Claude Nobs Legacy

Passionate and visionary, Claude Nobs (1936-2013) created the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1967. Driven by his remarkable sense of hospitality, he offered artists a welcome and freedom inviting them to give exceptional performances on stage. As an act of love for jazz and musicians, he founded in 1967 the Montreux Jazz Festival, which became the world’s premier jazz event and contributed to enhancing the international renown of that artistic expression and the development of jazz musicians. Young prodigies and established names on the international jazz scene performed at that mythical festival: Aretha Franklin, B.B King, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Carlos Santana, David Bowie, Prince …

A lover of music and cultural diversity, tireless talent spotter and staunch defender of freedom of expression and improvisation, which are in integral part of jazz. Avant-gardist and collector at heart, he is committed in the early years, then in 1987 with his life partner and associate, Thierry Amsallem, to recording and preserving all performances with state-of-the-art audio-visual technologies and thus began experimenting also high definition as early as 1991.

More than 5,000 concerts have been recorded both in audio and video, since the creation of the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1967 until 2012.

Claude Nobs Legacy

FOR THE PRESERVATION AND VALORISATION OF CLAUDE NOBS’ AUDIOVISUAL COLLECTION FROM THE MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL INSCRIBED IN 2013 ON THE UNESCO MEMORY OF THE WORLD REGISTER.

For any enquiries, Montreux Sounds PRO is designed to serve artists, professionals in the audio-visual industry – broadcasters, producers, directors, documentary-makers and journalists – as well as cultural and educational institutions bodies.

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