Premiere planned for Tuesday, 27 April 2027
Auditorium Ansermet — Geneva
Further details and the opening of ticket reservations will be announced at a later date.
Imagine yourself sitting in a darkened auditorium, with only your ears to guide you.
A piano breathes, an old radio crackles, and suddenly, a whole world of sound comes to life.
The Sound of Things is an immersive concert where music and sound effects respond to and complement one another, creating a new language.
Everyday sounds — the wind, a ticking clock, the rumble of a train… — become musical material.
The audience is carried through a series of sonic tableaux: the city, the countryside, the ocean, the master of time, childhood memories, Pandemonium…
On stage, Daniel Duret performs his original compositions on the piano, in dialogue with orchestral elements and soundscapes spatialized around the audience.
Between the tableaux, an old vintage radio comes to life. Its recorded interludes, in French, punctuate the journey and open the door to new sonic landscapes.
The auditorium is plunged into darkness. Darkness becomes an instrument for a poetic listening experience in which every sound evokes a story.
“The Sound of Things invites us to listen differently — to rediscover the beauty of sound, the poetry of the real world, and that silence where everything begins.”
An experience to be lived:
• Duration: approximately 1 hour
• Black eye masks provided; use is optional
Interview with Daniel Duret about “The Sound of Things”
French audio. No selectable subtitle track is currently available.
About the Artist
Daniel Duret is a musician and composer from Geneva.
After a long career as a teacher and creator of musical performances, he now explores the limits of perception with The Sound of Things,
a work in which music enters into dialogue with the world of sound.
