Our Mission:

Claude Nobs Foundation

is dedicated to

preserve the Montreux Jazz Festival audio-visual Collection inscribed in 2013 on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register for its Educational, Scientific, Cultural and Promotional purposes.
transmit the Collection to future generations,
make accessible the Collection to a bigger number by any technological means, in compliance with copyrights,
support a unique platform for students and researchers to innovate in fields such as acoustics, image processing, data science, archiving, design, architecture, musicology, museology, or neurosciences.

Driven by the EPFL Cultural Heritage & Innovation Center and the Claude Nobs Foundation, the “Montreux Jazz Digital Project” is an accelerator for innovation in technology, culture, social sciences and open science but also a unique tool for education.

Your support makes our Mission possible

Claude Nobs Foundation is a Swiss Foundation recognized as public utility by the Swiss authorities, non-profit and tax-exempt organization, supported entirely by private and public patrons.
This tax exempt status permits taxpayers the right to directly support Preservation for public RESEARCH and EDUCATION.
Donations are tax deductible in Switzerland.