4 – 6 September

Festival de la Bâtie – Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp

Booking Required

Geneva’s Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp offers a nomadic musical odyssey that blends fervent rhythms, sonic experimentation and a spirit of freedom. For nearly twenty years the collective has shaped a distinctive sound: layered voices, interweaving textures and songs that confront the present without succumbing to despair. Carried by an impressive constellation of brass, strings, percussion, marimbas and guitars, more than fifteen musicians create generous, mobile and intensely alive music that moves between communal celebration and joyful escape.

Friday 4 September, 22:00: La Parfumerie
Saturday 5 September, 22:00: Scène Caecilia
Sunday 6 September,22:00: cave12

Additional free performances:

Friday 4 September 18:00: Parc du Château Voltaire
Saturday 5 September 15:00: Parc Battelle – Maison de Quartier des Grands-Hutins
Saturday 5 September 18:00: Esplanade du Lignon
Sunday 6 September 13:00: Promenade Rivoire

Genève,
Switzerland

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Sunday 6 September, 15:00

Back-to-school milonga

Performances

La julienne

Led by dancers Marianne and Mauricio, this milonga celebrates the social art of Argentine tango. Intimate embraces and rhythmic footwork alternate with playful turns and lingering, lyrical moments. The simple setting frames bodies and breath, inviting both dancers and onlookers into a warm, communal atmosphere. Sound and silence shape the pacing, while phrasing and subtle gestures reveal personal stories. The evening foregrounds connection and musical conversation, offering a sensory encounter with tradition and improvisation.

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Sunday 6 September, 19:00

Rivages de l’Amour — Vocal Recital

Performances

Temple de Saint-Gervais

Swiss mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti and American pianist Todd Camburn form a close musical partnership, presenting a programme that juxtaposes Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder with Chausson’s Poème de l’amour et de la mer. The recital also includes Duparc’s intimate mélodies, Poulenc’s nuanced songs and a brief solo piano Improvisation, plus chansons by Jacques Brel and Léo Ferré in an arrangement by Guy‑François Leuenberger commissioned for the occasion. Gregory Rauber provides a contextual introduction. The evening unfolds with oceanic textures, luminous phrasing and intense lyric intimacy.

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3 – 6 September

Festival de la Bâtie – Au Grand Passage

Performances

Théâtre du Grütli

Directed by Aurélia Lüscher, Au Grand Passage stages a tender and questioning dialogue with her paternal grandmother and the spectral traces that linger among the living. Combining documentary inquiry and poetic dramaturgy, Lüscher conjures the voices of those who engage with the beyond amid a wax and mist décor that blurs visible and invisible. Drawing on readings like Magali Molinié and Vinciane Despret, the piece explores what cannot be resolved, using theatre’s spectral dimension to imagine passage between forms.

In French.

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Sunday 6 September, 18:00

Lucy Thomas — Piano & Voice

Performances

Victoria Hall

British vocalist Lucy Thomas joins pianist James Breckon in an intimate piano-and-voice recital that bridges classical crossover, pop and musical theatre. Thomas’s soaring timbre and theatrical phrasing reinterpret film themes and Broadway melodies alongside original songs, while Breckon’s sensitive accompaniment ranges from delicate pianissimos to rich, organ-tinged textures. The programme favors emotional clarity and lyrical storytelling; sparse lighting and nuanced pacing heighten moments of hush and catharsis, drawing listeners into a vividly cinematic soundworld.

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3 – 6 September

Festival de la Bâtie – Vous avez les mêmes en 38 ?

Performances

Le Poche

Performed and directed by Eve Aouizerate, this incisive solo creation blends autofiction and faux stand-up to turn fairy-tale promises into a sharp satire. Using humour and precise stagecraft, Aouizerate interrogates reactionary online imaginaries and the contemporary allure of tradwives, exposing tensions between domestic idealisation and feminist inheritance. The piece mixes intimate confession, comic timing and critical observation to probe identity, boredom and the pressures shaping women’s lives.

In French.

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27 August – 18 October

Scène Vagabonde Festival 2026

Performances

Théâtre Cæcilia

Scène Vagabonde’s seventh edition brings a compact program of contemporary theatre and music, presenting three contrasting stage works — “Par le bout du nez”, “Quadrille” and “Prima facie” — alongside a concert by Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp as part of La Bâtie-Festival de Genève. Across intimate stagings the festival favors inventive direction, close ensemble interplay and a balance of wit and intensity, offering encounters that privilege physical presence, tonal variety and rigorous dramaturgy.

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