Sélections

Is what seems obvious to me obvious to most people? Are my intuitions reliable? For Florian Cova, Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Geneva, “these are two questions that cannot be answered directly by philosophical speculation, but which call for empirical investigation. This is why, over the last twenty years or […]

Arthur Conan Doyle disguised as George Edward Challenger, main character in The Lost World, published in 1912. Writer Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best known for creating the character of Sherlock Holmes, but there’s much more to his work – and even more to his life. The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle fonds (IS 4314), held […]

With the aim of promoting the musical heritage of the Canton of Vaud, La Phonothèque offers you thematic and occasional playlists of historical and new works. Not only will you find the musicians and groups you love, but you’ll also be able to make some great discoveries! All musical genres are represented: classical music (composers […]

We’ve now arrived at “Black November”, the name given to the penultimate month of the year to celebrate the race to find the best deals, in particular Black Friday, the last Friday in November. Since 1992, resistance to consumerism has been organized under the banner of Buy Nothing Day. This year’s event takes place on […]

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 […]