Barrier-free access to classical concerts
The declared aim of the music education project “zusammen, insieme, ensemble” is to open up the world of chamber orchestras and concert halls to people for whom intuitive access to classical music is a challenge. It finds ten Swiss professional orchestras and the professional association ORCHESTER.CH joining forces. As part of the “zusammen, insieme, ensemble” programme, ten commissions have been awarded to ten composers working in Switzerland. The resulting new works are due to be premiered in a nationwide concert week in May.
A music mediation project initiated by orchester.ch and its members:
With the kind support of:
We highly recommend the following three of these concerts:
Legenden, leggende, légendes
Collaboration between the language regions
Working hand-in-glove with the Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne and the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, the Musikkollegium Winterthur presented a programme consisting of three new pieces by MARIA BONZANIGO, BLAISE UBALDINI and VALENTIN VILLARD.
Conducted by BARBARA DRAGAN, they performed three times, playing one concert in each linguistic region:
- 11 May 2025 at the Salle Métropole in Lausanne
- 14 May 2025 at the Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI in Lugano
- 17 May 2025 at the Stadthaus Winterthur
A collaboration between:
Symphonic Games
Classical meets electronic
On 13 May 2025, the Sinfonieorchester Basel – under the baton of EÍMEAR NOONE – performed a composition by MICHEL BARENGO, an exceptional musician, renaissance man and recipient of the 2019 Get Going grant from FONDATION SUISA. And as always, Michel Barengo, known in particular for the soundtracks of games such as Mundaun and Airheart, redefined the boundaries between modular and orchestral music, electronic and classical, analogue and digital.
- 13 May 2025 at the Stadtkasino Basel
A collaboration between:
Ensemble
Fusion music with the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève
Several generations and nations came together in Geneva on 13 May: the work “Ensemble” was conceived by musician VICTORIA MAY in collaboration with young secondary school students with a refugee background and the Collège Rousseau’s theatre studio, senior citizens from the AVIVO organisation, musicians from the Geneva Chamber Orchestra, and percussionist Aida Diop. It was premiered by the Geneva Chamber Orchestra.
- 13 May 2025 at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices (BFM) in Genève
A collaboration between:
Programme notes on all the works may be found here:
