Coaches
Musicians of the Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra (VFJO) are coached by the best in the business. Coachings, sectional rehearsals and private lessons are led by a roster of established orchestra members from around the world, many of whom are former musicians of the Verbier Festival Orchestra. More coaches will be announced soon.
David BALLESTAROS
Violin
Co-leader, bandArt chamber orchestra|
Guest Concertmaster in United Kingdom, Spain, London Symphony Orchestra
Professor, Simon Bolivar Orchestra (Venezuela), New World Symphony Orchestra (United States), Catalonian Youth and the Spanish National Youth Orchestras, Guildhall School of Music (United Kingdom
German CLAVIJO
Viola, London Symphony Orchestra
Professor Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London
Ulrika EDSTRÖM
Principal Cello, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mary WHEELOCK JAVIAN
Double Bass
Faculty and Director of Professional Development and Community Engagement, Curtis Institute of Music
Guest with Philadelphia Orchestra, IRIS Orchestra, Opera Philadelphia and other throughout United States
Caroline LOHMANN
Flute
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Guest Soloist, Kurplälziches Kammerorchester Mannheim
Guest Soloist, Het Ballet Orchestra, Amsterdam
Johannes GROSSO
Principal Oboe, Frankfurt Opera Orchestra, professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music
Aleksandar TASIC
Clarinet
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Professor, Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Serbia
Chiara SANTI
Bassoon, Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Ivo GASS
Principal French Horn, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
Principal French Horn, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Robin PAILLETTE
Principal Horn, Orchestre National d’Île de France
Tamas DAVIDA
Principal Trumpet, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia
Jonathan REITH
Principal Trombone, Orchestre de Paris
Michael ISRAELIEVITCH
Principal Timpanist, SWR Symphonieorchester, Stuttgart
Jan ORAWIEC, violin
Solo violin art Les Siècles and ex super soloist at the Liège Royal Philharmonique Orchestra.