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Thursday 5 March, 20:00

Led by Salvatore Vinci and an ensemble of multi-instrumentalists, this programme presents traditional music from Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia. Musicians — Salvatore Vinci (zampogna), Domenico Morello (voice, zampogne, organetto, tamburello, flutes), Vincenzo Di Sanzo (zampogna), Sebastiano Battaglia (zampogna, organetto, tamburello), Luca Schirru (launeddas), Nicola Scaldaferri (ciamarella) — weave intimate polyphonic breaths, rustic timbres and driving rhythms. Rooted in field research, the performance moves between ritual songs, lively dances and the tarantella’s irresistible momentum, offering vivid, earthy textures and communal intensity.

Thursday 5 March, 20:00

Collision(s) is a poetic and introspective theatre piece born from the encounter between playwright Catherine Tinivella-Aeschimann and particle physicist Yasmine Amhis (CNRS/CERN). Through a fragmented narrative combining intimate storytelling, to-do lists, scientific inventories and personal reflections, the play follows a young physicist struggling to balance a demanding scientific career with motherhood, while subtly addressing gender equality in STEM fields. This CERN and Château Rouge co-production gently reminds us that behind every scientific breakthrough lies a deeply human story—one that theatre is uniquely equipped to tell.

In French.

4 & 5 March

The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, joined by pianist Khatia Buniatishvili and conducted by Jonathan Nott, will perform Debussy’s “Images pour orchestre,” followed by Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2. Initially met with criticism, Debussy’s “Images” are now celebrated as a pinnacle of early 20th-century French music. Similarly, Brahms’ Concerto No. 2, once criticized, has won the favor of audiences worldwide.

3 – 15 March

Morpho is the first photographic exhibition by Lamine Jammeh (Lemz.O) that honors dancers who assert their identities beyond appearance. Through staged portraits and a sensitive visual language, Jammeh explores themes of identity, embodiment and performative selfhood. The series celebrates diversity, courage and the expressive power of movement, presenting intimate, high-contrast images that foreground presence and gesture. Scenography by Lola Delbec and portraits include Sofiane Chalal, Missy NRC, Samantha Panda Laley, Maela Bouguila and Nicolas Meyapan.

3 – 15 March

Revived by director Ninon Fachard after the original staging by Véronique Ros de la Grange, this solo piece stars Jacques Michel with Caroline Gasser as the prompter. Lighting by Rinaldo Del Boca and music by Alain Lamarche carve intimate, shadowed spaces around a red sequined curtain. Makeup by Natalia Lepianka and costumes by Emilie Revel shape the fading glamour of a music‑hall star who soliloquises, recalls past glory and loss, and sings in playback—an inward plunge toward memory and survival.

In French.

4 – 6 March, 19:30

At La Cité Bleue, Bach and the Bible is a powerful and intimate performance by director Omar Porras and pianist Cédric Pescia. The show weaves together sacred biblical texts and Bach’s keyboard music, exploring the deep spiritual dialogue between word and sound. Porras voices the Gospels, Psalms, and prophecies, while Pescia delivers a luminous, heartfelt interpretation of Bach’s meditations.

Neither a recital nor a theatrical reading, the performance invites audiences—believers or not—to rediscover the universal spiritual depth of Bach’s music rooted in the Bible, creating a moving journey of meaning, beauty, and silence.

Thursday 5 March, 20:00

Led by Salvatore Vinci and an ensemble of multi-instrumentalists, this programme presents traditional music from Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia. Musicians — Salvatore Vinci (zampogna), Domenico Morello (voice, zampogne, organetto, tamburello, flutes), Vincenzo Di Sanzo (zampogna), Sebastiano Battaglia (zampogna, organetto, tamburello), Luca Schirru (launeddas), Nicola Scaldaferri (ciamarella) — weave intimate polyphonic breaths, rustic timbres and driving rhythms. Rooted in field research, the performance moves between ritual songs, lively dances and the tarantella’s irresistible momentum, offering vivid, earthy textures and communal intensity.

Thursday 5 March, 20:00

Collision(s) is a poetic and introspective theatre piece born from the encounter between playwright Catherine Tinivella-Aeschimann and particle physicist Yasmine Amhis (CNRS/CERN). Through a fragmented narrative combining intimate storytelling, to-do lists, scientific inventories and personal reflections, the play follows a young physicist struggling to balance a demanding scientific career with motherhood, while subtly addressing gender equality in STEM fields. This CERN and Château Rouge co-production gently reminds us that behind every scientific breakthrough lies a deeply human story—one that theatre is uniquely equipped to tell.

In French.

4 & 5 March

The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, joined by pianist Khatia Buniatishvili and conducted by Jonathan Nott, will perform Debussy’s “Images pour orchestre,” followed by Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2. Initially met with criticism, Debussy’s “Images” are now celebrated as a pinnacle of early 20th-century French music. Similarly, Brahms’ Concerto No. 2, once criticized, has won the favor of audiences worldwide.

3 – 15 March

Morpho is the first photographic exhibition by Lamine Jammeh (Lemz.O) that honors dancers who assert their identities beyond appearance. Through staged portraits and a sensitive visual language, Jammeh explores themes of identity, embodiment and performative selfhood. The series celebrates diversity, courage and the expressive power of movement, presenting intimate, high-contrast images that foreground presence and gesture. Scenography by Lola Delbec and portraits include Sofiane Chalal, Missy NRC, Samantha Panda Laley, Maela Bouguila and Nicolas Meyapan.

3 – 15 March

Revived by director Ninon Fachard after the original staging by Véronique Ros de la Grange, this solo piece stars Jacques Michel with Caroline Gasser as the prompter. Lighting by Rinaldo Del Boca and music by Alain Lamarche carve intimate, shadowed spaces around a red sequined curtain. Makeup by Natalia Lepianka and costumes by Emilie Revel shape the fading glamour of a music‑hall star who soliloquises, recalls past glory and loss, and sings in playback—an inward plunge toward memory and survival.

In French.

4 – 6 March, 19:30

At La Cité Bleue, Bach and the Bible is a powerful and intimate performance by director Omar Porras and pianist Cédric Pescia. The show weaves together sacred biblical texts and Bach’s keyboard music, exploring the deep spiritual dialogue between word and sound. Porras voices the Gospels, Psalms, and prophecies, while Pescia delivers a luminous, heartfelt interpretation of Bach’s meditations.

Neither a recital nor a theatrical reading, the performance invites audiences—believers or not—to rediscover the universal spiritual depth of Bach’s music rooted in the Bible, creating a moving journey of meaning, beauty, and silence.

Thursday 5 March, 20:00

Led by Salvatore Vinci and an ensemble of multi-instrumentalists, this programme presents traditional music from Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia. Musicians — Salvatore Vinci (zampogna), Domenico Morello (voice, zampogne, organetto, tamburello, flutes), Vincenzo Di Sanzo (zampogna), Sebastiano Battaglia (zampogna, organetto, tamburello), Luca Schirru (launeddas), Nicola Scaldaferri (ciamarella) — weave intimate polyphonic breaths, rustic timbres and driving rhythms. Rooted in field research, the performance moves between ritual songs, lively dances and the tarantella’s irresistible momentum, offering vivid, earthy textures and communal intensity.

Thursday 5 March, 20:00

Collision(s) is a poetic and introspective theatre piece born from the encounter between playwright Catherine Tinivella-Aeschimann and particle physicist Yasmine Amhis (CNRS/CERN). Through a fragmented narrative combining intimate storytelling, to-do lists, scientific inventories and personal reflections, the play follows a young physicist struggling to balance a demanding scientific career with motherhood, while subtly addressing gender equality in STEM fields. This CERN and Château Rouge co-production gently reminds us that behind every scientific breakthrough lies a deeply human story—one that theatre is uniquely equipped to tell.

In French.

4 & 5 March

The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, joined by pianist Khatia Buniatishvili and conducted by Jonathan Nott, will perform Debussy’s “Images pour orchestre,” followed by Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2. Initially met with criticism, Debussy’s “Images” are now celebrated as a pinnacle of early 20th-century French music. Similarly, Brahms’ Concerto No. 2, once criticized, has won the favor of audiences worldwide.

3 – 15 March

Morpho is the first photographic exhibition by Lamine Jammeh (Lemz.O) that honors dancers who assert their identities beyond appearance. Through staged portraits and a sensitive visual language, Jammeh explores themes of identity, embodiment and performative selfhood. The series celebrates diversity, courage and the expressive power of movement, presenting intimate, high-contrast images that foreground presence and gesture. Scenography by Lola Delbec and portraits include Sofiane Chalal, Missy NRC, Samantha Panda Laley, Maela Bouguila and Nicolas Meyapan.

3 – 15 March

Revived by director Ninon Fachard after the original staging by Véronique Ros de la Grange, this solo piece stars Jacques Michel with Caroline Gasser as the prompter. Lighting by Rinaldo Del Boca and music by Alain Lamarche carve intimate, shadowed spaces around a red sequined curtain. Makeup by Natalia Lepianka and costumes by Emilie Revel shape the fading glamour of a music‑hall star who soliloquises, recalls past glory and loss, and sings in playback—an inward plunge toward memory and survival.

In French.

4 – 6 March, 19:30

At La Cité Bleue, Bach and the Bible is a powerful and intimate performance by director Omar Porras and pianist Cédric Pescia. The show weaves together sacred biblical texts and Bach’s keyboard music, exploring the deep spiritual dialogue between word and sound. Porras voices the Gospels, Psalms, and prophecies, while Pescia delivers a luminous, heartfelt interpretation of Bach’s meditations.

Neither a recital nor a theatrical reading, the performance invites audiences—believers or not—to rediscover the universal spiritual depth of Bach’s music rooted in the Bible, creating a moving journey of meaning, beauty, and silence.

5 – 13 March

Festa Mediterranea gathers musicians, dancers and tradition-bearers from Southern Italy in a celebration of communal ritual and seasonal renewal. Rooted in popular cultures, the program threads fervor, humour and virtuosic technique through concerts, a communal bal and dance workshops. Textures of voice, percussion and folk stringed instruments conjure pastoral landscapes, proposing an ecology of sound where heritage is continuously reinvented. The experience is both exuberant and intimate, inviting shared movement and attentive listening.

Saturday 7 March, 11:00

Gather for a lively storytime filled with playful tales, rhythmic readings and interactive moments that spark imagination. Children will listen to colourful characters, practise listening skills, and respond with movement and simple actions. Sessions encourage curiosity, language development and shared laughter through short stories and songs. Activities are gentle and sensory, inviting little ones to explore sounds, rhythm and expression.

In English. Kids ages 2–8.

Saturday 7 March, 20:00

Led by conductor Jean-Paul Odiau, a 50‑musician cross‑border orchestra pays a large-scale tribute to Miles Davis on the centenary of his birth. Trumpeter Médéric Collignon and his quartet bring an explosive, free-spirited energy, blending composed arrangements with improvisation. The performance moves between transmission and celebration, exploring the textures and moods of Davis’s repertoire with orchestral power and jazz freedom. Presented by the Service de la culture et de la communication — Ville de Vernier in partnership with JazzContreBand, Château Rouge and Vernier Culture.

Friday 6 March, 23:59

Partiboi69 channels electro‑dank, ghetto‑freak and K‑Tech into a brutal club futurism, creating a hyperstimulated portal of sound and imagery. Marie Montexier sculpts time with vinyl, blending rave classics, modern club intensity and experimental rhythms into continuous, vinyl‑driven journeys. Additional rooms host festive, eclectic DJ sets and a raw, spicy Baile Funk takeover, while others explore the intersections of techno and bass, offering a high‑energy, immersive night for adventurous dance floors.

Saturday 7 March, 11:00

On the occasion of the release of his monograph La voix de la pierre (Éditions Slatkine, 2026), Jo Fontaine is featured in a dual exhibition presented by Galerie Marianne Brand and Galerie LIGNE treize in Carouge. The show presents a selection of his sculptures that bear witness to half a century of artistic research and commitment, where stone reveals its millennia-old memory through refined and symbolic forms.

The vernissage will be held on Saturday, March 7, 11:00, at the Théâtre de Carouge, with the official book presentation followed by an aperitif.

Saturday 7 March, 18:30

Shaped by Soraya’s mobile-phone recordings, this intimate documentary follows a sixteen-year-old Afghan artist over five years as she attempts to flee Iran to join her mother in Austria. Blending handheld video, animation, drawings and sculpture, the film maps a journey of escape, song and improvised dance. It examines courage, gendered violence and the creative impulse as survival, rendered in raw textures and lyrical fragments. The result is a porous, sensory portrait of resistance and artistic self-creation.

In Persian/Dari/Turkish (original version), with French subtitles.

Screening followed by a discussion with filmmakers Mehrdad Oskouei & Soraya Akhlaghi.

Thursday 5 March, 20:00

Led by Salvatore Vinci and an ensemble of multi-instrumentalists, this programme presents traditional music from Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia. Musicians — Salvatore Vinci (zampogna), Domenico Morello (voice, zampogne, organetto, tamburello, flutes), Vincenzo Di Sanzo (zampogna), Sebastiano Battaglia (zampogna, organetto, tamburello), Luca Schirru (launeddas), Nicola Scaldaferri (ciamarella) — weave intimate polyphonic breaths, rustic timbres and driving rhythms. Rooted in field research, the performance moves between ritual songs, lively dances and the tarantella’s irresistible momentum, offering vivid, earthy textures and communal intensity.

Thursday 5 March, 20:00

Collision(s) is a poetic and introspective theatre piece born from the encounter between playwright Catherine Tinivella-Aeschimann and particle physicist Yasmine Amhis (CNRS/CERN). Through a fragmented narrative combining intimate storytelling, to-do lists, scientific inventories and personal reflections, the play follows a young physicist struggling to balance a demanding scientific career with motherhood, while subtly addressing gender equality in STEM fields. This CERN and Château Rouge co-production gently reminds us that behind every scientific breakthrough lies a deeply human story—one that theatre is uniquely equipped to tell.

In French.

4 & 5 March

The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, joined by pianist Khatia Buniatishvili and conducted by Jonathan Nott, will perform Debussy’s “Images pour orchestre,” followed by Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2. Initially met with criticism, Debussy’s “Images” are now celebrated as a pinnacle of early 20th-century French music. Similarly, Brahms’ Concerto No. 2, once criticized, has won the favor of audiences worldwide.

3 – 15 March

Morpho is the first photographic exhibition by Lamine Jammeh (Lemz.O) that honors dancers who assert their identities beyond appearance. Through staged portraits and a sensitive visual language, Jammeh explores themes of identity, embodiment and performative selfhood. The series celebrates diversity, courage and the expressive power of movement, presenting intimate, high-contrast images that foreground presence and gesture. Scenography by Lola Delbec and portraits include Sofiane Chalal, Missy NRC, Samantha Panda Laley, Maela Bouguila and Nicolas Meyapan.

3 – 15 March

Revived by director Ninon Fachard after the original staging by Véronique Ros de la Grange, this solo piece stars Jacques Michel with Caroline Gasser as the prompter. Lighting by Rinaldo Del Boca and music by Alain Lamarche carve intimate, shadowed spaces around a red sequined curtain. Makeup by Natalia Lepianka and costumes by Emilie Revel shape the fading glamour of a music‑hall star who soliloquises, recalls past glory and loss, and sings in playback—an inward plunge toward memory and survival.

In French.

4 – 6 March, 19:30

At La Cité Bleue, Bach and the Bible is a powerful and intimate performance by director Omar Porras and pianist Cédric Pescia. The show weaves together sacred biblical texts and Bach’s keyboard music, exploring the deep spiritual dialogue between word and sound. Porras voices the Gospels, Psalms, and prophecies, while Pescia delivers a luminous, heartfelt interpretation of Bach’s meditations.

Neither a recital nor a theatrical reading, the performance invites audiences—believers or not—to rediscover the universal spiritual depth of Bach’s music rooted in the Bible, creating a moving journey of meaning, beauty, and silence.

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Human rights lawyer Alain Werner, founder of Civitas Maxima, shares a few of his favourite cultural and everyday spots in Geneva.
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Visiting for the first time? A quick guide to the city’s top attractions.

The MEG is a renowned museum dedicated to the exploration and presentation of cultural diversity from around the world. Located in the heart of Geneva, it houses an extensive collection of over 80,000 objects, including artifacts, textiles, and artworks that highlight the rich traditions and histories of various communities. The museum emphasizes interactive and immersive exhibitions, engaging visitors with contemporary issues related to culture and identity.

Cool fact: The e-MEG app serves as a digital twin of the permanent exhibition, providing an audio guide and detailed descriptions along with photographs of all displayed objects.

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Since its opening in 1994, the MAMCO Geneva (Musée d’art moderne et contemporain)  has staged 450 exhibitions with works dating from the 1960s to the present day. Mamco’s holdings include works by Christo, Martin Kippenberger, Jenny Holzer, Dan Flavin, Sarkis, Franz Erhard Walther and Sylvie Fleury, among many others.

Cool fact: The MAMCO is the epicenter of the “Nuit des Bains”, held three times a year.  During this event, the district around the museum is transformed into a large gallery and attracts thousands of art lovers and sightseers each night.

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With a collection of 27,000 items from Switzerland, Europe and the Middle and Far East, and a witness to twelve centuries of ceramic art from the Middle Ages to modern times, the Ariana is one of Europe’s great museums specializing in glass and ceramics.

Cool fact: On the first Sunday of each month, the Ariana Museum opens its temporary exhibitions to the public.

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