Beatrice Berrut awarded the Rünzi Prize 2025

Beatrice Berrut was born in Monthey in 1985 and studied music in Sion, Lausanne, Berlin and Dublin. In the course of her varied career, she has worked as a Media release from the canton "with prestigious orchestras and initiated daring projects in which she combined music, dance, astrophysics and even figure skating". She will be working as a composer at the Opéra de Tours in the 25/26 season.

In addition to her work as a concert pianist, Beatrice Berrut is also active as a composer, arranger and artistic director. In 2022, she founded the "Les Ondes" festival in her home town - a format "that aims to make classical music more accessible to a wider audience and build bridges between tradition and contemporary sensibilities".