Helvetia Lyrica present
Thursday, September 24, 2026
6:30 p.m.
Lecture by Patrick Favre-Tissot:
“ Verdi: The Rise Through Musical Patriotism”
Patrick Favre-Tissot-Bonvoisin, a musicologist, lecturer, and music historian, works throughout the French-speaking regions of Europe. He focuses particularly on European music of the 18th and 19th centuries. The author of several biographies of Composers, including one devoted to Giuseppe Verdi, he is a Knight of the Order of Academic Palms “for his work in promoting knowledge of music history in the French-speaking world.”
GAMMAH Room(Art and Archaeology Library of the Geneva Museum of Art and History)
Promenade du Pin 5, 3rd floor
1204 Geneva
FREE ADMISSION to the conference (subject to availability)
Registration recommended
After the conference, there will be an opportunity to attend a dinner with the speaker (for a fee). Registration for the dinner is required by September 21.
