Two hundred and eighteen musicians from 44 countries have been invited to take part in the Verbier Festival Academy & Orchestra programmes in 2025. One hundred thirty-five join the Verbier Generation for the first time.
soloists & ensembles
Piano
Edward Ahlbeck Glader Sweden
Magdalene Ho Malaysia
Natalie Schwamová Czechia
Yonatan Senik Israel
Ziyu Shao China
Ido Zeev Israel
Adam Znamirovský Czechia Junior Student
Violin
Nurie Chung South Korea
Emmanuel Coppey France
Raphael Gisbertz Germany
Theodor Kaskiv France
Roa Lee South Korea Junior Student
Maria Lundina Russian Federation
Christina Nam United States
Sophia Werner United States
Viola
Vincenzo Calcagno United States
Zofia Groblewska Poland
Hiroki Kasai Japan
Gatien Leray France
Seoyeon Ryu South Korea
Rang Tae South Korea
Cello
Luis Aracama Spain
Seungyeon Baik South Korea
Pauline Boudon France
Maxim Calver United Kingdom
Luís Dias Canali Portugal Junior Student
Jinseok Jeong Hungary
Yo Kitamura Japan
Ensemble in Residence
Galilee Quartet
Mostafa Saad Palestine violin
Gandhi Saad Palestine violin
Omar Saad Palestine viola
Tibah Saad Palestine cello
atelier lyrique
Soprano
Mira Alkhovik Russian Federation
Tamara Bounazou Algeria / France
Katrīna Paula Felsberga Latvia
Maryam Wocial United Kingdom
Mezzo-Soprano
Sofia Anisimova Ukraine
Lily Mo Browne United Kingdom
Annabel Kennedy United Kingdom
Ellen Pearson United Kingdom
Tenor
Hugo Brady Ireland
Giorgi Guliashvili Georgia
Baritone
Anton Beliaev Russian Federation
Yeongtaek Yang South Korea
Bass-Baritone
Maksim Andreenkov Russian Federation
Edward Birchinall United Kingdom
Ossian Huskinson United Kingdom
creative project development residency
Laure Chan United Kingdom violin
Sophie Trobos Austria violin
audio recording programme
Henry Armfield United States
Aoqi Deng China
Marcelina Peek Poland
Kosma Standera Poland
verbier festival orchestra (vfo)
Violin
Fabrizio Berto Italy
Jiachen Cao China
Fengwan Chen China
Sungmin Cho South Korea
Marta Dettlaff Poland
Gabriel Dodin France
Julia Dueñas Spain
Gabriel Fedak United States / Canada
Danielle Greene Canada
Yuichiro Haruno Japan
Kingston Ho United States
Jisoo Hong South Korea
Durim Jung South Korea
Yubin Kim South Korea
Arthur Legros France
Veronika Manchur Canada
Louis Manel France
Matteo Morbidelli Italy
Dexter Mott United States
Aï Nakano Japan
Yujeong Nam South Korea
Anja Ovaskainen Serbia
Samuele Parrini United States
Polina Senatulova Russian Federation
Caroline Smoak United States
Moshi Tang United States
Joshua Tavenier Netherlands
Angela Tempestini Italy
Dayoung Yoon South Korea
Juchao Zhao China
Viola
Alexander Beggs Canada
Nicolás Bernal-Montaña Colombia
Jutta Demuynck Belgium
Riko Eto Japan
Patrick Hayes United States
Iker Isasi Spain
Yong Ha Jung South Korea
Oleksandra Kanke Ukraine
Alisa Klebanov Canada
Jikun Qin China
Alice Sinacori Belgium
Sanford Whatley United States
Cello
Serena Fantini Italy
Maximus Gurath United States
Eugene Kim South Korea
Sunghyun Lee South Korea
Sebastian Mendoza Colombia
Antoine Molines France
Clara Schlotz Switzerland
Sebastian Stoger United States
Austin Topper United States / Poland
Emile Traelnes Switzerland
Double Bass
Riccardo Baiocco Italy
Mika Ben Aharon Israel / Germany
Nicola Carrara Italy
Ruth Christopher United States
Logan May United States
James Perera United States
Margarita Rybkina Russia
Chingju Chloe Yu Taiwan
Flute
Federico Altare Italy
Manuel Antonio Astudillo Quintero Chile
Julin Cheung United States
Judy (Jeongyeon) Lee South Korea
Oboe
Layla Köhler Baratto Brazil
Alexander Mayer United States / Canada
Pedro Pais Capelão Portugal
Timothy Swanson United States
Clarinet
Panagiotis Marios Giannakas Greece
Mathias Landeau France
Alice Mcdonald United States
Szymon Emil Parulski Poland
Bassoon
Simon Demangeat France
Jappe Dendievel Belgium
Wooah Kim South Korea
Asha Kline United States
Horn
William Hugo Bliss United States
Jan Breer Germany
Ruben Hudnik Slovenia
Simon Kandel France
Nicolas Marguet France
Karin Van Rens Netherlands
Trumpet
João Pedro Moreira Fernandes Portugal
Barna Sallai Hungary
Guillermo Serrano Marchena Spain
Eugenio Valle Italy
Trombone
Kean Adair United States
Botond Drahos Hungary
Pedro Marques De Almeida Unkart Germany / Portugal
Juan Paul Munoz Spain
Tuba
Itamar Elis Israel
Percussion
William Chinn United States
Alejandro Martínez Garduño Mexico
Mariia Shmeleva Russian Federation
Léo Simon United States
Alexandre Turco France
Harp
Ekaterina Dvoretskaia Russia
Séphora Foucher De La Fuente France
Johanna Dorothea Görißen Germany
verbier festival junior orchestra (vfjo)
Violin
Jeremy Cha United States
Aiden Chantemsin United States
Sophie Chung Hong Kong
Teagan Craggs United Kingdom
Rishab Das United States
Kai Freeman United States
William Hsu Philippines
Andrei Ivascu Spain
Glenn Krause United States
Jianzhu Li United States
Kristie Lu United States
Katalin Madariaga Belloso Spain
Sean Qin United States
Tzu-Chen Su Taiwan
Zihao Tang China
Elizabeth Terentieva Germany
Saki Tokunaga France
Xinran Tong Singapore
Santiago Vinaccia Italy
Antonina Zgółka Poland
Viola
Fátima Arencibia Corbera Spain
Evelyn Freeman United Kingdom
Lucas Garcia Conrad Malta
Kai Gatica-Petree Switzerland
Irati Gañan Rodriguez Spain
Isabel Joui Karr Germany
Jimena Pérez González Spain
Ignacio Serrano Spain
Cello
Lorian Castioni Switzerland
Lyam Kaléo Gabriel Chenaux Switzerland
Leonor De Andrés Switzerland
Pauline Français France
Tomer Kenett Israel
Raphael Ott Switzerland
Double Bass
Olivier Camponovo Switzerland
Mauro Castillo Conti Spain
María Nela García Lorente Spain
Chiara Zangerle Switzerland
Flute
Carl Idris Fowler France
Chayeun Kim Austria
Oboe
Flavie Lacoste Canada
Irene Lee South Korea / United States
Clarinet
Pablo Rosales Calzadilla Spain
Jazmin Szurcsik Austria
Bassoon
Miglena Vassileva Spain
Anaïs Williner Switzerland
Horn
Bruno Alarcón Burriel Spain
Valentin Bey France
Hèctor Garcia i Brisa Spain
Lila Gattet France
Trumpet
Fanny Angèle Marchand Switzerland
Romane Vuilleumier Switzerland
Trombone
Miguel Amado Spain
Inés Míguez Neira Spain
Massimiliano Nese Italy
Tuba
Gaspard Dufort France
Percussion
Xiang Ni China
Elias Stoffel Switzerland
conducting
Luis Castillo-Briceño Costa Rica
Erle Kont Estonia
Rotem Nir Israel
Molly Turner United States