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Explore spooky, playful adventures at Hallomania, a Halloween festival designed for families. Children will hunt for treats, solve mystery games, join guided night walks, take part in hands-on workshops, taste seasonal treats, and enjoy themed evenings. Activities combine storytelling, crafts, movement and sensory surprises to spark imagination and cooperative play. The programme encourages creativity, curiosity and shared discovery across a variety of family-friendly formats.
Picture This, led by singer-songwriter Ryan Hennessy, presents songs from their fourth album Parked Car Conversations. The band blends bright pop-rock with indie and folk-pop hues, pairing catchy guitars and anthemic choruses with Hennessy’s warm, expressive vocal delivery. Tracks such as “Song to Myself” and “Leftover Love” reveal a new emotional depth, balancing immediacy and introspection. Live arrangements favor melodic hooks and enveloping dynamics, creating an intimate yet celebratory atmosphere that invites attentive listening.
In English.
Coordinated by Stan Breynaert, this evening presents two PrePro projects by eMa students, revealing diverse musical worlds and personal artistic visions. Young artists stage intimate, exploratory performances shaped by individual approaches, while external experts offer attentive feedback that feeds the creative process. The program emphasizes experimentation, ensemble interplay and refined sonic textures, inviting listeners into fragile, evolving soundscapes and the formative moments of artists at the threshold of professional life.
Curated by cellist Ophélie Gaillard with coordination by Pauline Boulanger, Prayers gathers HEM teachers and students alongside pre-college pupils in a reflective chamber-music programme. As an homage to Pablo Casals, the programme juxtaposes lyrical cello lines with contemporary textures by Glass, Reich, Mellits and others, creating shifting atmospheres from intimate stillness to propulsive momentum. Collaboration with CMG, CPMDT and Studio Kodály foregrounds pedagogical exchange and a shared sense of ritual and resonance.
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.
Hou Hsiao-hsien’s hypnotic drama follows Vicky in early-2000s Taipei as she recalls a youth defined by nightclub nights, an unstable love affair and a pervasive sense of uncertainty about the future. With languid long takes and images bathed in light, the film transforms an intimate narrative into a meditation on memory, the passage of time and the struggle to find one’s place amid societal change. Sensory and elegiac, it privileges mood over plot.
Mandarin with French subtitles. Screening in collaboration with the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF)
Ara Malikian leads his ensemble in Intruso, a virtuosic programme where Bach and Mozart converse with jazz, flamenco, klezmer and Cuban rhythms. Malikian’s fiery violin anchors improvisatory exchanges alongside Iván “Melón” Lewis (piano), Dayan Abad (guitar), Iván Ruiz Machado (bass, double bass) and Pico Millán (drums). The arrangements blur classical precision and street-born spontaneity, shifting between intimate, lyrical passages and raucous, dance-infused eruptions to create a cinematic, emotionally charged sonic journey.
Explore spooky, playful adventures at Hallomania, a Halloween festival designed for families. Children will hunt for treats, solve mystery games, join guided night walks, take part in hands-on workshops, taste seasonal treats, and enjoy themed evenings. Activities combine storytelling, crafts, movement and sensory surprises to spark imagination and cooperative play. The programme encourages creativity, curiosity and shared discovery across a variety of family-friendly formats.
Picture This, led by singer-songwriter Ryan Hennessy, presents songs from their fourth album Parked Car Conversations. The band blends bright pop-rock with indie and folk-pop hues, pairing catchy guitars and anthemic choruses with Hennessy’s warm, expressive vocal delivery. Tracks such as “Song to Myself” and “Leftover Love” reveal a new emotional depth, balancing immediacy and introspection. Live arrangements favor melodic hooks and enveloping dynamics, creating an intimate yet celebratory atmosphere that invites attentive listening.
In English.
Coordinated by Stan Breynaert, this evening presents two PrePro projects by eMa students, revealing diverse musical worlds and personal artistic visions. Young artists stage intimate, exploratory performances shaped by individual approaches, while external experts offer attentive feedback that feeds the creative process. The program emphasizes experimentation, ensemble interplay and refined sonic textures, inviting listeners into fragile, evolving soundscapes and the formative moments of artists at the threshold of professional life.
Curated by cellist Ophélie Gaillard with coordination by Pauline Boulanger, Prayers gathers HEM teachers and students alongside pre-college pupils in a reflective chamber-music programme. As an homage to Pablo Casals, the programme juxtaposes lyrical cello lines with contemporary textures by Glass, Reich, Mellits and others, creating shifting atmospheres from intimate stillness to propulsive momentum. Collaboration with CMG, CPMDT and Studio Kodály foregrounds pedagogical exchange and a shared sense of ritual and resonance.
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.
Hou Hsiao-hsien’s hypnotic drama follows Vicky in early-2000s Taipei as she recalls a youth defined by nightclub nights, an unstable love affair and a pervasive sense of uncertainty about the future. With languid long takes and images bathed in light, the film transforms an intimate narrative into a meditation on memory, the passage of time and the struggle to find one’s place amid societal change. Sensory and elegiac, it privileges mood over plot.
Mandarin with French subtitles. Screening in collaboration with the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF)
Ara Malikian leads his ensemble in Intruso, a virtuosic programme where Bach and Mozart converse with jazz, flamenco, klezmer and Cuban rhythms. Malikian’s fiery violin anchors improvisatory exchanges alongside Iván “Melón” Lewis (piano), Dayan Abad (guitar), Iván Ruiz Machado (bass, double bass) and Pico Millán (drums). The arrangements blur classical precision and street-born spontaneity, shifting between intimate, lyrical passages and raucous, dance-infused eruptions to create a cinematic, emotionally charged sonic journey.
Explore spooky, playful adventures at Hallomania, a Halloween festival designed for families. Children will hunt for treats, solve mystery games, join guided night walks, take part in hands-on workshops, taste seasonal treats, and enjoy themed evenings. Activities combine storytelling, crafts, movement and sensory surprises to spark imagination and cooperative play. The programme encourages creativity, curiosity and shared discovery across a variety of family-friendly formats.
Picture This, led by singer-songwriter Ryan Hennessy, presents songs from their fourth album Parked Car Conversations. The band blends bright pop-rock with indie and folk-pop hues, pairing catchy guitars and anthemic choruses with Hennessy’s warm, expressive vocal delivery. Tracks such as “Song to Myself” and “Leftover Love” reveal a new emotional depth, balancing immediacy and introspection. Live arrangements favor melodic hooks and enveloping dynamics, creating an intimate yet celebratory atmosphere that invites attentive listening.
In English.
Coordinated by Stan Breynaert, this evening presents two PrePro projects by eMa students, revealing diverse musical worlds and personal artistic visions. Young artists stage intimate, exploratory performances shaped by individual approaches, while external experts offer attentive feedback that feeds the creative process. The program emphasizes experimentation, ensemble interplay and refined sonic textures, inviting listeners into fragile, evolving soundscapes and the formative moments of artists at the threshold of professional life.
Curated by cellist Ophélie Gaillard with coordination by Pauline Boulanger, Prayers gathers HEM teachers and students alongside pre-college pupils in a reflective chamber-music programme. As an homage to Pablo Casals, the programme juxtaposes lyrical cello lines with contemporary textures by Glass, Reich, Mellits and others, creating shifting atmospheres from intimate stillness to propulsive momentum. Collaboration with CMG, CPMDT and Studio Kodály foregrounds pedagogical exchange and a shared sense of ritual and resonance.
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.
Hou Hsiao-hsien’s hypnotic drama follows Vicky in early-2000s Taipei as she recalls a youth defined by nightclub nights, an unstable love affair and a pervasive sense of uncertainty about the future. With languid long takes and images bathed in light, the film transforms an intimate narrative into a meditation on memory, the passage of time and the struggle to find one’s place amid societal change. Sensory and elegiac, it privileges mood over plot.
Mandarin with French subtitles. Screening in collaboration with the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF)
Dive into a spooky screen concert where the quirky Addams Family springs to life with live orchestral music. Watch scenes unfold while strings, brass and percussion fill the air, mixing dark humour, creaking sounds and bold rhythms. Feel the shivers, laugh at oddball characters, and spot gothic costumes and dramatic gestures. The moving images and live score spark imagination, curiosity and playful chills for families who enjoy theatrical music and cinematic fun.
In English with French Subtitles. Kids ages 7 and up.
Presented by Festival du Soir, this Día de los Muertos celebration recreates a vibrant Mexican pueblo with sprawling sets and radiant cempasúchil displays. Live musicians, dance ensembles and visual artists share a programme of folkloric rhythms and contemporary Latin influences, while colourful costumes and immersive staging weave ritual and festivity. The atmosphere alternates between intimate altars and exuberant street-party energy, inviting a sensory journey through memory, mourning and joyful remembrance.
These post-show sessions offer a convivial, in-depth look at the creative process behind La Zone Nono. Led by the company’s artistic team, the discussion explores staging choices, puppetry techniques and the technical challenges specific to puppet theatre. Participants gain insight into directorial decisions and practical solutions used during rehearsals and performances, with an opportunity for questions and exchanges.
In French. Talk with the artistic team of La zone nono.
An evening in three parts showcasing emerging jazz and electro-acoustic projects. Louis Billette’s 6tet plays generous, jubilant and comforting modern jazz with a pronounced groove. Mohs, featuring Fanny Martin, blends acoustic instruments and electronic effects to shape powerful, luminous soundscapes. Arthur Hnatek, joined by Sophie Le Meillour, unfolds an audiovisual set that oscillates between electronic music, contemporary drumming, improvisation and club-like energy.
Oscar M. Damianaki’s Sacré Saoulé gathers a collective of performers to examine mourning, anger and exhaustion through a charged, intimate choreography. The piece moves between bitterness and tenderness, exploring a grief born of ongoing oppression that resists closure. Performers Tejus Menon and Davia Spain cocreate a physical language informed by discreet eroticism. Lighting by Tiki and costumes by Arsen Aeby shape a tense, tactile atmosphere. Co-produced by Emergentia.
Comedian and actor Justine Le Pottier recounts her life on stage in a wry, intimate solo show. She navigates the upheaval of moving to Paris, drama school trials, misfired auditions, and the early YouTube boom with candid humour and vivid anecdotes. Interwoven are personal stories about relationships, her dog and an unexpected encounter with a Formula One driver, creating a blend of confessional storytelling and sharp observational comedy.
In French.
Directed and performed by Vincent Babel and Alexandre Diakoff, À l’ombre de Calvin blends text, music and film to retrace key moments and hidden facets of John Calvin’s life. Bruno Miquel acts as narrator while Silvia Fabiani contributes evocative video, and a children’s choir prepared by Emmanuel Meliz joins the cathedral choir and instrumental ensemble under Florence Kraft’s direction. The staging balances historical reflection and poetic imagery to engage audiences of all ages.
In French.
Ara Malikian leads his ensemble in Intruso, a virtuosic programme where Bach and Mozart converse with jazz, flamenco, klezmer and Cuban rhythms. Malikian’s fiery violin anchors improvisatory exchanges alongside Iván “Melón” Lewis (piano), Dayan Abad (guitar), Iván Ruiz Machado (bass, double bass) and Pico Millán (drums). The arrangements blur classical precision and street-born spontaneity, shifting between intimate, lyrical passages and raucous, dance-infused eruptions to create a cinematic, emotionally charged sonic journey.
Explore spooky, playful adventures at Hallomania, a Halloween festival designed for families. Children will hunt for treats, solve mystery games, join guided night walks, take part in hands-on workshops, taste seasonal treats, and enjoy themed evenings. Activities combine storytelling, crafts, movement and sensory surprises to spark imagination and cooperative play. The programme encourages creativity, curiosity and shared discovery across a variety of family-friendly formats.
Picture This, led by singer-songwriter Ryan Hennessy, presents songs from their fourth album Parked Car Conversations. The band blends bright pop-rock with indie and folk-pop hues, pairing catchy guitars and anthemic choruses with Hennessy’s warm, expressive vocal delivery. Tracks such as “Song to Myself” and “Leftover Love” reveal a new emotional depth, balancing immediacy and introspection. Live arrangements favor melodic hooks and enveloping dynamics, creating an intimate yet celebratory atmosphere that invites attentive listening.
In English.
Coordinated by Stan Breynaert, this evening presents two PrePro projects by eMa students, revealing diverse musical worlds and personal artistic visions. Young artists stage intimate, exploratory performances shaped by individual approaches, while external experts offer attentive feedback that feeds the creative process. The program emphasizes experimentation, ensemble interplay and refined sonic textures, inviting listeners into fragile, evolving soundscapes and the formative moments of artists at the threshold of professional life.
Curated by cellist Ophélie Gaillard with coordination by Pauline Boulanger, Prayers gathers HEM teachers and students alongside pre-college pupils in a reflective chamber-music programme. As an homage to Pablo Casals, the programme juxtaposes lyrical cello lines with contemporary textures by Glass, Reich, Mellits and others, creating shifting atmospheres from intimate stillness to propulsive momentum. Collaboration with CMG, CPMDT and Studio Kodály foregrounds pedagogical exchange and a shared sense of ritual and resonance.
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.
Hou Hsiao-hsien’s hypnotic drama follows Vicky in early-2000s Taipei as she recalls a youth defined by nightclub nights, an unstable love affair and a pervasive sense of uncertainty about the future. With languid long takes and images bathed in light, the film transforms an intimate narrative into a meditation on memory, the passage of time and the struggle to find one’s place amid societal change. Sensory and elegiac, it privileges mood over plot.
Mandarin with French subtitles. Screening in collaboration with the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF)
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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.
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