Since its creation, the Verbier Festival Academy has supported generations of young musicians, many of whom now pursue careers on international stages.
Discover the artists who have taken part in the Academy’s programmes since 1994, from soloists and ensembles to singers, conductors and music professionals. Find their names and years of participation, listed by programme and discipline.
Soprano
A–K
Mira Alkhovik 2022, 2025
Juliana Ashurova 2019
Diana Axentii 2004
Erika Baikoff 2021
Annamaria Barabas 2004
Emöke Barath 2011
Clara Barbier 2019
Omo Bello 2012
Olivia Boen 2019
Tamara Bounazou 2025
Charlotte Bowden 2019
Stefanie Braun 2009, 2016
Michèle Bréant 2022
Measha Brueggergosman 2004
Daria Brusova 2024
Laetitia de Beck Spitzer (Grimaldi Spitzer) 2015
Sylvia D’Eramo 2021
Katrine Deleuran 2022
Marlena Devoe 2014
Evelina Dobraceva 2008
Ava Dodd 2023
Ashley Emerson 2008
Yana Eminova 2007
Lauren Fagan 2016
Katrīna Paula Felsberga 2025
Sarah Fleiss 2023
Jennifer Foster-Smith 1994, 1996
Sarah Fox 1997
Christina Gansch 2013, 2014
Margot Genet 2022
Jeanne Gérard 2019
Carola Glaser 1995
Nika Gorič 2015
Sophie Graf 2003
Sonia Grané 2011
Elene Gvritishvili 2019
Sandra Hamaoui 2018
Kali Hardwick 2019
Alexandra Hutton 2012
Stephanie Jagsch-Pfeffer 2012
Jennifer Jakob 2012
Natalie Karl 1995
Annabel Kennedy 2025
Sooyeon Kim 2003, 2004
Alinka Kozari 2009
Arisa Kusumi 2003
L–T
Céline Laly 2005
Seonwoo Lee 2026
Julieth Lozano 2016
Sofie Lund 2022
Natasha Marsh 1999
Ana Fabiola Masino 1999
Anna Mikolajczyk-Niewiedzial 1996
Courtney Mills 2007
Viktorija Miskunaite 2013
Sinead Mulhern 1997
Brit-Tone Müllertz 2003
Henna Mun 2022, 2023
Hyunju (Celine) Mun 2022
Daria Mykolenko 2022
Norma Nahoun 2011, 2012
Alexandra Nowakowski 2018
Erin O’Rourke 2023
Ana Oniani 2026
Netta Or 2009, 2010
Anna-Maria Palii 2017
Elena Pankratrova 1995
Luna Seongeun Park 2024
Ellen Pearson 2025
Theresa Pilsl 2022
Estere Katrina Pogina 2026
Kerstin Pohle 2005
Petra Radulovic 2022
Emily Rocha 2026
Aleksandra Rybakova 2017
Pauline Sabatier 2007
Maria Sardaryan 2019
Sylvia Schwartz 2006
Whal Ran Seo 2006
Josephine Shaw 2026
Eden Shifroni 2026
Julia Sitkovetsky 2015
Elisabeth Skorba 2022
Fanny Soyer 2026
Ana Camelia Stefanescu 1996, 2004
Gemma Lois Summerfield 2016
Sarah Szlakmann 2007
Olena Tokar 2015
V–Z
Arina Verevkina 2026
Amelia Watkins 2005
Valda Wilson 2013
Maryam Wocial 2025
Felicitas Wrede 2024
Alexandra Yangel 2019
Ee-Ping Yee 1997
Meigui Zhang 2019
Mezzo-soprano
Sofia Anisimova 2024, 2025
Micaela Bonetti 1994, 1999
Johanna Brault 2015
Lily Mo Browne 2025
Adèle Charvet 2017
Ginger Costa-Jackson 2008
Laetitia de Beck Spitzer (Grimaldi Spitzer) 2012
Antoinette Dennefeld 2013
Emily Edmonds 2018
Valerie Eickhoff 2024
Kady Evanyshyn 2022
Marie-Juliette Ghazarian 2026
Siân Griffiths 2023
Anna Harvey 2017
Isabelle Henriquez 1998
Catherine Hopper 2009
Emma Jüngling 2022
Svetlana Kapicheva 2018
Victoria Karkacheva 2019
Katarzyna Kuncio 1997, 1999
Hyejun Kwon 2023
Chelsea Laggan 2024
Mariamielle Lamagat 2021
Bethan Langford 2017
Julia Lezhneva 2009
Idunnu Münch 2017
Ema Nikolovska 2019
Yulia Savrasova 2009
Agata Schmidt 2012
Brigitte Schweizer 1998
Egle Sidlauskaite 2013
Anastasiia Sidorova 2017
Eira Sjaastad Huse 2021
Jillian Tam 2021
Mojca Vedernjak 1998
Nadine Weissmann 1998, 1999
Kitty Whately 2012, 2013
Countertenor
David Hansen 2005
Kangmin / Justin Kim 2012
Tenor
Andrès Agudelo 2018
Ilker Arcayurek 2012
Michael Bell 2019
Luciano Botelho 2008
Hugo Brady 2025
Adam Catangui 2024, 2026
Wu Fei 2024
Eric Ferring 2019
Owen Gilhooly 2010
Luis Gomes 2015
Anthony Gregory 2013
Giorgi Guliashvili 2025
Samuel Harris 2023
Emilio Jiménez-Pons 2005
Dafydd Jones 2021, 2024
Seil Kim 2007
Sungho Kim 2021
Satriya Krisna 2017
David Margulis 2016
Michael McDermott 2026
John Mcmunn 2009
Aleksandr Mikhailov 2017
Alexander Mikhaylov 2017
John Myers 2011
Carlos Osuna 2010
Roberto Ortiz 2014
Michal Prószynski 2022
Patrick Vogel 2009
Joel Williams 2018
Christopher Willoughby 2023
Baritone
A–S
Christian Andreas Adolph 2018, 2019
Daniel Barrett 2022
Anton Beliaev 2025
Olivier Bergeron 2022
Kamel Boutros 1997
Matthew Buswell 2019
Dennis Chmelensky 2022
Gerard Collett 2007
Ronan Collett 2006
Niels Bo Emgren 1997
Georg Gàdker 2009
Toby Girling 2011
Henry Griffin 2023
Felix Gygli 2023
Yu He 2026
Johnny Herford 2013
Sam Hird 2023
Minki Hong 2024
Joshua Hopkins 2008
Valdis Jansons 2012
Rhys Jenkins 2009
Johannes Kammler 2015
Edward Kim 2021
Gihoon Kim 2017
Paweł Konik 2017
Steffen Lachenmann 2006
Valentin Lanzrein 1998
Leonardo Lee 2018
Jolyon Loy 2019
Stephen Marsh 2021
Joan Martin-Royo 2003
Adam Maxey 2018
Jonathan Mcgovern 2013
Sébastien Parotte 2012
Morgan Pearse 2016
Theodore Platt 2018
Ross Ramgobin 2014
Kieran Rayner 2018
David Roy 2026
Francesco Salvadori 2015
Redmond Sanders 2024, 2026
Simon Schnorr 2009
Jonathan Sells 2009
Cozmin Sime 2010
Philippe Spiegel 2015
V–Z
Julien Van Mellaerts 2017, 2019
Manuel Walser 2012
Lewei Wang 2024
Alexander York 2021
Stefan Zenkl 2007
Bass-baritone
Maksim Andreenkov 2025
Antoine Bernheim 2006, 2007
Edward Birchinall 2025
Ossian Huskinson 2025
Edward Jowle 2021
Stanislaw Kierner 2006
Jean-Philippe Mc Clish 2021
Bohdan Petrovic 1995
Milan Siljanov 2016
William Socolof 2023
Sava Vemić 2018
Bass
Daniil Chesnokov 2016
Nuno Dias 2013
Vartan Gabrielian 2023
Justin Hopkins 2010, 2012
Jasurbek Khaydarov 2026
Mark Kurmanbayev 2024
Jasper Leever 2017
Jan Martinik 2009
Ugo Rabec 2008
David Shipley 2015
Yannik Spanier 2019
Piano
Daniel Gerzenberg 2019
Voice – range not specified
Soraya Beatriz Chaves 1995
Lola Casariego 1999
Maria Rey-Joly Castellanos 1999
Gregory Cross 1995
Jan Willem Douwes 2003
Russell Franks 1997
Iyuko Fujimoto 1996
Gilles Gallot 1996
Susan Hugelmeyer 1995
Solgerd Israelsson 2005
Byungwoo Kim 2004
Myeoung Hee Lee 1995
Karen Lubeck 1999
Florence Millon 1996
Laura Mohre 2004
Narine Ojakhyan 2010
Bruce Rameker 1996
Christopher Reeves 1998
Rasmus Ringborg 1997
Marie Rosenmir 2003
Laura Sabatel Moreno 2009
Deandre Simmons 2016
Marianne Skjerping Gill 1996
Lena Sokoll 2005
Valery Tsarev 1999
Holly Weinheimer 1998
Marthe Werring 2003
Violin
A–F
Hans Christian Aavik 2023
Amira Abouzahra 2022, 2024
Mariam Abouzahra 2022, 2024, 2026
Ayaan Ahmad 2023
Jermolaj Albiker 2008
Laura Alonso-Padin 1995
Korbinian Altenberger 2010
Christopher Tun Andersen 2012
Susanna Andersson 2006
Fernando Araujo 2011
Miriam Helms Ålien 2013
Helena Baillie 2002
Judit Bardolet 2016
Linda Bärlund 2010
Benjamin Beilman 2006
Noah Bendix-Balgley 2007, 2008
Stefan Birker 2003
Christina Brabetz 2016
Malin Broman 1995, 1996
Boris Brovtsyn 2001
Joshua Brown 2023
Maia Cabeza 2009
Renaud Capuçon 1995, 1996
Sean Avram Carpenter 2004
Aaron Chan 2021, 2022
Angela Sin Ying Chan 2016
Hana Chang 2023
Corrine Chappelle 2007
Jiafeng Chen 2009
Marina Chiche 2001, 2002, 2003
Songha Choi 2018, 2024
Ye-Eun Choi 2005
Timothy Chooi 2017, 2018
Nurie Chung 2025
Fanny Clamagirand 2004
Lluís Castán Cochs 2016
Stefani Collins 2012
Alexandra Conunova 2013
Emmanuel Coppey 2025
David Coucheron 2008
Ellinor D’Melon 2019
Johan Dalene 2016
Gabrielle Després 2023
Maria Dueñas 2017
Ilva Vera Eigus 2023
Hiu Sing Fan 2019
Anaïs Feller 2026
Ania Filochowska 2007
Mira Foron 2023
Vilde Frang 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
Line Fredens 1996
Gina Keiko Friesicke 2019
G–J
David Garrett 1995
Lorenzo Gatto 2008
Marc-André Gautier 1996
Catherine Plattner La Gioia 1998
Raphael Gisbertz 2025
Elisabeth Glass 1995
Vadim Gluzman 1994
Ioana Cristina Goicea 2018
Denis Goldfeld 1995
Randall Goosby 2019
Thomas Gould 2007
David Grimal 1995
Danny Gu 2016
YiWei Gu 2026
Ludvig Gudim 2017
Guro Kleven Hagen 2009
William Hagen 2015
Amalia Hall 2016
Lucia Hall 1998
Soojin Han 2004
Gergana Haralampieva 2014
Ute Hasenauer-Ramirez 1995
Eldbjorg Hemsing 2006, 2007
Ragnhild Hemsing 2007, 2008
Morin Hollos 1995
Latica Honda-Rosenberg 1995
Soo-Jin Hong 1998
Chad Hoopes 2013
Christopher Hornitsidis 2011, 2012
Geza Hosszu 2000
Luke Hsu 2017
Sirena Huang 2011, 2013
Noé Inui 2012
Yossif Ivanov 2006
Wenlan Jackson 2026
Sophia Jaffé 2005
Ondrej Janoska 2006
K–L
Jonian Ilias Kadesha 2010
Julian Kainrath 2019
Michiko Kamiya 1997
Mayuko Kamuo 2003
Mayumi Kanagawa 2011
Byol Kang 2011
Nina Karmon 1997
Theodor Kaskiv 2025
Haik Kazazyan 2006
Daniel Khalikov 2001
Nadir Khashimov 2012
Dami Kim 2014
Eung Soo Kim 2005
Fabiola Kim 2017
Hyunseo Kim 2026
Jeong Min Kim 1996
Sarah Kim 1998
Stephen Kim 2017
Suyoen Kim 2009
Marie-Christine Klettner 2012
Daniel Kogan 2019
Rostislav Kojevnikov 1998
Elin Kolev 2014
Nikita Evgeny Koller 2024
Nadezhda Korshakova 2002
Abigel Kralik 2018
Yevgeny Kutik 2009, 2010
Yoon Kwon 2003
Yvonne Lam 2004
Cosima Soulez Lariviere 2018
Elizabeth Ann Larson 1996
Anna Lee 2013, 2015
Christel Lee 2007
Jae Ook Lee 2011, 2012
Ji Anna Lee 2013
Jiyoon Lee 2014, 2015
Roa Lee 2025
Kerson Leong 2015
Carla Leurs 2000, 2001
Christian Li 2022
Lun Li 2019
Jack Liebeck 2001, 2002
Jan Liebich 2007, 2010
Niklas Liepe 2014
Christine Seohyun Lim 2013, 2015
Jessica Linnebach 1996, 1998
Pieter van Loenen 2021, 2022
Natalia Lomeiko 2002
Daniel Lozakovich 2014, 2015
Maria Lundina 2025
M–R
Tianyou Ma 2021, 2022
Vlad Maistorovici 2011, 2016
Igor Malinovski 1995
Bracha Malkin 2003
Alissa Margulis 2001, 2006
Emma Meinrenken 2016
Nathan Meltzer 2019
Albrecht Menzel 2009
Philippe Mesin 2003
Lucia Micarelli 2001
Nathan Mierdl 2016
Mathilde Milwidsky 2021, 2022
Kyung Ji Min 2017
Anita Mishoukova 2003
Priya Mitchell 1996
Sergei Mkrtichian 2026
Katya Moeller 2024
Christophe Mourguiart 2000
Letizia Munoz 2003
Alexei Nagovitsyn 1998
Christina Nam 2025, 2026
Yuri Namkung 2003
Oliver Neubauer 2021, 2023
Aubree Oliverson 2021, 2022
Mikhail Ovrutsky 2004
Danae Papamatthaou-Matschke 2005
Jeremias Pestalozzi 2026
Annaliesa Place 2000
Alina Pogostkina 1996
Andrej Power 2007
Stanislav Pronin 2011
Thomas Reif 2016
Yuri Revich 2010
Sharon Roffman 1998
Anja Rohn 2000
Tatjana Roos 2015
Dominika-Anna Rosiek 2000
Marié Rossano 2015
S–Z
Julia Sakharova 2002
Mari Samuelsen 2004, 2005
Vineta Sareika 2006
Anna Savkina 2021
Peter Schulmeister 2000
Lisa Shihoten 1995
Jake Dongyoung Shim 2024
Alexander Sitkovetsky 1997
Dmitri Smirnov 2016
Leonid Smorguner 2003
Paloma So 2024
Maria Solozobova 2003
Anton Sorokow 1995, 1996
Malwina Sosnowski 2009
Alexandra Soumm 2006
Sarah Spitzer 2001
Tobias Steymans 1997, 2002
Maciej Strzelecki 2009, 2010
Sumina Studer 2017
Alexey Stychkin 2024
Ryoko Suguri 1997
Ryosuke Suho 2018
Chiharu Taki 2004
Veriko Tchumburidze 2013
Chang Yuan (Belle) Ting 2018
Diana Tishchenko 2018
Dmitri Torchinsky 2000
Sara Troback 1997
Kirill Troussov 1996
Brieuc Vourch 2016
Stephen Waarts 2014
Niklas Walentin 2014, 2015
Edward Walton 2022
Lei Wang 2005
Arianna Warsaw-Fan 2008
Jaewon Wee 2022
Alexandra Weissbecker 2024
Claire Wells 2023
Sophia Werner 2025
Hayley Wolfe 2002
Yuuki Wong 2006, 2008
Jie Wu 2005
Tien-Hsin Wu 2005
Takako Yamasaki 1997
Hed Yaron-Mayersohn 2008
Soyoung Yoon 2010
Xiang Yu 2013
Arata Yumi 2014
Nancy Zhou 2012
Kevin Zhu 2019
Viola
A–I
Laura Block (Fuller) 2005
Micha Afkham 1998
Tomoko Akasaka 2008
Alexander Akimov 2011
Amalia Aubert / Arnoldt 2002, 2003
Vladimir Babeshko 2010
Jordan Bak 2018
Benjamin Beck 2015
Noémie Bialobroda 2013
Isabella Bignasca 2023
Adrien Boisseau 2013
Bartosz-Maciej Bokun 2001
Nathan Braude 2003
Ida Bryhn 2005
Barbara Buntrock 2006, 2007, 2008
Andrea Burger 2014
Anna Buschuew 2005
Vincenzo Calcagno 2025
Brenton Caldwell 2006
David Aaron Carpenter 2003, 2004, 2005
Yi-Wen Chao 2000
Bella Chich 2017
Soyoung Cho 2021, 2023
Meng-Hsun Chuang 2004, 2005
Carol Cook 1998, 1999
Cristina Cordero 2022
Olivier Coupé 1999
Sarah Darling 1999, 2001
Carrie Dennis 2001
Anthony Devroye 2002
Lena Eckels 2007
Maria Ropero Encabo 2003
Karolina Errera 2015, 2016
Sara Ferrández 2015, 2017
William Frampton 2008
Mari Fukazawa 2011
Mara Gearman 2001
Matan Gilitchensky 2011
Andrew Gonzalez 2015, 2016
Innokenty Grabko 1998
Erika Gray 2015
Zofia Groblewska 2025
Jan Grüning 2007
Ewa Grzywna-Groblewska 2009
Mariko Hara 2006
Wiebke Heidemeier 2003
Léa Hennino 2012
Omar Hernandez-Hidalgo 2001
Veit Benedikt Hertenstein 2009, 2010
Héloïse Houzé 2024, 2026
Pao-Ling Hsiao 2003, 2004
Mingyu Hsu 2018
Brian Isaacs 2022, 2023
J–N
Jossalyn Jensen 2017
Anton Jivaev 2000, 2002
Ami-Louise Johnsson 2024
Matthew Jones 2004
Miquel Jordà 2016
Bernard Kane 1999
Wenting Kang 2009
Yoonji Kang 2001, 2004
Hiroki Kasai 2025
Megumi Kasakawa 2008
Joost Keizer 2010
Jack Kessler 2022
David Kim 2006
Haeji Kim 2021
Jiwon Kim 2016
Sumin Kim 2023
Sung Eun Kim 1998
Axel Kircher 2000
Georgy Kovalev 2011, 2012, 2013
Kathrin Körber 2004
Erin Laraby 2002, 2003
Sào Soulez Larivière 2018
Born Lau 2012
David Thomas Lau 2009
Cedric Lebonnois 2000
Hae-Sue Lee 2017
Hanna Lee 2006, 2009
Soo-Min Lee 2002, 2003, 2005
Sung Jin Lee 2017
Gatien Leray 2025
Angela Haejin Lim 2004, 2007
Katie Liu 2023
Laura Liu 2024
Nicolas Loubaton 2018
Xiang Lu 2010
Enikö Magyar 2007
Lilli Maijala 2007
Kimi Makino 2014
Sergey Malov 2011
Miriam Manasherov 2008
Adrien La Marca 2010
Gabriel Henrique Marin 2006
Raluca Matei 2000
Matthew McBride-Daline 2000
Matthew McDowell 2023
Seohyun Moon 2019
Martin Moriarty 2018, 2019
Dimitri Murrath 2007
William Vyvyan Murray 2012
Ayano Nakamura 2024
Karolina Naziemiec 1999
Julia Neher 2005
Adam Newman 2008
Xianhe Ni 2022
Ellen Nisbeth 2012, 2014
O–Z
Daniel Orsen 2019
Nilay Ozdemir 2012, 2015
Daniel Palmizio 2010, 2011
Hayang Park 2019
Nic Perkins 2026
Erin Pitts 2019
Vicki Powell 2013, 2014
Lawrence Power 1999
Tobias Reifland 2014
Emmanuella Reiter 2005
Tabitha Rhee 2021
Timothy Ridout 2016
Itamar Ringel 2005
Eivind Ringstad 2012
Chris Rogers-Beadle 2021
Seoyeon Ryu 2025
Marc Sabbah 2011
David Samuel 2000
Jean Sautereau 2022
Stephen Savage 2026
Emily Schaad 1998
Benedikt Schneider 2009
Pauline Schulte-Beckhausen 2018
Rica Schultes 2017
Dillon Scott 2024
Nathan Selman 2010
Ziyu Shen 2013, 2014
Arianna Smith 2013, 2016
Caeli Smith 2018
Jan Snakowski 2016
Ji-Hyun Son 1999, 2000
Hannah Strijbos 2010, 2012
Sarah Strohm 2021
Lisa Sung 2019
Min Kyung Sung 2007, 2012
Philipp Sussmann 2022
Sarah Sutton 1999
Anna Sypniewski 2021
Otoha Tabata 2021, 2022
Rang Tae 2025
Ayako Tahara 2018
Natalia Tchitch 2001
Aleksandra Telmanova 2013
Lilya Tymchyshyn 2016
Manuel Vioque-Judde 2014
Meng Wang 2006
Yanan Wang 2026
Alice Weber 2011
Emma Wernig 2019
Kinga Wojdalska 2022
Peijun Xu 2009
Alessandra Yang 2026
Yi-Te Yang 2013
Semin Yim 2026
Sang Hyun Yong 2008
Chieh-Fan Yu 2009
Emiko Yuasa 2019
Paula Zarzo 2016
Weiyi Zeng 2023
Zhanbo Zheng 2015
Sarina Zickgraf 2017
Jaren Ziegler 2023
Silas Zschocke 2015
Cello
A–E
Sigurgeir Agnarsson 1999
Danielle Akta 2016, 2018
Oliver Aldort 2010
Thierry Amadi 1999
Arash Amini 1997
Hyazintha Andrej 2021
Luis Aracama 2025
Na-Young Baek 2002
Seungyeon Baik 2025
Sebastian Baverstam 1999, 2006, 2007
Raphael Bell 1998, 1999
Joris Van Den Berg 2010
Emmanuelle Bertrand 1997
Bettina Barbara Bertsch 1996
Daniel Blendulf 2003, 2004
Pauline Boudon 2025
Aurélienne Brauner 2005
Gauthier Broutin 2015
Andrew Byun 2022
Maxim Calver 2025
Luís Dias Canali 2025
Nicholas Canellakis 2005
Andrea Casarrubios 2014
Jesus Castro-Balbi 2000
Attilia Cernitori 2011
Han Na Chang 1994
Christine Chin-Ping Chen 2001
Lyam Kaléo Gabriel Chenaux 2026
Bryan Cheng 2022
Brannon Cho 2015
Hayoung Choi 2015
Genevieve (Gigi) Chow 2000
Elizabeth Chung 2007
Natalie Clein 1996
Luka Coetzee 2023
Elia Cohen-Weissert 2016
Anna Condos 1995
Lionel Cottet 2004
John-Henry Crawford 2012
Fabian Broman Crawford-Phillips 2026
Christoph Croisé 2018
Kristi Curb 1995
Tomasz Daroch 2008
Simon Deffner 2008
Jonathan Dormand 2012
Doruk Dorukhan 2012
Shana Downes 1995
Maksym Dyedikov 2011
Simon David Eberle 2019
David Eggert 2008
Nahar Eliaz 2022
Leonard Elschenbroich 2002, 2003, 2007
Chiara Enderle 2015
Isang Enders 2010
F–K
Pablo Ferrandez 2010, 2011
Alfredo Ferre 2017
Clara Yuna Friedensburg 2023
Sol Gabetta 1998, 1999
Pavel Gomziakov 2001
João Pedro Gonçalves 2024
Amy Goto 2022
Johannes Gray 2014
Indira Grier 2021, 2022
Maxime Grizard 2023
Marilies Guschlbauer 2016
Konstanze Von Gutzeit 2011
Anouchka Hack 2021, 2023
Sandra Lied Haga 2011, 2018
Julia Hagen 2016
Jaemin Han 2023
Constantin Heise 2024
Oliver Herbert 2017
Christian Hick 1997
Juuli Holma 2009
Soo-Kyung Hong 1998, 1999
Maximilian Hornung 2008
Robert Howard 1997
Stéphanie Huang 2022
Andrei Ioniță 2015
Laura Rose Isaacson 1998
Danila Ivanov 2001
Marie-Stéphanie Janecek 2005, 2006
Jinseok Jeong 2025
Yeon-Sun Joo 2002
Iris Jortner 2002
Irena Josifoska 2021, 2022
Julie Jung 2000
Mateusz Kaminski 2012
Sheku Kanneh-Mason 2017
Kina Kantor 2007
Jonathan Karoly 1996
Daniel Katz 2000
Mickey Katz 2001
Michael Kaufman 2008
Thomas Kaufmann 2003, 2005, 2006
Liav Kerbel 2019
Ana Kim 2004
Deokyong (Claire) Kim 2023
Doo-Min Kim 2001, 2002, 2003
James Kim 2017
Jisoo Kim 2026
Yo Kitamura 2025
Benedict Klöckner 2012, 2014
Anastasia Kobekina 2012, 2014
Nil Kocamangil 2013
Jakob Koranyi 2006
Alexander Kovalev 2016
Adam Krzeszowiec 2007, 2008
Julia Kursawe 1997
L–R
Li La 2015, 2019, 2024
Antoine Lederlin 1995
Cecilia Sangkyung Lee 1999
Christine (Jeonghyoun) Lee 2018
Daniel Lee 2003
Jae-Eun Lee 1997
Jiyoung Lee 2009
Kang-Hyun Lee 2019
Sujin Lee 2014
Yoohong Lee 2000
Yujeong Lee 1997, 2000
Matthieu Lejeune 2001
Si-Yan Darren Li 2002, 2005, 2006
Robert Lietzau 1997
Hee-Young Lim 2008, 2009
Hampus Linderholm 2002, 2004
Gyorgy Lomakov 2002
Derek Louie 2017
Petr Malisek 1995
Christian-Pierre La Marca 2004, 2005, 2007
Natalia Margulis 2003
Dimitri Maslennikov 1994
Nuala Mckenna 2014
Sebastian Mendoza 2016
Rachel Mercer 2001
Shizuka Mitsui 2018
Suh-Young Moon 2001, 2004
Edgar Moreau 2010
Corinne Morris 1998
Antonin Musset 2019
Inna Nassidze 1996
Alice Neary 1995
Clancy Newman 1998
Samuel Niederhauser 2024
Birgitta Oftestad 2019
Angela Park 2008, 2009
Se-Doo Park 2012, 2013
Aurélien Pascal 2013
Petar Pejčić 2023
Bruno Philippe 2014
Erica Piccotti 2018
Matteo Pigato 1995
Christian Poltera 1998
Florian Pons 2019
Ella Van Poucke 2009, 2013, 2014
Thomas Prechal 2021
Mon Puo 2016
Alexander Ramm 2011
Thomas Rann 2007
Paula Cuesta Redondo 2009
Lynn Renouil-Hata 2022
Estelle Revaz 2014
Jesús Miralles Roger 2016
Roger Morelló Ros 2021
Gemma Rosefield 2002, 2005
S–Z
Alessandro Sacchetti 2026
Håkon Samuelsen 2005, 2006
Julian Schwarz 2009, 2010
Jan Sekaci 2024
Sayaka Selina 2014
Ivan Sendetskiy 2015
Tessa Seymour 2009, 2011
Oleksiy Shadrin 2018
Fredrik Sjölin 2007
Ivan Skanavi 2021
Kian Soltani 2014
Jae-Won Song 1995
Young-Hoon Song 1995
Anton Spronk 2019
Alexey Stadler 2010, 2013
Amalie Stalheim 2015, 2016
Julian Steckel 2004
Jakob Stepp 2015
Caroline Stinson 2000
Clara Strauss 1996
Borislav Strulev 1996
Caroline Sypniewski 2021
Ildiko Szabo 2010, 2013
Adi Tal 2006
Paolo Tedesco 2026
François Thirault 2016
Yina Tong 2011
Benett Tsai 2023, 2026
Jakub Tylman 2003, 2004
Michiaki Ueno 2017
Santiago Cañon Valencia 2016
Alejandro Viana 2021, 2023
Carlos Vidal 2026
Mark Vossen 1995, 1996
Frida Fredrikke Waaler Waervaagen 2013
Alexander Warenberg 2017
Hannah Weber 2000
Kristina Winiarski 2018
Frida Fredrikke Waaler Wærvågen 2013
Xuanhuan Xu 2021
Kaori Yamagami 2003, 2006
Amos Yang 1996, 1998
Arne Jesper Zeller 2024
Sarina Zhang 2013
Antonina Zharova 2012
Cornelius Zirbo 2017, 2022
Piano
A–E
Stanislav Taotes (Coschug) 2000
Manon Ablett 2006
Gerard Aimontche 2016
Alina Artemyeva 2005
Jonas Aumiller 2023
Nour Ayadi 2024
Ozgur Aydin 2000
Pornphan Banternghansa 2005
Iddo Bar-Shai 2004
Inon Barnatan 2005
Lubov Barsky 2002
Martin James Bartlett 2018
Carson Becke 2007
Alim Beisembayev 2018
Giovanni Bertolazzi 2022
Ivan Bessonov 2017
Henri Bonamy 1998
Ekaterina Bonyushkina 2019, 2024
Roman Borisov 2019, 2023
Misi Boros 2022, 2024
Tom Borrow 2019
Marika Bournaki 2007, 2008
Ivo Boytchev 2001
Sodi Braide 1999
Luca Buratto 2018
Alice Burla 2013
Luiz Gustavo Carvalho 2006
Vadim Chaimovich 2002
Bertrand Chamayou 1999
Kevin Chen 2022
Sa Chen 1997
Wei-Yin Chen 2002, 2005
Vivian Cheng 2008, 2009
Zach Cheong 2026
Lucas Chiche 2026
Gloria Chien 1999
Hea Jung (Ha Young?) Cho 2004
Charles Chocallo 2008, 2009
Sae Yoon Chon 2021, 2022
Ekaterina Danilova 2004, 2005, 2008
Alexandra Dariescu 2010, 2013, 2016
Alice Der-Kevorkian 1995
Ana-Mirabela Dina 2001
Anna Dmytrenko 2016
Avi Downes 1995
Andriy Dragan 2013
Frank Dupree 2014
Severin Von Eckardstein 2003
Justus Friedrich Eichhorn 2023
F–J
Einat Fabrikant 1998
Inna Faliks 2002
Vladimir Farkov 2008
Yury Favorin 2011
Roman Fediurko 2026
Anna Fedorova 2012, 2017
Boris Feiner 2003
Juan Pérez Floristán 2014
Henry From 2021, 2023
Mao Fujita 2018
Alexander Gadjiev 2017, 2018
Avery Gagliano 2019
Jean-Paul Gasparian 2014
Timur Gasratov 2005
Rémi Geniet 2014
Kirill Gerstein 2000
Eva Gevorgyan 2019
Edward Ahlbeck Glader 2025
Amanda Von Goetz 1998
Alon Goldstein 1995
Andrei Gologan 2017
Lilit Grigorian 2009, 2010
Anna Grinberg 2003
Yelena Grinberg 2002
Markus Groh 1995
Giuseppe Guarrera 2018
Claire-Marie Le Guay 2001
Israel Gursky 1996
Aysedeniz Gökcin 2006
Maximilian Haberstock 2018
Markus Hadulla 1996
Katherine Hibbs 2026
Magdalene Ho 2025
Benjamin Hochman 1998
Hsing-Ay Hsu 2004
Claire Huangci 2009
Julia Hámos 2016
Diana Ionescu 2005
Dina Ivanova 2021
Eve-Anouk Jebejian 1998
Liu Ji 2005, 2006
Xiaofu Ju 2024
K–N
David Kadouch 2007, 2009
Oleksii Kanke 2021
Dorothy Khadem-Missagh 2015
Jeong-Won Kim 1995
Ji Yong Kim 2008
Ana Kipiani 2010
Dinara Klinton 2014
Martin Klopfenstein 1996
Giulietta Koch 2012
Pavel Kolesnikov 2009
Vladislav Kozhukhin 2010, 2013
Denis Kozhukin 2001, 2003
Camilla Köhnken 2003, 2006
Henry Kramer 2014
Eduard Kunz 2007
Varvara Kutuzova 2021
Ingmar Lazar 2013, 2017
Deborah Lee 1996
Mikkel Lee 2023
Nathan Lee 2017, 2019
Yoav Levanon 2018
George Li 2012, 2015
Ying Li 2019
Zhexiang Li 2026
Hyo-Sun Lim 2002
Magdalena Lisak 2000
Ethan Loch 2023
Denis Lossev 1999
Eric Lu 2015
Yuanhan (Victor) Lu 2024
Nikita Lukinov 2021, 2022
Max Ma 2018
Pallavi Mahidhara 2006
Plamena Mangova 1999, 2002
Adriel Gomez Mansur 2006
Gabriela Martinez 2006, 2007
Cristina Marton 2001
Sophie Mautner 1996
Micah Mclaurin 2011, 2017
Alexei Melnikov 2018
Aidan Mikdad 2016, 2017
Hannes Minnaar 2011
Michael Mizrahi 2003
Nikita Mndoyants 2004
Fanny Monnet 2021
Claudio Carbo Montaner 2000
Ivan Moshchuk 2010
Arsenii Mun 2016, 2017
Yumeka Nakagawa 2022
Emi Nakajima 1999
Adi Neuhaus 2012
Quynh Nguyen 1995
Niu Niu 2015
O–U
Maya Oganyan 2024
Luka Okros 2015
Fyodor Orlov 2021
Gareth Owen 2000
Viktoras / Victor Paukstelis 2002
Laura Mota Pello 2026
Luis-Fernando Perez-Herrero 2001
Drew Petersen 2008, 2011
Aline Piboule 2010
Francesco Piemontesi 2007
Aaron Pilsan 2016
Daniel Del Pino 1996
Nadezda Pisareva 2014
Luba Poliak 1997
Matan Daniel Porat 2004
Nicolas Van Poucke 2009
Roman Rabinovich 2005, 2013
Antoine Rebstein 1998
Anastasia Rizikov 2015
Yoav Roth 2026
Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner 2015
Akilan Sankaran 2022
Oliver Schnyder 1999
Natalie Schwamová 2025
Louis Schwizgebel-Wang 2008, 2009
Shohei Sekimoto 2004
Yonatan Senik 2025
Oren Shani 2001
Ziyu Shao 2025
Xinran Shi 2024
Connie Shih 1996
Akiko Shirogane 2000
Sophiko Simsive 2013
Abigail Sin 2007, 2010
Rafael Skorka 2012
Pavel Skorokhodov 2016
Albert Cano Smit 2017
Alex Solomon 1996
Ronaldo Marcondes De Souza 1995
Alexandra Stychkina 2018
Sabina Maria Suciu 2019
Yevgeny Sudbin 1998
Jiayan Sun 2015
Conrad Tao 2011
Georgy Tchaidze 2011
Kiron Atom Tellian 2023
Annika Treutler 2015, 2016
Alexandra Troussowa 1996, 1997
Daria Tschaikowskaja 2003
Samson Tsoy 2009
Mayumi Tsuchida 2010
Rieko Tsuchida 2011
Kasparas Uinskas 1997
Elizaveta Ukrainskaia 2021, 2023
Alexander Ullman 2019
V–Z
Audrey Vigoureux 1997
Anna Vinnitskaya 2007
Bruno Vlahek 2012
Alexei Volodin 1999
Gottlieb Wallisch 1998
Chun Wang 2008
Lin Wang 1996, 1997
Tong Wang 2022
Assaff Weisman 1999
Christopher Weldon 1995
Larry Weng 2013
Terrence Wilson 1996
Evan Wong 2016
Kajeng Wong 2007
Mikolaj Wozniak 2026
Aaron Wunsch 1998
Amy Yang 2004
Yi Ke (Tony) Yang 2023
Jialin Yao 2022
Einav Yarden 2000
Chi-Hui Yen 2011
Yuko Yoshioka 1997
Avan Yu 2014
Berenika Zakrzewski 2001
Vsevolod Zavidov 2023
Ido Zeev 2025
Cheng Zhang 2012
Lauren Zhang 2019
Harmony Zhu 2019, 2021
Julia Zilberquit 1995
Adam Znamirovský 2025
Xiang Zou 2003
Clarinet
Benjamin Baron 2002
Alexander Bedenko 2002
José Franch-Ballester 2002
Nina Höhn 2002
Anat Kolodny 2002
Kornel Wolak 2002
Ensembles
Alinde Quartett 2015Amélie Legrand, Axel Haase, Eugenia Ottaviano, Josep Castanyer Alonso
Amatis Trio 2018Lea Clara Hausmann, Mengjie Han, Samuel Shepherd
Animato Kwartet 2022Elisa Karen Tavenier, Inga våga Gaustad, Pieter De Koe, Tim Brackman
Badke String Quartet 2006Emma Parker, Heather Badke, Jonathan Byers
Calidore String Quartet 2013Estelle Choi, Jeffrey Myers, Jeremy Berry, Ryan Meehan
Eben Trio 2013Markéta Kubínová Vrbková, Roman Patočka, Terezie Fialová
Ebonit Saxophone Quartet 2017Antonio Sola Corpas, Dineke Nauta, Johannes Pfeuffer, Paulina Kulesza
Esmé Quartet 2021Jiwon Kim, Wonhee Bae, Ye-eun Heo, Yuna Ha
Fibonacci Quartet 2026Elliot Kempton, Findlay Spence, Kryštof Kohout, Luna De Mol
Galilee Quartet 2025Gandhi Saad, Mostafa Saad, Omar Saad
Galilee quartet 2025Tibah Saad
inn.wien ensemble 2026Benjamin Lampert, Emil Tomoya Geber, Fridolin Schöbi, Joe Pritchard, Marinus Kreidt, Marlene Penninger, Rahel Neyer, Rahel Rupprechter, Sophie Trobos, Theresa Singer, Xenia Rubin
Kandinsky Quartet 2023Antonio Gervilla, Evgenii Artemenkov, Hannah Kandinsky, Ignazio Alayza
New Danish Quartet 2007Asbjorn Norgaard, Carol-Oscar Osterling, Frederik Oland, Rune Sorensen
Agate Quartet 2019Adrien Jurkovic, Raphaël Pagnon, Simon Iachemet, Thomas Descamps
Ardeo Quartet 2009Carole Petitdemange, Caroline Donin, Joëlle Martinez, Olivia Hughes
Arod Quartet 2015Alexandre Vu, Corentin Apparailly, Jordan Victoria, Samy Rachid
Quatuor Ebène 2007Gabriel Le Magadure, Mathieu Herzog, Pierre Colombet, Raphaël Merlin
Mirages Quartet 2022Arthur Heuel, Constant Clermont, Laetitia Amblard, Pierre-Pascal Jean
Valère Quartet 2008Florence Von Burg, Hiroko Yamamoto, Julien Zufferey, Matthias Walpen
Ragazze String Quartet 2013Amber Docters van Leenwen, Annemijn Bergkotte, Jeanita Vriens, Rosa Arnold
Rhodes Piano Trio 2012David Edmonds, Michael Gurevich, Robert Thompson
Trio Concept 2024Edoardo Grieco, Francesco Massimino, Lorenzo Nguyen
Trio Dali 2009Amandine Savary, Christian-Pierre La Marca, Vineta Sareika
Trio Elegiaque 2007Joanna Stanek, Lech Antonio Uszynski, Sebastian Uszynki
Trio Image 2009Gergana Gergova, Pavlin Nechev, Thomas Kaufmann
Trio Incendio 2023Filip Zaykov, Karolína Františová, Vilém Petras
Trio Saint-Exupéry 2012Béatrice Berrut, Camille Thomas, Lorenzo Gatto
Trio Sōra 2018Angèle Legasa, Magdalēna Geka, Pauline Chenais
Vera Quartet 2019Inés Picado Molares, Justin Goldsmith, Pedro Rodríguez Rodríguez, Rebecca Anderson
Zorá String Quartet 2017Dechopol Kowintaweewat, Pablo Munoz Salido, Seula Lee, Zizai Ning
Kazem Abdullah 2002
Luca Ballabio 2024
Rodolfo Barraez 2022
Jan Jakub Bokun 2002
Joseph Bozich 2026
Luis Castillo-Briceño 2025
Rita Castro Blanco 2024
Jaehyuck Choi 2023
Victor Costa 2002
Michelle Di Russo 2024
Nicolas Ellis 2019
Edo Frenkel 2021
Maximilian Haberstock 2019, 2021
Huba Hollokoy 2009
Nathanaël Iselin 2024
Kynan Johns 2002
Gerald Karni 2022, 2023
Erle Kont 2025
Vladimir Kulenovic 2009
Dane Lam 2009
Lucie Leguay 2019, 2021
Julien Leroy 2009
Celia Llácer 2026
François López-Ferrer 2018
Antoine Marguier 2002
Aleksandra Melaniuk 2026
Sergey Neller 2019
Ian Niederhoffer 2021
Rotem Nir 2023, 2025
Takeshi Ooi 2002
Samy Rachid 2022, 2023
Anna Rakitina 2019
Simon Rivard 2018
Ilyich Rivas 2010
Daniele Rustioni 2009
Nicholas Sharma 2026
Mikhail Shekhtman 2021
Molly Turner 2025
Jack Wong 2018
Toshio Yanagisawa 2002
Oleksandr Yankevych 2022, 2023
Reaching Out
Marina Chiche 2015
Danny Gu 2017
Alex Fernando Jimbo Viteri 2014
Mayumi Kanagawa 2017
Crista Kende Bergendahl 2014
Mari Lee 2017
Alena Lugovkina 2014
Jonathan Mansfield 2015
Matthew McBride-Daline 2015
Viktorija Miskunaite 2014
Karolina Naziemiec 2015
Ed Nesbit 2014
Kerstin Pohle 2006, 2015
Ziv Stein 2015
Samson Tsoy 2017
Katherine Ventura 2015
Yuuki Wong 2014
creative project development residency
Laure Chan 2025
Yasaman Mashhouri 2023
Helena Ricci 2024
Sofía Ros 2026
Sophie Trobos 2025
Maxine Troglauer 2023
Tong Wang 2022
Henry Armfield 2025
Christian Aylward 2024
Victoria Barroso 2024
Aoqi Deng 2025
Bartosz Gardzinski 2026
Ana Maria Gonzalez Sarmiento 2026
Marta Hinderer 2023
Annemarie Hoffmann 2026
Rebekka Homburg 2023
Jedrzej Lucinski 2022
Michel Miersch 2026
Jan Olejniczak 2024
Marcelina Peek 2025
Kosma Standera 2025
Jeremias Thiele 2023
Lara Villanueva 2022
From 1997 to 2000, the Verbier Festival Academy offered
contemporary dance workshops bringing together
participants from a variety of backgrounds. Led by
renowned choreographers and coordinated by Noemi Lapzeson,
they explored movement, improvisation and creation.
1997
Led by Jean-Laurent Sasportes, this workshop brings together
twelve dancers around movement and physical
expression.
Participants
Mikel Aristegui
Giorgia Colombo
Laura Delfino
Sandra Dominique Heyn
Hiroko Ishimura
Diana Lambert
Tania Latarjet
Marta Lopez-Garcia
Anne Marchand
Ondrej Vajsar
Cindy Van Acker
Kylie Walters
1998
With Foofwa d’Imobilité, former dancer with the
Merce Cunningham Company, and the Groupe Ouivala in residence,
the workshop explores movement and choreographic research.
Participants
Mikel Aristegui
Alice Cerrato
Giorgia Colombo
Vincent Dunoyer
Alberto Hechevarria Rodriguez
Antoine Jaunin
Marthe Crowe Krummenacher
Marta Lopez-Garcia
Anne Marchand
Araboalaza Olatz
Virginie Tieche
Ondrej Vajsar
Kylie Walters
1999
Vicky Shick leads this contemporary dance workshop,
with Foofwa d’Imobilité in residence, bringing together
eighteen participants.
Participants
Josiane Charriau
Simon Choplin
Giorgia Colombo
Odile Ferrard
Nicola Jane Gladstone
Caroline Jauch
Catherine Lanoir
Anne Marchand
Yves Musard
Jamei Nasir
Amina Pinösch
Anna Röthlisberger
Anja Schmidt
Alexandra Seeber
Markus Siegenthaler
Daniel Srodkowski
Laure Taleb
Renaud Wiser
2000
Daniel Lepkoff leads a Contact Improvisation workshop,
dedicated to bodily listening and interactions
between dancers.
Participants
Marc Berthon
Juan Bilbeny
Stijn Celis
Armand Deladoëy
Stéphanie Donnet
Tino Gherardi
Alma Hauk
Antoine Jaunin
Martin Landert
Frédérique Leresche
Vanessa Mafé-Keane
Jamei Nasir
Annik Saunier
Natalia Schriber
Markus Siegenthaler
Urs Stauffer
Florence Vuilleumier
Jörg Oliver Weinöhl
Since 1994, the Verbier Festival Academy has explored the links
between theatre, music, and performance. Originally developed
with the Académie expérimentale des théâtres in Paris,
the programme has welcomed renowned directors
and actors over the years, through training
and creative workshops.
1995
Andreï Serban and Claude Régy lead two workshops
dedicated to theatrical work, in collaboration with
the Académie expérimentale des théâtres.
Students
Stephen Butel
Stéphanie Chuat
Fabrice Dierx-Bénard
Richard Duval
Delphine Horst
Nathalie Houzé
Anne Klippstiehl
Christophe Kourotchkine
Morgane Lombard
Thierry Raynaud
1996
Yannis Kokkos and Irene Papas lead a theatre workshop
coordinated by Michelle Kokosowski
and Pierre-Henri Magnin.
Participants
Malika Bireche
Sophie Demichel
Fatyma El Hassouni
Aurélie Eltvedt
Simon Flossaut
Frédéric Fuster
Jean-Pierre Liermier
Catherine Pietri
Smadi Wolfman
2002
Larry Moss leads an intensive acting workshop
for professional actors.
Participants
Jason Gedrick
Joel Gretsch
Jeff McCracken
Gates McFadden
Ariadne Meyers
2003
Larry Moss returns for a second workshop bringing together
international professional actors.
Participants
Juliette Binoche
Andrea Martin
Jeff McCracken
Gates McFadden
Ariadne Meyers
Patrick Muldoon
Rich Ronat
Daisy White
2007
Under the direction of Patsy Rodenburg, five actors
work on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
presented to the public in Verbier.
Participants
David Antrobus
Jonathan Broadbent
Francesca Faridany
Siobhan O’Kelly
Ben Warwick