Experience an unforgettable evening of improvised piano performances at Victoria Hall, featuring Geneva’s top jazz pianists. Talents like Moncef Genoud, Michel Bastet, Pascal Chenu, Jean-Yves Poupin, Evaristo Perez, Florian Kunzi, Olivier and Yoko Grimm, François-Xavier Poizat, and Pierre Vincent will take the stage, offering a captivating showcase of their musical mastery.
What if Fauré’s Requiem could inspire brand new stories? Drawing from musical excerpts, the audience shares their impressions, which are then transformed into improvisational narratives by La Fusée Company. This offers a unique way to reconnect with classical music through collective emotion and imagination.
In French.
The Festival International de Guitare de Versoix celebrates its 16th edition with a rich and diverse program across the Salle Adrien-Lachenal and Les Caves. From the meditative flamenco of Samuel Rouesnel “Sangitananda” to the virtuosity of the Concordis Guitar Quartet and the poetic explorations of Zoran Dukić, the festival showcases the guitar in all its forms. The event concludes with the Versoix Chamber Orchestra, blending contemporary creations and timeless classics for a vibrant finale.
Actor Samuel Labarthe turns Nicolas Bouvier’s fever-drenched memoir The Scorpion-Fish into a hypnotic, miniaturist tour de force: marooned in 1950s Ceylon after a headlong road trip from Geneva through the Balkans and Afghanistan, the once-ebullient traveller spirals into tropical delirium, trading human company for buzzing insects, mirage-bright visions and mordant humour that flits between the sublime and the grotesque. Under Catherine Schaub’s finely gauged direction, Labarthe channels both the lush lyricism and the slow-burn torment of this “motionless voyage,” distilling Bouvier’s languid prose into a tactile, rejuvenating elixir that lets the audience feel every bead of sweat, jolt of wonder and sting of isolation.
In French. Ages 12 and up.
Jean-Luc Hervé presents “Sombre / Topos – Musical Salon with a Population of Sound Animals” in collaboration with Utopiana and the University of Geneva. This innovative project features sound broadcasts, performances, and a seminar. Hervé explores the interplay between music and the environment by positioning sound sources throughout a house, crafting a natural polyphony that mimics animal populations. The performances, woven into this soundscape, gradually evolve and separate, forming an independent “sound population” that remains even after the performers have exited.
Join the Semi-Final of the Concours de Genève – Viola Competition, featuring a solo recital and chamber music performance at the Geneva Conservatoire. Under the leadership of Tabea Zimmermann, the semi-finalists present a free-choice program along with works by Mozart and Berio, accompanied by guest artists.
Established in 1939, the Concours de Genève aims to discover and support young talents for an international career. The final will be held at Victoria Hall with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, followed by the prize ceremony.
For the second year, Le Lyrique restaurant hosts a full day of concerts dedicated to Schumann’s chamber music. The event highlights the harmonic and poetic richness of his compositions through works for clarinet, horn, voice, and strings, blending well-known pieces with rare, fantastical selections. Performances feature pieces like “Fantasiestücke,” “Frauenliebe und Leben,” and string quartets, brought to life by talented musicians under the artistic direction of Raphaël Merlin.
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