For the second consecutive year, musicians from the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande will beperforming at Institut Florimont as part of our cultural season, “Encré” dans la culture. Last year, under the impetus of pianist and composer Marc Perrenoud, the group paid a stirring homage to jazz pianist and composer Chick Corea, to inaugurate the Institut’s new auditorium.
As part of this year’s season, a concert on 13 February features members of the OSR, performing quintets for piano and winds by two titans of the Classical era, Mozart and Beethoven. Simon Sommerhalder (oboe), Dmitry Rasul-Kareyev (clarinet), Alfonso Venturieri (bassoon), Jean-Pierre Berry (horn) and Ivani Venturieri (piano) will play the Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat Major KV 452 by Mozart (1784) and the Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat Major Op. 16 by Beethoven (1796).
Written twelve years apart, these pieces are representative of the Classical period, and are often compared due to their similarities, such as unconventional instrumentation, identical keys and three-movement structure and highlighting the specific tone of each instrument. Yet both works have their own personality, with Beethoven challenging Mozart’s classical style.
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Concert of chamber music by OSR
Tuesday 13 February 2024
7.30pm (doors open from 7.00pm)
Institut Florimont
Avenue du Petit-Lancy 37 – 1213 Petit-Lancy
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Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
A key player in the cultural scene of French-speaking Switzerland, the OSR is both the region’s leading symphony orchestra and the Grand Théâtre de Genève’s main orchestra. Formed in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet and now with 112 musicians, the OSR is one of the world’s great orchestras, dazzling on stages at home and internationally, and sharing its values of openness, creativity and community. The OSR is also involved in many Geneva-based programmes which aim to educate,support cultural mediation and develop our local heritage. As it enters the second century of its existence, mixing different musical styles and eras, the OSR continues in its role as purveyor ofculture and emotion.
“Encré” dans la culture: Institut Florimont’s cultural season
From an artist residency to a musical extravaganza; from an evening of contemporary dance to a concert by the OSR: Institut Florimont has created a cultural season of events with a programme to bring people together and celebrate beauty and the arts. Our presentation video of the second edition gives an exciting overview of this year’s project, showcasing local talent in a range of disciplines with education at its heart, and which in 2023 attracted audiences totalling more than a thousand!
