Just in: Verbier Festival suffers 10 percent drop

Just in: Verbier Festival suffers 10 percent drop

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norman lebrecht

August 04, 2015

With all the stubs now counted, the Verbier Festival reckons that it sold 30,000 tickets, 3,000 down on last year.

Worse, almost two-fifth of the tickets were sold during the festival itself, which is a bit last-minute for sound financial planning.

Festival organisers blame the strong Swiss franc for the downturn.

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Online, the Valery Gergiev concert beat previous viewing records with 34,000 hits.

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