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Hopkins Louise
Hopkins Louise
Hopkins Louise
18 Jul 2026
Louise Hopkins studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Raphael Wallfisch and Steven Isserlis, and further developed her artistry at the International Musicians’ Seminars in Prussia Cove with András Schiff, György Kurtág and Ralph Kirshbaum. She made her debut at London’s Barbican Hall in Lutosławski’s Cello Concerto under the composer’s baton, with […]
Zbinden David
Zbinden David
Zbinden David
13 Jul 2026
David Zbinden is a Swiss specialist in artificial intelligence automation and founder of TimeKraft, an AI-based automation platform for French-speaking SMEs.
Orunesu Pierluigi Christophe
Orunesu Pierluigi Christophe
Orunesu Pierluigi Christophe
13 Jul 2026
Pierluigi Orunesu is an Italian-Swiss entrepreneur. He is notably the founder of Cybel’Art, a company that developed a digital and holographic protocol known as the icologram. His company has collaborated with various artists. In 2025, Orunesu’s company, Cybel’Art, developed and launched Virtual Hall, a virtual reality application designed for symphonic concerts and owned by the […]
Bertrand Dermoncourt
Bertrand Dermoncourt
Bertrand Dermoncourt
13 Jul 2026
Bertrand Dermoncourt is a journalist and publisher, currently serving as publisher and director of Radio Classique. His musical expertise is reflected in an impressive bibliography. His major publications include Tout Mozart for the Bouquins collection at Robert Laffont (2006), monographs dedicated to Shostakovich and Stravinsky at Actes Sud, as well as a contribution to the […]
Biamonte Francesco
Biamonte Francesco
Biamonte Francesco
13 Jul 2026
Francesco Biamonte is a stage and radio artist dedicated to exploring multiple expressions of lyric theatre. Through the Controluce group, he creates performances combining narration, shadow projections and sound compositions, which he presents in various European countries. Also engaged in street opera alongside the Farceurs Lyriques, he performs as presenter of Stockhausen’s legendary Helikopter-Streichquartett with […]
Krafft Nathalie
Krafft Nathalie
Krafft Nathalie
13 Jul 2026
Nathalie Krafft is a French journalist specializing in music criticism, former director of “Le Monde de la musique” for fifteen years. Trained at the Sorbonne, she has published several reference works on major composers, including a new edition of Beethoven’s Conversation Books (2015) and “Listening to Sibelius” (2017) in collaboration with Éric Tanguy, all published […]
Michael Fuller
Michael Fuller
Michael Fuller
13 Jul 2026
Michael Fuller has long been associated with the Verbier Festival and was one of the founders of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra when it was established in 2005. Since then, he has pursued a dual career as a double bassist and a manager in classical music. A native of the United States, Michael Fuller has […]
Kuma Kengo
Kuma Kengo
Kuma Kengo
13 Jul 2026
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, born in Yokohama in 1954, is one of the most renowned architects in the world. A graduate in architecture from the University of Tokyo, where he is currently a professor, he founded Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990. His firm employs over 300 staff members across offices in Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, […]
Thompson Kiki
Thompson Kiki
Thompson Kiki
13 Jul 2026
Swiss artist and sculptor born in Geneva, trained in art and French at Cambridge. A former professional snowboarder who competed on the World Cup Circuit, she has transformed this mountain experience into a unique artistic practice. Her sculptures, characterized by sinuous, fluid lines that embrace natural forms, are exhibited in Switzerland, New Zealand, the United […]
Paternot Madeleine
Paternot Madeleine
Paternot Madeleine
13 Jul 2026
Swiss-American artist born in 1972 in Stanford, California. A graduate of Vassar College in cultural anthropology, she settled in New York where she develops an artistic practice centered on painting, installation and sculpture, notably exploring the interaction between matter and surfaces. Her works are held in public and private collections in London, Paris, Milan, New […]
20 YEARS
OF THE verbier festival chamber orchestra
Anniversary concert with Martha Argerich, Lahav Shani, Gábor Takács-Nagy
20 YEARS
OF THE verbier festival chamber orchestra
Anniversary concert with Martha Argerich, Lahav Shani, Gábor Takács-Nagy