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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).
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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.
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.
Storytellers
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.
The Friends
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A partnership built for success.
Founder & Director
En 1991, Martin Engstroem put the wheels in motion for what in 1994 would become the Verbier Festival & Academy.
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Verbier Festival Orchestra

Biography

The Verbier Festival Orchestra (VFO) is a rite of passage for today’s exceptional young orchestra musicians aged 18 to 28. It is recognized as one of the best training orchestras on the planet. Since its founding in 2000, the orchestra has brought together rising talents with the foremost conductors and soloists of our time.

Programme

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30 July 2025
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Streaming
27 July 2000 martha argerich in verbier
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Verbier Festival Gold: Martha Argerich in Verbier
26 July 2007 SALONEN, KISSIN
Concerts
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Beethoven, Chopin, Mendelssohn & Liszt – with Kissin
26 July 2007 ESA-PEKKA SALONEN
Concerts
Salonen conducts Sibelius's Symphony No. 5 & Salonen's L.A. Variations
23 July 2009 YURI TEMIRKANOV
Concerts
Yuri Temirkanov conducts Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10
29 July 2009 Yuja Wang plays Mendelssohn
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Verbier Festival Gold: Yuja Wang plays Mendelssohn
16 July 2010 HARDING & DUTOIT
Concerts
Harding & Dutoit conduct Prokofiev, Britten & Stravinsky
17 July 2010 ARGERICH, PRESSLER, LUGANSKY, CAPUÇON & HARDING
Concerts
Argerich, Pressler, Lugansky, Capuçon, Harding play Chostakovitch, Prokofiev & Mozart
23 July 2010 VON OTTER, MINKOVSKI
Concerts
von Otter & Minkowski perform Canteloube & Mozart
29 July 2010 DANIEL HARDING
Concerts
Daniel Harding conducts Schumann & Brahms
30 July 2010 VFO, VFCO / DUTOIT, TAKÁCS-NAGY & ZACHARIAS
Concerts
VFO, VFCO / Dutoit, Takács-Nagy & Zacharias conduct Berlioz, Haydn, & Bizet
17 July 2011 JÄRVI & BUNIATISHVILI
Concerts
Järvi & Buniatishvili perform Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3
18 July 2011 NEEME & PAAVO JÄRVI
Concerts
Neeme & Paavo Järvi conduct Richard Strauss
27 July 2011 WANG, TEMIRKANOV
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Wang & Temirkanov perform Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2
20 July 2012 DUTOIT, CAPUÇON BROTHERS & HONECK
Concerts
Dutoit, the Capuçon brothers & Honeck perform Brahms
20 July 2012 DUTOIT, JÄRVI
Concerts
Dutoit conducts Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 – Järvi conducts Dvorák's Symphony No. 9
17 July 2013 LISIECKI & ZACHARIAS
Concerts
Lisiecki plays Mozart, Bach, & Chopin – With Zacharias
17 July 2013 KENT NAGANO
Concerts
Kent Nagano conducts Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
17 July 2014 DUTOIT, ARGERICH
Concerts
Dutoit conducts Tchaikovsky & Brahms – with Martha Argerich
17 July 2014 RENAUD CAPUÇON
Concerts
Renaud Capuçon plays Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
17 July 2014 VFO / van Zweden
Concerts
Jaap van Zweden conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 8
17 July 2015 SALONEN, DIDONATO
Concerts
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts R. Strauss, Berlioz & Schumann – With Joyce DiDonato
23 July 2015 GERGIEV, TRIFONOV & MATSUEV
Concerts
Gergiev conducts Mozart & Tchaikovsky – with Matsuev & Trifonov
17 July 2016 DUTOIT, KYUNG WHA CHUNG
Concerts
Dutoit conducts Brahms & Berlioz – with Kyung Wha Chung
17 July 2016 TILSON THOMAS, STUTZMANN
Concerts
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler's Symphony No. 3 – with Nathalie Stutzmann
29 July 2016 Giuseppe Verdi - Falstaff
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Verbier Festival Gold: Giuseppe Verdi - Falstaff
17 July 2017 PAPPANO, BRONFMAN
Concerts
Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Brahms & Strauss – with Yefim Bronfman
17 July 2017 MIKHAÏL PLETNEV
Concerts
Mikhaïl Pletnev conducts Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4
17 July 2017 PLETNEV, JANSEN
Concerts
Mikhaïl Pletnev conducts Glazunov & Tchaikovsky – with Janine Jansen
17 July 2017 ESCHENBACH, FANG
Concerts
Christoph Eschenbach conducts Mahler's Symphony No. 4 – with Ying Fang
17 July 2018 VALERY GERGIEV
Concerts
Valery Gergiev conducts Shchedrin and Rimsky-Korsakov
17 July 2018 GERGIEV, BARÁTI
Concerts
Valery Gergiev conducts Bartók & Shostakovich – with Kristóf Baráti
17 July 2019 LUISI, SCHULTZ & GUBANOVA
Concerts
Fabio Luisi conducts Mahler – with Golda Schultz & Ekaterina Gubanova
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