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Presented in partnership with the Institut National Genevois, this closing concert brings together prizewinners of the Geneva Competition: violist Brian Isaacs and the Quatuor Elmire. The programme centres on Beethoven’s Quintet alongside two contrasting works, offering intimate chamber music textures. The performers favour clarity of line and heated interplay, shaping a narrative of tenderness and tension. Lighting and staging are understated, focusing attention on timbral richness and communicative ensemble playing to create a luminous, emotionally precise evening.
Lara Fabian celebrates a rare vocal and emotional range across a career spanning 35 years, with over 25 million albums sold. On the Je suis là tour she reinvents three decades of signature songs in unexpected arrangements, blending intimate piano-led passages with sweeping band climaxes. Accompanied by eleven musicians and the Yaacov brothers as musical directors, the performance alternates tender, candid moments and powerful, cinematic crescendos that highlight her interpretive depth and stage presence.
For its 500th anniversary, the Grand Council is transforming this seat of power in the Old Town into a stage open to the public. Heritage becomes the medium for a narrative that connects the city’s past to its present. Through a visual and sound-based creation, this event offers a new way to discover the history of Geneva’s institutions.
In dialogue with the performance Le chant du sabre, Ikebana International, Geneva chapter, presents arrangements of ikebana, the Japanese art of floral composition. Through a subtle balance of flowers, branches, lines and empty space, each work seeks harmony and a living equilibrium. The Fondation Baur also contributes photographs of works from its collections, including elements of Japanese swords, creating a refined conversation between floral gesture, image and material heritage within the framework of the Autumn of Japanese Culture.
Wright Colloquium 2026 brings together interdisciplinary inquiry to rethink what we call intelligence. The program examines intelligence across scales — from artificial systems and ant colonies to neurons and engrams — and considers cognitive, neurological and philosophical perspectives. Participants will explore how different forms of intelligence shape societies, knowledge and our worldviews, with discussions, panels and workshops aimed at advancing conceptual and practical understanding.
In French and in English.
British‑Portuguese singer-songwriter Nessi Gomes and Barcelona‑based Mike Rauss present an evening of intimate, genre-blending song. Gomes weaves traditional Portuguese fado’s emotional depth with a contemporary British sensibility, producing haunting, lushly textured soundscapes and medicine‑singer mysticism; her acclaimed album Diamonds & Demons foregrounds this quiet intensity. Mike Rauss offers playful yet profound troubadour songs where funk, folk, oriental motifs and flamenco guitar meet a warm, grooving voice. Together they create an atmosphere of ritual, longing and raw presence.
FURTHER AFIELD
An award-winning comedy by Wole Soyinka, this staging follows Sidi, the village ‘jewel’, as she becomes the centre of a satirical clash between tradition and modernity. Director Yvette Stevens shapes a vibrant production that blends storytelling, music and dance, yoking sharp humour to ritual and spectacle. The opposing suitors—Lakunle, a westernised schoolteacher, and the wily chief Baroka—embody cultural tensions that the ensemble explores through lively choreography and precise comic timing.
In English.
Presented in partnership with the Institut National Genevois, this closing concert brings together prizewinners of the Geneva Competition: violist Brian Isaacs and the Quatuor Elmire. The programme centres on Beethoven’s Quintet alongside two contrasting works, offering intimate chamber music textures. The performers favour clarity of line and heated interplay, shaping a narrative of tenderness and tension. Lighting and staging are understated, focusing attention on timbral richness and communicative ensemble playing to create a luminous, emotionally precise evening.
Lara Fabian celebrates a rare vocal and emotional range across a career spanning 35 years, with over 25 million albums sold. On the Je suis là tour she reinvents three decades of signature songs in unexpected arrangements, blending intimate piano-led passages with sweeping band climaxes. Accompanied by eleven musicians and the Yaacov brothers as musical directors, the performance alternates tender, candid moments and powerful, cinematic crescendos that highlight her interpretive depth and stage presence.
For its 500th anniversary, the Grand Council is transforming this seat of power in the Old Town into a stage open to the public. Heritage becomes the medium for a narrative that connects the city’s past to its present. Through a visual and sound-based creation, this event offers a new way to discover the history of Geneva’s institutions.
In dialogue with the performance Le chant du sabre, Ikebana International, Geneva chapter, presents arrangements of ikebana, the Japanese art of floral composition. Through a subtle balance of flowers, branches, lines and empty space, each work seeks harmony and a living equilibrium. The Fondation Baur also contributes photographs of works from its collections, including elements of Japanese swords, creating a refined conversation between floral gesture, image and material heritage within the framework of the Autumn of Japanese Culture.
Wright Colloquium 2026 brings together interdisciplinary inquiry to rethink what we call intelligence. The program examines intelligence across scales — from artificial systems and ant colonies to neurons and engrams — and considers cognitive, neurological and philosophical perspectives. Participants will explore how different forms of intelligence shape societies, knowledge and our worldviews, with discussions, panels and workshops aimed at advancing conceptual and practical understanding.
In French and in English.
British‑Portuguese singer-songwriter Nessi Gomes and Barcelona‑based Mike Rauss present an evening of intimate, genre-blending song. Gomes weaves traditional Portuguese fado’s emotional depth with a contemporary British sensibility, producing haunting, lushly textured soundscapes and medicine‑singer mysticism; her acclaimed album Diamonds & Demons foregrounds this quiet intensity. Mike Rauss offers playful yet profound troubadour songs where funk, folk, oriental motifs and flamenco guitar meet a warm, grooving voice. Together they create an atmosphere of ritual, longing and raw presence.
FURTHER AFIELD
An award-winning comedy by Wole Soyinka, this staging follows Sidi, the village ‘jewel’, as she becomes the centre of a satirical clash between tradition and modernity. Director Yvette Stevens shapes a vibrant production that blends storytelling, music and dance, yoking sharp humour to ritual and spectacle. The opposing suitors—Lakunle, a westernised schoolteacher, and the wily chief Baroka—embody cultural tensions that the ensemble explores through lively choreography and precise comic timing.
In English.
Presented in partnership with the Institut National Genevois, this closing concert brings together prizewinners of the Geneva Competition: violist Brian Isaacs and the Quatuor Elmire. The programme centres on Beethoven’s Quintet alongside two contrasting works, offering intimate chamber music textures. The performers favour clarity of line and heated interplay, shaping a narrative of tenderness and tension. Lighting and staging are understated, focusing attention on timbral richness and communicative ensemble playing to create a luminous, emotionally precise evening.
Lara Fabian celebrates a rare vocal and emotional range across a career spanning 35 years, with over 25 million albums sold. On the Je suis là tour she reinvents three decades of signature songs in unexpected arrangements, blending intimate piano-led passages with sweeping band climaxes. Accompanied by eleven musicians and the Yaacov brothers as musical directors, the performance alternates tender, candid moments and powerful, cinematic crescendos that highlight her interpretive depth and stage presence.
For its 500th anniversary, the Grand Council is transforming this seat of power in the Old Town into a stage open to the public. Heritage becomes the medium for a narrative that connects the city’s past to its present. Through a visual and sound-based creation, this event offers a new way to discover the history of Geneva’s institutions.
In dialogue with the performance Le chant du sabre, Ikebana International, Geneva chapter, presents arrangements of ikebana, the Japanese art of floral composition. Through a subtle balance of flowers, branches, lines and empty space, each work seeks harmony and a living equilibrium. The Fondation Baur also contributes photographs of works from its collections, including elements of Japanese swords, creating a refined conversation between floral gesture, image and material heritage within the framework of the Autumn of Japanese Culture.
Wright Colloquium 2026 brings together interdisciplinary inquiry to rethink what we call intelligence. The program examines intelligence across scales — from artificial systems and ant colonies to neurons and engrams — and considers cognitive, neurological and philosophical perspectives. Participants will explore how different forms of intelligence shape societies, knowledge and our worldviews, with discussions, panels and workshops aimed at advancing conceptual and practical understanding.
In French and in English.
British‑Portuguese singer-songwriter Nessi Gomes and Barcelona‑based Mike Rauss present an evening of intimate, genre-blending song. Gomes weaves traditional Portuguese fado’s emotional depth with a contemporary British sensibility, producing haunting, lushly textured soundscapes and medicine‑singer mysticism; her acclaimed album Diamonds & Demons foregrounds this quiet intensity. Mike Rauss offers playful yet profound troubadour songs where funk, folk, oriental motifs and flamenco guitar meet a warm, grooving voice. Together they create an atmosphere of ritual, longing and raw presence.
A descriptive and sensory visit to the exhibition “Fuite au Marché Machin” with Benoît Billotte opens the experience to blind and visually impaired visitors as well as the wider public. The format invites participants to encounter the work through voice, touch and attentive listening, shifting emphasis from sight to embodied perception. Framed by an ephemeral collective of illustrators and invited artists, the exhibition extends across the villa’s salons and upper floors, revealing how illustration can be reimagined through accessibility, collaboration and shared sensory exploration.
Typhaine Marc is a former bookseller with fifteen years’ experience who trained in creative bibliotherapy with Régine Detambel. She brings expertise in reading-led practices and reflective writing.
The session invites participants to draft an introspective letter to themselves, creating a breathing space to pause, examine past experiences and future wishes, and set personal intentions on the page. At the end, envelopes are sealed with wax.
In French.
Amants à mi-temps explores the rhythms of contemporary relationships through intimate theatrical language. A compact cast shifts perspectives with precise staging, subtle movement and a keen sense of timing. The piece balances tenderness and irony, employing spare scenic touches and atmospheric lighting to expose the quiet negotiations and small compromises of love. The result is both poignant and wry, rendered with close attention to rhythm and tone.
In French.
Join a warm, safe, secular and non-therapeutic meeting open to everyone, where we share experiences, emotions and needs with respectful, compassionate listening. Facilitated by Fabienne Regad, a companion for bereaved people, together with a cultural mediator, we create space to speak, be heard and connect. This gathering welcomes all who wish to reflect on loss, exchange stories, and find supportive company in a caring community.
For its 500th anniversary, the Grand Council is transforming this seat of power in the Old Town into a stage open to the public. Heritage becomes the medium for a narrative that connects the city’s past to its present. Through a visual and sound-based creation, this event offers a new way to discover the history of Geneva’s institutions.
Led by conductor Anthony Fournier, the Geneva Symphony Orchestra accompanies pianist Lan Anh Nguyen in a programme that juxtaposes Grieg’s passionate Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, with Brahms’s monumental Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68. The evening charts a journey from intimate lyricism to thunderous orchestral climaxes, highlighting delicate solo passages, dense Romantic textures and dramatic dynamic contrasts. Listeners are drawn into a vivid sound world where clarity of phrasing meets muscular orchestral power.
Guy2Bezbar blends genres with relentless modernity, drawing inspiration from the US and elsewhere while remaining rooted in his origins. His music pairs incisive rhythms with a strong visual identity—music videos and a cultivated image that propelled him on YouTube. On stage he deploys charisma and style, where polished arrangements meet raw energy. Presented in collaboration with TCO Prod, the concert promises a vivid, image-driven performance that foregrounds presence and sonic immediacy.
In French.
FURTHER AFIELD
An award-winning comedy by Wole Soyinka, this staging follows Sidi, the village ‘jewel’, as she becomes the centre of a satirical clash between tradition and modernity. Director Yvette Stevens shapes a vibrant production that blends storytelling, music and dance, yoking sharp humour to ritual and spectacle. The opposing suitors—Lakunle, a westernised schoolteacher, and the wily chief Baroka—embody cultural tensions that the ensemble explores through lively choreography and precise comic timing.
In English.
Presented in partnership with the Institut National Genevois, this closing concert brings together prizewinners of the Geneva Competition: violist Brian Isaacs and the Quatuor Elmire. The programme centres on Beethoven’s Quintet alongside two contrasting works, offering intimate chamber music textures. The performers favour clarity of line and heated interplay, shaping a narrative of tenderness and tension. Lighting and staging are understated, focusing attention on timbral richness and communicative ensemble playing to create a luminous, emotionally precise evening.
Lara Fabian celebrates a rare vocal and emotional range across a career spanning 35 years, with over 25 million albums sold. On the Je suis là tour she reinvents three decades of signature songs in unexpected arrangements, blending intimate piano-led passages with sweeping band climaxes. Accompanied by eleven musicians and the Yaacov brothers as musical directors, the performance alternates tender, candid moments and powerful, cinematic crescendos that highlight her interpretive depth and stage presence.
For its 500th anniversary, the Grand Council is transforming this seat of power in the Old Town into a stage open to the public. Heritage becomes the medium for a narrative that connects the city’s past to its present. Through a visual and sound-based creation, this event offers a new way to discover the history of Geneva’s institutions.
In dialogue with the performance Le chant du sabre, Ikebana International, Geneva chapter, presents arrangements of ikebana, the Japanese art of floral composition. Through a subtle balance of flowers, branches, lines and empty space, each work seeks harmony and a living equilibrium. The Fondation Baur also contributes photographs of works from its collections, including elements of Japanese swords, creating a refined conversation between floral gesture, image and material heritage within the framework of the Autumn of Japanese Culture.
Wright Colloquium 2026 brings together interdisciplinary inquiry to rethink what we call intelligence. The program examines intelligence across scales — from artificial systems and ant colonies to neurons and engrams — and considers cognitive, neurological and philosophical perspectives. Participants will explore how different forms of intelligence shape societies, knowledge and our worldviews, with discussions, panels and workshops aimed at advancing conceptual and practical understanding.
In French and in English.
British‑Portuguese singer-songwriter Nessi Gomes and Barcelona‑based Mike Rauss present an evening of intimate, genre-blending song. Gomes weaves traditional Portuguese fado’s emotional depth with a contemporary British sensibility, producing haunting, lushly textured soundscapes and medicine‑singer mysticism; her acclaimed album Diamonds & Demons foregrounds this quiet intensity. Mike Rauss offers playful yet profound troubadour songs where funk, folk, oriental motifs and flamenco guitar meet a warm, grooving voice. Together they create an atmosphere of ritual, longing and raw presence.
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An intimate museum in the heart of Geneva, the Musée Tatiana Zoubov presents the refined collection assembled by its namesake collector. Paintings, furniture, porcelain, silverware and decorative objects evoke the atmosphere of a private European collection, offering a glimpse into the tastes and art of living of another era.
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