|
Claude Nobs, Founder & CEO Of The Montreux Jazz Festival, Named Midem 2007 Personality Of The Year
 MIDEM announces that Claude Nobs, Founder & CEO of the world-renowned Montreux Jazz Festival, will be honoured with the MIDEM Personality of the Year Award. Claude Nobs will receive the trophy during a gala dinner for industry VIP executives at MIDEM in Cannes on Monday, January 22, 2007.
"For over 40 years music has been at the heart of Claude Nobs' life," says MIDEM Director Dominique Leguern. "His enthusiasm and exceptional love of all types of music have forged the Montreux Jazz Festival not only into a unique event, but also into one of the world's most culturally diverse. His generosity and talent have given audiences the privilege to see many of the world's greatest artists perform live at Montreux."
"I am very honoured to have been chosen as MIDEM Personality of the Year and would like to share this trophy with the musicians, record labels, producers and of course the public who have had confidence in me for the past 40 years," comments Claude Nobs.
A passionate lover of jazz, Claude Nobs began his career as an accountant for the Montreux Office de Tourisme where he also worked on promoting tourism for the town.
In the '60s, during a trip to New York, Claude Nobs met Nesuhi Ertegun, who was the president of Atlantic Records at that time. Ertegun introduced him to the singer Roberta Flack, who he immediately invited to perform at the Rose d'Or in Montreux.
Having successfully persuaded Aretha Franklin to sing for the first time in Europe, Claude Nobs founded the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1967. The initial three-day event was an overnight hit and quickly became the international meeting place for jazz-lovers from around the world.
In 1973, Claude Nobs was named international director for WEA, which grouped the American record labels Warner, Elektra and Atlantic. In 1977, the festival ran for 23 days and proposed an eclectic line-up of music. Artists from an array of musical trends performed: jazz geniuses (Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis), rock gurus (Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, The Pretenders) as well as international celebrities Joao Gilberto, Tom Jobim, Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash, Van Morrison, B.B. King, Ray Charles, etc....
In addition to the Montreux Jazz Festival, Claude Nobs opened a company specializing in European tours for international artists. For over ten years he coordinated tours for artists including: The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, AC/DC, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Bette Midler, etc.... He also worked for Atari, Warner Communications and contributed to the launch of numerous Warner Music artists who emerged on the Montreux Jazz Festival stage. In 2001 he stepped down as a full-time Warner Music employee.
In the '90s, Claude Nobs shared the directorship of the Montreux Jazz Festival with the renowned producer and musician Quincy Jones. Today the festival continues to attract 250,000 music fans each year.
In December 2006, Claude Nobs will receive the French cultural award 'Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres' ('Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters').
Related News from Mi2N:
» Claude Nobs, Founder & CEO Of The Montreux Jazz Festival, Named Midem 2007 Personality Of The Year
back
| top
|
News Beat
» NY Times Covers AES NY Section's Electric Lady Studios 40th Anniversary Salute
» Jimi Hendrix & George Fullerton Inducted Into Fender Hall Of Fame
» KSU Hires Music Industry Veterans To Head New Music And Entertainment Business Program
» Verizon-Google "Legislative Framework Proposal" For The Internet
» Micky Dolenz Supports Recording Artists on Capitol Hill
News Beat Directory
» [2010-09-01] NY Times Covers AES NY Section's Electric Lady Studios 40th Anniversary Salute; Over Eighty Music Industry Pro's Were In Attendance, And Thousands Of Viewers Witnessed The Two-hour+ Event
» [2010-09-01] How The Music Industry Changed; The Days Of Creating A Song, Getting It Played On The Radio, Sold Within Stores, Touring And Making A Ton Of Cash Has Basically Dried Up
» [2010-08-31] Electric Shadows Shorts Films At Beijing's Peng Hao Theatre On Sep 5th; The Disposable Film Festival Was Created In 2007 To Celebrate The Artistic Potential Of Disposable Video
» [2010-08-28] Boundless Multi-Media Series: City Inside A Broken Sky II By Kung Chi Shing; Artists From Hong Kong, The United States, Australia And Japan Share Their Life Experiences
» [2010-08-28] IDream Studios And The Day Studio Music Rose Again; Home Studios Are No More Than Computers, Digital Programs And Cheap Mics, Crammed Into Small, Acoustically "dead" Rooms
» [2010-08-27] FEYST World Tour Brings Six Malaysian Music-Makers To Shanghai World Expo 2010; The Highlight Of The Tour Includes Performances At The Expo 2010 Shanghai China In Celebration Of Malaysia's 53rd Independence
» [2010-08-26] Tomas Doncker To Play Shanghai World Expo American Pavilion; Global Soul Musician Tomas Doncker Will Perform At The American Pavilion As Part Of His "Small World" Tour
» [2010-08-25] Net Neutrality For Musicians; What's All The Fuss And Which Side Should You Be On?
» [2010-08-25] Halie Loren: Doing Jazz Her Way From Alaska To Japan; Like Many Musical Entrepreneurs, Halie Takes A Hands-on Approach To Every Aspect Of Her Career
» [2010-08-25] Time To Pay The Piper; Instead Of Campaigning And Paying Lobbyists To Advocate Their Position, The NAB Should Sit Down With The Label
» [2010-08-25] Wireless Telecommunication Market In China; The Market Potential, Communication Equipment And Telecommunication Services In China
» [2010-08-23] Industry Viewpoints: Indian Copyright Act 1958 Revisited; Perceptions On The Copyright Amendment About To Take Place In India
|
|
follow MusicDish on
|
