Saturday, May 3, 11 a.m. Reading by Leyla Tazber, accompanied by Dmitry Rasul-Kareye

Leyla Tatzber’s recently published Accordez-moi is a novel inspired by the music of Transylvania, and pays tribute to the work of the great Bartók Béla. This year, 2025, marks the anniversary of his death. We are therefore delighted to read extracts from his work as part of this tribute.

Leyla Tatzber teaches, writes and regularly organizes literary events. She is the author of two novels (Peut mieux faire and Tache de Beur) and a collection of short stories, (Rondes), published by éditions de l’Hèbe; a collection of poetry (De mes dunes à tes flancs) published by éditions des Sables. She has also writteń several academic or literary articles in various journals and made short films with the Service Écoles- Médias de Genève.

Accordez-moi is his fifth book.

Dmitry Rasul-Kareye

Principal clarinet of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Geneva).
First Grand Prix of the Concours International Claude Debussy 2010 in Paris.
Associate of Royal Academy of Music (London).
Founder and Director of the Soloist Academy.

His career as an orchestral musician began in 2006, when he joined the Orchestre du Festival de Verbier, where he also performed solo with Master James Levine on piano. In the same year, he temporarily joined the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, leaving to take up the position of principal clarinet with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2009, he won the competition for principal clarinet of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, a position he currently holds.