| MONTREUX - SWITZERLAND
Montreux is a resort town in the Canton of Vaud,
Switzerland, on Lake Geneva with a population of about 20'000.
Montreux holds several noteworthy festivals:
international television festival awarding the Golden Rose of Montreux;
annually in spring (1961-2003)
the Montreux Jazz Festival; annually in July since 1967
It is home to
American opera soprano, Barbara Hendricks, like nearby town of La Tour-de-Peilz
is home of Canadian singing star Shania Twain, in the castillo of Sully.
Montreux is also the town of Mountain Studios, the famous recording studio
used by several artists. In 1978 the band Queen bought the studio, which now
is still owned by Queen producer David Richards. Queen also appeared in 1984
and in 1986 at the Golden Rose Festival and Queen guitarist Brian May
appeared in 2001 at the Jazz Festival. The main square of the town, Place du
Marché, also hosts a statue of Queen singer Freddie Mercury facing Lake
Geneva. The same statue and the same lake also appear on the cover of Queen
album entitled Made In Heaven.
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