Festival Overview
Our festival celebrates three categories of talented musicians:
Youngsters
(10-15 years)Promising young talents, including refugee students, from the conservatories of Geneva, Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Zurich, Basel, and the Menuhin Academy, sharing their joy of life and passion for music.
Assemblage
Outstanding students from Swiss higher music institutions and international competition winners performing alongside renowned professors in exceptional ensembles.
Stars of Music
Rising classical music stars at the dawn of their international careers, captivating audiences with their artistry.
2025 Program
13-15 November > Concerts in Geneva
Thursday, November 13
Théâtre Les Salons, Geneva
7:30 PM
Concert «Youngsters»
Works by W. A. Mozart, F. Chopin, C. Saint-Saëns, H. Wianawski.
Young talents need to perform to learn and grow. They will play in duos,
trios, quartets, and quintets. Our youngest talents, winners of international competitions and students from the conservatories of Geneva, Lausanne, Basel, and Zurich, will share their joy of life and passion with us.
Students from the conservatories of Geneva, Lausanne, Basel, the Zakhar Bron School in Zurich, and the Menuhin Academy (IMMA), including Emma Muto (piano), and the string quartet «Marmottes Atomiques», will be performing.
Reception and meet the artists – wine offered by Emilienne Hutin (Dardagny)
accompanied by local products.
Friday, November 14
Théâtre Les Salons, Geneva
7:30 PM
Featuring wind ensemble, strings and piano.
Maxime Trechsel (piano), Samuel Niederhauser (cello), Andrei Ryazantsev (clarinet), Sofia de Salis (flute), Donatien Bachmann (bassoon), Michael Leibundgut (bass), Olga Papikian (soprano).
Reception and meet the artists – wine offered by Neuchâtel winemaker Céline Austing (Neuchâtel)
Program
Théâtre Les Salons – “Assemblage” (Wind Instruments)
Mikhail Glinka – Trio Pathétique in D minor
- Donatien Bachmann (bassoon)
- Ekaterina Bonyushkina (piano)
- Damien Bachmann (clarinet)
Mikhail Volchok – Meine Seele, deux chants pour basse et piano, chant pour soprano et piano, chant pour basse, soprano et piano
- Olga Papikian (soprano)
- Maxime Trechsel (piano)
- Michael Leibundgut (bass)
Wolfgang A. Mozart – Adagio & Rondo KV 617
- Maxime Trechsel (piano)
- Sofia de Salis (flute)
- Fidel Fernandez (oboe)
- Lida Chen (viola)
- Samuel Niederhauser (cello)
— Intermission —
Ludwig van Beethoven – Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major, Op. 16
- Ekaterina Bonyushkina (piano)
- Lili Nayrolles (horn)
- Andrei Ryazantsev (clarinet)
- Donatien Bachmann (bassoon)
- Aleksandra Kindic (oboe)
- Fidel Fernandez (oboe)
Saturday, November 15
Conservatoire de Musique, Geneva : Salle Franz Liszt
7:30 PM
Young soloists accompanied by the orchestra of young musicians from the Menuhin Academy Soloists, under the direction of Oleg Kaskiv.
Swiss composer Andrea Scartazzini honors us with a special arrangement of Lieder for soprano and the young soloists of the Menuhin Academy under the direction of Oleg Kaskiv, with the participation of Dimitri Soudoplatoff as conductor for Andrea Scartazzini’s work Lieder.
Closing reception and meet the artists – wine offered by Sophie Dugerdil (Dardagny)
Program
Antonio Vivaldi – Winter, from The Four Seasons, for violin and orchestra
- Diana Adamyan (violin)
Amilcare Ponchielli – Il Convegno, duo for two clarinets and string orchestra
- Andrei Ryazantsev (clarinet)
- Damien Bachmann (clarinet)
Frédéric Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 21: First movement
- Maxime Trechsel (piano)
— Intermission —
Joseph Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1: First movement
- Samuel Niederhauser (cello)
Camille Saint-Saëns “La Havanaise" op. 83
- Oleg Kaskiv (violin)
Andrea Scartazzini – Lieder
- Vera Hiltbrunner (soprano)
- Andrea Scartazzini (composer)