry Messonnier
thierry@thepublicists.fr

DEVELOPMENT & PROTOCOL

Head of Development Marina Gross
mecenes@verbierfestival.com

Manager, Sponsorship Philippe Arnold
sponsorship@verbierfestival.com

Development Administrator Frédérique Poffet
mecenes@verbierfestival.com

Manager, Public Relations & Protocol Raphaël Nanchen
protocole@verbierfestival.com

The Friends of the Verbier Festival, Head of Development Marie-Jo Valente
amis@verbierfestival.com

HOUSING & HOSPITALITY

Chateau Swiss
Manager, Housing & Hospitality Thibaut Hannedouche
Assistant Manager, Housing & Hospitality Anaïs Marc Bruckert
housing@verbierfestival.com
hospitality@verbierfestival.com

OPERATIONS

Head of Operations Sandra Güniat
operations@verbierfestival.com

Operations & IT Coordinator Joann Acher

TECHNICAL

Technical Deputy Marceau Gouret
technique@verbierfestival.com

TICKET OFFICE

Ticket Office Manager Shpend Raka
Ticketing Agent Matila Corminboeuf
ticketing@verbierfestival.com

 

 UNLTD

Manager, UNLTD François Vasseur
Coordinator & Actor, UNLTD Kids René-Claude Emery
unltd@verbierfestival.com

 

VERBIER FESTIVAL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Head of International Touring and Projects Michael Fuller
vfco@verbierfestival.com

VERBIER FESTIVAL GOLD

Artistic Administrator, Orchestras & Emerging Talent Claire-Aimée Allyndrée
vfgold@verbierfestival.com

VOLUNTEERS

Manager, Volunteers Alessandra Cossu
benevoles@verbierfestival.com


 

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