The Orchestre de chambre fribourgeois performs La Symphonie des générations (The Symphony of Generations) at Forum Fribourg in Granges-Paccot. The concert takes place on Saturday 28 November 2026 at 5 pm.
The story
The Orchestre de chambre fribourgeois was founded in 2009. Laurent Gendre, its founding conductor, led it for fifteen years.
In June 2024, the orchestra appointed Philippe Bach as his successor. Born in Saanen in 1974, he is in charge of artistic direction and programming.
Who organises it
The Orchestre de chambre fribourgeois organises the concert, together with the Conservatoire de Fribourg.
What to find
The concert brings together around a hundred musicians aged 12 to 82. The orchestra plays with the Conservatoire de Fribourg student orchestra and the Orchestre Movimento.
Philippe Bach conducts the ensemble. Soprano Mathilde Louvat is the evening’s soloist.
The programme opens with Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 100, the “Military”. A new work by the young Fribourg violinist Joseph Kocian follows.
The evening ends with Henryk Mikołaj Górecki’s Symphony No. 3, known as the “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”, for soprano and orchestra.
Practical information
- Dates, Saturday 28 November 2026
- Times, doors open at 4 pm, concert from 5 pm to 7 pm
- Duration, about 2 hours
- Venue, Forum Fribourg, route du Lac 12, 1763 Granges-Paccot
- Tickets, online via Eventfrog
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Links
- Official site, Conservatoire de Fribourg, La Symphonie des générations
- Tickets, Eventfrog, OCF, La Symphonie des générations
- Tourist office, Fribourg Region, OCF, La Symphonie des générations
- All events across French-speaking Switzerland, Genève Infos Agenda
Sources
- Fribourg Region, OCF, La Symphonie des générations, accessed on 14 November 2026
- State of Fribourg, Conservatoire, La Symphonie des générations, accessed on 14 November 2026
- Eventfrog, OCF, La Symphonie des générations, accessed on 14 November 2026
- blue News (ATS), New artistic director of the Orchestre de chambre fribourgeois, accessed on 14 November 2026
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