How to Get Here
Verbier is easily accessible by various means of transport.
Where to Stay
Explore available accommodation options in Verbier.
Venues & Accessibility
Learn more about our performance venues and accessibility.
Eat and drink
Explore a selection of places to eat or drink during your visit to Verbier.
Your experience at the Verbier Festival
We value your feedback. Share it with us here.
Flex pack
20% discount starting 7 concerts purchased from the Mainstage programme.
Day Pass
10% discount when you book 2 or more concerts on the same day.
Combins pass
Attend all evening concerts at the Salle des Combins in Carré Or seating from July 17 to August 2, 2026.
Bagnard
40% discount for permanent residents of Commune de Val de Bagnes.
Under 35
For adults under 35 for all Mainstage concerts.
Students
For students upon presentation of valid ID for all Mainstage concerts.
Children
For children under 12 for all Mainstage concerts.
Gift cards
Share your passion for classical music by offering a Verbier Festival gift card.
The Verbier Generation
At the heart of the Festival’s mission: nurturing the next generation of great artists.
Academy Programmes
From musical training to musicpreneurship — empowering young musicians to embrace their artistry and forge meaningful careers in music.
Shenzhen 2026
In China, a week of masterclasses with artists of the Verbier Festival.
Masterclasses Verbier 2026
Programme at a glance — Masterclasses are among the Festival's most popular events.
Students 2025
52 young artists from 22 countries joined us last summer.
Prizes & Honours
Celebrating the Academy’s most outstanding talents, including the Prix Yves Paternot — its most prestigious distinction.
Success Stories
Meet alumni making their mark.
The Verbier Generation
At the heart of the Festival’s mission: nurturing the next generation of great artists.
Orchestra Training Programmes
The Verbier Festival Orchestra Training Programmes have become a rite of passage for today’s exceptional young orchestral musicians and conductors
Students
160 young artists from 32 countries joined us last summer.
Success Stories
Meet alumni making their mark.
VFCO
The Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, the Festival’s worldwide ambassador, unites exceptional alumni of its Orchestra Training Programmes who now perform with some of the world’s leading orchestras.
Summer 2026
Your summer of unlimited music starts with these concerts.
Buskers 2026
Calling all street performers! Apply now to play at next summer’s Verbier Festival.
Aftermovie 2025
Relive the energy, the music, and the moments that made UNLTD 2025 shine.
UNLTD Collective
Alumni of the Verbier Festival Academy creating bold, original projects for today.
Amplifiers
Join the community that helps UNLTD spark new sounds and ideas.
Summer 2026
Concerts, workshops and outdoor fun for children during the Verbier Festival.
Storytellers in the Classroom
A journey through words, music and images to dream and create.
Zoo
Short animated films inspired by The Carnival of the Animals.
Ludwig's World
An interactive playspace to discover Beethoven.
Amplifiers
Amplifiers help VF KiDS grow and keep the magic of music alive.
Verbier Festival Gold
Gems from the Festival archives.
VF Collection
An ambitious heritage project that extends our artistic mission beyond the summer season
Apple Music Classical
The Verbier Festival is pleased to announce its partnership with Apple Music Classical.
Jukebox
An immersive audiovisual space for archival treasures.
Broadcast and streaming
The Verbier Festival lets music-lovers worldwide enjoy concerts live or on replay.
Patrons
The Verbier Festival is grateful to its philanthropic patrons for their generous support
Our Sponsors
The Verbier Festival thanks its sponsors and partners for their valuable support.
Public Funders
The Verbier Festival thanks its public funding partners for their unwavering support.
Donors to the Friends
The Friends is a group of music-loving donors whose support has been a cornerstone of the Festival’s rise to the top.
Become a Friend
Legacy Giving
Help us build a sustainable future.
Founder & Director
En 1991, Martin Engstroem put the wheels in motion for what in 1994 would become the Verbier Festival & Academy.
VF Green
Aware of climate and sustainability challenges, the verbier festival works to promote sustainable practices.
Contact
Our telephone numbers, email and postal addresses, office hours and directory of personnel.
Board of Directors
Learn more about the Verbier Festival's Board of Directors.
Your experience at the Verbier Festival
We value your feedback. Share it with us here.

It was during the contemporary music courses at the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne that four bachelor students, Naomi Cohen, Camille Thévoz, Alexis Mauritz and Sebastiàn Ramírez met. They quickly developed a great musical complicity and a beautiful friendship and founded the Balsamik Quartet. Coached by their respective teachers, they explore a repertoire ranging from the 19th century to the present day.

Geneva’s Académie de l’Opéra opened its doors in 1987 with the aim of promoting and fostering a love of opera. It offers a window opera in a playful and interactive way, incorporating singing, acting, dancing and even set design and costume design for beginners. Classes and workshops are offered to toddlers, teenagers and adults, masterclasses throughout the year or during the summer holidays, shows and concerts for novices as well as for the more experienced, in costume and in front of audiences. The Académie’s teachers are professional artists, graduates and winners of international competitions, speaking French, German, English and Italian. In addition to transmitting their art, they aim to foster a love of languages through the sounds encountered in the various operas. Teaching methods are adapted to the age and background of students.

La Bulle d’Air est un centre d’éveil et de formation musicale qui propose une approche pédagogique novatrice de la musique, la rendant accessible à tous les enfants, quelques soient leurs compétences. 27 ans d’expérience dans l’enseignement de la musique à Genève La Bulle d’Air a été fondée en 1994 par Martine Pernod, musicienne, psychologue, musicothérapeute et animatrice en éveil musical. Très vite rejointe par une équipe de passionnés, ils ont développé ensemble une approche novatrice de la musique.

Founded on the shores of Lake Geneva in Haute Savoie in 1977, the Théâtre de la Toupine company explores the multiple facets of live performance through its creations and the events. After 21 shows to its credit — from street theatre to object theatre — the company launched its ‘Bestiaire Alpin’ in 2009, the first in its series of ‘ecological ride-theatre with parental propulsion’. The Théâtre de la Toupine is also a creator, designer and artistic programmer of cultural events.

‘Chamber music at the heart of the orchestra … This is by far the best definition of what Appassionato is all about. More than a chamber orchestra, Appassionato is a “chamber musicians orchestra”. The listening skills developed by passionate musicians, with the true idea of playing together in mind, brings a color and energy that helps Appassionato stand out from other orchestras. Playing together is a question that obsesses all conductors as well as all musicians who perform other than as soloists. It is much more than simply putting the notes vertically on top of each other: it is almost the opposite of feeling the horizontality in order to align the verticality. Feeling the lines, the phrases, the movements of the music as a small group, but with many, allows a common breath that helps to fundamentally change the interpretation. A quartet, a trio, but with 40 players, a different listening helped by this reciprocity of the melodic lines, this game of question-answer from one ear to another, a musical ping-pong, concert after concert and recording after recording, this is what makes Appassionato stand out.’

— Mathieu Herzog, Artistic Director

The Verbier Festival Academy’s Atelier Lyrique is unique among voice programmes by offering the study of both opera roles and song repertoire in a supportive and inspiring setting as well as the opportunity to perform as part of a renowned international festival. The Atelier’s alumni are among some of today’s most sought after young performers.

Les musicien·ne·s de la Verbier Festival Academy comptent parmi les jeunes artistes les plus prometteurs et captivants de leur génération. Sélectionnés à l’issue d’un rigoureux processus d’audition international, ces solistes, chambristes et chanteur·euse·s se retrouvent chaque été à Verbier pour trois semaines de masterclasses intensives, de rencontres et de concerts. Depuis 1994, l’Academy offre un cadre exigeant et stimulant pour l’éclosion de nouveaux talents.

The UNLTD Collective is made up of dynamic and forward-thinking alumni of the Verbier Festival Academy who develop and present innovative original projects.

 

 

 

Sukhishvili was officially founded in 1945 by Iliko Sukhishvili and Nino Ramishvili. It was the first professional state dance company in Georgia.

It’s utterly due to them that Georgian national dance has become popular all over the world.

Since 1945 three generations of Sukhishvili family are managing the Georgian National Ballet. Nowadays, Nino Sukhishvili (granddaughter of the founders) is General Director/CEO and Iliko Sukhishvili Jr (grandson of the founders) is Artistic Director and Chief Choreographer of the company.  In over 500 tours Georgian National Ballet has toured five continents, more than 90 countries, held over 10,000 concerts at which more than 50 million people have attended.

Depuis bientôt 40 ans, l’Ensemble Vocal du Haut-Valais (Oberwalliser Vokalensemble), sillonne la Suisse et l’Europe sous la direction de son fondateur, Hansruedi Kämpfen. L’obtention de nombreuses distinctions lors de concours internationaux et la participation à des concerts prestigieux ont rapidement donné à l’ensemble une reconnaissance nationale.

Depuis une première victoire inattendue, en 1989, au Concours International de Gorizia, l’OVE a très régulièrement été primé, tant lors de concours nationaux qu’internationaux. En 2013, il se voit décerner le Premier Prix de la Catégorie Elite du Concours Suisse des Chorales. En 2017, il remporte deux prix prestigieux : tout d’abord, à Riga, le Premier Prix de la Catégorie Ensembles vocaux de l’European Choir Games, puis, à Maassmechelen (B), le Troisième Prix (meilleur chœur européen de l’Ouest) de l’International Choir Contest.

L’OVE est régulièrement invité par des festivals prestigieux, en Suisse et à l’étranger. Il s’est notamment produit dans le cadre du Luzern Festival au côté du Hilliard Ensemble, au Zermatt Festival sous la direction de Marcus Creed et Ton Koopman, ou encore au Verbier Festival sous la baguette de Michael Tillson Thomas, Zubin Mehta, Jesus Lopez Cobos, ou encore Fabio Luisi.

Depuis sa création, l’OVE explore un très vaste répertoire. Il reçoit d’excellentes critiques, tant pour ses interprétations de Bach, en petite formation, que dans le répertoire romantique. Durant ces deux dernières décennies, l’ensemble a souvent créé des œuvres contemporaines, notamment de compositeurs valaisans tels que Eugen Meier ou encore Andreas Zurbriggen. En 2016, l’OVE accepte l’invitation du célèbre compositeur suisse Carl Rütti et crée Mysterium Montis, projet de vêpres pour 6 cors des Alpes, double chœur et solistes. Les concerts donnés à Köniz, Arlesheim, Einsiedeln et Brig rencontrent un immense succès et le nombreux public leur réserve lors de chaque concert une standing ovation. Ces concerts seront suivis par la réalisation d’un CD et d’un DVD.

En 2018, l’Oberwalliser Vokalensemble a tenu une place importante lors des BrigerMusikNächte.

Verbier Festival
Privacy Policy Summary

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognizing you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.