Montreux, Town of Music.

Thanks to classical music the name of this town radiates in the whole world for more than 60 years and for almost a half a century for it's more "contemporary" music. This is mostly due to the open mind and visual percept of one man. M. Raymond Jaussi, who was, in the late '60s, the director of the Montreux Tourist Board.

He is the person who suggested to Claude Nobs to stage a Rock concert every month in this town. It all started from this moment .....

You will discover, by digging in the various chapters, how Montreux has attracted legendary bands like Led Zeppelin, Queen or The Rolling Stones. You will find lots of  information on past editions of the Montreux Jazz Festival or how the Casino caught fire in 1971.

montreuxmusic has been created in 2002 by three people:
Rita Balesi Grass, Norbert Muller and Peter Freestone (Jean-Marc Tinguely has joined in 2006). The main goal of this association is not to let the musical history in the lapse of memory. They decided to dedicate their enthusiasm in developing this website and to organize every first week-end of September an event which attracts hundred fans of the charismatic Rock singer Freddie Mercury who lived in this town shortly before he passed away.

February 11th, 2008 the montreuxmusic Association has been officialy registered at the "Trade Register" in Vevey. We invite you to discover, partially, this musical history on this website.