The Embassy of Switzerland, The Jefferson Hotel and Swiss Global presented a concert in celebration of the Gallatin Room Dedication. The 15 September concert took place at The Jefferson Hotel in Washington DC, and featured three Swiss Global artists from Switzerland: Louis Schwizgebel-Wang piano, Lionel Cottet cello and Sébastian Jacot flute.
Albert Gallatin (pictured above), born and raised in Geneva, emigrated to the United States and became a U.S. Senator, a Congressman, the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. negotiator of the Treaty of Ghent, U.S. Minister to France and Britain, and the first president of the Council of New York University, among other distinctions.
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The Jefferson Hotel and the Embassy of Switzerland presented a celebration of the Gallatin Room Dedication in honor of Albert Gallatin’s 250th birthday year.
Albert Gallatin, born in and raised in Geneva, emigrated to the United States and became a U.S. Senator, a Congressman, the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. negotiator of the Treaty of Ghent, U.S. Minister to France and Britain, and the first president of the Council of New York University, among other distinctions.
When: Thursday, September 15, 2011
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Where: The Jefferson, Washington D.C.
1200 16th Street, NW
Washington D.C., DC 20036
Program:
6:30-7:15 pm Opening & Music
–Les cloches de Genève (Liszt)
–Sonata for piano and cello Op. 19 in G minor, 4th mvmt (Rachmaninoff)
–Fantaisie de Carmen (Borne)
Louis Schwizgebel-Wang piano, Lionel Cottet cello, Sébastian Jacot flute
7:15-7:30 pm Opening Remarks
Manuel Sager, Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States
Mr Mark Muller, President of the Geneva State Council
The Countess de La Haye Saint Hilaire, Proprietor of The Jefferson
7:30 pm Gift Exchange followed by Musical Interlude
8:30 pm Event Concludes