SWISS EVENTS

IN NEW YORK AND CT/ ME/ MA/ MI/ MN/ NH/ NJ/ ND/ OH/ PA/ RI/ SD/ VT/ WI/ BM/ PR/ VI for the period of April 17 29, 2015

UPCOMING/ONGOING EVENTS Film | Music | Visual Arts | Theater | Dance | Design | Above and Beyond | Coming Soon | Meanwhile in Switzerland Dates, locations and ticket prices are subject to change. Please confirm before visiting events!

HIGHLIGHT

Saturday, April 18 1 6pm

WHERE THE WILD BOOKS ARE CONFERENCE Conceived by Swiss illustrator Etienne Delessert and author/illustrator and Parsons faculty Steven Guarnaccia, Where the Wild Books Are explores and celebrates international picture books and the publishing industry, emphasizing their role in promoting global literacy and creativity. Join critics, authors, illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators from Europe, the United States, and beyond as they introduce audience members to a diverse array of important picture books published in France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany and Japan. Denise von Stockar, the renowned Swiss critic of childrens literature will speak on behalf of German and Swiss childrens books. Image: Illustration by Etienne Delessert.

The New School Auditorium 66 West 12

th Street

New York, NY www.events.newschool.edu

FILM

Friday, April 17 Sunday, April 26

WRAPPED FILM SCREENING Tribeca Film Festival presents the short animation film Wrapped directed by Roman Kaelin, Falko Paeper, and Florian Wittmann as part of Shorts: NY - Double Espresso. Image: Wrapped, 2014, 4 min.

Tribeca Film Festival New York, NY www.tribecafilm.com

Tuesday, April 21 7pm

ALAIN TANNER FILM SCEENING Join SI for a screening of Alain Tanners 1976 film, Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000, selected by Valentin Carron. Described by Alain Tanner as a dramatic tragi-comedy in political science-fiction and hailed by many as his masterpiece, this sensitive, literate and engaging comedy follows eight individuals affected by the political events of 1968.

Swiss Institute 18 Wooster Street New York, NY www.swissinstitute.net RSVP to rsvp@swissinstitute.net

Image: Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000, Alain Tanner, 1976.

MUSIC

Saturday, April 18 8pm

GRGOIRE MARET CONCERT Grgoire Marets Gospel Project with Shedrick Mitchell on piano and Hammond B3, DJ Ginyard on bass, Marcus Baylor on drums, Jean Baylor on vocals and of course, Grgoire Maret on chromatic harmonica perform at Montgomery County Community College on Saturday, April 18. Image: Grgoire Maret.

Science Center Theater 340 DeKalb Pike Blue Bell, PA www.mc3.edu

Tuesday, April 21 8:15pm

MARCEL OETIKER TRIO SCHWYZERRGELI The Marcel Oetiker Trio - Marcel Oetiker Schwyzerreli, Christian Znd, drums, Jonas Tauber, cello perform at ShapeShifter Lab on Tuesday, April 21 at 8:15pm. Marcel Oetiker is one of the most renowned Schwyzerrgeli players in the world. Image: Marcel Oetiker

ShapeShifter Lab 18 Whitwell Place Brooklyn, NY www.shapeshifterlab.com

Wednesday, April 22 12pm

LOUIS SCHWIZGEBEL RECITAL Swiss pianist Louis Schwizgebel and violinist Paul Huang perform music by Schubert Rondo billiant in B Minor, D. 895 (Op. 70), Arvo Prt Fratres and Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, M. 8 at the Morgan Library on Wednesday, April 22. Image: Louis Schwizgebel.

The Morgan Library 225 Madison Avenue New York, NY www.themorgan.org

Wednesday, April 29 10pm

SEBASTIEN AMMANN CONCERT Dont miss Sebastien Ammanns Colour Wheel concert at Seeds Brooklyn with Sebastien Ammann on piano, Michael Attias on saxophone, Noah Garabedian on bass and Nathan Ellmann-Bell on drums. Image: Sebastien Ammann

Seeds Brooklyn 617 Vanderbilt Ave Brooklyn, NY www.seedsbrooklyn.org

VISUAL ARTS

Friday, April 17 11pm 2am

URSULA SCHERRER LIVE MULTI CHANNEL VIDEO Swiss artist Ursula Scherrer (live multi-channel video), Katherine Liberovskaya, Kenta Nagai (electric guitar) and David Watson (bagpipes) take part in the annual Anarchist Art Festival at Judson Church on Friday, April 17. Image: Ursula Scherrer.

Judson Memorial Church 239 Thompson St New York, NY www.anarchistbookfair.net

Sunday, April 19 6 8pm

INSIDE OUT OPENING RECEPTION Gallery Molly Krom is pleased to present Inside Out, a group show of recent photographs by Swiss artist Francois

Gallery Molly Krom 53c Stanton Street New York, NY www.gallerykrom.com

Ilnseher, Robin Randisi and Eve K. Tremblay. The exhibition is on view through May 10 with opening hours Thursday through Sunday from 12 to 6 pm. Image: Francois Ilnseher.

Through May 2

POINT OF CONTACT GROUP EXHIBITION Swiss artist Pedro Wirz presents his work in the thesis exhibition Point of Contact as part of the Moves & Countermoves exhibition featuring selected works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection at the Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College. Inspired by both the rave party and the research lab, Point of Contact studies variables with an ethos of exuberance. Artists: Gordon Hall, Martin Roth, Naama Tsabar, and Pedro Wirz, curated by Xavi Acarin. Image: Naama Tsabar, Propagation (Opus 2), 2013.

Bard College CCS Bard Hessel Museum Annandale-on-Hudson, NY http://www.bard.edu/ccs/point-of-contact/

Through May 6

IN SITU GROUP EXHIBITION Jason McCoy Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition In Situ featuring the work of Swiss artist Annelies Strba through May 6. Image: Annelies Strba.

Jason McCoy Gallery 41 E 57

th Street

New York, NY www.jasonmccoyinc.com

Through May 15

THOMAS JULIER EXHIBITION Swiss Institute is delighted to present the first institutional solo exhibition of Thomas Julier in the United States, entitled Dawn in the Basement. Juliers practice incorporates photography, video, music and sculpture into site-specific installations that challenge spatial conceptions of architectural surfaces and structures. Image: Thomas Julier, Dawn in the Basement.

Swiss Institute 18 Wooster Street New York, NY www.swissinstitute.net

Through May 24

VALENTIN CARRON EXHIBITION Work Hard, the graffiti message enhancing this Lausanne public sculpture from 1945 by Pierre Blanc is the title of Swiss Institutes latest exhibition and curatorial debut of celebrated artist Valentin Carron. Carron, who represented Switzerland at the 2013 Venice Biennale, selects an exceptional range of seminal artworks combining his key homegrown influences and inspiring contemporaries. Image: Pierre Blanc, Taureau et Berger, 1945. Photo courtesy Kevin Seisdedos, FAP.

Swiss Institute 18 Wooster Street New York, NY www.swissinstitute.net

Through May

CHRISTIAN BRECHNEFF EXHIBITION Swiss artist Christian Brechneffs St. Martin flower drawings and early pieces are on view at Swiftys restaurant back room gallery through May 2015. Image: Christian Brechneff, Bird of paradise flower, St.Martin 2015.

Swifty`s Back Room Gallery 1007 Lexington avenue New York, NY www.swiftysnyc.com

THEATER

Thursday, April 23 7pm Saturday, April 25 2pm

WILDE NIGHTS PLAY Swiss artist Marie Christine Katz, E. James Ford, and Trenton Clark perform in Terry Quinns play Wilde Nights at Saint Francis College on Thursday, April 23 and on Saturday, April 25 in Brooklyn Heights. The play is directed by Deborah Wright Houston. Image: Terry Quinn.

Saint Francis College 180-182 Remsen Street 7

th Floor

Brooklyn Heights www.downtownbrooklyn.com

Now playing

THE VISIT MUSICAL Based on the 1956 play by Friedrich Drrenmatt, The Visit directed by John Doyle stars Broadway legend Chita Rivera and Roger Rees, featuring music and lyrics by legendary songwriter pair John Kander and Fred Ebb. Book by Terrence McNally. Image: Bruce Glikas, Broadway.com

Lyceum Theatre 149 West 45

th Street

New York, NY www.broadway.com

DANCE

Tuesday, April 28 7:30pm

ALESSIA DELLA CASA DANCE Dont miss Crossing Boundaries showcasing new work by choreographers who cross cultural, geographic & disciplinary boundaries featuring Lilian Stamey, Regina Nejman, Nancy Zendora, and Alessia Della Cassa. Cassa presents her solo work LINE on Tuesday, April 28

th at Dixon Place.

Image: Alessia Della Casa. Photo: Gaetano Alfano.

Dixon Place 161A Chrystie Street New York, NY www.dixonplace.org

DESIGN

Through April 26

VITRA EXHIBITION The Philadelphia Museum of Art is pleased to present the exhibition Vitra Design, Architecture, Communication: A European Project with American Roots from November 22, 2014 - April 26, 2015. Image: Model of Balancing Tools, 1984 Designed by Claes Oldenburg, American (born Sweden), born 1929.

Philadelphia Museum of Art Collab Gallery, First Floor Perelman Building www.philamuseum.org

ABOVE AND BEYOND

Saturday, April 18 July 26

BIRDLY FLIGHT SIMULATOR The flight simulator Birdly, created by the research team at the Zrich University of Art and Design, will be at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York from April 18 to July 26 as part of the exhibition Sensory Stories: An Exhibition of New Narrative Experiences presented by Future of

MOMI 36-01 35 Avenue Astoria, NY www.movingimage.us www.somniacs.co

StoryTelling. Image: Birdly

COMING SOON

Friday, May 1 8pm

CHARGED SPACE DANCE Christine Bonansea and Swiss artist Jorge Bachmann perform in Charged Space, a selection of solo pieces curated by David Thomson exploring various states of being through investigations of form or character. Image: Christine Bonansea and Jorge Bachmann.

DANSPACE PROJECT 131 East 10

th Street

New York, NY www.danspaceproject.org

Monday, May 4 6pm

LUCERNE FESTIVAL GALA FUNDRAISING EVENT Join the American Friends of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL for a gala fundraising cocktail, dinner and private concert with Alumni of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY honoring Mr. Klaus Jacobs on Monday, May 4 at the Four Seasons Restaurant. Image: KKL Luzern home of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL.

The Four Seasons Restaurant 99 East 52

nd Street

New York, NY www.lucernefestival.ch

MEANWHILE IN SWITZERLAND

LAUSANNE

WORLD PREMIERE OF SOLARIS AT THE OPRA DE LAUSANNE APRIL 24 + APRIL 26, 2015 The novel Solaris by polish author Stanisaw Lem is a masterpiece of science-fiction literature and has inspired film makers and playwrights for generations. At the Opra de Lausanne, young Japanese composer Da Fujikura and the choreographer and set designer Saburo Teshigawara reproduce the haunting atmosphere of the book to create an opera in which there reigns an obsessive strangeness, mixed with 3D images and electro-acoustic music performed by the Ensemble intercontemporain in collaboration with Ircam. www.opera-lausanne.ch

NYON

DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL VISIONS DU REL APRIL 17 25, 2015 For 46 years, the international film festival Visions du Rel in Nyon has been a place of encounters, exchange, debate of ideas and free expression where the good fortunes and misfortunes of the world and society can be mirrored without hindrance. Among the 166 films presented during the 2015 edition, certain tackle international political and social change in a critical manner, others are devoted to more intimate research, whether this be philosophical or spiritual. But all report an emergency with regard to the critical state of the world. In the spotlight of this years program are several portraits of exceptional women as activists, pioneers, bearers of hope and filmmakers. www.visionsdureel.ch

ZURICH

SWISS PRESS PHOTO 15 APRIL 24 JULY 5, 2015 The annual exhibition Swiss Press Photo features the best Swiss press photography of 2014 at the National Museum in Zurich. The exhibition captures momentous events from 2014 in photographic images offering unique perspectives on the years milestones. An international jury will choose the best-in-show photos in six different categories and the exhibition prize winners. Image: Christoph Ruckstuhl, Fliegende Kindergesichter (Series), Neue Zrcher Zeitung. Christoph Ruckstuhl, Swiss Press Photo 14 www.nationalmuseum.ch

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