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The Geneva Challenge is an international competition launched by the Geneva Graduate Institute in 2014, thanks to the vision and generosity of Ambassador Jenö Staehelin and the patronage of the late Kofi Annan. This contest brings together graduate students from diverse disciplinary and contextual perspectives to provide innovative and pragmatic solutions to some of the world’s complex challenges.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Blending choral singing with the refined austerity of nō theatre, this performance follows a man on an inner journey through solitude and the longing for unity. The presence of Masato Matsuura lends the staging a striking ritual intensity, while the voices of the Aedes ensemble open a wide musical landscape. Schubert, Tormis, Seppar, Dumont, Schnittke and Hersant weave together a score of contrasts, from lyric grace to tension and transcendence.
French Subtitles. Kids ages 12 and up
FURTHER AFIELD
Choreographer Anne Nguyen, rooted in breakdance battles and informed by scientific studies, rebuilds hip‑hop vocabulary with a mathematical sensuality. Promenade Obligatoire stages an uninterrupted, ordered march across the performance space that becomes a meditation on life’s meaning and the passage of time. Popping—blocks, isolations and body dissociations—sharpens contrasts between rupture and mimicry. The explosive, precise gestures transform the inexorable walk into a hypnotic, transportive experience that explores repetition, synchronization and the poetry of everyday movement.
The Geneva Challenge is an international competition launched by the Geneva Graduate Institute in 2014, thanks to the vision and generosity of Ambassador Jenö Staehelin and the patronage of the late Kofi Annan. This contest brings together graduate students from diverse disciplinary and contextual perspectives to provide innovative and pragmatic solutions to some of the world’s complex challenges.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Blending choral singing with the refined austerity of nō theatre, this performance follows a man on an inner journey through solitude and the longing for unity. The presence of Masato Matsuura lends the staging a striking ritual intensity, while the voices of the Aedes ensemble open a wide musical landscape. Schubert, Tormis, Seppar, Dumont, Schnittke and Hersant weave together a score of contrasts, from lyric grace to tension and transcendence.
French Subtitles. Kids ages 12 and up
FURTHER AFIELD
Choreographer Anne Nguyen, rooted in breakdance battles and informed by scientific studies, rebuilds hip‑hop vocabulary with a mathematical sensuality. Promenade Obligatoire stages an uninterrupted, ordered march across the performance space that becomes a meditation on life’s meaning and the passage of time. Popping—blocks, isolations and body dissociations—sharpens contrasts between rupture and mimicry. The explosive, precise gestures transform the inexorable walk into a hypnotic, transportive experience that explores repetition, synchronization and the poetry of everyday movement.
The Geneva Challenge is an international competition launched by the Geneva Graduate Institute in 2014, thanks to the vision and generosity of Ambassador Jenö Staehelin and the patronage of the late Kofi Annan. This contest brings together graduate students from diverse disciplinary and contextual perspectives to provide innovative and pragmatic solutions to some of the world’s complex challenges.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Blending choral singing with the refined austerity of nō theatre, this performance follows a man on an inner journey through solitude and the longing for unity. The presence of Masato Matsuura lends the staging a striking ritual intensity, while the voices of the Aedes ensemble open a wide musical landscape. Schubert, Tormis, Seppar, Dumont, Schnittke and Hersant weave together a score of contrasts, from lyric grace to tension and transcendence.
French Subtitles. Kids ages 12 and up
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.
Entrañas is a visceral object-theatre piece by El Patio Teatro that explores the human body through a poetic collection of rare, strange and wondrous objects. Conceived and directed by El Patio Teatro and performed by Izaskun Fernández and Julián Sáenz López, the show blends scientific knowledge and imaginative fantasy to reveal the anatomy and mysteries of our inner life. A sensory, tactile and lyrical journey, it invites adults and older children to rediscover embodiment and existence.
In French.
Walk through 4.6 billion years of Earth’s history in an immersive journey that blends science, reflection, silence, and sensory experience. Set within the botanical garden, this 18-stop path invites participants to feel the scale of deep time with head, heart, and body. More than a simple walk, it offers a slow, thought-provoking encounter with the living world, awakening a renewed sense of connection to the planet and to possible futures.
Join a snowy adventure when Santa catches a cold! Mrs. Claus and the mischievous elf Gus flip through a magic grimoire, sing playful songs and try curious remedies to get Santa back on his feet. Children will laugh at silly antics, join in rhythmic tunes, and watch colorful scenes unfold as the story mixes humor, warmth and a sprinkle of holiday magic. Interactive moments spark imagination and gentle lessons about caring for others.
In French.
The Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève opens one of the final rehearsals of Océans, a choreographic diptych pairing Damien Jalet’s Brise-lames with River Without Banks, a new creation by Kyle Abraham. This public glimpse into the studio reveals the company at work through excerpts from Abraham’s choreography, where tension, flow and physical precision meet. The rehearsal offers a vivid encounter with a work shaped by contrasting energies and a strongly contemporary movement language.
Born from a three-day residency, this collaborative concert brings musicians from Porto’s Porta Jazz together with AMR artists. Two guests join two hosts to craft an encounter that balances composition and free improvisation. The programme explores timbre, collective listening and cross-cultural dialogue, shifting between delicate chamber textures and bold, expressive passages. The focus is on ensemble dynamics, spontaneous responses and the forging of new musical languages.
Elodie Arnould is back with a brand new show. With humor and tenderness, she explores everything that shapes us: the heritage we receive, the values we pass on, family, long-term relationships, positive parenting… or almost, and those little wounds we learn to transform into strengths.
P.S. Her partner doesn’t know about the jokes Elodie makes about him, so come quickly before they get censored.
In French.
FURTHER AFIELD
Choreographer Anne Nguyen, rooted in breakdance battles and informed by scientific studies, rebuilds hip‑hop vocabulary with a mathematical sensuality. Promenade Obligatoire stages an uninterrupted, ordered march across the performance space that becomes a meditation on life’s meaning and the passage of time. Popping—blocks, isolations and body dissociations—sharpens contrasts between rupture and mimicry. The explosive, precise gestures transform the inexorable walk into a hypnotic, transportive experience that explores repetition, synchronization and the poetry of everyday movement.
The Geneva Challenge is an international competition launched by the Geneva Graduate Institute in 2014, thanks to the vision and generosity of Ambassador Jenö Staehelin and the patronage of the late Kofi Annan. This contest brings together graduate students from diverse disciplinary and contextual perspectives to provide innovative and pragmatic solutions to some of the world’s complex challenges.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Blending choral singing with the refined austerity of nō theatre, this performance follows a man on an inner journey through solitude and the longing for unity. The presence of Masato Matsuura lends the staging a striking ritual intensity, while the voices of the Aedes ensemble open a wide musical landscape. Schubert, Tormis, Seppar, Dumont, Schnittke and Hersant weave together a score of contrasts, from lyric grace to tension and transcendence.
French Subtitles. Kids ages 12 and up
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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.
In the heart of Geneva’s Old Town, the International Museum of the Reformation traces the history and legacy of the Protestant Reformation from the 16th century to the present day. Historical objects, artworks and immersive displays explore a movement that profoundly shaped Geneva and influenced societies around the world.
Located in the historic heart of Carouge, the Musée de Carouge explores the artistic and cultural heritage of this distinctive town. Its collections and temporary exhibitions bring together fine and decorative arts, local history and contemporary creation, reflecting Carouge’s unique identity and creative spirit.
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