Martin Engstroem, Verbier Festival founder

In 2023, the Verbier Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary. The man behind classical music’s most coveted festival speaks to Gramophone Editor in Chief James Jolly about his relationship with classical music, the journey that led him to create the Verbier Festival, the relationship between genius and character, and some of his most memorable encounters with legendary musical figures like Carlos Kleiber. Presented with the generous support of Madame Aline Foriel-Destezet.

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If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a classical music superstar, look no further than musicmakers by medici.tv! In a series of candid interviews with Gramophone editor-in-chief James Jolly, the most celebrated classical artists of today’s stages—including Joyce DiDonato and Barbara Hannigan, Alexandre Kantorow and Daniel Lozakovich, Kaija Saariaho and Pascal Dusapin, and plenty more—talk about memorable moments on and offstage, their experience of and love for classical music, and what inspires them as artists and human beings. Musicmakers is produced by medici.tv.