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The final episode of From Sign to Sound, our journey of discovery into the world of interpretation! This time, the spotlight is on world music and one of its leading figures: Indian sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar, whose real name was Robindra Shaunkor Chowdhury, who passed away 10 years ago. A true legend of Indian […]

Discover the fourth episode in the series Du signe au son ou l’art de l’interprétation. In the spotlight is one of the singers who marked the history of French chanson: Monique Andrée Serf, known as Barbara, who passed away 25 years ago. “One day, I went to hear Edith Piaf. She was singing on the […]

From classical music to French chanson, the Du signe au son series is now turning its attention to jazz. The art of interpretation concerns all genres of music! In the spotlight is the inventor of the jazz violin: Stéphane Grappelli, who passed away 25 years ago. Paris, the courtyards of Montmartre buildings, cinemas accompanying silent […]

As 2022 draws to a close, the Riponne site is undergoing a metamorphosis. Our collections are moving. We have decided to create two more user-friendly spaces, and to regroup certain collections to create cohesion and harmony in these two “new” spaces: The Salle de la Fontaine has become a space dedicated to the imaginary. Here […]

Since 2015, the Prix des lecteurs de la Ville de Lausanne has rewarded a novel written by an author from French-speaking Switzerland. This year, for the 9th edition, the nominees are : Eric Bulliard’s Cabin Odile Cornuz‘s rifle Les Déshérités by Valentin Decoppet Letter to my dictator fromEugène Her favorite by Sarah Jollien-Fardel In previous […]

Today, on the day dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, we pay tribute with music. There is a music that helps us to remember these atrocities, a music that becomes a tool of memory and mourning in the face of tragedy. On the one hand, it has been handed down to […]