Vincent Thévenaz is professor of organ and improvisation at the Haute Ecole de Musique in Geneva, titular organist and carilloneur of the Saint-Pierre Cathedral in Geneva. His concerts have led him to many European countries, as well as Argentina, Uruguay, Canada and India. Having benefited from a complete training (organ, piano, classical and jazz improvisation, musicology, musical theory, direction, singing, French and Russian letters), he aspires to make known and appreciated the many different facets of the organ: as a soloist, with other instruments, sometimes classical (violin, flute), sometimes quirky (Alpine horn, percussion), as well as with an ensemble. He also plays different keyboard instruments, such as harmonium, Hammond or theatre organ, and carillon. Passionate about improvisation, he devotes himself to it on the piano as much as the organ, in concert or to accompany silent films.

In 2009-2010 he interpreted Bach’s integral organ oeuvre in 14 concerts, met with a resounding success. His duo with the saxophonist Vincent Barras, entitled “W”, proposes an original repertoire immortalised in two CDs. He has recorded two CDs for the Sony label with the Gli Angeli Ensemble of Geneva (Stephan MacLeod), acclaimed by critics. He also collaborates with many ensembles and conductors (Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ensemble Contrechamps, Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, the Scharoun Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev, Heinz Holliger, Michel Corboz, Lawrence Foster, Antonio Pappano, etc). In 2005 he founded the Orchestre Buissonnier, an ensemble of young musicians, which he regularly conducts. www.thevenaz.org

Vincent Barras plays the four saxophones (soprano, alto, tenor and baritone) in a wide range of styles, from classical to modern and jazz. He is also teacher of saxophone in the Cadets de Genève, the International School of Geneva and the music school of Morges (La Syncope) which he directed from 2006 to 2013. In addition, Vincent Barras conducted different wind band from Geneva from 2007 to 2019 including the Petit-Saconnex and the Cadets de Genève wind orchestra. He has been substituted teacher of saxophone in Conservatoire Populaire de Musique de Genève (CPMDT) from 2015 to 2017. Vincent was president of the musical commission of the Association cantonale des musiques genevoises (ACMG) from 2017 to 2022. Finally, he is frequently called on by various music schools and music competition in Suisse Romande. His concerts have taken him to many countries in Europe as well as to Canada, Colombia and China.

For the past years he's been working with professional ensembles and orchestras such as the "Suisse Romande" Orchestra (2001-2010) and regularly with the Geneva Chamber Orchestra and has appeared with conductors including Fabio Luisi, Pinchas Steinberg, Dirk Brossé, Bruno Fontaine, Douglas Bostock, Jan Cober, Yutaka Sado... In 2005 he formed Duo W with Vincent Thévenaz and they produced three albums with a varied programme running from Bach to Piazzolla. His performances in Switzerland and abroad include recitals with pianist Saya Hashino in various festivals and concert series in Suisse Romande (the Schubertiades of the Swiss Radio, the Sommets du Classique). Vincent Barras is also a founding member of the Big Up 'Band, a highly successful jazz orchestra, which regularly performs around Lake Geneva on prestigious stages, such as Alhambra Geneva, Auvernier Jazz Festival, Chorus Lausanne, Vernier Jazz and Victoria Hall.

He studied at the Music Academies of Geneva, Lausanne and Berne with Philippe Collet, Pierre-Stéphane Meugé and Christian Roellinger, obtaining a Master of Arts in music performance, two Masters in Pedagogy and a diploma on conducting wind ensemble given by Hervé Grelat and Pascal Favre. Moreover, he has also studied with saxophonists Jean-Yves Fourmeaux, Jean-George Koerper and Marcus Weiss, with clarinettist Ernesto Molinari on improvisation, and with lutenist Peter Croton on the interpretation of early music.