Formerly known as the Salle Patiño, La Cité Bleue is a concert hall located in an octagonal 1960s building within the Cité Universitaire in Champel. Recently renovated, it features high-tech acoustics and has a seating capacity of 300. The venue aims to promote performances that bring together leading artists from music, theater, dance, visual arts, and circus arts.
Created and directed by Fabrice Murgia, Seasons is a hybrid theatrical work that blends theatre, cinema and live music. On stage three voices—Mariana, Arezki and TK—trace separate lives that intersect to form an intense human mosaic. The piece moves between realist and dreamlike registers, pairing cinematic projections with an eclectic soundtrack from Purcell and Händel to The Beatles, ABBA, tango and Motown. Its sensitive staging and powerful finale probe intimacy, belonging and our inner seasons.
In French.
Led by dancer couples Claire Rüfenacht and Pedro Ratto, and Marthe Krummenacher and Adrian Ciancio, these introductory evenings guide participants from stage to floor through posture, walking, connection and initial sequences. The sessions are welcoming and accessible to all levels, focusing on practical techniques, partner communication and musical phrasing. Participants will practice foundational steps and simple combinations to build confidence and group connection.
In French.
Astor Piazzolla’s opérita María de Buenos Aires, with libretto by Horacio Ferrer, fuses opera, theatre and tango in a hallucinatory, fragmented dramaturgy that blurs dream and reality. Staged by Amélie Parias and musically led by William Sabatier (bandonéon), the production features Sol García (María), Diego Valentín Flores (Gorrion), Sebastián Ross (Duende), Quatuor Terpsycordes and a string ensemble (Girolamo Bottiglieri, Raya Raytcheva, Caroline Cohen-Adad, Florestan Darbellay). A poetic, sensual retelling of birth, fall and mythic rebirth, presented in coproduction with Negracha Productions and Nouvel Opéra de Fribourg.
Bertrand Lévy, Nicolas Ducimetière and conductor Leonardo García‑Alarcón lead a day of reflections on Jorge Luis Borges’s literary universe. Through short presentations and a roundtable, speakers examine Borges’s ties to Geneva, his relationship to books and his place within the Martin Bodmer collection, and the role of music in his imagination. The event closes with a screening of the documentary ‘Jorge Luis Borges au Collège de France’ (1983).
In French.
Directed by Leonardo García‑Alarcón, this program spotlights the Renaissance master Jacques Arcadelt through exquisitely blended vocal textures. Cappella Mediterranea and the Chœur de Chambre de Namur explore madrigals and sacred pieces, combining franco‑flemish counterpoint and refined vocal lines to reveal the music’s emotional clarity. An introduction by Leonardo García‑Alarcón with Jean‑Marie Marchal and Jorge Morales contextualises the repertoire; a book signing with the author follows.
Created by the Radu Lupu Foundation, the third edition of the Prix Radu Lupu celebrates young talents whose artistic intensity and musical sensitivity echo the spirit of the Romanian pianist. The prize has already spotlighted remarkable performers, including pianist Vsevolod Zavidov (2024) and cellist Maxime Grizard (2025). The laureate presents an intimate recital that balances virtuosic command, expressive depth and poetic nuance in tribute to Radu Lupu’s demanding artistry.
Culture, curated weekly.
Event removed from your CoolAgenda.
Your password has been reset successfully. You can now log in with your new password.
We’ve sent you a password reset email to the address provided. Please check your inbox and/or spam folder.
Please check your inbox for a verification email to complete your sign-up.
