The team
Martine Chalverat
Direction, performing arts programmation
Thomas Sigala
Administration
Joe Frailich
Production, music programmation
Jonas Parson
performing arts programmation
Gilles Valet
Music programmation
Géraldine Moinecourt
Performing arts production
Adrien Gardel
Technic direction
Sarah Stuber
Technique & production assistant
Léo Garcia
General stage management
Mattias Piazza
Staff
Olympe Guye
Staff assistant
Nouchine Diba
Communication
Audrey Gaudin
Communication assistant
Meryl Casillas
Social Media Manager
Robin Corminboeuf
Press Manager
Lionel Hofmann
Food & Beverage
Chloé van Tiel
Food & Beverage assistant
Cléa Masserey
Mediation
Graphic design: Alice Franchetti & Tamara Niklaus
Social Networks: MAGI Studio - Marilou Jarry and Giulia Gonzato
Video: Chloé Simonin and Rémi Dufay Chloé Simonin and Rémi Dufay Vidéoclub
Website translation: Sarah Stuber
Decoration: Laure Akkash and Stanislas Delarue
Website: Cruncher and :ratio
And all the other people - paid, voluntary and service providers - too numerous to mention here, but who are just as essential and who often work behind the scenes to make La Cité what it is today.
The Festival is managed by a private foundation: the Fondation Festival de la Cité. The Foundation Board, chaired by Loïka Lorenzini, is made up of a maximum of nine people, representing the cultural and economic sectors, the Canton of Vaud and the City of Lausanne. Martine Chalverat has been Festival Director since September 2022. The programme is devised and put together by a team of four people with a solid reputation in the cultural world, who can draw on an external network of expertise. The extended office is made up of a team of 14 people, who manage the development of the festival, administration and finance, programming, production, technology, communications, F&B and staff. Before, during and after the festival, around 450 people work to ensure that the festival runs smoothly, the vast majority of them salaried.
Composition of the Foundation
Mrs Loïka Lorenzini
President - Lawyer
Mrs Olga Canton
Vice-Chairwoman - Project Manager Service culture et médiation scientifique UNIL
Mr Louis Dana
Member - Local councillor
Mrs Hélène Demont-Veuthey
Member - Head of Communications Mobimo Suisse Romande
Mrs Anne Dupraz
Member - Architect EPFL - SIA
Mr Yann Riou
Member - Deputy Head of Culture, City of Lausanne
Mr Daniel Herrera
Member - Communications expert
Mrs Anja Zyska Cherix
Member – Head Physician, Occupational Medicine Division, Suva