Laurent Zufferey

30, Switzerland

Laurent Zufferey is a Swiss conductor graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester (UK). He is currently Artistic Director of the orchestra Valéik, a polymorph ensemble based in Switzerland.

Graduating during the pandemic, Laurent’s first break came in May 2021, when Paavo Järvi invited him to his first Conducting Academy at the Tonhalle Zürich, in which he was awarded with the Audience Prize.

A few months later, it was Teodor Currentzis who, at less than 24 hours’ notice, invited him to the residence of MusicAeterna in Lucerne. During the public masterclass, Laurent had the opportunity to conduct the first movement of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony in the KKL Concert Hall.

Since the start of the 2022-23 season, Laurent is assistant conductor of the Orchestre Royal Philharmonic de Liège (Belgium) and of the Basel Sinfonietta (Switzerland). Future engagements include concerts in Belgium, France, Germany and Switzerland.

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