Céline Renaud

Céline Renaud: From Sound to Music.

Céline Renaud – a Businesswomen with passion – Céline Renaud is the CEO and Founder of JMC Lutherie, a small business created in 2005 together with the luthier Jeanmichel Capt. The Company manufactures loudspeakers out of resonance spruce and has reinvented the way of listening to music. Based in Le Brassus in the Swiss Vallée de Joux, home of the high level watchmaking industry, JMC Lutherie is proud to be one of the partners of the most prestigious watch brands.

Topic: „From Sound to Music“ or „Sound Tasting“, an emotional and musical journey.

A ‘Sound Tasting’ by Céline Renaud isn’t just a show. The audience is invited to experience an emotional and musical journey and will get a true feeling how sound transforms into music. To hear and feel 350 years old spruce of the Risoud Forest playing music is an amazing and unforgettable moment.

Throughout the last decade, Céline Renaud has been telling the story of the Lutherie of the 21st century to all music lovers and people who like beautiful objects worldwide during its famous ‘Sound Tastings’. The Founder and CEO of JMC Lutherie has showed her passion during these events held at several famous places in Switzerland and the rest of the world. Each show is a special and memorable one according to the many testimonials of spectators.

The concept of a ‘Sound Tasting’ is that are participants are invited to see, and especially hear and feel, how JMC Lutherie revolutionized the way of listening to music in the 21st century. The concept of contemporary Lutherie reflects the alliance between the traditional Lutherie techniques established more than 100 years ago and the modern technology as well as bringing together 350 years old resonance spruce and actual materials.

During the ‘Sound Tasting’ experience, the spectators are virtually taken into to the magnificent Risoud Forest to discover the tree gatherer and the luthier, including the explanations of the traditional and actual Lutherie techniques. The participants also experience the JMC Soundboard, the loudspeaker made out of tonewood, and the other creations of the Swiss company. Developed as true musical instruments, they offer an exceptional, emotional and unique musical experience underlining the brand philosophy: transforming the sound into music. The public experience an unforgettable moment: to hear the wood singing.

With music and nature as passions, the young businesswomen demonstrated her talent and creativity by developing JMC Lutherie into a well-known global brand renowned for its creations that combine tradition and innovation.

Over the past 12 years, Céline Renaud performed at over 2,500 speeches, conferences and shows like the famous ‘Sound Tasting’ on the most prestigious scenes where she guided the participants during an emotional and musical journey. In addition, she has been guest speaker on various topics at Forums, Board of Directors meetings, company outings and private events worldwide.

Céline Renaud was chosen among the 100 personalities of the French speaking part of Switzerland, one of the 20 most important businesswomen of Switzerland, and one of the 100 Women in Business. She was recently part of the group of the 150 women who occupy top positions in small and medium businesses.

Born in 1975, Céline Renaud graduated from the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, the world’s leading Hotel Management University. She started her professional career at the marketing department of Jaeger LeCoultre and was financial controlling responsible at Breguet before establishing JMC Lutherie. Today, she assumes other responsibilities such as Board member of a regional bank or as Delegate of the Chamber of Commerce of the Vaud Canton.