The Ensemble Les Illuminations continues its commitment to contemporary women composers with their concert Vera Vita Viva. Featuring a new work by Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber for five instruments, the piece weaves together baroque timbres and contemporary colors, sacred and profane, tracing a musical thread from Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre to Kaija Saariaho, Ethel Smyth, and Sofia Goubaïdoulina, where memory and invention engage in a continuous dialogue.
Léa Pohlhammer brings Orlando to life in a monologue adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s renowned novel. This performance weaves storytelling, music, and direct audience engagement to delve into themes of interpretative freedom, identity, and femininity. Featuring a minimalist set and lighting inspired by William Turner, it challenges social norms and explores our relationship with gender, employing quotes from the novel, humor, and personal anecdotes.
In French.
Written by Elisa Shua Dusapin and directed by Ludovic Chazaud, Le vieil incendie delicately explores the fragile bond between two sisters separated by time, silence, and absence. Fifteen years after their estrangement, they reunite in the family home destined for demolition, where childhood memories and buried wounds resurface. Blending words, gestures, and silence, this poetic and sensory play reveals what still connects us — to loved ones, to places, and to shared memory.
In French.
Trois mecs au bol is a surreal, offbeat creation by Lorin Kopp, Steven Matthews, and Mirko Verdesca, who also perform on stage. Blending absurd humour, music, and a touch of the grotesque, the show questions what it means to grow up in a world where absurdity has become the new normal. Written “à plat tôt” by three clowns unaware of their own kinship, it’s a three-voiced chant to tame their demons – and perhaps yours, the one that slowly creeps in and gnaws from the inside.
In French.
Les Inoubliables festival in Geneva shines a spotlight on women composers past and present, from classical to jazz, through an eclectic programme of concerts, screenings, masterclasses, cine-concerts, round tables, and workshops for all audiences. It also carries out long-term initiatives such as residencies, score publications, and outreach activities, helping preserve and promote this rich female musical heritage.
The Sinfonietta Bern Ensemble performs the iconic soundtracks from Hayao Miyazaki’s animated masterpieces, composed by Joe Hisaishi, including pieces from “Howl’s Moving Castle,” “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind,” “Spirited Away,” and “My Neighbor Totoro.” This show promises a captivating musical journey, filled with emotion and vibrant colors, perfect for a family outing.
“Meanders” is a performance by Justine Ruchat that offers a poetic and dreamlike journey through the world, depicted in seven scenes. Utilizing images, words, and an immersive set design, the piece invites a re-enchantment of our perception of life. Audiences, seen as partners in this endeavor, are led on a quest for wonder and reconnection with the essential, blending subtlety and emotion. Inspired by Italo Calvino, the production weaves together visual and sound elements to revive our primal senses, turning each immersion into an act of resistance against modern alienation.
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