Making Montreux Mondiale
From a UNESCO-protected archive of 7,000 performances, Montreux Jazz Festival transforms six decades of footage into a thriving worldwide brand
Feature By IQ | 15 June 2026
Thanks to the vision of Claude Nobs, Montreux Jazz Festival’s 60-year catalogue of performance recordings was inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register in 2013 to ensure its long-term preservation and global accessibility.
The collection has fuelled the event’s pursuit of global recognition, dating as far back as the 1990s when Eagle Rock Entertainment agreed a deal to produce concert DVDs from Montreux Jazz content.
“I can still remember Claude’s fountain pen hovering over the contract before…
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