Marco Amherd

Marco Amherd (*1988) studied conducting, organ/church music (concert, teaching and soloist diploma) and economics in Zurich, Freiburg im Breisgau and Toulouse. He completed each of his studies with distinction. He has been the director of the DAVOS FESTIVAL since autumn 2019 and conducts several professional and semi-professional ensembles. Marco Amherd is the artistic director of the Swiss Vokalconsort, which recorded its first CD for the Prospero Classical label in 2022. With the vocal ensemble Zurich West he won first prize in the elite category of the Swiss choir competition in 2017. The ensemble won first prize and the audience prize at the Montreux Choral Festival in 2018. In 2022 the ensemble won first prize at the Flanders International Choir Competition. In 2019, the ensemble sa