Conductor Zofia Kiniorska leads the AMAA Symphony Orchestra through a programme balancing Italian lyricism and Romantic drama. Pianist Zijian Wei, Geneva Competition 2022 laureate, features in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.2, delivering poised virtuosity, while Andreas Bottaro brings lyrical intensity on violin in selected works. Excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake and Puccini’s symphonic prelude weave orchestral color with balletic textures, complemented by dancers from CPMDT — Emilie Meeus and Luca Scaduto — who add a visual, kinetic layer to the musical narrative.

Directed by Jacques Gay, this vocal celebration gathers soloists Fabrice Coccitto and Thibaut Trouche, pianist Raphaëlle Farman and the Comédie Lyrique choir to traverse a repertoire spanning musical theatre, French variété and jazz. Selections range from Aznavour and Voulzy to Queen, ABBA and Sinatra, reimagined with warm ensemble singing and intimate piano textures. The staging favors close harmonies, rhythmic verve and nostalgic timbres, inviting listeners into a convivial yet nuanced sound world.

Led by conductor Oleg Kaskiv with virtuoso violinist Roby Lakatos, this charity concert presented by Fondation Patiño traces a kaleidoscopic programme from Grieg and Sarasate to Saint-Saëns and Wieniawski, weaving classical forms with folk, klezmer and tango. Arrangements by Lakatos sit alongside Piazzolla’s melancholy tangos and virtuosic showpieces, while eclectic orchestral colours and agile solo lines conjure shifting atmospheres — from intimate lyricism to blazing virtuosity — inviting listeners into a vivid, cross-cultural soundworld.

Goran Bregović leads his Orchestra in a jubilant sonic celebration that blends Balkan folk, Roma brass, Bulgarian choirs and pop. Known for the Wedding and Funeral Band, Bregović draws on his rock roots with Bijelo Dugme and his acclaimed film scores for Emir Kusturica to create music that is powerful, ecstatic and deeply moving. The performance moves between ritual and dance, mixing raucous brass with lyrical textures to create warmth, humor and communal intensity.

HEMisphère, an ensemble of concert-performing professors and outstanding HEM students, presents an eclectic programme of chamber music spanning the centuries. Soloists include violinists Nurit Stark and Maximilian Haft, violist Hans Egidi and cellist David Pia, joined by HEM students. The programme ranges from Luis Naón’s Caprice to Claude Vivier’s Zipangu, Schubert’s Rondo in A major (D.438), György Kurtág’s Ligatura and Britten’s Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, alternating intimacy and luminous textures to reveal each work’s emotional world.