« The Montreux Jazz Festival — Claude Nobs' Legacy » Inscribed in 2013 on the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register.
Claude Nobs conceived and created the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1967, which he co-founded with Géo Voumard and René Langel, and led as Founder and Artistic Director throughout 46 editions.
25,000 musicians played Montreux
Over 5 million visitors attended the Festival during the Claude Nobs era (1967-2013)
Claude Nobs initiated over 300 record releases (LPs, CDs) and co-produced the « Live at Montreux » audiovisual series, comprising 150 concerts from the Collection he curated since 1967 — released worldwide with notable recognitions:
6 Grammy Awards for 13 nominations
2 Latin Grammy Awards
1 Oscar nomination for Miles Davis documentary (2020)
1 Emmy Award and 6 nominations for Nina Simone's documentary (2016)
Dozens of gold, platinum, and multi-platinum records
More than 2 billion views on YouTube since 2008, including 65 million for B.B. King’s “Live at Montreux”
500 million streamings across major music platforms
4,000+ concerts recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival between 1967 and 2012 — the Collection inscribed in 2013 on the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register under the title « The Montreux Jazz Festival — Claude Nobs' Legacy »
11,000+ hours of video, of which 5,000 in High Definition
6,000+ hours of audio of which 2/3 in multitrack format
25 different Audio & Video tape formats
200,000 professional photographs digitized from the archives of two official Festival photographers — a curated selection within the broader photographic heritage of the Festival since 1967.
Representing
14,000 magnetic tapes, weighing 30 tons
600 meters of shelves
14.5 PetaBytes of storage (14,500 TeraBytes) @ EPFL
500 people in 25 Research Labs, start-ups and partner institutions involved @ EPFL since 2010