Trumpeter Shems Bendali, based in Suisse romande, blends jazz with Algerian musical traditions to craft narrative, deeply sensitive music. Leading his quintet, he shapes a personal language where memory and imagination converge. His latest album, Casbah Qassioun, unfolds a science-fiction universe between the Maghreb and the Middle East, inspired by a futuristic comic-book aesthetic and serving as the backdrop for intimate, contemplative compositions.
On a triple bill by the Ballet Junior de Genève, three new works unfold: Yuval Pick’s Revoada, Émilie Leriche’s sad game and Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar’s Untitled Black. The company moves with collective intensity, shifting between taut physicality and lyrical surges. Pick teases singularity through vibrant movement, Leriche propels the dancers into precise, breathless lyricism, and Eyal/Behar impose a hypnotic, technically demanding finale. The evening is charged, communal and viscerally alive.
Since its first edition in 1992, this free popular festival celebrates music and encourages everyone to make and enjoy it. It showcases the musical diversity of the greater Geneva area through performances by professional and amateur artists, schools and cultural institutions, plus community projects and co-productions. The program brings neighbours together across stages and styles, offering a friendly space for shared listening, participation and discovery.
Directed by Françoise Courvoisier, Les Glycines is a new creation by the TAC ensemble that examines the theme of madness through comic and reflective lenses. Performers including Nicole Aubert, Loulou Morisod, Catherine Vaucher, Zamila Yunus, Patrice von Büren, Claude Morex and Daniel Mouchet use improvised confidences to weave reality and fantasy. The staging blends intimacy and humour, shaping a tailored theatrical work for this company. Produced by Les Amis – Le Chariot.
In French.
Planète Rouge returns with an immersive celebration of music, bringing together live performances, DJ sets, and its signature Face2Face sessions across two of Geneva’s most iconic cultural venues. From afternoon concerts in an open-air setting to an energetic late-night afterparty, the event offers more than fifteen hours of continuous music and collective experience. Blending emerging talents and established artists, Planète Rouge creates a vibrant atmosphere where discovery, connection, and dance take centre stage, transforming the city into a dynamic meeting point for music lovers and celebrating the unifying spirit of contemporary live culture.
Ghost*choir stages a hybrid live set where immersive video projections merge with live music. The project brings together Chaos Clay and Son Archipel Sonore in a ritual-like closing of the exhibition curated by Ghalas Charara and Rita Elhajj. The performance blurs genres — from house rhythms to filmic fragments and spoken-text samples — forming a living archive of recordings, images and sampled materials. The atmosphere alternates between hypnotic groove and cinematic dissonance, inviting collective listening and reflection.
Frank Zappa’s opera “200 Motels” is showing in Switzerland for the first time. This dynamic musical-theatrical piece is brought to life by director Daniel Kramer and conductor Titus Engel, featuring an impressive and diverse cast, including Robin Adams, Brenda Rae, and legendary guitarist Mike Keneally. Known for his iconic rock career, Zappa presents an experimental and psychedelic work that blends opera, rock, and contemporary classical music. “200 Motels” offers a chaotic and extravagant journey across the United States, mirroring the wild lives of Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.
In English with French subtitles.
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