Swiss-trained French pianist primed to shake things up at Verbier Festival

Paris-born pianist Julien Quentin, one of the featured performers at the Verbier Festival, started his musical studies at the Geneva Conservatory. He went on to the famous Julliard School in New York and has toured the world. In Verbier, he is playing five concerts that promise to push boundaries. Plus, to shake things up a little, the energetic musician is also deejaying an electronic music set one evening. WRS’s Marc Menichini speaks to the pianist after a concert with violinist and long time collaborator David Garrett: