May 2023 in Geneva

 

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©  Electron Festival
Electron Festival
Exhibition and special events
To celebrate its 20th edition, ELECTRON invites us to several collaborations and special events. For the past two decades, it has been exploring the major currents of the electronic sphere, as well as emerging, innovative or hybrid styles. Discover its concerts, DJ sets and other electronic adventures in various Geneva institutions such as MAH and GTG.
18+
Various locations
27 April until 18 May 2023
Electronic Creativity
 
© Victoria Hall
Giving Choir Concert 2023
Access to education through music
Directed by Sue Power, this charity concert unites the voices of 400 children from the various international schools of Geneva. They will enchant us with a repertoire of both French and English songs about childhood, education and the spirit of solidarity. The purity and beauty of children's voices singing in chorus in the magnificent Victoria Hall will help raise funds for the association Don du Choeur.
All audiences
Victoria Hall – 1 May - 7:30 pm
Singing Solidarity
 
© Walter G. Breuer
H2O
Helios Theater for toddlers
You're coming to the theatre with your little one. Maybe it's his or her first time? Together you will discover funny characters in rain boots. They will take you to the land of water... when it boils, when it drips, when it makes reflections... or music. Have a nice trip! Suitable for non-French speakers.
2+
Am Stram Gram Theatre
4 - 8 May 2023
Splashing show
 
© MEG
Being(s) Together
Temporary exhibition
Highlighting remarkable relationships that bring humans, plants and animals together in inspiring and surprising ways, the exhibition shows us how communication between species holds a special place in our collective imagination. Traditional cultures have always given great importance to these interactions. By affinity, passion, profession or desire for knowledge, humans try to translate Nature's signals in the hope of making them more understandable.
All audiences
Geneva Museum of Ethnography - MEG
5 May - 7 January 2024
Living Interactions
© Electron Festival
Late Night #3
GTG x Electron Festival
Would you like to see electronic projects on every floor of Geneva’s  institution Grand Theatre? An exceptional concert by the German pioneers of the genre, Tangerine Dream, a cult band that has marked the history of electronic music with no less than a hundred albums. This event in itself will be followed by a 100% vinyl DJ set by another dinosaur of the electronic sphere, Étienne de Crecy.
16+
Geneva Grand Theatre - GTG
5 May - From 7 pm
Electronic Sets
 
© Fête de la Danse
Fête de la Danse 2023
Dance festival
The Fête de la Danse offers an explosion of dances in the public space, in the street, in parks and museums! Come enjoy dozens of shows, more than 80 demonstrations and more than 70 classes in more than 30 locations in Geneva, Vernier, Lancy, Carouge, Onex and Meyrin. For adults and children.
All audiences
Various locations
10 - 14 May 2023
Moving Rhythms
 
© Victoria Hall
Ana Moura
Unique concert
Fadista admired by Prince and the Rolling Stones, with whom she has shared the stage in the past, Ana Moura combines the tradition of fado with African genres like sembe & morna and Brazilian sounds. The result is a fresh and rhythmic music full of joie de vivre, in which she has rediscovered her Angolan roots. Freely flirting with any style, her fado is resolutely contemporary, universal, in harmony with her country and our world.
16+
Victoria Hall
11 May - 8:30 pm
Flamboyant Fado
 
© Ville de Genève
Geneva Museums Night 2023 - In English
Festival of cultural explorations through our senses
Of the 24 participating cultural institutions, 14 have specifically planned activities, workshops, guided visits and live performances in English or suited for non-French speakers. Discover through your five senses the surprises awaiting at CAC, MAMCO, MAH, MEG, MHN, MRL, MIR, St Peter’s Cathedral, Baur and Bodmer collections - and many more - thanks to this unique and jubilatory festival!
All audiences
24 locations throughout Geneva
13 May - 6 pm until midnight
Sensory Adventures
© Ville de Genève
Botanical Garden’s
Nuit des Musées
Guided visits and accessible workshops
Come experience botany like never before! Touch the texture of bark, smell the fragrance of herbs, taste strawberry DNA, immerse yourself in the sounds of the rainforest or marvel at fascinating plants! ardeners and scientists will tickle all our senses by revealing some of the secrets of the prestigious collections of this museum of biodiversity. This year a special attention is given to the visually impaired with a visit-workshop dedicated to the exploration of tiny plants and mushrooms using the senses of touch, smell, hearing and taste.
All audiences
Geneva Botanical Gardens - CJBG
13 May - 7:30 pm to midnight
Vegetal Sensations
 
© Victoria Hall
Freiburger Barockorchester
Mozart’s genius
Conducted by Kristian Bezuidenhout, who will also play the piano, Lorenzo Coppola’s clarinet and Corina Golomoz’s viola will transport us together with the famous Freiburger ensemble into Mozart’s genius. The programme includes his Symphony No. 25, the Trio "The Skittles" and the Piano Concerto No. 9 "Young Man".
14+
Victoria Hall
21 May - 6 pm
Piano & Strings
 
© MEG
International Museum Day
Activities around sustainability and well-being
Through free yoga classes and sustainable visits, MEG highlights the ecological and social dimensions of sustainability. Museums make an important contribution to our well-being and the sustainable development of society. As trusted institutions with strong roots in communities, they promote positive social change, whether it be in support of climate change, promoting inclusion or improving mental health.
8+
Geneva Museum of Ethnography - MEG
21 May - 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Happy Museums
 
© Hervé Puyfourcat
Pierre Hamon, the breath of ancient American civilizations
Concert-Conference on the aerophones of pre-Hispanic civilizations and cultures
The instrumental encounters are the result of a collaboration between the Ateliers d'ethnomusicologie (ADEM) and the MEG. During this musical moment, musicians present their instruments and the repertoire. Invitation to meditation and dream, but also to rituals and dance, we offer you a journey through the breath, to the rhythm of the percussion of skins and wood, in the sound universe of the flutes of the ancient civilizations of the American continent.
15+
Geneva Museum of Ethnography - MEG
25 May - 12:30

Instrumental Encounters

 

 

© American Standup Show
The American Stand-up Show Geneva
Live English stand-up comedy
Originally from Barbados, Nico has been setting the London comedy circuit alight with his unique blend of Caribbean flavoured comedy. Whether he is delivering hilarious stories about growing up in Barbados or his new life in London, his laid back style and charm immediately win audiences over and leave them wanting more. Nico has performed on the world famous Comedy Store stage and is a regular host at London's hottest club Top Secret. You cannot miss this amazing comedian!
18+
Floky Underground (previously Les 4 Coins)
27 May - 8 pm
Live Comedy
 
© MAH
Jean Dunand The Alchemist
Tribute to this major figure of the Art Deco movement
A multi-talented artist trained at the School of Industrial Arts in Geneva, Jean Dunand was the undisputed master in the art of brassware. He experimented with all materials and magnified the surface of the objects he shaped with a hammer using complex decorative processes. Lacquer virtuoso, he combined this vegetable resin with metal, before coating furniture, panels, jewellery and book bindings with it, thus opening the way to new aesthetics.
All audiences
Art and History Museum - MAH
Until 20 August 2023
Lacquer Master
 
     

 

© Margareta Daepp
Simply Radical
Ceramics temporary exhibition
Silence, rigor, freshness, color, emptiness, space. The universe of Margareta Daepp (Switzerland, 1959) is at the crossroads of these concepts and art and design. The radical simplicity of her works is dense, inhabited, quiet, poetic. Close to design, her pieces are inspired by her stays in Japan. In an architectural spatiality, ceramics dialogue with photography, corrugated iron or colored planes.
All audiences
Ariana Museum – Until 24 September 2023
Artistic Path