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
Nina Azoulai delivers a funny, liberating solo show that explores the paths others plan for us and the routes we finally take. With sharp observational humour and candid storytelling, she revisits a life shaped by expectations — a steady job, a reliable partner, children — and the awkward, tender moments that followed when she chose differently. The piece blends intimate confession, precise comic timing and warm audience rapport to examine identity, family and reinvention.
In French.
Mariés au premier ringard is a sharp, character-driven theatrical comedy that dissects the absurdities of modern relationships with warmth and irony. The staging favors close ensemble interaction, a lean scenography and precise lighting that underline shifting loyalties and comic misunderstandings. Moments of tenderness puncture the satire, inviting reflection on intimacy, identity and the small rituals of coupling. It balances humour and poignancy to produce a lively theatrical pulse.
In French.
Miró and Mirror Music is an original multidisciplinary concert-performance inspired by the Catalan painter Joan Miró. His imagery is set in dialogue with composers of his time and reworked through Sophie Le Meillour’s live visual mapping. Juliette Rahon signs the staging and choreography, while a chamber ensemble—Mariana Flores (voice), Meglena Tzaneva and Chiara Nava Mambretti (pianos), George Vassilev and Miguel Ferreira (guitars)—performs repertoire by Ravel, Mompou, Albéniz, de Falla, Granados, García Lorca and Obradors. Narration by Eva Kouvandjieva. Produced in collaboration with Dialogues entre les Arts.
Conductor Ferran Gili-Millera leads the municipal wind ensemble through a vivid, eclectic programme that spans cinematic themes, jazz classics and contemporary wind repertoire. The concert juxtaposes works by Thierry Deleruyelle, Marcel Peeters and Jacob de Haan with beloved film melodies from Joe Hisaishi, John Williams and Hans Zimmer, plus jazz arrangements evoking Duke Ellington. The band’s precise dynamics and warm, sustained sonorities shape an emotional arc from playful lyricism to sweeping heroic fanfares, placing the orchestral wind palette at the centre.
Led by the trio La Nouvelle Saison, this intimate apéro-concert blends English pop-folk ballads with songs in French and Italian. Stéphanie Palazzo’s luminous voice and piano intertwine with Alex Lodo’s guitar and Giacomo Grandi’s cello, creating warm, travel-tinged textures. The performance favors close listening and gentle dynamics, moving from delicate simplicity to rich, resonant swells. Its atmosphere is convivial and reflective, inviting shared moments and subtle emotional shifts.
Bold and poetic, “Insuline” is a powerful denouncement of virilist and heteronormative excesses. Combining the sharp words of Lou Lepori, the music of Marc Berman, and the performance of Cédric Leproust, this fiery recital challenges conventions and unspoken norms. This queer show, driven by tumultuous and subversive expression, celebrates a body that rejects imposed normality.
In French.
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