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.

News Archive

Our past stories
2025 03 20 MEDIA RELEASE ACADEMY-ORCHESTRAS ANNOUNCEMENT
20 Mar 2025
MEDIA RELEASE: Verbier Festival announces 2025 Academy and Orchestra musicians
VFCO On Tour
17 Mar 2025
The Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra (VFCO) is much more than the resident chamber orchestra of the Verbier Festival. ͏ ‌ VFCO On Tour ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     […]
2025 03 17 Firebird Contest Winners
17 Mar 2025
Discover the Winning Creations from the VF Kids Firebird Drawing Contest
Rencontres inédites 2/2
14 Mar 2025
Last week, we introduced the first four Rencontres Inédites. Now come the final four, the perfect conclusion to this fascinating series of chamber music. ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ […]
Rencontres inédites 1/2
07 Mar 2025
Since the inception of the Verbier Festival, Martin Engstroem has embraced the idea of taking risks, curating concerts that can’t be heard elsewhere, whether at other summer festivals or during the regular season. ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     […]
In High Demand: 2025 Festival Favourites
28 Feb 2025
In High Demand: 2025 Festival Favourites ͏ ‌   ­ ͏ ‌   ­ ͏ ‌   ­ ͏ ‌   ­ ͏ ‌   ­ ͏ ‌   ­ ͏ ‌   ­ ͏ ‌   ­ ͏ ‌   ­ ͏ ‌   ­ ͏ ‌   ­ ͏ ‌   ­ ͏ […]
Honouring Musical Legends
21 Feb 2025
The Verbier Festival 2025 celebrates musical giants. Alongside our previously announced tribute to Shostakovich, this edition honours Maurice Ravel at 150, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau at 100, and 50 years of Mischa Maisky and Martha Argerich’s partnership. Through special concerts and intimate recitals, the Festival pays tribute to these legendary artists. Maurice Ravel 17.07 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Partie […]
Brad Mehldau, a genius returns to Verbier
11 Feb 2025
  We know it, you love music! And if you love music, you love the piano… And if you love the piano, you will love Brad Mehldau, who shines among the greatest pianists of all time and across all genres, alongside Clara Haskil, Arthur Rubinstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Thelonious Monk, Glenn Gould, Martha Argerich, Art Tatum, […]
Stanford Live Hosts the Verbier Festival’s Historic First U.S. Residency
03 Feb 2025
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra Residency Presented by Stanford Live in Collaboration with the Stanford Department of Music April 21-25, 2025 Stanford Live Hosts the Verbier Festival’s Historic First U.S. Residency. Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra Returns to the U.S. After 16 Years.
Shostakovich, the Enfant Terrible of Russian Music
31 Jan 2025
2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of the great Russian composer. The Verbier Festival pays tribute to Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) with five exceptional concerts, showcasing the full expressive power of his music—where tragic, comic, melancholic, ironic, and sarcastic emotions intertwine and create a unique work. Indeed, it is impossible to listen to his […]
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