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How to Get Here
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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.
Exclusive Getaway in Verbier!
From August 1 to 4, enjoy an unforgettable stay with our offer in partnership with the Experimental Chalet 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.
Our Sponsors
The Verbier Festival thanks its sponsors and partners for their valuable support.
Public Funders
The Verbier Festival thanks its public funding partners for their unwavering support.
Patrons
The Verbier Festival is grateful to its philanthropic patrons for their generous support
Donors to the Friends
The Friends is a group of music-loving donors whose support has been a cornerstone of the Festival’s rise to the top.
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.
VF Green
Aware of climate and sustainability challenges, the verbier festival works to promote sustainable practices.
Contact
Our telephone numbers, email and postal addresses, office hours and directory of personnel.
Board of Directors of the Verbier Festival
Learn more about the Verbier Festival's Board of Directors.

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To apply for press accreditation for the 32nd edition of the Verbier Festival, please fill out this form : PRESS2025

media releases

2025

New VF Gold Album- Yuri Temirkanov conducts Tchaikovsky

VF KiDS unveils magical summer line-up at 2025 Verbier Festival 

New Verbier Festival Gold Album – Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater

Verbier Festival 2025: An exceptional summer and unprecedented public response 

UNLTD 2025: Summer Concerts Announced!

New Verbier Festival Gold Album – Menahem Pressler in Verbier

2025 Academy and Orchestra musicians

VFCO on Tour

Programme and opening of the Verbier Festival 2025 Ticket Office

New Verbier Festival Gold Album – Simon Rattle in Verbier

2024

2024 Closing Press Release

Trio Chagall awarded Verbier Festival Academy’s top honour

Verbier Festival and Apple Music Classical announce partnership

Le Prix « Culture et Economie » de l’Etat du Valais décerné au Verbier Festival

Tickets now on sale for UNLTD’s summer Programme at the Verbier Festival

The Verbier Festival Foundation appoints Hervé Boissière Co-CEO alongside Martin T:son Engstroem, Founder of the Verbier Festival

A symphony of revelation: Announcement of the 2024 Verbier Festival programme, Academy masterclasses, and opening of the ticket office

Presentation of the 2024 poster and opening of the ticket office on january 15 2024

2023

Irish soprano Ava Dodd is awarded the Verbier Festival Academy’s top honour

The 30th edition of the Verbier Festival was officially opened last night by Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis. The evening was globally broadcast live on medici.tv, mezzo, and espace2.  Blythe Teh Engstroem has become a member of the board of directors and co-artistic director alongside Martin Engstroem to lead the future of the Festival

‘The Symphonies: A Beethoven Journey’ features stunning recordings by the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra that experts hail as ‘passionate, direct, and fresh.’

The Verbier Festival celebrates the launch of Verbier Festival Founder and Director Martin T:son Engstroem’s book

Verbier Festival announces 2023 Academy and Orchestra students after record-setting selection process

From 14 to 30 july 2023, the verbier festival celebrates its 30th anniversary with a rich and festive program with even more artists than ever

2022

The Verbier Festival re-imagines its opening night in the spirit of solidarity and inclusion

Announcement of Verbier Festival Gold, a joint label from Verbier Festival and Deutsche Grammophon

The Verbier Festival announces initial changes to reflect its dismay at and condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Verbier Festival announces 2022 programme

Il Verbier Festival annuncia il suo programma 2022

Verbier Festival Kündigt Programm für 2022 an

Verbier Festival Unlimited, in association with Nonclassical, presents UK premiere’s Pastoral Reflections

2021

The Verbier Festival concludes a bold 28th edition

2021 Verbier Festival Academy Awards announcement

The Verbier Festival announces new programme changes

The Verbier Festival announces latest programme changes

The Verbier Festival has reimagined its 28th edition

The Verbier Festival adjusts its opening night programme

2021 Festival can move forward as an event without a covid certificate requirement

Verbier Festival announces 2021 Unlimited programme

Verbier Festival announces 2021 programme

Verbier Festival Kündigt Programm für 2021 an

Il Verbier Festival annuncia il suo programma 2021

Verbier Festival announces 2021

2020

Julius Baer extends partnership with Verbier Festival

Virtual Verbier Festival Programme Announcement

Verbier Festival Emergency Relief Fund announcement

Cancellation of Verbier Festival 2020

New Musical Director for the VFJO

2020 Programme Announcement

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press photos

The Verbier Festival makes high resolution press photographs available to journalists and photo editors.

These photographs, taken by the official photographers of the Verbier Festival can be downloaded from our presskit 2025. For any specific photo inquiry please contact us at presse@verbierfestival.com.

Please credit the name of the photographer indicated in the image caption at every use.

Images are royalty-free if strictly used within the framework of being directly related to the Verbier Festival. Every other use, commercial or not, requires prior authorization by the photographers and the settlement of copyright payments.

contact

Our press representatives are ready to respond to your questions.

VERBIER FESTIVAL (WORLD)

Alessandra Cossu
+41 (0)78 948 22 13
presse@verbierfestival.com

 

THE PUBLICISTS (FR/BEL/LUX)

Thierry Messonnier
+33 (0)6 84 67 84 30
thierry@thepublicists.fr

 

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