Through a wide array of musical events, it is an avenue for expanding and renewing audiences. It welcomes many types of musical ensembles and supports them in their full diversity. It contributes to the musical instruction and training of the public. It initiates and participates in national and international musical exchanges. To that end, its missions are as follows:
- To organise, produce, coproduce, broadcast, and promote concerts, musical shows, and exhibitions as well as any related artistic and cultural events;
- To develop cultural and educational activities for the general public in order to encourage equal access to all forms of music and to support initiatives that contribute to their awareness and practice;
- To manage and take full advantage of its concert halls and workspaces, directly or through its affiliates, particularly the large auditorium designated primarily for orchestras and performances of the symphonic repertoire;
- To welcome a variety of musical ensembles and to take on related administrative tasks as needed;
- To incite the creation of musical works, notably contemporary music;
- To manage and take full advantage of the Musée national de la musique, which has the missions of contributing to musical knowledge and the conservation of instrumental heritage; enriching, studying, and presenting the national collections in its care; advising and facilitating the network of public collections in the musical domain; and managing the documentation, research, and restoration that takes place in its laboratory;
- To highlight, enrich, and present documents and informational holdings on different areas and musical genres by all means possible, including a multimedia library, to both the general public and to researchers.
Olivier Mantei is at the helm of the new establishment the Cité de la musique - Philharmonie de Paris from 2021, following Laurent Bayle's mandate, from 2001 to 2021.
