THE WORLD OF MONGOLIAN OVERTONE SINGING | concert
Thursday 1 November - 21h00
Souffles des steppes
CONCERT
AMR, Geneva
MORE INFOTHE SPIRIT OF THE MANDIKA KORA | concert
Friday 2 November - 20h30
Derek Gripper
DOUBLE CONCERT. 1st part of Cordes en liberté
Alhambra, Geneva
MORE INFOEASTERN EXCHANGES | concert
Friday 2 November - 20h30
Duo : Vasilis Kostas et Layth Sidiq
DOUBLE CONCERT. 2nd part of Cordes en liberté
Alhambra, Geneva
MORE INFOTHE CELLO'S THOUSAND VOICES | Demonstration
Saturday 3 November - 19h00
Vincent Ségal et Fabrice Contri
PRESENTATION. Discussions with musical examples
Lobby of the Alhambra, Geneva, 19h00-19h45
MORE INFOTHE SUFI TRAILS OF PAKISTAN AND SYRIA | concert
Saturday 3 November - 20h30
Ensemble Saba
DOUBLE CONCERT. 1st part of Sufi variations
Alhambra, Geneva
MORE INFOTHE OTTOMAN SOUL OF CELLO | concert
Saturday 3 November - 20h30
Trio Segal, Özkök, Turkan (creation)
DOUBLE CONCERT. 2nd part of Sufi Variations
Alhambra, Geneva
MORE INFOTOLEDO, THE CENTRE OF THREE WORLDS | performance
Sunday 4 November - 16h00
Hayim - a musical tale
FAMILY SHOW
Les Z'Ethnos
Alhambra, Geneva
MORE INFOWHEN CANZONE POPOLARE CROSSES BEL CANTO | concert
Thursday 8 November - 21h00
Compagnia Trallalero, La squadra genovese
CONCERT
AMR, Geneva
MORE INFOLOVE OF MAQÂM | Demonstration
Friday 9 November - 18h30
Jasser Haj Youssef et Fabrice Contri
PRESENTATION. Discussion with musical examples
Lobby of the Alhambra, Geneva, 18h30-19h15
MORE INFOJASSER HAJ YOUSSEF - TRIO SIRA | concert
Friday 9 November - 20h30
The tree of maqâm
CONCERT
Alhambra, Geneva
MORE INFOTHE AVANT-GARDE OF SEVILLIAN FLAMENCO | concert
Saturday 10 November - 20h30
Radix
SHOW
Alhambra, Geneva
MORE INFOTHE ROOTS OF THE RITES OF SPRING | Demonstration
Sunday 11 November - 15h30
Olga Velitchkina et Sergey Starostin
PRESENTATION. Discussions with musical examples
Lobby of the Alhambra, Geneva, 15h30-16h15
MORE INFOTHE ORIGINS OF THE RITE OF SPRING | concert
Sunday 11 November - 17h00
Ritualistic Dance and Song from Russia and the Ukraine
SHOW
Alhambra, Geneva
MORE INFOBlending musical traditions
The ‘fusion’ phenomenon is not recent nor is it limited to world music. All of the world’s musical traditions have continuously rejuvenated themselves by drawing from multiple sources. The present festival takes us on a journey along diverse trails of discovery through a particularly bold and inventive musical world. Far from being some sort of cultural patchwork, the programme instead throws light upon the fascinating creative processes that help to shape rich, coherent soundscapes.
From the Mandinka guitar to the Ottoman cello, from Arabic-jazz maqâm and the popular polyphonic vocal traditions of the Mediterranean to imaginative Mongolian overtone singing and the ritualistic origins of The Rite of Spring, this programme calls on us to question some of our aesthetic divisions or categories.
These concerts and moments of interaction between the audience and musicians create a special time and space for dialogue and sharing.
Fabrice Contri
Director
Ateliers d’ethnomusicologie