Concert history
2024
CERN Choir and the Ensemble Baroque de Léman
30th November, Temple de Saint-Gervais in Geneva
1st December, Église paroissiale in Ferney Voltaire
Michael Haydn: Missa in honorem Sanctae Ursulae and Litaniæ Lauretanæ
Direction:
Gonzalo Martinez
Soloists:
Eliana D’Amato (soprano)
Maximiliano Baños (contra-tenor)
Yan Bua (tenor)
Emerik Malandain (baritone-bass)
CERN Choir and L’Ensemble Vocal du Salève Concert
8th June, Eglise de Compesières, Geneva
Verdi, Requiem
Direction:
Gonzalo Martinez
Soloists:
Laurence Guillod (soprano)
Lucie Roche (mezzo-soprano)
Eduardo Sandoval (tenor)
Alejandro Meerapfel (baryton-basse)
Musicians:
Thomas Sevin – piano
Nicolas Curti et Thibault Cardonnet – percussion
30th Prix de la Fondation Pour Genèva
13th May, Victoria Hall, Geneva
CERN choir performed extracts from Niccolò Jommelli’s Missa pro defunctis at the end of this event.
Direction:
Gonzalo Martinez
Musicians:
Diego Innocenzi
CERN Choir Concert
4th May, Temple de Saint-Gervais in Geneva
5th May, Église paroissiale in Ferney Voltaire
Pange Lingua by Leonardo Leo
Lamentations de Jérémie by Francesco Durante
Missa pro defunctis by Niccolò Jommelli
Soloists:
Alexandrine Lerouge-Monnot, soprano
Rodrigo Sosa del Pozo (conter tenor)
Augustin Laudet (tenor)
Vincent Casagrande (bass)
Musicians:
Ensemble baroque du Léman
2023
CERN Choir Concert
14th September, Victoria Hall, Geneva
15th September, Annecy
Verdi, Requiem
Direction:
Gonzalo Martinez
Soloists:
Laurence Guillod (soprano)
Lucie Roche (mezzo-soprano)
Javier Tomé (tenor)
Alejandro Meerapfel (baritone-bass)
Other Music Ensembles:
L’Orchestre Philharmonique du Grand Genève
L’Ensemble Pro Musica d’Annecy
L’Ensemble Vocal du Salève
2022
CERN Choir Concert
23rd November 2022
Main Auditorium, CERN
A. Dvorak, Stabat Mater
Direction:
Gonzalo Martinez
Soloists:
Eliana D’Amato, soprano
Negar Mehravaran, alto
Yan Bua, tenor
Thibaut Gerentet, bass
Musicians:
Reginal Le-Reun, piano
CERN Choir and Ensemble Vocal Heinrich Schütz
20 November 2022
Église de Ferney-Voltaire, France
A. Dvorak, Stabat Mater
Direction:
Gonzalo Martinez
Soloists:
Eliana D’Amato, soprano
Negar Mehravaran, alto
Yan Bua, tenor
Thibaut Gerentet, bass
Musicians:
Reginal Le-Reun, piano
CERN Choir and Ensemble Vocal Heinrich Schütz
19 November 2022
Église de Cran-Mosinges, Annecy
A. Dvorak, Stabat Mater
Direction:
Gonzalo Martinez
Soloists:
Eliana D’Amato, soprano
Negar Mehravaran, alto
Yan Bua, tenor
Thibaut Gerentet, bass
Musicians:
Reginal Le-Reun, piano
CERN Choir Concert
19 June, 2022
Église néo-apostolique, Geneva
A. Rejcha, Te Deum
L. Cherubini, motets
M. Haydn, motets
G. Rossini, Ave Maria
Direction:
Gonzalo Martinez
Musicians:
Diego Innocenzi, orge
2021
CERN Choir Concert
14 November,
Eglise de Compesière, close to Geneva
Direction:
Gonzalo Martinez
Soloists:
Laurence Guillod, soprano
Elisabeth Gillming, mezzo
José Pazos, tenor
Emerik Malandain, baryton
Benoìt Capt, bass
Musicians:
Xavier Dami, piano
Benoīt Pesenti, percussion
2019
CERN Choir Concert
15 June, Temple de Saint-Gervais in Geneva
16 June, Église paroissiale in Ferney Voltaire
Magnificat by Antonio Caldara
Missa Sanctorum Cyrilli et Methodii by Johann Michael Haydn
Soloists:
Magali Perol-Dumora, soprano
Rodrigo Sosa dal Pozzo, countertenor
Stephan van Dyck, tenor
Alejandro Meerapfel, bass
Musicians:
Ensemble baroque du Léman
2018
CERN Choir Concert
26 May, Temple de Saint-Gervais in Geneva
27 May, Église paroissiale in Ferney-Voltaire
Te Deum by Jan Dismas Zelenka
Te Deum by Georg Friedrich Haendel
Soloists:
Magali Perol-Dumora, soprano
Valérie Bonnard, soprano
Rodrigo Sosa dal Pozzo, countertenor
Stephan van Dyck, tenor
Alejandro Meerapfel, bass
Musicians:
Ensemble baroque du Léman
2017
CERN Choir Concert
20 May, Temple de Saint-Gervais in Geneva
Missa pro defunctis by Francois-Joseph Gossec
Soloists:
Clémence Tilquin, soprano
Valérie Bonnard, mezzo-soprano
Valerio Contaldo, tenor
Peter Brechbühler, baritone
Musicians:
Ensemble de Joux
2016
CERN Choir Concert
11 June, Temple de la Madeleine in Geneva
Requiem by Franz von Suppé
Soloists:
Elizabeth Bailey, soprano
Valérie Bonnard, mezzo-soprano
Frédéric Gindraux, tenor
Cozmin Sime, bass
Musicians:
Réginald Le Reun, piano
2015
CERN Choir Concert
27 November, Église paroissiale in Ferney-Voltaire
28 November, Temple de Saint-Gervais in Geneva
Requiem by Anton Bruckner
Cantates Chorales by Felix Medelssohn
With the Orchestre Philharmonique Romand
Soloists:
Elizabeth Bailey, soprano
Valérie Bonnard, mezzo-soprano
Valerio Contaldo, tenor
Alejandro Meerapfel, bass
Les musicales de Compesières
31 May, Église de Compesières in Geneva
Messa di Gloria e Credo by Gaetano Donizetti
Salve Regina by Vincenzo Bellini
Soloists:
Elizabeth Bailey, soprano
Valérie Bonnard, mezzo-soprano
José Pazos, tenor
Cozmin Sime, bass
Musicians:
Réginald Le Reun, piano
Nicolas Curti, percussion
Girolamo Bottiglieri, violin
Eliane Williner, flute
2014
CERN Choir Concert
30 September, Victoria Hall in Geneva
Missa solemnis by Ludwig van Beethoven
With the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève.
In collaboration with Zürcher Sing-Akademie
Soloists:
Elizabeth Bailey, soprano
Lucie Roche, mezzo-soprano
Valerio Contaldo, tenor
Julien Véronèse, bass
2013
CERN Choir Concert
14 December, Église Saint-Joseph in Geneva
15 December, Église Saint-Christophe in Vesancy
Excerpts from the oratorio A Child of our Time by Michael Tippet
Concert “Bosons & More”
30 September, CERN’s Prévessin site
Ode à la joie, Symphony no.9 by Ludwig van Beethoven
In collaboration with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romand, Zürcher Sing-Akademie and accompanied by the Alan Parson’s Live Project
CERN Choir Concert
6 June, Eglise de Compesières in Geneva
7 June, Église paroissiale in Ferney-Voltaire
Stabat Mater by Antonín Dvořák
Soloists:
Marie-Camille Vaquié, soprano
Carine Séchaye, alto
Valerio Contaldo, tenor
Thibault Gérentet, bass
Musicians:
Réginald Le Reun, piano
2012
CERN Choir Concert
11 December, Temple de Saint-Gervais in Geneva
Dixit Dominus by Jan Dismas Zelenka Kemptener
Te Deum by Franz Xaver Richter
Ensemble d’instruments anciens
Soloists:
Sandrine Hudry, soprano
Caroline Adoumbou, alto
Fernando Cuellar, tenor
Emerik Malandain, bass
Fête de la Musique, Geneva
24 June, Victoria Hall
Missa Sacra by Robert Schumann
CERN Choir Concert
15 June, Église Saint-Joseph in Geneva
Missa Sacra by Robert Schumann
Locus iste, Ave Maria and Pange Lingua by Anton Bruckner
O Roma nobilis by Franz Liszt.
Soloists:
Célia Cornu Kinzer, soprano
Fernando Cuellar, tenor
Emerik Malandain, bass
Musicians:
Diego Innocenzi, organ
2011
CERN Choir Christmas Concert
14 December, Main Auditorium at CERN (bldg. 500)
Christmas music
Autour de Franz Liszt à Rome
Musicians:
Julie Fortier, piano
Christophe Sturzenegger, piano
CERN Choir Concert
6 September, Saint-Pierre Cathedral in Geneva
Davide penitente by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture from Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Regina Coeli by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
With the Ensemble vocal Heinrich Schütz, Annecy, and the Orchestre Philharmonique Romand
Soloists:
Bénédicte Tauran, soprano
Valérie Bonnard, mezzo-soprano
Valerio Contaldo, tenor
CERN Choir Concert
28 June, Temple de Saint-Gervais in Geneva
29 June, Église paroissiale in Ferney-Voltaire
Missa in honorem BVM (Grosse Orgelsolomesse Hob XXII:4) by Joseph Haydn
Salve Regina
Cantate Qual dubbio ormai
Soloists:
Adriana Fernandez, soprano
Fabian Schofrin, countertenor
Valerio Contaldo, tenor
Stephan Imboden, bass
2010
CERN Choir Christmas Concert
12 December, Église Saint-Etienne in Divonne-les-Bains
14 December, Main Auditorium at CERN (bldg. 500)
Missa brevis in C by Leopold Mozart
Regina coeli by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Various Christmas songs
Soloists:
Sandrine Hudry, Soprano
Pierre Louis Retat, Basso continuo
CERN Choir Concert
4 June, Temple de Saint-Gervais in Geneva
5 June, Église paroissiale in Ferney-Voltaire
Motets, Missa Sancti Hieronymi and Offertoire Timete dominum by Johann Michael Haydn
Ensemble d’instruments anciens
Soloists:
Adriana Fernandez, soprano
Fabian Schofrin, countertenor
Jaime Caicompai, baritone
Stephan Imboden, bass
2009
CERN Choir Christmas Concert
18 December, Église Saint-Etienne in Divonne-les-Bains
19 December, Église Saint-Joseph in Geneva
Messe op. 4 by Camille Saint Saëns
Excerpts from Christus / Paulus by Félix Mednelssohn
Musicians:
Diego Innocenzi, organ
CERN Choir Concert
14 May, Église Sainte-Bernadette in Annecy
15 May, Saint-Pierre Cathedral in Geneva
The Seasons by Joseph Haydn
With the Pro Musica Annecy Choir and the Orchestre Philharmonique Romand
Soloists:
Adriana Fernandez, Soprano
Valerio Contaldo, tenor
Stephan Imboden, bass
2008
CERN Choir Christmas Concert
16 December, Main Auditorium at CERN (bldg. 500)
Excerpts from The Seasons by Joseph Haydn
O magnum mysterium and Exultate Deo by Domenico Scarlatti
O vos omnes by Joan Verdalet
Magnificat by Bernard Reichel
In dulci jubilo by Michael Praetorius
Excerpts from Magnificat by Johann Sebastian Bach
Musicians:
Pascal Salomon, piano
Les Cuivres du Temple
CERN Choir Concert
7 June, Temple de la Madeleine in Geneva
8 June, Église Saint-Etienne in Divonne-les-Bains
Requiem by Johann Michael Haydn
Vesperae de Dominica Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
With the Nouvel Orchestre de Genève
Soloists:
Adriana Fernandez, soprano
Katja Trayser, mezzo-soprano
Laurent Dami, tenor
Thibaud Gerentet, baritone
2007
CERN Choir Christmas Concert
15 December, Main Auditorium at CERN (bldg. 500)
Chants moraves, Danses slaves, and Stabat Mater (virgo) by Antonin Dvorak
Excerpts from l’Oratorio de Noël by Camille Saint-Saëns
Marche by Ludwig van Beethoven
Valses nobles by Franz Schubert
Danses hongroises by Johannes Brahms
Musicians:
Pascal Salomon, piano
Mihaïl Sarbu, piano
CERN Choir Concert
29 June, Église Sainte-Bernadette in Annecy
30 June, Eglise Saint-Pie X in Bouchet, Geneva
20 July, Tournus
21 July, Tullins
24 July, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Requiem by Luigi Cherubini
Lauda Sion by Felix Medelssohn
With the Pro Musica Annecy Choir and Nouvel Orchestre de Genève
Soloists:
Adriana Fernandez, soprano
Katja Trayser, mezzo-soprano
Valerio Contaldo, tenor
Thibaud Gerentet, baritone
CERN Choir Concert
Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo by Joseph Haydn
2006
CERN Choir Concert
14 June, Temple de la Fusterie in Geneva
15 June, Église Saint-Etienne in Divonne-les-Bains
Magnificat by Johann Christian Bach
Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo by Joseph Haydn
Miserere by Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
2005
Les Musicales Gabriel Fauré d’Annecy
December
Elias by Felix Mendelssohn
CERN Choir Concert
June, Main Auditorium at CERN (bldg. 500)
Elias by Felix Mendelssohn
CERN Choir Concert
July, Voirons / Tullins / Gap (France)
August, Fêtes de Genève au Casino
October, Forum de Meyrin
La Création by Joseph Haydn
2003
CERN Choir Concert
December, Main Auditorium at CERN (bldg. 500)
December, Annecy
Le Roi David by Arthur Honegger
CERN Choir Concert
April, Temple de la Fusterie in Geneva
April, Église Saint-Etienne in Divonne-les-Bains
Petite Messe Solennelle by Gioacchino Rossini
2002
CERN Choir Concert
December, Main Auditorium at CERN (bldg. 500)
Oratorio de Noël by Johann Sebastian Bach
CERN Choir Concert
June, Temple de la Madeleine in Geneva
June, Annecy
Missa solemnis in D by Ludwig van Beethoven
2001
CERN Choir Concert
June, Église Saint-Etienne in Divonne-les-Bains
November, Saint-Pierre Cathedral in Geneva
November, Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens Cathedral in Annecy
Requiem allemand by Johannes Brahms
CERN Choir Concert
December, Temple de la Fusterie in Geneva
December, Église paroissiale in Ferney-Voltaire
Messe du Couronnement and Vêpres solennelles du Confesseur by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2000
CERN Choir Concert
June, Saint-Pierre Cathedral in Geneva
October, Forum de Meyrin
Messe Solennelle by Hector Berlioz
Fêtes de Genève
August, Casino
Messe Solennelle by Hector Berlioz