Power struggles take center stage in this political and human narrative, offering a sharp reflection on legitimacy, chaos, and the quest for identity. The production incorporates a modular set design with models, puppetry, and contemporary projections to craft an epic theater experience that blends comedy and tragedy, rooted in past and present crises.
In French.
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.
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.
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.
Performed by Françoise Courvoisier (voice), pianist and composer Moncef Genoud, and saxophonist Valentin Conus, this project sets Henri Michaux’s poems against a sensual jazz soundscape. Genoud’s original compositions and borrowed motifs intertwine with Courvoisier’s vocal phrasing and Conus’s supple saxophone, leaving space for improvisation. The piece explores memory, fragility and shifting ground through fragmented text and elastic musical lines, creating an intimate, dreamlike atmosphere where language and music open doors to the imagination.
In French.
Performed by Camélia Acef and Youri Rebeko, La tête ailleurs is a light, comic musical about Norah, who can’t help hearing songs in her head whenever she tries to concentrate. The piece slides between Broadway-classic, funk, pop and tango, treating the intrusive melodies as a playful yet unsettling manifestation of the unconscious. The staging balances energetic numbers and intimate moments, probing memory and identity. The show was nominated at the 2025 Trophées de la Comédie Musicale (Best Book; Revelation Masculine for Youri Rebeko).
In French.
Molière’s Tartuffe tells the story of a slick con-man who hides behind ostentatious piety to worm his way into the wealthy Orgon household. Orgon, dazzled by Tartuffe’s sanctimonious rhetoric, defends him even as the impostor’s hypocrisy poisons family bonds and pushes the household toward ruin.
Director Jean Liermier underscores how, in Molière’s work, the female characters serve as the moral compass and spark of resistance, a beacon of hope against oppression. Staged on a stark, minimalist set that exposes the family’s rigid tensions—and featuring Gilles Privat as an unbending Orgon—this production highlights the play’s continuing resonance in a world beset by egotism, fanaticism, and conspiracy thinking. The central question remains timeless: will society keep falling for Tartuffe’s brand of seductive deceit?
In French. Ages 12 and up.
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