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Monday 23 March, 19:30

The extraordinary pianist Ivo Pogorelich presents an exploration of Beethoven’s masterworks at the BFM. This concert will showcase the “Pathétique,” “The Tempest,” and “Appassionata” sonatas, along with some of the composer’s bagatelles, highlighting Beethoven’s groundbreaking genius and lasting impact on classical music. A unique event for piano and Beethoven enthusiasts.

17 – 29 March

The Green Film Festival raises awareness about the impacts of climate change and promotes sustainable lifestyles by showcasing films that offer solutions. Screenings are often followed by discussions with invited experts who address questions and inspire action for the environment.

20 – 29 March

Through mystery, belief and wonder, magic has threaded through societies since ancient times. For its 11th edition, this festival explores shifting boundaries between science and the supernatural, reason and the marvelous. Lectures, screenings, guided visits and hands-on workshops invite everyone to discover the history of magical practices from past to present and to reflect on our ongoing fascination with the unknown and the afterlife.

19 – 29 March

Echo is a transdisciplinary festival devised by Compagnie sturmfrei that reimagines Ovid’s Metamorphoses through 250 shifting myths. Artists, poets, philosophers and participants inhabit an experimental, two‑level environment transformed into evolving ECHO‑scenographies. The programme assembles performances, participatory formats and workshops that blur genres and invite improvisation, collective dramaturgy and sensory encounters. The work foregrounds mythic transformation, live experimentation and porous collaboration across disciplines.

In French.

Monday 23 March, 19:30

Pianists Anastasia Voltchok and Alexei Volodin will perform works by Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Lutosławski, and Rachmaninov as part of the Les Grands Interprètes series. The program features Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, Saint-Saëns’ Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Lutosławski’s Paganini Variations, and Rachmaninov’s Suite No. 2.

Monday 23 March, 18:30

MOLA is a tender and deeply moving documentary portraying Kunsang Wangmo, a Tibetan Buddhist nun exiled since 1959, as she approaches her 100th birthday and holds onto the wish to return to her homeland before she dies. Blending quiet wisdom, childlike playfulness and everyday spirituality, the film captures the beauty and fragility of a life nearing its end, and is followed by a discussion in collaboration with the Swiss–Tibetan Friendship Society.

The film is in Tibetan, with French subtitles.

Monday 23 March, 19:30

The extraordinary pianist Ivo Pogorelich presents an exploration of Beethoven’s masterworks at the BFM. This concert will showcase the “Pathétique,” “The Tempest,” and “Appassionata” sonatas, along with some of the composer’s bagatelles, highlighting Beethoven’s groundbreaking genius and lasting impact on classical music. A unique event for piano and Beethoven enthusiasts.

17 – 29 March

The Green Film Festival raises awareness about the impacts of climate change and promotes sustainable lifestyles by showcasing films that offer solutions. Screenings are often followed by discussions with invited experts who address questions and inspire action for the environment.

20 – 29 March

Through mystery, belief and wonder, magic has threaded through societies since ancient times. For its 11th edition, this festival explores shifting boundaries between science and the supernatural, reason and the marvelous. Lectures, screenings, guided visits and hands-on workshops invite everyone to discover the history of magical practices from past to present and to reflect on our ongoing fascination with the unknown and the afterlife.

19 – 29 March

Echo is a transdisciplinary festival devised by Compagnie sturmfrei that reimagines Ovid’s Metamorphoses through 250 shifting myths. Artists, poets, philosophers and participants inhabit an experimental, two‑level environment transformed into evolving ECHO‑scenographies. The programme assembles performances, participatory formats and workshops that blur genres and invite improvisation, collective dramaturgy and sensory encounters. The work foregrounds mythic transformation, live experimentation and porous collaboration across disciplines.

In French.

Monday 23 March, 19:30

Pianists Anastasia Voltchok and Alexei Volodin will perform works by Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Lutosławski, and Rachmaninov as part of the Les Grands Interprètes series. The program features Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, Saint-Saëns’ Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Lutosławski’s Paganini Variations, and Rachmaninov’s Suite No. 2.

Monday 23 March, 18:30

MOLA is a tender and deeply moving documentary portraying Kunsang Wangmo, a Tibetan Buddhist nun exiled since 1959, as she approaches her 100th birthday and holds onto the wish to return to her homeland before she dies. Blending quiet wisdom, childlike playfulness and everyday spirituality, the film captures the beauty and fragility of a life nearing its end, and is followed by a discussion in collaboration with the Swiss–Tibetan Friendship Society.

The film is in Tibetan, with French subtitles.

Monday 23 March, 19:30

The extraordinary pianist Ivo Pogorelich presents an exploration of Beethoven’s masterworks at the BFM. This concert will showcase the “Pathétique,” “The Tempest,” and “Appassionata” sonatas, along with some of the composer’s bagatelles, highlighting Beethoven’s groundbreaking genius and lasting impact on classical music. A unique event for piano and Beethoven enthusiasts.

17 – 29 March

The Green Film Festival raises awareness about the impacts of climate change and promotes sustainable lifestyles by showcasing films that offer solutions. Screenings are often followed by discussions with invited experts who address questions and inspire action for the environment.

20 – 29 March

Through mystery, belief and wonder, magic has threaded through societies since ancient times. For its 11th edition, this festival explores shifting boundaries between science and the supernatural, reason and the marvelous. Lectures, screenings, guided visits and hands-on workshops invite everyone to discover the history of magical practices from past to present and to reflect on our ongoing fascination with the unknown and the afterlife.

19 – 29 March

Echo is a transdisciplinary festival devised by Compagnie sturmfrei that reimagines Ovid’s Metamorphoses through 250 shifting myths. Artists, poets, philosophers and participants inhabit an experimental, two‑level environment transformed into evolving ECHO‑scenographies. The programme assembles performances, participatory formats and workshops that blur genres and invite improvisation, collective dramaturgy and sensory encounters. The work foregrounds mythic transformation, live experimentation and porous collaboration across disciplines.

In French.

Monday 23 March, 19:30

Pianists Anastasia Voltchok and Alexei Volodin will perform works by Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Lutosławski, and Rachmaninov as part of the Les Grands Interprètes series. The program features Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, Saint-Saëns’ Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Lutosławski’s Paganini Variations, and Rachmaninov’s Suite No. 2.

Monday 23 March, 18:30

MOLA is a tender and deeply moving documentary portraying Kunsang Wangmo, a Tibetan Buddhist nun exiled since 1959, as she approaches her 100th birthday and holds onto the wish to return to her homeland before she dies. Blending quiet wisdom, childlike playfulness and everyday spirituality, the film captures the beauty and fragility of a life nearing its end, and is followed by a discussion in collaboration with the Swiss–Tibetan Friendship Society.

The film is in Tibetan, with French subtitles.

24 March – 1 April

Portrait is a creation by Alexandre Simon and Cosima Weiter that delves into the city through the lens of its diverse inhabitants. Combining text, acting, film sequences, and music, “Portrait” unveils a multicultural and unique Geneva. Pierre Maillet brings to life the testimonies collected by Cosima Weiter, supported by a trio of musicians under the direction of Vincent Bertholet. Filmed sequences by Alexandre Simon add depth to the staging, providing an artistic and anthropological view of the city.

In French.

28 – 29 March

“Ambre” is an engaging and interactive show that encourages children to reshape society through political creativity. Inspired by the season’s theme of children’s voting rights, this performance puts young participants front and center alongside Ambre, an actor, and a children’s rights expert. Blending elements of play, portraiture, and documentary, children in the audience are invited to explore and share innovative ideas from around the globe.

In French.  Kids ages 8 and up.

Saturday 28 March, 17:00

Curated as an evening of performed presentations and readings, Polyphonies: Translocal Scenes gathers contributors from the Revolving Histories publications—Lena Eriksson, Sabine Gebhardt Fink, Chris Regn, Dorothea Rust, Andrea Saemann and Margarit von Büren—in conversation with Marie-Eve Knoerle. Short performative pieces by Chris Regn, Sabrina Smaili, Juliette Uzor, Heike Fiedler, Maria Fernanda Bestiario Ordoñez and Judith Huber unfold alongside projected Atlas photographs. The program maps intergenerational practices and echoes of translocal performance, blending spoken word, visual fragments and intimate sonic textures to create a polyphonic atmosphere.

26 – 28 March

Conceived by Jacques Gay, this new musical comedy unravels a dinner full of twists where the secret lives of the guests surface by chance. An ensemble cast shifts between comic timing and sudden poignancy, carried by an original score and witty lyrics. The staging trades realism for theatrical invention, with clever scenic shifts, expressive lighting and playful costume moments that heighten social masks and misunderstandings. The result is frothy yet incisive, a night of laughter threaded with unexpected tenderness.

In French.

17 – 29 March

The Green Film Festival raises awareness about the impacts of climate change and promotes sustainable lifestyles by showcasing films that offer solutions. Screenings are often followed by discussions with invited experts who address questions and inspire action for the environment.

Saturday 28 March, 14:00

Virginie Jean, a rebouteuse de vaches (cow bone setter), practices an empirical, hands-on tradition of animal care transmitted outside academic veterinary frameworks. Her work relies on close observation, listening to bodies and skilled touch.

This discussion examines tensions between scientific veterinary medicine and traditional practices, exploring whether these methods are an art, popular knowledge, or a form of magic. It addresses legitimacy, coexistence, and what caring for animals reveals about our relation to the living.

In French.

Monday 23 March, 19:30

The extraordinary pianist Ivo Pogorelich presents an exploration of Beethoven’s masterworks at the BFM. This concert will showcase the “Pathétique,” “The Tempest,” and “Appassionata” sonatas, along with some of the composer’s bagatelles, highlighting Beethoven’s groundbreaking genius and lasting impact on classical music. A unique event for piano and Beethoven enthusiasts.

17 – 29 March

The Green Film Festival raises awareness about the impacts of climate change and promotes sustainable lifestyles by showcasing films that offer solutions. Screenings are often followed by discussions with invited experts who address questions and inspire action for the environment.

20 – 29 March

Through mystery, belief and wonder, magic has threaded through societies since ancient times. For its 11th edition, this festival explores shifting boundaries between science and the supernatural, reason and the marvelous. Lectures, screenings, guided visits and hands-on workshops invite everyone to discover the history of magical practices from past to present and to reflect on our ongoing fascination with the unknown and the afterlife.

19 – 29 March

Echo is a transdisciplinary festival devised by Compagnie sturmfrei that reimagines Ovid’s Metamorphoses through 250 shifting myths. Artists, poets, philosophers and participants inhabit an experimental, two‑level environment transformed into evolving ECHO‑scenographies. The programme assembles performances, participatory formats and workshops that blur genres and invite improvisation, collective dramaturgy and sensory encounters. The work foregrounds mythic transformation, live experimentation and porous collaboration across disciplines.

In French.

Monday 23 March, 19:30

Pianists Anastasia Voltchok and Alexei Volodin will perform works by Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Lutosławski, and Rachmaninov as part of the Les Grands Interprètes series. The program features Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, Saint-Saëns’ Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Lutosławski’s Paganini Variations, and Rachmaninov’s Suite No. 2.

Monday 23 March, 18:30

MOLA is a tender and deeply moving documentary portraying Kunsang Wangmo, a Tibetan Buddhist nun exiled since 1959, as she approaches her 100th birthday and holds onto the wish to return to her homeland before she dies. Blending quiet wisdom, childlike playfulness and everyday spirituality, the film captures the beauty and fragility of a life nearing its end, and is followed by a discussion in collaboration with the Swiss–Tibetan Friendship Society.

The film is in Tibetan, with French subtitles.

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The MEG is a renowned museum dedicated to the exploration and presentation of cultural diversity from around the world. Located in the heart of Geneva, it houses an extensive collection of over 80,000 objects, including artifacts, textiles, and artworks that highlight the rich traditions and histories of various communities. The museum emphasizes interactive and immersive exhibitions, engaging visitors with contemporary issues related to culture and identity.

Cool fact: The e-MEG app serves as a digital twin of the permanent exhibition, providing an audio guide and detailed descriptions along with photographs of all displayed objects.

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Since its opening in 1994, the MAMCO Geneva (Musée d’art moderne et contemporain)  has staged 450 exhibitions with works dating from the 1960s to the present day. Mamco’s holdings include works by Christo, Martin Kippenberger, Jenny Holzer, Dan Flavin, Sarkis, Franz Erhard Walther and Sylvie Fleury, among many others.

Cool fact: The MAMCO is the epicenter of the “Nuit des Bains”, held three times a year.  During this event, the district around the museum is transformed into a large gallery and attracts thousands of art lovers and sightseers each night.

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With a collection of 27,000 items from Switzerland, Europe and the Middle and Far East, and a witness to twelve centuries of ceramic art from the Middle Ages to modern times, the Ariana is one of Europe’s great museums specializing in glass and ceramics.

Cool fact: On the first Sunday of each month, the Ariana Museum opens its temporary exhibitions to the public.

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