Viviane Urio — Artistic Director

Viviane Urio is an artist, opera singer, composer-performer and educator trained in Geneva, Bern and Lausanne. Specialised in the Dalcroze method, she develops an engaged stage and musical practice at the crossroads of singing, musical theatre, composition and cultural mediation.

Her path has taken her across Switzerland and internationally, including to the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, the Darmstadt Summer Course, the social programme NEOJIBA in Brazil and the Conservatoire de Palmarès in Costa Rica.

She regularly collaborates with cultural and social institutions such as the Château de Chillon, the Château de Prangins, the University of Geneva, the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Cancer Support Switzerland, the Red Cross, the Berner Seefestspiel, the Festival de danse de Vevey, Geneva Cathedral and the Musée international de la Réforme.

Her work is marked by an expanded vocal approach, strong theatrical inventiveness and engaged intercultural research. The Prix de la Ville de Genève, the Prix Marguerite Croptier-Lange and the prize of the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze recognise her stage presence and her ability to build sensitive bridges between different musical and theatrical aesthetics.