Background

Valérie Probst was Director of the Swiss Youth Music Competition Foundation from 2008 to 2025. She has a background in cultural management and has worked for many years in a wide variety of fields in foundation management, culture and music. Her project partners range from foundations and institutions to festivals and concert agencies.

Experience and knowledge of the sector

• Director of the Swiss Youth Music Competition Foundation from 2007 to 2025
• Managing Director of culture conseil GmbH since 2011
• Projects under her own responsibility, including with the Ruth Burkhalter Ruth Foundation for the promotion of young musical talent, the SUISA Foundation, the Hirschmann Foundation, the Federal Office of Culture and NEC Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain