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 Ballesteros
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)
Caroline Lohmann
flute
Verbier Festival Orchestra, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Flute solo, São Paulo Symphonie Orchestra
Member, Orchestra of Europe and European Philharmonie of Switzerland
Guest, Opernhaus Zürich, Berne Symphony Orchestra
Béatrice Muthelet
viola
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Capuçon Quartet for ten years
Leipzig, Bamberg, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Scala in Milan.
Jonathan Reith
trombone
Principal, Orchestre de Paris
Aleksandar Tasic
clarinet
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Professor, Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Serbia
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
