Boris Perrenoud - conductor, violinist, was born in Switzerland in 1966.
Director of the World Music Competition. Son of composer , he began at the age of 6 to study the violin and gave his first concerts as soloist in Switzerland and abroad at the age of 10. He conducted his first concert at the age of 14 and he was chosen at age 17, to conduct the in Salzburg. At 19, he received his diploma of professional capacity in violin and music theory at the Neuchâtel Conservatory.