Lecture and workshop: Jean Binet and Frank Martin

Contemporaries and friends, Frank Martin and Jean Binet were two key figures in Swiss musical life. Their vocal works will be the focus of this workshop: French and Romansh texts for the former, German texts for the latter. A beautiful illustration of Swiss multilingualism serving two inspirations as rich as they are diverse. We will explore their music through melodies, lieder and piano pieces, highlighting the creative journeys of these two Genevan-based composers.

Lecture by Jacques Tchamkerten (in French)
‘The art of melody by two Geneva composers at the beginning of the 20th century: Jean Binet and Frank Martin’

Students from the classes of Clémence Tilquin, Christophe Sturzenegger, Audrey Vigoureux, Jamal Moqadem and Johann Vacher

This concert is part of L’Odyssée Frank Martin.