Two hundred and eight musicians from 36 countries have been invited to take part in the Verbier Festival Academy & Orchestra programmes in 2024. One hundred thirty-four join the Verbier Generation for the first time.
soloists & ensembles
Piano
Ekaterina Bonyushkina Russian Federation
Misi Boros Hungary
Xiaofu Ju China
Yuanhan (Victor) Lu China
Maya Oganyan Russian Federation
Xinran Shi United States Junior Student
Angel Stanislav Wang United States
Violin
Amira Abouzahra Egypt / Germany / Hungary
Mariam Abouzahra Egypt / Germany / Hungary Junior Student
SongHa Choi South Korea
Nikita Evgeny Koller Switzerland Junior Student
Katya Moeller United States
Jake Dongyoung Shim South Korea / United States
Paloma So Canada / Hong Kong
Alexey Stychkin Greece / Russian Federation
Alexandra Weissbecker Germany
Viola
Héloïse Houzé France
Ami-Louise Johnsson Sweden
Laura Liu United States
Ayano Nakamura United States / Japan
Dillon Scott United States
Cello
João Pedro Gonçalves Portugal
Constantin Heise Germany
LiLa China
Samuel Niederhauser Switzerland
Jan Sekaci Romania
Arne Jesper Zeller Germany
Ensemble-in-residence
Trio Chagall
Lorenzo Nguyen Italy piano
Edoardo Grieco Italy violin
Francesco Massimino Italy cello
atelier lyrique
Soprano
Daria Brusova Russian Federation
Luna Seongeun Park South Korea
Felicitas Wrede Germany
Mezzo-soprano
Sofia Anisimova Ukraine
Valerie Eickhoff Germany
Chelsea Laggan United States
Tenor
Adam Catangui United States
Wu Fei China
Dafydd Jones United Kingdom
Baritone
Minki Hong South Korea
Redmond Sanders United Kingdom
Lewei Wang China
Bass
Mark Kurmanbayev Kazakhstan
creative project development residency
Helena Ricci Switzerland harp
audio recording programme
Christian Aylward Germany
Victoria Barroso France
Jan Olejniczak Poland
verbier festival orchestra (vfo)
Violin
Satoka Abo United States
In Ae Lee South Korea
Isabella Brown United States
Inhae Cho South Korea
Gabriel Dodin France
Qianru Elaine He China
Gabriel Fedak United States / Canada
Esther Frey Germany
Danielle Greene Canada
Yuichiro Haruno Japan
Kingston Ho United States
Abigail Hong United States
Edwin Jacot Swistzerland
Yubin Kim South Korea
Arthur Legros France
Louis Manel France
Veronika Manchur Canada
Matteo Morbidelli Italy
Floriane Naboulet France
Meiko Nakahira Japan
Naoko Nakajima United States
Aï Nakano Japan
Sam Panner United States
Angela Ryu Canada
Polina Senatulova Russia
Ariel Seung Hyun Lee South Korea
Caroline Smoak United States
Hubert Touzery France
Arthur Traelnes Switzerland
Juchao Zhao China
Viola
Rebecca Christainsen United States
Peter Dudek United States
Lucas Gomes de Freitas Brazil
Yong Ha Jung South Korea
Patrick Hayes United States
Maria Inês Monteiro Portugal
Iker Isasi Spain
Alisa Klebanov Canada
Cheuk Lam Ma Hong Kong
Pin-Hao Liao Taiwan
Alice Sinacori Belgium
Paul Wiener France
Cello
Jonathan Gerstner Switzerland
Maximus Gurath United States
Eugene Kim South Korea
Sunghyun Lee South Korea
Yong-Jun Lee South Korea / United Kingdom
Sebastian Mendoza Colombia
Clara Schlotz Switzerland
Sebastian Stoger United States
Emile Traelnes Switzerland
Alba Urbano Spain
Double Bass
Taylor Abbitt United States
Chingju Chloe Yu Taiwan
Ruth Christopher United States
Harrison Dearman United States
Kyunghwan Kenneth Lee South Korea / United States
Chantel Leung Canada
Hector Ponce United States
Ryan Sujdak United States
Flute
Federico Altare Italy
Yeoshin Jang South Korea
Florence Laurain France / Canada
Héléna Macherel Switzerland
Oboe
Alexander Mayer United States / Canada
Diogo Pinheiro Portugal
Timothy Swanson United States
Katerine Waller Australia
Clarinet
Panagiotis Marios Giannakas Greece
Irene Martínez Navarro Spain
Alice McDonald United States
Szymon Emil Parulski Poland
Bassoon
Corinne Crowley United States
Simon Demangeat France
Minju Kim South Korea
Asha Kline United States
Horn
William Hugo Bliss United States
Jan Breer Germany
Stefano Cardiello Italy
Johannes Gerl Austria
Simon Kandel France
Nicolas Marguet France
Trumpet
Lénard Heugen Switzerland
Adrià Ortega Ribera Spain
Gergő Attila Turai Hungary
Eugenio Valle Italy
Trombone
Botond Drahos Hungarian
Ricard Ortega Ribera Spain
Ethan Shrier United States
Basse Trombone
Juan Paul Muñoz Spain
Tuba
Joshua Williams United States
Percussion
Luca Esposito United States / Italy
Alejandro Martínez Garduño Mexico
Matteo Sausse France
Mariia Shmeleva Russia
Alexandre Turco France
Harp
Hyejin Kim South Korea
Eloïse Fares France
Johanna Dorothea Görißen Germany
verbier festival junior orchestra (vfjo)
Violin
Yun-Han Chen Taiwan
Mafalda Craveiro Portugal
Joan Esteve Melero Spain
Lucie Français France
Kai Freeman Japan / United States
Philippe Jayer Norway
Beatriz Li Rosão Portugal
Yingai Liu China
Emilie Moreau France
Layla Si-eun Park South Korea
Elizabeth Shepherd United Kingdom
Kaito Stohr United States / Japan
Sarah Son South Korea / United States
Sufiya Ainan Taufik Malaysia
Elizabeth Terentieva Russia
Adrián Teslya Spain
Xinran Tong United States
Mathilde Walter Switzerland
Antonina Zgółka Poland
Viola
Lucas Garcia Conrad Malta
Jemimah Davies United Kingdom
Evelyn Freeman United Kingdom
Hugo Martínez Spain
Irati Gañan Rodriguez Spain
EunJae Seo South Korea
Cello
Benedek Balog Hungary
Lorian Castioni Switzerland
Owen Sørbye Davis Norway
Leonor De Andrés Switzerland
Bertorelli Elissa Switzerland
Ioannis Papagiannopoulos Greece
Double Bass
Tilde Gardemar Sweden
Paul Gregoire France
Sarah Leblanc Larosa France
Gaël Rabbe France
Flute
Julin Cheung United States
Melody Shen United States
Oboe
Junxi Hu United States
Ho Long Lee Hong Kong
Clarinet
Borbála Ágnes Horváth Hungary
Jino Pieviläinen Finland
Bassoon
Levente Bubreg Austria
Miglena Vassileva Bulgaria / Lithuania
Horn
Gino Cenedese France
Alba Castellanos Spain
Rivero Guerrero Cleofás Spain
Alberto Martínez Mangas Spain
Trumpet
Toby Mar Canada
Fanny Angèle Marchand Switzerland
Trombone
Francesco Maffei Italy
Massimiliano Nese Italy
Adrian Rioja Santos Spain
Tuba
Jihao James Liu China
Percussion
Samuel Gogniat Switzerland
Esther Lecoustey France
conducting
Rita Castro Blanco Portugal
Michelle Di Russo Argentina
Nathanaël Iselin France
Luca Ballabio Italy
