Giftedness and Talent

[SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]This is the sound of Ochumare, featuringa Cuban, two Venezuelans, and a Swiss drummer.

[SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]Ever since they won the Montreux Jazz Festival's French program,Montreux 2, they've played at the main festival,prestigious jazz clubs across Europe, and recorded two CDs.

That makes them the perfect showcasefor the festival, which doesn't just book big names,but tries to promote new talent as well, preferablywith Swiss roots.[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]Ochumare won the jazz competition.And what's really symbolic is that their leader is Cuban,a virtuoso violinist who plays in Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

and who's a teacher at the Advanced School of Music.And also, she's held onto her roots.So she symbolizes Switzerland, but a Switzerlandthat's open to the world.And the group itself is certainly not complaining.[MUSIC]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]It represents ...