Geneva is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous of the French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, and a centre for international diplomacy. Geneva hosts the highest number of international organizations in the world.
The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) is a Swiss symphony orchestra, based in Geneva at the Victoria Hall. In addition to symphony concerts, the OSR performs as the opera orchestra in productions at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.
The Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) is a Swiss public broadcasting organisation. Part of SRG SSR, RTS handles production and broadcasting of radio and television programming in French for Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2010 by a merger of Radio suisse romande and Télévision suisse romande.
Freddy Buache was a Swiss journalist, cinema critic and film historian. He was the director of the Swiss Film Archive from 1951 to 1996. He was a privatdozent at the University of Lausanne.
Éric Stauffer is a Swiss politician from Homberg. He chaired the Genevan Citizens Movement from 2008 to 2012.
The Haute école de musique de Genève is a professional higher music education institution in Geneva, Switzerland.
L'effet caribou is a humorous television series broadcasting on three private Swiss TV channels: La Télé, Léman Bleu and 20minutes.ch
The Fêtes de Genève was an annual summer event in Geneva, Switzerland. It included a grand fireworks display.
Metin Arditi, born 2 February 1945 in Ankara, is a French-speaking Swiss writer of Turkish Sephardi origin.
26 minutes (26’) was a weekly French-language Swiss television comedy program starring Vincent Kucholl and Vincent Veillon. It was aired between 2015 and 2017 on RTS Un, succeeding their daily radio program 120 secondes (120’’) from 2011 to 2014 on Couleur 3.
Christine Kaddous is Professor of European Union law at the University of Geneva, Jean Monnet Chair ad personam and Director of the Centre d'études juridiques européennes – Centre d'excellence Jean Monnet of Geneva University. She is also Visiting Professor at the College of Europe.
René Morax was a Swiss writer, playwright, stage director and theatre manager. He founded the Théâtre du Jorat in Morges in 1908, and promoted historical and rural theatre in French in Switzerland. He is known for the play Le Roi David, with music by Arthur Honegger.
Nicolas Cilins is an artist living in Geneva, Switzerland, working across the disciplines of visual arts, filmmaking, and performance art. His works are included as part of several public collections, such as the Institut für Film und Videokunst in Germany, the Fonds régional d'art contemporain in France, the Kunstmuseum Bern, the Fonds cantonal d'art contemporain, and the Fonds municipal d'art contemporain de Genève in Switzerland. Cilins became a laureate of the Swiss Art Awards in June 2018, and a laureate of the Geneva Art Awards in September 2020.
Jean-Louis Roy was a Swiss film and television director.
Video games in Switzerland have been released since the 1980s. In 2016, there were between 100 and 120 game companies, mostly small, corresponding to about 500 employees and a turnover of about 50 millions Swiss francs.
Dominique Warluzel was a Swiss lawyer, television producer, and playwright. He was registered with the Geneva Bar.
Darius Rochebin, born Darius Khoshbin on 25 December 1966 in Geneva, is a Swiss journalist of Iranian origin. From 1998 to 2020, he presented the newscast of the national broadcaster Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) as well as the RTS program Pardonnez-moi, which interviews Swiss and international personalities. In August 2020, he left RTS and joined the French channel LCI to carry out daily interviews.
Philippe Grosclaude is a painter who lives and works in his native Geneva. After practicing oil and acrylic painting, he adopted pastel, which he has made central to his output since the 1980s.
Yves Robert Nidegger is a Swiss attorney and politician who formerly served as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Swiss People's Party between 2007 and 2023 being succeeded by Thomas Bläsi. Previously, he was a member of the Grand Council of Geneva from 2005 to 2009, respectively congressional vice president of the Swiss People's Party Geneva from 2004 to 2006 and 2009 to 2010.
François Nordmann is a Swiss diplomat and a columnist who writes on foreign affairs.
