Arts Global Events & Performances

Arts Global expanded its reach on 29 January with a series of performances and masterclasses in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Arts Global was pleased to present a performance of the Orava String Quartet on 13 January 2013 at the National Gallery in Washington DC. This concert represented Orava's Washington debut and was an event not to be missed. The accomplished Australian group is currently studying with the Takacs Quartet in Boulder, Colorado. The concert featured Haydn's op. 76 no. 2 and Mendelssohn's A minor op.13.

As part of its Cultural Diplomacy programme, linking people and cultures around the world through the medium of exciting events and performances, Arts Global will travel to Mumbai, India for concerts in January 2013.

Arts Global Young Artist and co-President of the Russian Friends of Arts Global Konstantin Soukhovetski piano served as actor and narrator of a special presentation of Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat on 17 December in the showroom of the M Building in Miami, FL.

On Friday and Saturday, 16 and 17 November, the Arts Global Chamber Ensemble performed Arnold Schoenberg's haunting masterpiece Pierrot Lunaire with the renowned American mezzo-soprano Julia Migenes. The performances took place at La Chaux-de-Fonds, birthplace of the architect Le Corbusier.

Arts Global returned to Washington, DC on 11 December for a fundraising event for those affected by Hurricane Sandy. The event was in collaboration with the Australian Embassy in the United States and presented two Australian artists supported by Arts Global.

The elite British professional choir Tenebrae traveled to Princeton, NJ this month for a special concert at the Princeton Chapel. Heather de Haes, as Patron of the Choir, hosted selected VIP guests at the event as well as at a post-concert reception.

The Embassy of Australia was pleased to host A concert featuring Australian musicians presented by Arts Global, Inc. in association with The Australian Music Foundation North America, Inc

Arts Global is proud to embrace Tony DeSare as an emerging, gifted singer-songwriter, and was thrilled to attend his unforgettable performance on 4 October. Tony's songwriting has won him critical acclaim and his performance style is not to be missed.

The Foundation was pleased, for the second year, to present its Summer Jazz Festival on 22 September, featuring world-renowned jazz musicians alongside young, emerging artists. Kate Baker (pictured left), vocalist and Jazz and Contemporary Consultant to the Foundation, managed the event.

The Foundation was delighted to present the newly-formed Arts Global Chamber Ensemble in a two-day concert series 14 and 15 September 2012. Taking place in the majestic Salon Sandoz of the Beau Rivage Hotel in Lausanne and Les Salons, Salle du Théatre in Geneva, the concert featured works by Chausson and Schumann, and showcased some of the finest young musicians

The Foundation co-presented an exciting stage performance of flamenco dancing amidst heart-pounding cross-cultural percussion. Pablo Croce and wife Siudy were pleased to present Between Worlds, a Flamenco fantasia in Miami in June.

On Thursday 3 May, Swiss Global was pleased to present Sabina Rakcheyeva violin (above left) and Naomi O’Connell mezzo-soprano (above right) in a special concert performance in front of a packed hall at Leighton House, London (pictured center).

Swiss Global was invited to Dallas, Texas to participate in Earth Day celebrations. Earth Day is a day early each year on which events are held worldwide to increase awareness and appreciation of the Earth's natural environment

Swiss Global was on hand at the Australian Embassy in Washington DC in March, where Australian-Taiwanese violinist Ray Chen performed as part of the Embassy Series. The Foundation collaborated in the production of this concert, which featured a unique musical experience followed by a reception where audience members were encouraged to meet the performers.

In celebration of the 300th anniversary of composer and writer Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the 250th Anniversary of diplomat Albert Gallatin, both Geneva-born,

The Swiss Global Artistic Foundation was pleased to present a winter concert of Young Artists on 17 February in Lausanne. The Foundation returned to the opulent Salle Sandoz of the Beau-Rivage Palace Hotel for an unforgettable evening of musical performance, featuring works of Debussy, Poulenc and Rachmaninoff among others. Artists included Elizabeth Bailey soprano, Loïc Schneider flute and the Trio Ernest Chausson.

In November, the Foundation presented a unique production of Igor Stravinsky's Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale). The concert, in coordination with the Swiss Embassy and taking place at the Russian Embassy in Washington DC, featured narration by Keith Miller and conducting by Advisory Board Member Geoffrey Simon. Histoire du Soldat was premiered in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1918. Konstantin Soukhovetski piano performed additional music.

The Australian Music Foundation (led by Swiss Global Director Heather de Haes) presented a Memorial Concert on 19 November at London’s Royal Academy of Music in memory of the great Australian conductor and oboist Sir Charles Mackerras. Several musicians from leading English orchestras were featured as part of the ceremonies. Sir Charles died last year at age 84 after a long battle with cancer. He continued to conduct throughout his final illness, and the AMF and Swiss Global honour his memory.

The elite professional British choir Tenebrae, of which Swiss Global Director Heather de Haes is Patron, returned to New York on Sunday 6 November for a special concert performance. The ensemble, directed by Nigel Short, presented a variety of works for unaccompanied choir, including pieces by John Tavener, Ralph Vaughan Williams and others. The candlelit venue, St Mary the Virgin Church in Times Square, served as solemn background to an evening of unforgettable secular and religious music. Please click the underlined date to view concert photos.

An exciting programme of Brahms and Liszt was presented by Foundation artists on 20 October at the Washington DC residence of the Swiss Ambassador to the United States. The intimate evening, in celebration of the bicentennial of Liszt's birth, was for invited guests only, and featured Luke Fleming viola (above left), David Fung piano (above right) and Mark Dover clarinet. Please click the underlined date to see photos of the Ambassador's famous residence, designed by Steven Holl Architects and Rüssli Architekten AG.

On 7 and 8 October, Swiss Global jazz advisor Kate Baker (pictured right), as well as other eminent jazz musicians, led a two-day series of master classes and workshops on the art of jazz, blues and R&B performance.

In continuation of a 4-part concert series at the New York residence of the Consul General of Switzerland, Ambassador Barras hosted an evening of musical entertainment for our American Friends of the Swiss Global Artistic Foundation. The donor event on 6 October featured Laure Barras soprano, Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano, Lionel Cottet cello and Louis Schwizgebel piano. As special guest lecturer, noted psychiatrist Richard Brockman discussed Mary Shelley and Frankenstein. Please click the underlined date to view the event programme.

The Geneva International Orchestra (L’OIG) presented an exceptional concert under the Patronage of the Consulate of Japan.