Some encounters become a tradition. The story of Theresia in Geneva is one of them: the collaboration began in 2019, when violinist Chiara Banchini joined the artistic committee of the festival Concerts d’été à St-Germain and proposed it. Since then, our orchestra has been a regular guest of the historic series.
On Sunday 2 and Monday 3 August 2026 at 6:30 PM, a chamber formation of Theresia in Geneva will return to St-Germain with Le Salon de Beethoven. The programme opens with Adalbert Gyrowetz’s Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 3 No. 1. and closes with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”.
The 2026 edition Musique et transcendance takes place at the Église St-Germain in Geneva, the historic venue that gave the festival its name.
Le Salon de Beethoven: the next chapter of our journey
This cycle explores the historic practice of reimagining symphonic masterpieces, originally written for full orchestra, for chamber ensemble, offering a more intimate perspective on monumental repertoire as understood by the musicians of the composers’ own time.
In 2026, the journey reaches its fifth chapter with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, “Eroica,” presented in the chamber arrangement published in 1818 by Carl Friedrich Ebers.
The 2026 project is artistically curated by Chiara Banchini. She prepares the ensemble and shapes its interpretive approach. This continuity has given the Geneva residency its distinctive identity within Theresia‘s season.
More details about this residency, the origins of this musical practice, and its role in disseminating the symphonic masterpieces we still listen to today will follow in the coming weeks.
