More information on the Cycling-Musical Day:
June 26, 2026
Friday
Discussion day
Studio Kodály 4:00PM
Musical Encounter
Budapest Jazz Orchestra (Hungary)
Topic:
Discussions on Gershwin: The Musical Relationship Between Jazz and Opera
Studio Kodály 5:00PM
Musical Encounter
Ensemble L'Achéron (France)
Topic:
A look at a historic instrument: the viola da gamba
June 27, 2026
Saturday
Cycling & Music Day
The Léman Bouquet Festival invites participants to join a 23 km recreational bike ride with four stops along the way, offering the chance to admire the scenic beauty of the region. At each stop—in the picturesque villages of Anières, Messery, Excenevex, and Yvoire—riders can enjoy jazz, early music, chamber music, and orchestral concerts.
In addition, gourmet refreshments will be offered at each stop.
More information on the Cycling-Musical Day:
ANIÈRES CHAPEL 10:00AM
Chamber music
Duo Vedanā (France)
Cyril van Ginneken - piano
Clara Mesplé - violin
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonate pour violon et piano n°5 en fa Majeur, op. 24 « Le Printemps » – I. Allegro
Johannes Brahms – Scherzo from the F.A.E. Sonata
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Cello and Piano Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 – III. Andante (arranged for violin)
Fritz Kreisler – Liebesleid
Edward Elgar – Salut d’Amour, op. 12
Manuel de Falla / Fritz Kreisler – Spanish Dance from La vida breve
ANIÈRES CHAPEL 10:45AM
Chamber music
Duo Vedanā (France)
Cyril van Ginneken - piano
Clara Mesplé - violin
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven – Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin and Piano Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 “Spring” – I. Allegro
Johannes Brahms – Scherzo from the F.A.E. Sonata
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Cello and Piano Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 – III. Andante (arranged for violin)
Fritz Kreisler – Liebesleid
Edward Elgar – Salut d’Amour, op. 12
Manuel de Falla / Fritz Kreisler – Spanish Dance from La vida breve
SAINT PIERRE CHURCH 2:00PM
String Quartet & Opera
Quatuor Terpsycordes (Switzerland)
Clara Meloni, soprano (Switzerland/Italy)
Program:
Giuseppe Verdi – Quartet in E Minor
Giacomo Puccini – Crisantemi
Ottorino Respighi – Il tramonto, a short lyrical poem for mezzo-soprano and string quartet
Cast:
Clara Meloni, Soprano
Girolamo Bottiglieri – First Violin
Raya Raytcheva – Second Violin
Caroline Cohen-Adad – Viola
Florestan Darbellay – Cello
SAINT SYMPHORIEN CHURCH 5:00PM
BAROQUE MUSIC
Ensemble L'Achéron (France)
Program:
The Swan Song – Fantasies by Henry Purcell for 4 Viols
Cast:
François Joubert-Caillet – Treble Viol & Direction
Julie Dessaint – Tenor Viol
Aude-Marie Piloz – Bass Viol
Sarah van Oudenhove – Bass Viol
FISHERMEN'S PORT 8:00PM
Jazz and Opera
Budapest Jazz Orchestra (Hungary)
Caroline Adoumbou, mezzo-soprano (France)
Program:
Rhapsody in Blue; Porgy and Bess: songs and instrumental pieces
Cast:
Caroline Adoumbou – mezzo-soprano
Richárd Révész – piano
Attila Juhász – Piano
Gábor Kollmann, Dániel Mester, Zoltán Zana, Tamás Meleg, György Varga – Saxophones
Ferenc Schreck, Nándor Kasza, Gábor Skerlecz, Viktor Dániel Nagy – Trombones
Péter Tulkán, Bence Táborszky, Dániel Hofecker, Áron Koós-Hutás – Trumpets
Miklós Birta – Guitar
Viktor Hárs – Double Bass
Dániel Serei – Drums
Dénes-Worowski Marcell – conductor
June 28, 2026
Sunday
Closing day
Saint Pancrace Church 11:00AM
Choral Splendours
Gemma Choir (Hungary)
Program:
Orlande de Lassus – Domine, Dominus noster (psalm 8)
William Byrd – O salutaris hostia
Orlande de Lassus – Kyrie – Missa « Osculetur me »
Claude Debussy – Three Songs: “Dieu ! qu’il la fait bon regarder !”, “Yver, vous n’estes qu’un villain”
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi – Magnificat
Ed Rex – This marriage
Arvo Pärt – Bogoroditse Djevo
Zoltán Kodály – Norvég leányok (Norwegian Girls)
Levente Gyöngyösi – Ha én kedvesemről gondolkodom (When I Think of My Beloved)
Simon Carrington – That lonesome road
Keith Abbs – Beatles – Can’t buy me love
Ivo Antognini – A Winter Night (world première)
Artistic Director:
Márton Tóth
Théâtre de verdure Valère Novarina 15:00
Choral Splendours
Gemma Choir (Hungary)
Program:
Orlande de Lassus – Domine, Dominus noster (psalm 8)
William Byrd – O salutaris hostia
Orlande de Lassus – Kyrie – Missa « Osculetur me »
Claude Debussy – Three Songs: “Dieu ! qu’il la fait bon regarder !”, “Yver, vous n’estes qu’un villain”
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi – Magnificat
Ed Rex – This marriage
Arvo Pärt – Bogoroditse Djevo
Zoltán Kodály – Norvég leányok (Norwegian Girls)
Levente Gyöngyösi – Ha én kedvesemről gondolkodom (When I Think of My Beloved)
Simon Carrington – That lonesome road
Keith Abbs – Beatles – Can’t buy me love
Ivo Antognini – A Winter Night (world première)
Artistic Director:
Márton Tóth
Salle des fêtes 7:00PM
Closing Gala
Gemma Choir (Hungary) Directeur artistique : Márton Tóth
Program:
Orlande de Lassus – Domine, Dominus noster (psalm 8)
William Byrd – O salutaris hostia
Orlande de Lassus – Kyrie – Missa « Osculetur me »
Claude Debussy – Three Songs: “Dieu ! qu’il la fait bon regarder !”, “Yver, vous n’estes qu’un villain”
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi – Magnificat
Ed Rex – This marriage
Arvo Pärt – Bogoroditse Djevo
Zoltán Kodály – Norvég leányok (Norwegian Girls)
Levente Gyöngyösi – Ha én kedvesemről gondolkodom (When I Think of My Beloved)
Simon Carrington – That lonesome road
Keith Abbs – Beatles – Can’t buy me love
Ivo Antognini – A Winter Night (world première)
Artistic Director:
Márton Tóth
Budapest Jazz Orchestra (Hungary)
Caroline Adoumbou, mezzo-soprano (France)
Program:
Rhapsody in Blue; Porgy and Bess: songs and instrumental pieces
Cast:
Caroline Adoumbou – mezzo-soprano
Richárd Révész – piano
Attila Juhász – Piano
Gábor Kollmann, Dániel Mester, Zoltán Zana, Tamás Meleg, György Varga – Saxophones
Ferenc Schreck, Nándor Kasza, Gábor Skerlecz, Viktor Dániel Nagy – Trombones
Péter Tulkán, Bence Táborszky, Dániel Hofecker, Áron Koós-Hutás – Trumpets
Miklós Birta – Guitar
Viktor Hárs – Double Bass
Dániel Serei – Drums
Dénes-Worowski Marcell – conductor
Our artists
Born in Locarno in 1963, Ivo Antognini earned his piano diploma in Lucerne in 1985 after studying with Nora Doallo, and later continued his training at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern, with Joe Haider. He first composed for film, television, and jazz before focusing primarily on choral music, starting from 2006, in collaboration with Coro Calicantus and their conductor Mario Fontana. Having been performed in more than 50 countries, his works have been given awards at international competitions and have been presented at prestigious venues, such as the Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York. Released by international music publishers, his compositions have been performed by choirs at all levels, from children’s choirs to professional ensembles. He regularly serves on juries for international competitions and teaches piano and music theory at the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana in Lugano.
Founded at the Montpellier Conservatory in 2012, Duo Vedanā brings together violinist Clara Mesplé and pianist Cyril Van Ginneken in a demanding exploration of the violin and piano repertoire. Prize winners at the “Talents Classiques” competition in Grenoble (2019), First Prize at the Bellan International Competition (2020), and provided with two awards at the FNAPEC Competition (2021), they are considered one of the most promising French duos of their generation.
They have honed their skills with renowned musicians such as Dana Ciocarlie, Sylviane Deferne, Marianne Piketty, Guillaume Sutre, Andrei Bielow, and Thomas Hoppe, performing in concerts across France, and in Geneva and Berlin. At the same time, they have collaborated on various artistic projects, including film music.
Committed to placing classical music in a contemporary context, they develop educational initiatives for a wide audience—including children, seniors, inmates, and patients—and regularly perform at charity concerts and public workshops. Their approach combines artistic research, social engagement, and a desire to make chamber music accessible to as many people as possible.
Clara Meloni is a Swiss-Italian soprano who has frequently appeared on stage in Europe, Asia, and America. Having recently been invited to Harvard University to speak on pronunciation techniques in operatic singing, she is recognized both as a performer and as a teaching professional. Her repertoire spans from Baroque to contemporary music, and several composers—including Ralf Gawlick, Bernhard Lang, and Pierre Jodlowski—have written works specifically for her.
Clara Meloni has performed as a soloist in numerous major institutions, including opera houses in Lyon, Lausanne, Basel, Lille, Nice, Marseille, Nancy, and Metz, as well as at the Edinburgh Festival.
She has performed in concert at the Lucerne Festival, the Barbican Centre in London, the Palace of Peace in Astana, the Krakow Philharmonic, Victoria Hall in Geneva, as well as at the Amplitudes, Jardins Musicaux, Musica Sacra Maastricht, and Berliner Festspiele festivals.
Having recently recorded an album for Decca with the Vienna Alban Berg Ensemble, followed by a European tour, she appears on a DVD alongside Patrizia Ciofi and Laurent Naouri in a production directed by Laurent Pelly.
An active teacher, she has givenmaster-class lectures at Boston College and since 2020 has taught at the Neuchâtel Conservatory of Music and the Théâtre Populaire Romand. She will soon be in charge of a master-class to be held in Switzerland, focused on the works of Charles Haenni, and will serve as a jury member for the first performance competition dedicated to the composer. Clara Meloni holds degrees from Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Bern University of the Arts, and has a university-level qualification in voice medicine.
Founded in 1998, the Budapest Jazz Orchestra is Hungary’s first professional big band and one of the leading ensembles in Central Europe. Comprised entirely of trained musicians, they cover the full spectrum of jazz—from historic swing to contemporary compositions—with precision and a power widely recognized at orchestral level.
The ensemble has performed at Hungary’s major festivals, including Sziget, the Budapest Jazz Festival, and the Valley of Arts, as well as at such prestigious institutions as the Hungarian State Opera and the Franz Liszt Academy. The group’s history is marked by high-profile collaborations with artists like George Duke, Joe Lovano, Peter Erskine, Jane Monheit, Ken Peplowski, Dave Liebman, and Ray Anderson. Several composers have also written for the orchestra, including Kornél Fekete-Kovács (Budapest Jazz Suite) and Kálmán Oláh (Concerto for Jazz Orchestra).
Their discography – from Big Band Legends concert at Human Circle – The Wayfarer - traces a path where tradition and modernity constantly interact. Highly committed to education, the BJO organize an annual Jazz Camp and sponsor the Budapest Big Band Festival. After more than twenty-five years as a continuously active orchestra, they remain one of the key players on the Hungarian jazz scene, renowned for their energy, musical rigour, and artistic openness.
Having been awarded several international distinctions in 2025, the Budapest Jazz Orchestra was named Rising Star Large Ensemble of the Year by DownBeat magazine (Annual Critics Poll) and received the Príma Prize from Pest County, confirming their artistic recognition both in Hungary and abroad.
Caroline Adoumbou is a French mezzo-soprano trained at the Haute École de Musique in Geneva and at the Pôle Lyrique d’Excellence. Her repertoire spans a wide range, from Baroque and Classical works—Vivaldi, Handel, Charpentier, Mozart, Rossini—to contemporary compositions and world music, notably the Misa Tango of Palmieri.
Having appeared on stage since 2010, she has performed a variety of operatic and lyrical roles, including Dorabella (Così fan tutte), la Comtesse (Les Noces de Figaro), and regularly collaborates with ensembles and choirs such as Spirito, the Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, and the Opéra de Dijon. She has also participated in contemporary projects with Contrechamps and was a finalist in the Mahler Competition in Geneva.
Holder of a doctorate in cultural management, she co-directed the ensemble Brins de Voix (2011–2024) and founded Les Vertiges Lyriques in 2025, an ensemble for which she is the artistic director. Her practice combines technical rigour with expressivity, exploring both the classical repertoire and innovative approaches.
Founded by Márton Tóth in Budapest in 1996, the Gemma Choir brings together a flexible ensemble of about thirteen singers from the Kodály Zoltán Magyar Kórus Iskola (Choral School). Their repertoire encompasses early music and contemporary works, both sacred and secular.
The ensemble performs regularly in Hungary and abroad. Notable tours include Transylvania (2009), the Tolosa International Competition and the Basque Country (2014), the “Voci d’Europa” Festival in Sardinia (2018), as well as concerts in London and Stratford-upon-Avon (2022).
They have recorded several albums: Requiem by Victoria, Purcell, and Howells, a Christmas album Hodie, and Missa Lux et Origo by Levente Gyöngyösi. Renowned for their precision in singing and the uniformity of their different sections, the Gemma Choir delivers expressive and polished performances, reflecting the vitality of Hungarian choral music.
QUATUOR CAMBINI-PARIS
Fondé en 2007, le Quatuor Cambini-Paris, un des rares quatuors à cordes à jouer sur instruments d’époque, est apprécié tant pour son interprétation des œuvres reconnues de Joseph Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven ou Mendelssohn que pour sa redécouverte de compositeurs français oubliés tels Jadin, David ou Gouvy.
By choosing the name of Giuseppe Maria Cambini (1746-1825), a violinist and composer of 155 string quartets, the Quatuor Cambini-Paris bears witness to its interest in exploring the stylistic developments of the Classical and Romantic periods.
Le Quatuor Cambini-Paris se produit dans les salles et les festivals les plus renommés en France et à l’international, parmi lesquels on peut citer : la Frick Collection à New-York, la Salle Bourgie à Montréal, le Palazzetto Bru Zane à Venise, les Auditoriums du Musée du Louvre et du Musée d’Orsay à Paris, l’Arsenal de Metz, le Concertgebouw de Bruges, les festivals de Deauville, Radio France Occitanie Montpellier, Newbury ou Saintes.
At the start of the 2016-17 season, the Quatuor Cambini-Paris embarked on the ambitious project of performing all 68 string quartets of Joseph Haydn at the Théâtre de Caen over a period of eight years.
Les enregistrements discographiques du Quatuor Cambini-Paris ont été salués et récompensés par la critique, notamment l’intégrale des quatuors de Charles Gounod (Aparté), les six quatuors de Mozart dédiés à Joseph Haydn (Ambroisie-Naïve), Théodore Gouvy, livre-disque (Palazzetto Bru Zane), Félicien David (Ambroisie-Naïve), Hyacinthe Jadin (Timpani), 200 ans de musique à Versailles (MBF) et les Concertos pour piano et quintette à cordes de Chopin (Aparté).
The quartet’s chamber music partners include such eminent artists as Nicolas Baldeyrou, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Christophe Coin, Jean-François Heisser, David Lively, Judith van Wanroij, or Alain Planès.
