lafond20 events - Fondation Martin Bodmer

History of events organised by the Foundation
and the Friends Association
30 April 1997:
To mark the opening of the exhibition Le monde de l’autographe,
lecture by Dr Donald Prater on the life and work of Stefan Zweig.
Dr Prater is the author of a biography on Stefan Zweig. Lecture
followed by a guided tour by Prof. Martin Bircher.
5 November 1997: Presentation by Prof. Charles Méla of three medieval
manuscripts originally belonging to the Beck Collection and
acquired by the Martin Bodmer Foundation.
22 April 1998:
Concert of 18th century music with period instruments by the
group ESTE from Basel. Presentation by Prof. Martin Bircher of
the exhibition 1648, indépendence politique – intégration
culturelle.
30 April-1 May 1998: Guided tours of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the
collection of Jean-Louis Moses in Paris.
8 December 1998: Presentation of some of the Foundation’s treasures.
21 April 1999:
Lecture by Jacques Quentin on the influence of The Dream of
Poliphilus (Songe de Poliphile) on book history. Presentation of
copies of various Italian and French editions of The Dream of
Poliphilus. (Celebration of the 100th anniversary of Martin
Bodmer’s birth and the 500th anniversary of the publication of The
Dream of Poliphilus.)
24-25 April 1999:
Excursion to Alsace to visit the Unterlinden Museum (Isenheim
alterpiece by Grünewald), the Beatus Rhenanus Humanist
Library in Selestat and the regional museum of Epinal (Job visité
par sa femme by Georges de la Tour; collection of 18th century
French drawings; and popular imagery).
1 November 1999: Round-table and reception at the Palais de l’Athénée in Geneva
on the occasion of the publication of the complete edition of the
Papyrus Bodmer by K.G. Saur. Event attended by the editor,
Prof. K.G. Saur, and Professors Martin Bircher, André Hurst,
Rodolphe Kasser, Charles Méla and Jean Rudhardt.
21 March 2000:
Presentation by Jean-Denis Bredin of his book Une singulière
famille, Jacques Necker, Suzanne Necker et Germaine de Staël
at the Palais de l’Athénée in Geneva.
24-25 June 2000:
Visit of the Vadiana Library in Saint-Gall and the exhibition
Spiegel der Welt by the Martin Bodmer Foundation at the
Bärengasse Museum in Zurich.
16 January 2001:
Lecture by Jacques Quentin at the Palais de l’Athénée in Geneva
on ‘Le peintre et le livre: 1870-1980. Une histoire du livre illustré
par des peintres-graveurs qui, de Manet à Picasso, ont incarné
un âge d’or, en France comme en Suisse’.
9 May 2001:
Lecture by Charles Méla to present the set of proofs of Du côté
de chez Swann by Marcel Proust, acquired by the Martin Bodmer
Foundation.
24-26 May 2001:
Visit of Dresden and its surroundings: Pillnitz Castle, Eckberg
Castle, Moritzburg Castle, Sächsische Landesbibliothek,
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Cabinet of Prints and Drawings,
Grünes Gewolbe, exhibition Spiegel der Welt by the Martin
Bodmer Foundation at Dresden Castle.
29 June 2001:
Marina Lodygensky, soprano, accompanied by pianist Anthony di
Giantomasso: the most beautiful Lieder of the Martin Bodmer
Foundation (manuscripts by Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn,
Wolf, Schönberg, Berlioz, Franck, Debussy…). (Conservatoire de
Musique de Genève.)
28,29,30 June 2002: Three concerts in Strasburg on the occasion of the exhibition
Musik und Dichtung. Handschriften aus den Sammlungen Stefan
Zweig und Martin Bodmer (Salzburger Museum Carolino
Augusteum):
Mozart Wohnhaus, Tanzmeistersaal:
-­‐ W.A. Mozart, Quartet KV168; Trio for soprano, tenor
and bass KV441; Quintet in D major KV 593
-­‐ Ludwig van Beethoven, Allegretto for quartet in B
minor
Rittersaal, Alte Residenz:
-­‐ Alessandro Scarletti, Giovanni Battista Costanzi, Il
martino di Santa Cecilia, oratorio
Steintheater, Heilbrunn:
-­‐ Claudio Monteverdi, L’Orfeo, favola in musica
21 November 2003: Inauguration of the new Museum of the Martin Bodmer
Foundation designed by Mario Botta.
27 November 2004: Opening of the exhibition Eros invaincu. La Bibliothèque Gérard
Nordmann.
26 January 2005:
Song recital in the History Room of the Martin Bodmer
Foundation. Isabelle Henriquez, mezzo-soprano; Marina
Lodygensky, soprano; Stephan MacLeod, bass-baritone.
Accompanied by Xavier Dami and Didier Puntos on the piano.
Songs by Chausson, Serres chaudes by Maeterlinck, Debussy
and Chansons de Bilitis by Pierre Louÿs.
20 February 2005: Lecture by Charles Méla on Les origines de Tristan. Held at the
Grand Théâtre in Geneva, during a Sunday event on Wagner’s
masterpiece, Tristan und Isolde.
8 March 2005:
In the History Room, Nelly Kaplan autographed her works and
met her readers for the release of her latest novel Cuisses de
grenouilles and the box of DVDs containing most of her films –
documentaries and fiction.
21 March 2005:
At Geneva University (Auditoire Piaget) Lectures orientales avec
Michel Butor. Organised jointly with the Organisation
internationale de la Francophonie in honour of Michel Butor.
Michel Butor read texts by Bossuet, Théophile Gautier and
Gérard de Nerval on ‘travels to Egypt’, and by Voltaire, Jules
Verne and Paul Claudel on ‘travels to Japan’.
Photography exhibition by Muriel Oleson and Gérard Minkoff.
31 May 2005:
Deux saisons du Grand Théâtre. Exhibition of original documents
related to events taking place at the Grand Théâtre in Geneva.
1 June 2005:
Display by Christie’s of Old Master paintings and drawings in the
museum’s temporary exhibition hall.
28 August 2005:
Les Reliures Précieuses. Exhibition organised jointly with Friends
of the Martin Bodmer Foundation in the History Room.
2 September 2005: Fleurons de la Bodmeriana. Bibliophile exhibit on the occasion of
the Congress of the International Association of Bibliophiles in
Geneva and Zurich.
6 October 2005:
Autour de Jules Vernes: sciences et voyages. Touring exhibit
organised by Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch and Cie in Geneva
and intended for its Paris, Brussels and Zurich branches.
Exhibited in the History Room of the Martin Bodmer Foundation
on 1 November 2005.
18 November 2005: Preview of the exhibition Les mythes de Dürrenmatt. Dessins et
manuscrits. Collection Charlotte Kerr Dürrenmatt. Presence of
Mario Botta.
11 February 2006: Participation in the Nuit du Journal intime organised by the
Comédie de Genève. Two manuscripts exhibited in two of the
Foundation’s display cabinets (Jouhandeau’a Essai sur moimême and Valéry Larbaud’s Mon plus secret conseil). Also first
editions of works by Vigny, Benjamin Constant, Amiel, Gide and
Green.
15 February 2006: Compelling lecture by actor Jean-Luc Bideau on Dürrenmatt’s
Minotaure in the Foundation’s History Room. Lecture attended by
some 50 people. Charlotte Kerr Dürrenmatt donated various
typewritten and autograph manuscripts of the Minotaure, thus
completing the collection of manuscripts she had already given
the Foundation.
22 March 2006:
Concert at the Geneva Conservatoire de Musique organised by
Noëlle del Drago and Pascale Méla for the March celebrations of
La Francophonie: soprano Sylvie Robert, accompanied by pianist
Dimitri Vassilakis, sang poems by Verlaine set to music by
Debussy and Fauré. Actor Boubacar Samb read poems by
Senghor accompanied by kora player Nana Cissokho.
A display cabinet on loan to the Conservatoire exhibited copy
n°108 of the first edition of Terre promise d’Afrique by Senghor
with 17 engravings by Hans Erni. The copy was printed specially
for Martin Bodmer.
7 April 2006:
Preview of the exhibition Pablo Picasso. Les livres illustrés.
Collection Steinhauslin.
September 2006:
Inauguration of the Foundation’s gardens donated by Conrad and
Florence Bodmer. Exhibition Tout commence par un jardin,
Claude Reymond Collection in the Foundation’s History Room.
1 September 2006: Preview of the exhibition Robert Walser. Le Territoire du crayon.
25 September 2006:
In connection with the Robert Walser exhibition Claude
Thébert performed at the Geneva Comédie in a play based on
texts by Walser.
29 September 2006:
6 October 2006:
Reading by Jacques Roman of short stories by Walser.
Lecture, Que nos instants soient d’accueil, by François Cheng,
poet and member of the Académie française, to mark the release
of an art book of poetic texts edited by the Société des Amis du
Livre contemporain. Held in the Foundation’s History Room.
5 May 2007:
Preview of the exhibition Mignonne allons voir… Fleurons de la
Bibliothèque poétique de Jean Paul Barbier Mueller.
14 September 2007:
Preview of the exhibition Illuminations d’Arménie.
Collection du Maténadaran.
27 November 2007: Discussion group on painting (‘l’acte de peindre’) with Fabienne
Verdier and Charles Juliet. Organised for the release of their
book Entre ciel et terre (Albin Michel). Event sponsored by the
Yves and Inez Oltramare Foundation.
6 December 2007: Presention of the new Sources collection to Friends of the Martin
Bodmer Foundation. Followed by a concert on the theme Noces
et autres histoires russes by Igor Stravinsky and C.F. Ramuz
(conductor Jean-Jacques Balet and soprano Carine Séchehaye).
January 2008:
Literary encounter in the Foundation’s History Room with
Jacques Probst, Charles Méla and Marlyse Pietri: readings and
presentation of Jean-Marc Lovay’s latest book Réverbération.
Second encounter, La Comédie s’invite: excerpts from Salomé
(‘Qui est cette femme qui me regarde’) read by Anne Bisang.
14 March 2008:
Preview of the exhibition Lettres intimes. Collection Anne-Marie
Springer.
April 2008:
Two lectures by Fabrice Midal (La Tantra comme voie poètique)
and Marcel Pérès (La parole, le silence, le son et la lumière dans
le Livre des morts des anciens Egyptiens et dans l’Apocalypse
de saint Jean). Participation of the choir singing at the Festival
Agapé in Geneva.
May 2008:
Taher Ben Jelloun presented his book of poems Lumières sur
lumières illustrated by Fouad Bellamine. Event organised in
partnership with the Société des Amis du Livre Contemporain.
June 2008:
Dialogue between Françoise Buffat, author of Judith reine de
Narbonne, and Bernard Lescaze on ‘the two Jewish kingdoms
that exerted their influence in the 9th century…’
July 2008:
De la dependence à la liberté: analysis of the handwritten letters
in the exhibition Lettres intimes by Paris graphologist Anne-Marie
Simond.
18 October 2008:
Preview of the exhibition Passages d’encre. Echanges littéraires
autographes dans la Bibliothèque Jean Bonna, 1850-1900.
29 October 2008:
Opening of the series of lectures on Passages d’encre at the
Salons, rue Bartholoni. From October 2008 to January 2009:
• Charles Méla: Une autre histoire littéraire
• Pierre Macé: Vies antérieures et temps retrouvé
(Baudelaire, Nerval and Proust)
• Edouard Graham: Catulle Mendès, passeur et dédicataire
dans la Bibliothèque Bonna
• Jean-Marc Hovasse: Hugo, l’exil, la photographie
• Jean Bonna: L’Idée d’une collection
• Robert Kopp: Littérature et justice: Flaubert et Baudelaire
en correctionnelle
• Pierre Glaudes, professor at the Sorbonne: Barbey
d’Aurevilly et Léon Bloy
• Jean-Pierre Lefebvre, professor at the Ecole Normale
Supérieure in Paris: L’hymne à la paix sauvé de la guerre
froide (referring to the manuscript of Hölderlin’s poem
Friedensfeier)
• Juan Rigoli, professor at Geneva University: Nerval et ses
interlocuteurs
• Bertrand Marchal, professor at the Sorbonne: Mallarmé –
Correspondances
30 October 2008: Premiere screening in the Foundation’s History Room of the 11th
episode of l’Apocalypse, a documentary series by Gérard
Mordillat and Jérôme Prieur. To be shown on Arte starting 3
December. Many of the documents in the series were filmed
during a previous shooting at the Martin Bodmer Foundation.
27 January 2009:
Lecture by Charles Méla at the Société de lecture: Eros et
mariage. De Plutarque à Chrétien de Troyes.
4-6 February 2009: Symposium on the literature of the period 1280-1320. Organised
by the Charles Bally Foundation at Geneva University and at the
Martin Bodmer Foundation. Inaugural lecture by Charles Méla on
La Vie de Saint-Louis de Joinville.
12 February 2009: Preview of the exhibition En toutes lettres… Cent ans de
literature à la NRF with Antoine Gallimard and a number of
personalities and journalists from Paris (Jean Clair and Pierre
Nora of the Académie française; Jorge Semprun, Bernard Pivot
and Taher ben Jelloun, of the Académie Goncourt; Pierre
Assouline; Patrick Kechichian; Prof. Jean Starobinski; Catherine
Gide; Isabelle Gallimard; Florence Malraux; Claire Paulhan).
13-28 February 2009: Exhibition Traces de Salomé in the lobby of the Grand Théâtre
in Geneva.
1 March 2009:
Quatuor Fantasia, four string quartet in the Foundation’s History
Room.
10 March 2009:
Preview of the retrospective of the Editions Take 5 in the
Foundation’s History Room. Presentation of Beyrouth, the new
book by Wajdi Mouawad and Georges Basilicos.
5 March 2009:
Lecture by Florence Darbre, restorer at Christie’s, on the
problems encountered when restoring works on paper.
15 May 2009:
Preview of the exhibition Trésors du siècle d’or russe. De
Pouchkine à Tolstoï.
21 November 2009: Preview of the exhibition Orient-Occident. Racines spirituelles de
l’Europe.
17 April 2010:
L’incarnation du Verbe: la parole chantée dans le Christianisme
et l’Islam. Chant romain, chant byzantin, Samaa marocain:
concert at the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre in Geneva to mark the end
of the exhibition Orient-Occident. Organised by the Martin
Bodmer Foundation. With Marcel Pérès’ Ensemble Organum;
Athens cathedral cantor, Lycourgos Angelopoulos; and Moroccan
Sufi, Ahmed Saher.
May-June 2010:
Series of concerts held in the Foundation’s History Room to mark
the exhibition La Musique et les lettres. Organised with the
support of the Jan Michalski Foundation and Totsa Oil Trading
SA.
• 20 May: melodies by Georges Starobinski
• 27 May: pianist Pascal Salomon, teacher at the Geneva
Conservatoire, played Chopin, Ravel and Debussy
• 9, 16 and 23 June: pianist Gilles Landini played Chopin
25 August 2010:
L’Ame du romantisme, autour de la 2e Ballade de Chopin dédiée
à Schumann. Produced by actor Alain Carré; accompanied on
the piano by Irina Chkourindina.
23 October 2010:
Yves Benoit-Cattin presents Walpurgisnachtstraum published by
the Société des Amis du livre contemporain and excerpts from
Faust translated by Nerval and illustrated by Gérard Garouste.
Event held in the Foundation’s History Room.
30 October 2010:
Preview of La Médecine ancienne, du corps aux étoiles, the main
exhibition of the year, in the presence of State Councillor PierreFrançois Unger.
9 November 2010: Science day organised by Prof. Fantini in the Foundation’s
History Room: Les quatre éléments, humeurs et temperaments.
Followed by a concert by the students of the Haute Ecole de
Musique de Genève conducted by Leonardo Alarcon: Musiques
autour des quatre tempéraments. Le Secret des Philosophes, les
quatre éléments et l’alchimie, talk by Charles Méla with
Professors Philippe Mudry (Lausanne), Jackie Pigeaud (Nantes),
Armelle Debru (Paris-Descartes), Jacques Jouanna (ParisSorbonne) and Vivian Nutton (Wellcome Trust Center).
15-25 November 2010: Exhibition Orient-Occident. Racines spirituelles de l’Europe.
57 photographs by Frédéric Möri. Event organised by the Martin
Bodmer Foundation in the Hall Mirò at UNESCO in Paris.
Followed by a debate as part of the Journée mondiale de la
Philosophie.
24 November 2010: Official opening of the symposium on ancient medicine in the
lobby of the Grand Thèâtre. Followed by a concert (L’expression
des affects dans la musique vocale du baroque) by the ensemble
Cappella Mediterranea conducted by Leonardo Garcia Alarcon.
December 2010:
Voces de papel, a Miguel Hernàndez: art and literary exhibit
(gouache, watercolours, lithographs, tempera, oil painting…) to
mark the 100th anniversary of the poet’s death. Initiative by
Silvana Solivella.
13 May 2011:
Opening of the exhibition Soljenitsyne, le courage d’écrire, in the
presence of his widow Natalia Dmitrievna.
11 October 2011:
Piano recital by Elena Ivanova
16 October 2011: Recital by Irina Chkourindina (piano), Vera KalberguenovaReumann (soprano) and Charles-Guillaume Méla (piano) to mark
the end of the exhibition Soljenitsyne, le courage d’écrire.