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unusual facts about Montreux–Glion–Rochers-de-Naye railway


Montreux–Glion–Rochers-de-Naye railway

The line continues higher to the small village of Caux passing through Alpine meadows which, in the Springtime, are full of wild growing narcissus, forget-me-nots and others, before reaching its upper terminus at Rochers-de-Naye, the home of the Marmot Paradise, a centre where seven varieties of these small mammals can be seen in a natural environment.


Andreas Duhm

He also won at Karlsruhe 1911, Kitzingen 1913 (triangular), and Heidelberg 1913 (followed by Solomon Rosenthal, Dietrich Duhm, etc.), and tied for 4-5th with Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky at Montreux 1914 (SUI-ch, D. Duhm and Moriz Henneberger won), and took 4th at Baden-Baden 1921 (the 3rd Badischen Kongress, quadrangular, D. Duhm won).

Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival

Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival  is a 1968 (see 1968 in music) album by the American jazz pianist Bill Evans, recorded live at that year's Montreux Jazz Festival.

Bretaye

The pass (1,806 m) is connected to Villars by the Bex–Villars–Bretaye railway, which is the second highest railway of the canton after the Montreux–Glion–Rochers-de-Naye railway.

Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1988

Live at Montreux Jazz Festival is a live album by Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter released on March 27, 2007 of the concert held on July 14, 1988 at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux (Switzerland).

Document and Eyewitness

The live version of 'Heartbeat' was recorded in Montreux in March 1979 when Wire supported Roxy Music.

Dorothea Brooking

From a family of theatricals, she was born in Berkshire and at Busage House and a finishing school in Montreux, Switzerland.

Essential Montreux

His live performances at Montreux that feature in this box-set are Live at Montreux 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2001.

Evelyn Eaton

Born in Montreux, Switzerland, Eaton was the daughter of Canadians Daniel Isaac Vernon Eaton, an army officer from Nova Scotia, and Myra Fitzrandolph of New Brunswick.

Françoise Atlan

Welcomed with equal enthusiasm in Morocco (Fes, Rabat, Casablanca in 1994), in Switzerland (Montreux, Yverdon-les-Bains in 1993) and in France (Abbaye du Thoronet in 1993 for the Chants Sacrés de la Méditerranée, and in Arsenal de Metz for the Festival Transméditerranéen in 1994), and receiving warm applauses in Belgrade, Tokyo and Kyoto, she took part in the recording of the album Borboréo by the guitarist Juan Carmona.

Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux

Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux is a live album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1973 and released on the Prestige label.

Geneva II Conference on Syria

The Geneva II Conference on Syria take place on 22 January 2014 in Montreux and on 23–31 January 2014 in Geneva (Switzerland).

Glaukos

Founded in 2001 by Olav Bergheim, Richard Hill and Mory Gharib, the company has raised $126 million in venture funding from Versant Ventures, OrbiMed Advisors, Frazier Healthcare Ventures, InterWest Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Domain Associates, Fjord Capital Management and Montreux Equity Partners.

Glion Institute of Higher Education

The upper-level undergraduates, postgraduate, and graduate students live on the Bulle campus, Bulle, 30 minutes away from Montreux, in the Gruyère region.

Glion's location on the mountain side made expansion extremely difficult, so the town of Bulle, only 30 minutes away from Glion by car, was chosen as the site for a new campus.

The Glion flagship campus, overlooking Lake Geneva region above Montreux, is where students focus on hotel and restaurant operations, administration and general education.

The campus site was chosen for the location above Montreux, overlooking the Alps and Lake Geneva.

Günter Lenz

1991 he recorded "Life at the Montreux Music Festival" in trio-formation with Uli Lenz and Allen Blairman

Ice Hockey European Championship 1910

The tournament was played between January 10, and January 12, 1910, in Les Avants, near Montreux, Switzerland, and it was won by Great Britain.

Ifield Community College

The choir, led by Patrick Allen (music educator), has performed at some of Europe's major venues, including St Mark's Basilica in Venice (2008),the Royal Festival Hall, London, Barcelona Cathedral, the Auditorium Stravinski in Montreux and a recent (June 2011) collaboration with the BBC Singers saw them performing and recording at Maida Vale Studios.

Initiatives of Change

Mountain House, formerly the Caux-Palace Hotel in Caux, near Montreux, Switzerland is the Institute's conference center.

Miles! The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux Dvd Collection

The Definitive Miles Davis at Montreux DVD Collection 1973-1991 is a 10 DVD box set by Miles Davis, comprising 10 separate concerts and interviews, recorded in Montreux, Switzerland, between 1973 and 1991.

Montreux railway station

In 1901, the station became a junction station upon the opening of the first section of the metre gauge Montreux-Oberland Bernois railway (MOB), between Montreux and its higher altitude suburb of Les Avants.

Montreux Volley Masters

The Montreux Volley Masters is an international women's volleyball competition, held annually in Montreux, Switzerland.

Mountain Studios

Mountain Studios is a multi track recording studio previously located in Montreux, now located in Attalens, Switzerland.

Nenad Puhovski

In addition to that, he designed and conducted documentary workshops at the Imaginary Academy in Grožnjan, Croatia, and the International Academy of Broadcasting in Montreux, Switzerland and tutored development of documentary projects at Roma Media Creative Lab & script developing project, run by Medienhilfe & OSI and Greenhouse development program, run by The New Fund for Cinema and Television (Israel) and funded by EuroMed Audiovisual.

Ofra Haza at Montreux Jazz Festival

Ofra Haza At Montreux Jazz Festival is a 1998 album by Israeli singer Ofra Haza.

Paul Steelman

Steelman worked for billionaire Phil Ruffin on designing the a 2,750-room casino called the Montreux, an entertainment property modeled after a Swiss-themed lakefront hotel which includes a 465-foot-tall observation wheel which "scoops riders from the floor above the casino," according to a report in Forbes Magazine.

Phil Carmen

The corresponding promotional tour led to the Live in Montreux album with the same band line up of Brian Auger on organ, Pick Withers and Larry E. Van on drums, Dick Morrissey on sax, Steve Dawson on trumpet, Steve Evens on bass, and Sabine van Baaren, backing vocals.

Popkomm

Figures such as Feargal Sharkey, former lead singer of the Undertones and chairman of the UK’s Live Music Forum, Gilberto Gil, world-famous musician and Minister of Culture of Popkomm’s partner country Brazil, Claude Nobs, founder of the legendary Montreux Jazz Festival, and boy group impresario Lou Pearlman were all present at Popkomm 2006.

Port-Cartier

In 1915, Colonel Robert R. McCormick, owner of the Chicago Tribune, visited the Rochers River area to evaluate its forest potential.

Return to Forever – Returns

A video recording of the band's live performances from the "Returns" tour at Montreux, Switzerland and (bonus material) Clearwater, Florida was also released in 2009 by Eagle Rock Entertainment as Return to Forever – Returns: Live at Montreux 2008.

Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality

It allegedly takes is name from 7 major rivers that join the Saint Lawrence within the territory: Moisie, Sainte-Marguerite, Trinité, Pentecôte, aux Rochers, Pigou and Manitou.

Stéphanie Montreux

In April 2007, Montreux appeared in Pegasus Opera Company's production of Delius' Koanga at Sadler's Wells Theatre to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in Britain.

In 2008, Montreux was a member of the West End Chorus for Chess at the Royal Albert Hall, also starring Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Marti Pellow and Kerry Ellis.

The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

#"Rude Mood/Hide Away" (live) (Vaughan, Freddie King, Sonny Thompson) – 4:58 (released on Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985)

The Montreux EP

"The Montreux EP" is an EP released by Simply Red in fall 1992.

The Shell


In February 2001 the band recorded their first demo CD in Stuttgart, Germany which was supported by shows at Rock am See, the Montreux Jazz Festival, St. Gallen Open Air and a support act with grunge band Bush.

Trond Kirkvaag

In 1976, he and Skolmen won the Golden Rose of Montreux, the Chaplin Award and the Press Award in Montreux for “The Nor-way to Broadcasting”, a humorous program about the history of broadcasting in Norway.

Tutto Live

The album was recorded between May and November 1985 at Berlin, Montreux, Siena, Locarno and Dortmund.


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