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Maurice Ravel : portraits
Philharmonie de Paris, Salle de conférence (Paris)
"A trickle of youth": Schumann's phrase about Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream has not aged a day. And then we have the Elgar's Concerto, entrusted to the bow of Frank Peter Zimmermann, where magic is met by mystery…
"A trickle of youth": Schumann's phrase about Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream has not aged a day. And then we have the Elgar's Concerto, entrusted to the bow of Frank Peter Zimmermann, where magic is met by mystery…
Inspired by Clara Schumann’s encounter with several of her female contemporaries, Franco-Belgian soprano Marianne Croux, together with Pierre and Théo Fouchenneret, explores a Romantic Europe torn between passionate fervour and modernist dazzle.
Pure symphonic ecstasy, with two monuments in the canon that demand a fully engaged, inventive and visionary orchestra—here, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under the baton of he who served as its musical director from 2000 to 2015.
Featuring Joe Lovano (saxophone), Julian Lage (guitar), Santi Debriano (double bass), and Will Cahoun (drums), the new Paramount Quartet—formed in early 2024—has burst onto the scene with a distillation of jazz as adventurous as it is vigorous.
A passionate programme from Orchestre Pasdeloup, with an anthology of 19th- and 20th-century works and a new piece by Béchara El-Khoury, with soloists François Dumont on piano and Arnaud Nuvolone on violin.
Clarinettist Yom, violinist Théo Ceccaldi and cellist Valentin Ceccaldi—three illustrious explorers of contemporary French jazz—bring their new trio project to the stage, setting off into the horizon of innovative trance.
Becoming ubiquitous in recent years, loop stations allow any musical sequence to be recorded, repeated again and again, and layered. Using looping, Robin Cavaillès creates an entire show mixing singing, beatbox and instruments.
Becoming ubiquitous in recent years, loop stations allow any musical sequence to be recorded, repeated again and again, and layered. Using looping, Robin Cavaillès creates an entire show mixing singing, beatbox and instruments.
The flamboyant Cameron Carpenter takes on two musical monuments daringly arranged by himself: Mussorgsky’s phantasmagorias and Bach’s Goldberg Variations, the alpha and omega of his oeuvre.
From the sarcastic music of The Nose, to his limpid final symphony featuring quotes from Rossini and Wagner, to his striking orchestration of Schumann’s Cello Concerto—a tribute to the multiple facets of Shostakovich.
András Schiff in his own garden, exploring with relish Bach’s Triple Concerto for flute, violin and harpsichord and the enchanted paths of two of Mozart’s most awe-inspiring piano concertos.