One of the most distinguished musicians of our times, Alberto Lysy has played with such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, the US National Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, the Symphony Orchestra of the RAI Roma and the Amsterdam Philharmonic, under famous conductors, among them Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Colin Davis, Pierre Boulez, Mstislav Rostropovitch, to mention but a few.

Alberto Lysy studied with Yedhudi Menuhin and was the 1st Music Director of IMMA from 1977-2007. He continues to teach the violin  and direct the Rencontres Musicales in Blonay. He is frequently  invited to  hold master classes at the most important schools of music. In 2006,  Alberto Lysy was awarded the Stradivari International Pedagogical prize.

Alberto Lysy founded the Camerata Lysy, with which he has toured Europe, the USA, Canada, South America and the Far East. He has played chamber music with many of the greatest musicians, such as Benjamin Britten, Pablo Casals, Nadia Boulanger, Mstislav Rostropovitch and Yehudi Menuhin.