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| Montreux Jazz Festival | |
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 Official logo by Jean Tinguely (poster 1982) reinterpreted by Giovanni Riva for the 50th anniversary of the festival in 2016 | |
| Genre | Jazz, rock, pop |
| Dates | First fortnight of July |
| Location(s) | Montreux Convention Centre Grand-Rue 95 1820 Montreux Switzerland |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Website | montreuxjazzfestival |
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The Montreux Jazz Festival (formerly Festival de Jazz Montreux and Festival International de Jazz Montreux) is a music festival in Switzerland, held annually in early July in Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline. It is the second-largest annual jazz festival in the world after Canada's Montreal International Jazz Festival.[1]
Initiator and head organizer Claude Nobs brought an array of artists to Montreux.[2] Mathieu Jaton has organised the festival since Nobs' death in 2013.
- ^ Mutter, Zoe (6 July 2015). "Meyer Sound LEOPARD takes to the Montreux jazz stages". AV Magazine. Metropolis Business Media. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ "Claude Nobs". Montreux Jazz Festival. Archived from the original on 2 November 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2017.