One of the most prestigious music festivals throughout Switzerland , and especially the town of Montreux , where it starts, is the Jazz Festival, which takes place on the shores of Lake Geneva . The jazz festival in Montreux was first organized and held in 1967. Since then, this musical event has become an annual event. Usually the concerts and the contest program are realized within two weeks. Over time, the Montreux jazz festival has gained worldwide popularity.
Claude Nobs - the ideological inspirer of the festival
For a long time, the head of the large-scale musical festival was Claude Nobs. It was he, an ardent fan of jazz, who came up with how to make Montreux interesting for visiting tourists, to glorify his Little Motherland. His idea came true in the summer of 1967 in a three-day jazz festival that attracted several musical groups from European countries.
Every year the existence of the festival makes it popular, known throughout the world. Not only music lovers began to gather in Montreux, but also ordinary tourists looking for adventures. Glory was making its own adjustments in the timing, annual festivals were longer. From now on, the jazz festival attracted not only fans of this trend in music, but also representatives of classical rock, electronic music, that is, the composition and number of participants have changed significantly. The very festival from a short and modest holiday turned into the most prestigious and popular music event in Europe.
Scenes of a jazz festival
For the first time the music of the jazz festival sounded with the improvised scene of Casino Montreux. The fire of 1971 destroyed the building, which was soon rebuilt, but could no longer accommodate neither jazz performers in Montreux, nor viewers. Later, the concert site of the festival was located in the Congress Center, which provided two stages and many small venues.
Today, you can enjoy the music that sounds during the festival, in many places in the city of Montreux. In addition to official venues, performances are organized in city parks and on streets, in cafes and restaurants, in trains and aboard steamers. Priceless artists and musicians can gain invaluable experience, because eminent jazzmen happily conduct teaching master classes.
Today the Montreux jazz festival enjoys an unprecedented worldwide popularity. Every year in this once quiet and quiet town of Switzerland comes more than 200 thousand spectators and participants from different corners of the globe. Perhaps you will be among them.
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