La Bâtie celebrates its 50th edition with three weeks of dance, music, circus and theatre that bring our diverse community together. Open to everyone, the festival invites neighbours, artists and newcomers to share performances, conversations and communal experiences that strengthen local ties. This edition is shaped by new artistic director Stéphane Malfettes, with graphic collaboration from studio Pique-nique. Full programming will be announced later; updates are available on the festival website.
Joube (Romain Joubert) stages an electro, dance‑driven performance that converts his bicycle into a musical instrument. The live set blends field recordings gathered on the road, intimate testimonies and improvised electronic beats to build a roaming dancefloor experience. Minimalist textures, pulsing rhythms and playful sonic bricolage invite physical movement and collective listening, shifting between introspective passages and euphoric bursts. The project balances technological curiosity with human stories, creating a cinematic, mobile club atmosphere.
Piano Festival Geneva 2026 brings together acclaimed pianists and emerging talents for a celebration of the piano’s rich repertoire, from classical masterpieces to contemporary works. Held at Geneva’s iconic venues, the festival features solo recitals, concertos, and special performances in an intimate and inspiring musical
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.
Geneva Art Week is a vibrant celebration of contemporary art that brings together galleries, museums, foundations, independent spaces, and artists through an inspiring program of exhibitions, performances, studio visits, talks, screenings, and immersive experiences. Designed as a citywide journey through creativity, the event transforms Geneva into an open platform for artistic discovery, encouraging dialogue between the public and the local and international art scenes in a dynamic, festive, and accessible atmosphere.
Apéropéra presents a short, convivial artistic proposition that reimagines operatic fragments in an informal apéritif setting. Each episode offers a distilled encounter between singers, instrumentalists and visual contributors, favouring intimate staging, inventive arrangements and moments of improvisation. The format privileges immediacy and exchange, inviting nuanced listening and playful dramaturgy. Performances alternate between lyrical excerpts and contemporary reinterpretations, offering a sensory, accessible approach to opera’s emotional and theatrical textures.
Program:
– The Tempest (Société de lecture) – Thursday 17 September, 18:30
– Company (Théâtre Les Salons) – Wednesday 30 September, 18:30
– The Marriage of Figaro (Maison Rousseau et Littérature) – Thursday 3 December, 18:30
– Theodora (Bâtiment des Forces Motrices) – Thursday 14 January, 18:30
– Journey to Reims (Musée d’Art et d’Histoire) – Thursday 28 January, 18:30
– The Girl of the Golden West (Musée d’Ethnographie de Genève) – Thursday 25 February, 18:30
– Only the Sound Remains (Les 6 Toits) – Thursday 29 April, 18:30
– The Threepenny Opera (Ecole de Musiques Actuelles) – Thursday 27 May, 18:30
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