Students

Academy & Orchestras 2025
Two hundred and eighteen musicians from 44 countries have been invited to take part in the Verbier Festival Academy & Orchestra programmes in 2025. One hundred thirty-five join the Verbier Generation for the first time.

soloists & ensembles

Piano

Edward Ahlbeck Glader Sweden
Magdalene Ho Malaysia
Natalie Schwamová Czechia
Yonatan Senik Israel
Ziyu Shao China
Ido Zeev Israel
Adam Znamirovský Czechia Junior Student

 

Violin

Nurie Chung South Korea
Emmanuel Coppey France
Raphael Gisbertz Germany
Theodor Kaskiv France
Roa Lee South Korea Junior Student
Maria Lundina Russian Federation
Christina Nam United States
Sophia Werner United States

Viola

Vincenzo Calcagno United States
Zofia Groblewska Poland
Hiroki Kasai United Kingdom
Gatien Leray France
Seoyeon Ryu South Korea
Rang Tae South Korea

 

Cello

Luis Aracama Spain
Seungyeon Baik South Korea
Pauline Boudon France
Maxim Calver United Kingdom
Luís Dias Canali Portugal Junior Student
Jinseok Jeong Hungary
Yo Kitamura Japan

 

Ensemble in Residence

Galilee Quartet
Mostafa Saad
Palestine violin
Gandhi Saad
Palestine violin
Omar Saad
Palestine viola
Tibah Saad
Palestine cello


 

atelier lyrique

Soprano

Mira Alkhovik Russian Federation
Tamara Bounazou Algeria / France
Katrīna Paula Felsberga Latvia
Maryam Wocial United Kingdom

 

Mezzo-Soprano

Sofia Anisimova Ukraine
Lily Mo Browne United Kingdom
Annabel Kennedy United Kingdom
Ellen Pearson United Kingdom

 

Tenor

Hugo Brady Ireland
Giorgi Guliashvili Georgia

Baritone

Anton Beliaev Russian Federation
Yeongtaek Yang South Korea

 

Bass-Baritone

Maksim Andreenkov Russian Federation
Edward Birchinall United Kingdom
Ossian Huskinson United Kingdom


creative project development residency

Laure Chan United Kingdom violin
Sophie Trobos Austria violin


 

audio recording programme

Henry Armfield United States
Aoqi Deng China
Marcelina Peek Poland
Kosma Standera Poland


 

verbier festival orchestra (vfo)

Violin

Jiachen Cao China
Sungmin Cho South Korea
Marta Dettlaff Poland
Gabriel Dodin France
Julia Dueñas Spain
Gabriel Fedak United States / Canada
Esther Frey Germany
Danielle Greene Canada
Yuichiro Haruno Japan
Kingston Ho United States
Jisoo Hong South Korea
Yubin Kim South Korea
Arthur Legros France
Veronika Manchur Canada
Louis Manel France
Matteo Morbidelli Italy
Dexter Mott United States
Aï Nakano Japan
Yujeong Nam South Korea
Anja Ovaskainen Serbia
Samuele Parrini United States
Biel Ricard Gélinas Spain
Polina Senatulova Russian Federation
Caroline Smoak United States
Moshi Tang United States
Joshua Tavenier Netherlands
Angela Tempestini Italy
Juchao Zhao China

 

Viola

Nicolás Bernal-Montaña Colombia
Jutta Demuynck Belgium
Riko Eto Japan
Patrick Hayes United States
Iker Isasi Spain
Yong Ha Jung South Korea
Oleksandra Kanke Ukraine
Alisa Klebanov Canada
Pin-Hao Liao Taiwan
Jikun Qin China
Alice Sinacori Belgium
Sanford Whatley United States

 

Cello

Maximus Gurath United States
Eugene Kim South Korea
Sunghyun Lee South Korea
Yong-Jun Lee South Korea / United Kingdom
Sebastian Mendoza Colombia
Antoine Molines France
Clara Schlotz Switzerland
Sebastian Stoger United States
Austin Topper United States / Poland
Emile Traelnes Switzerland

 

Double Bass

Riccardo Baiocco Italy
Mika Ben Aharon Israel / Germany
Nicola Carrara Italy
Ruth Christopher United States
Logan May United States
James Perera United States
Margarita Rybkina Russia
Chingju Chloe Yu Taiwan

Flute

Federico Altare Italy
Manuel Antonio Astudillo Quintero Chile
Julin Cheung United States
Judy (Jeongyeon) Lee South Korea

 

Oboe

Layla Köhler Baratto Brazil
Alexander Mayer United States / Canada
Pedro Pais Capelão Portugal
Timothy Swanson United States

 

Clarinet

Panagiotis Marios Giannakas Greece
Mathias Landeau France
Alice Mcdonald United States
Szymon Emil Parulski Poland

 

Bassoon

Simon Demangeat France
Jappe Dendievel Belgium
Minju Kim South Korea
Asha Kline United States

 

Horn

William Hugo Bliss United States
Jan Breer Germany
Ruben Hudnik Slovenia
Simon Kandel France
Nicolas Marguet France
Karin Van Rens Netherlands

 

Trumpet

João Pedro Moreira Fernandes Portugal
Barna Sallai Hungary
Guillermo Serrano Marchena Spain
Eugenio Valle Italy

 

Trombone

Kean Adair United States
Botond Drahos Hungary
Pedro Marques De Almeida Unkart Germany / Portugal

 

Tuba

Itamar Elis Israel

 

Percussion

Alejandro Martínez Garduño Mexico
Matteo Sausse France
Mariia Shmeleva Russian Federation
Léo Simon United States
Alexandre Turco France

 

Harp

Ekaterina Dvoretskaia Russia
Séphora Foucher De La Fuente France
Johanna Dorothea Görißen Germany


 

verbier festival junior orchestra (vfjo)

Violin

Jeremy Cha United States
Sophie Chung Hong Kong
Teagan Craggs United Kingdom
Rishab Das United States
Kai Freeman United States
William Hsu Philippines
Andrei Ivascu Spain
Philippe Jayer Norway
Glenn Krause United States
Jianzhu Li United States
Kristie Lu United States
Katalin Madariaga Belloso Spain
Sean Qin United States
Tzu-Chen Su Taiwan
Zihao Tang China
Elizabeth Terentieva Germany
Saki Tokunaga France
Xinran Tong Singapore
Santiago Vinaccia Italy
Antonina Zgółka Poland

 

Viola

Fátima Arencibia Corbera Spain
Evelyn Freeman United Kingdom
Lucas Garcia Conrad Malta
Kai Gatica-Petree Switzerland
Irati Gañan Rodriguez Spain
Isabel Joui Karr Germany
Jimena Pérez González Spain
Ignacio Serrano Spain

 

Cello

Lorian Castioni Switzerland
Lyam Kaléo Gabriel Chenaux Switzerland
Leonor De Andrés Switzerland
Pauline Français France
Tomer Kenett Israel
Raphael Ott Switzerland

 

Double Bass

Olivier Camponovo Switzerland
Mauro Castillo Conti Spain
María Nela García Lorente Spain
Chiara Zangerle Switzerland

Flute

Carl Idris Fowler France
Chayeun Kim Austria

 

Oboe

Flavie Lacoste Canada
Irene Lee South Korea

 

Clarinet

Pablo Rosales Calzadilla Spain
Jazmin Szurcsik Austria

 

Bassoon

Levente Bubreg Austria
Miglena Vassileva Spain

 

Horn

Bruno Alarcón Burriel Spain
Valentin Bey France
Hèctor Garcia i Brisa Spain
Lila Gattet France

 

Trumpet

Fanny Angèle Marchand Switzerland
Romane Vuilleumier Switzerland

 

Trombone

Miguel Amado Spain
Inés Míguez Neira Spain
Massimiliano Nese Italy

 

Tuba

Gaspard Dufort France

 

Percussion

Xiang Ni China
Elias Stoffel Switzerland


 

conducting

Luis Castillo-Briceño Costa Rica
Erle Kont Estonia
Rotem Nir Israel
Molly Turner United States