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Reginald “Swingdoom” Veal represents the pinnacle of what music should be- balanced extensions of the artist’s aesthetical and spiritual ideas, mixed with a universal awareness for the world that surrounds him. Reginald has a music career that has spanned well over thirty-five years. During these years he has had the pleasure of lending his chops […]

A graduate of Thomson High School, Valdosta State University, and The Juilliard School, Christopher Crenshaw started playing piano at three years old and started playing trombone at eleven years old. He grew up playing keyboard with his father Casper in a gospel quartet from Thomson, Georgia, the Echoes of Joy. He has been with the Jazz at Lincoln […]

Antoine Jaccoud est né à Lausanne. Formé au scénario par le cinéaste polonais Krysztof Kieslowski, il a notamment coécrit et dialogué les films d’Ursula Meier (« Home », « L’Enfant d’en Haut » -ours d’argent à la Berlinale 2012, et tourné à Verbier !- et plus récemment « La Ligne »).   Mais Antoine Jaccoud est également un auteur de théâtre dont le […]

Christopher Ventris is one of the world’s leading Heldentenors and the pre-eminent Siegmund and Parsifal of his generation. From his acclaimed Bayreuther Festspiele debut as Parsifal in Stefan Herheim’s new production (Daniele Gatti), he went on to innumerable appearances in the role including at Wiener Staatsoper (under both Franz Welser-Möst and Semyon Bychkov), Bayerische Staatsoper […]

Hannah Stone, former Harpist to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London where she gained a B.Mus. and M.Mus. degree. As part of her Master’s degree, she accepted an Erasmus Exchange place at the Universitat Mozarteum, Salzburg, to study with Professor Helga Storck. During her studies at […]

After studying visual arts and cinema, Arthur Nauzyciel entered the Théâtre National de Chaillot school directed by Antoine Vitez in 1987. He created his first stage productions in 1999. He works regularly in the United States and also stages dance and opera. He directed the CDN d’Orléans from 2007 to 2016 and has been director […]

Jian Wang began to study the cello with his father when he was four. While a student at the Shanghai Conservatoire, he was featured in the celebrated documentary film From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China. In 1981, at 12 years old, Jian made his professional debut playing the Saint Saens cello concerto with […]

Jing Huan currently serves as Principal Conductor of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Guangzhou Symphony Youth Orchestra. She also serves on the boards of the China Musicians Association and Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI). In August 2022, she participated in the 2022 National Outstanding Young Artists (Conductors) Showcase organized by the Publicity […]

Born in Timișoara (Western Romania) in 1988 to a family of classical musicians, Dinu Mihailescu is a Romanian pianist who lives in Switzerland since 2009. He studied at the Haute Ecole de Musique (HEM) in Geneva. In 2021 he received his PhD in Music at the University of the West in Timișoara. Dinu has performed […]

Alessandra Cossu wears many hats at the Verbier Festival, serving as both Manager of Volunteers and Manager of Press. With a background in communication and a deep passion for human connection, she plays a key role in shaping the Festival’s spirit on and off the stage. Outside of Verbier, she is the founder of Poetic […]