{"id":1221,"date":"2018-05-13T18:41:05","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T17:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acma.ch\/new\/wordpress\/?page_id=1221"},"modified":"2023-10-04T07:12:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T06:12:35","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acma.ch\/new\/wordpress\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbsection\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.17.6&Prime; background_color=\u00a0\u00bbRGBA(255,255,255,0)\u00a0\u00bb background_image=\u00a0\u00bbhttp:\/\/acma.ch\/new\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fond2023_web.jpg\u00a0\u00bb parallax=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb38px|0px|358px|0px\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_row admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbrow\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.16&Prime; background_size=\u00a0\u00bbinitial\u00a0\u00bb background_position=\u00a0\u00bbtop_left\u00a0\u00bb background_repeat=\u00a0\u00bbrepeat\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.16&Prime; custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb|||\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding__hover=\u00a0\u00bb|||\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbAbout us\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.17.6&Prime; text_text_color=\u00a0\u00bb#091842&Prime; header_text_color=\u00a0\u00bb#091842&Prime; background_size=\u00a0\u00bbinitial\u00a0\u00bb background_position=\u00a0\u00bbtop_left\u00a0\u00bb background_repeat=\u00a0\u00bbrepeat\u00a0\u00bb hover_enabled=\u00a0\u00bb0&Prime; global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb sticky_enabled=\u00a0\u00bb0&Prime;]<\/p>\n<h1>About us<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong><em>Association des Concerts de Musique Ancienne<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(ACMA) was born forty years ago, shortly after the creation of the Geneva Early Music Center.<\/p>\n<p>At that time, the renewed interest for instruments of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods was growing significantly and contributed to bring to light little-known repertoires, expand the range of existing instruments and develop new sonorities through instrument making based on historical sources.<\/p>\n<p>Since, the ACMA hasn\u2019t stopped promoting early music in Geneva, mainly focusing its activities on organizing concerts. Today, there are three concert seasons: the festivals\u00a0<em>Luths et Th\u00e9orbes<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Soirs d\u2019Automne<\/em>, that alternate biennially and <em>Les Dimanches de l\u2019ACMA<\/em>, which occurs every year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Luths et Th\u00e9orbes<\/em>\u00a0is dedicated to the\u00a0repertoires of early plucked string instruments and shows all their variety by proposing soloist recitals and chamber music concerts. Many lutenists of international renown have already been heard during this festival since its creation in 2002.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Soirs d&rsquo;Automne <\/em>has for main goal to provide a showcase for musicians from Geneva and its surroundings who play medieval, Renaissance or Baroque repertoires, be they native from the region or from cities as far away as Buenos Aires, Paris, Berlin or Milano.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Les\u00a0<\/em><em>Dimanches de l\u2019ACMA\u00a0<\/em>takes place every spring and aims particularly to promote young musicians graduating from early music departments here and abroad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The many concerts organized over the past years have provided a showcase in Geneva for musicians from all over the world, but also to those who work, teach or study in this city, allowing them to express themselves in a creative, open and public environment such as a concert performance, sharing thus their passion for the instruments and the repertoires of past centuries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to join and support the association?<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe by filling in the form on page <a href=\"https:\/\/acma.ch\/new\/wordpress\/soutenir\/\">\u201cRejoindre l\u2019association\u201d\u00a0<\/a> !<\/p>\n<p>The annual membership fee will enable you to be informed of our activities and have reduced price tickets to concerts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE ACMA COMMITTEE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chairman : Jean-Paul Wisard<br \/>\nVice-Chairman : Dana Howe<br \/>\nSecretary: Fran\u00e7ois Stride<br \/>\nTreasurer: Carolina Acuna<br \/>\nMember: Juliette Molin<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Artistic Director: Monica Pustilnik<br \/>\nAdministrator: Pierre Scheid<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider show_divider=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb disabled_on=\u00a0\u00bbon|on|off\u00a0\u00bb admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbS\u00e9parateur\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.16&Prime; global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About us &nbsp; The\u00a0Association des Concerts de Musique Ancienne\u00a0(ACMA) was born forty years ago, shortly after the creation of the Geneva Early Music Center. 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