Ensemble Correspondances, winner of the 2024 Liliane Bettencourt Prize for choral singing, places youth at the heart of its bold projects, as reflected by this programme with teenagers from the Maîtrise de Caen and the Philharmonie de Paris EVE choirs.

In an acoustic trio, the flamboyant Sandra Nkaké crafts a concert paying tribute to the women composers and artists who have inspired her.

From the intensity of the chamber symphonies to the liveliness of Piano Concerto No. 1, the minimalist beauty of the Six Melodies, and the biting satire of Moscow, Cheryomushki—the diverse facets of the great Russian composer.

Blending storytelling, song, and dance, Franco-Iranian artist Fiona Sanjabi brings One Thousand and One Nights into a contemporary musical landscape—where electro meets psychedelic pop—in a vibrant and spellbinding concert-show.

Silent films have often inspired new musical works, and Shostakovich himself took up this exercise. William Kentridge flips the paradigm, creating a film based on the composer’s Symphony No. 10, forged in shadow of the Soviet regime.

Alongside Mille et Une Nuits by Armande de Polignac, Duo Játékok’s programme explores vast musical horizons, with works by four other French women composers who also drew on Eastern inspirations as they stepped into the 20th century.

Blending traditional Eastern instruments with electronic sounds, this transcultural ‘film-in-concert’ brings two stunning Iranian animated shorts to life, unfolding a spellbinding poetic universe sure to enchant audiences of all ages.

Jordi Savall conducts a programme dedicated to the finest of the great Romantic composers: following the Symphony No. 3, steeped in the untamed wilds of Scotland, comes The First Walpurgis Night, a cantata with strikingly fantastical overtones. 

Following their performance of Le dernier amour de Fauré in January 2024, Aline Piboule and Pascal Quignard reunite for a new exploration—this time dedicated to the work of Frederic Mompou.

Shara Nova in The Blue Hour, a collaborative piece written with four other women composers, inspired by a text by poetess Carolyn Forché, intertwining the personal and political.

By turns mysterious, terrifying, soothing and warm, Dracula's score is one of Wojcieck Kilar's finest achievements. Audiences are warned: it's the music, even more than the vampire, that will capture their souls!

This Halloween night, indulge in a blood-curdling tale of horror with Satan and his army of zombies ready to take over the world of the living. 

Founded in 2011 by conductor Claire Gibault, the Paris Mozart Orchestra explores a new melologue—a fairly little-known form blending music and spoken word. Here, they perform Orfeo by composer Silvia Colasanti.

A trio of stars unite their talents: Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s virtuosic piano, Lisa Batiashvili’s dazzling violin, and Gautier Capuçon’s soulful cello shine in a programme of Shostakovich, Debussy, and Dvořák—blending brilliance with deep emotion.

Drawing from her recent album Mélusine, which brilliantly spans eras and styles, the endlessly inventive Franco-American singer Cécile McLorin Salvant unfolds a shimmering musical world infused with magic.

A leading pioneer of the contemporary music scene, singer and mandolinist Chris Thile navigates a vast spectrum of styles—from country to baroque to jazz—with a dazzling virtuosity that this concert reveals in full.

An expert in the art of ‘cinémix’, the label-defying Prieur de la Marne orchestrates a provocative hybrid performance, skilfully fusing sultry music, erotic photography, Super 8 amateur film footage, and texts performed by various guests.

Renaud Capuçon takes on the solo role in Mendelssohn’s renowned Violin Concerto, beloved for its delicate and refined virtuosity. In counterpoint, the passion-filled Josephs Legende by the great German orchestral master.

Pygmalion resumes its exploration of Romantic Germany with Stéphane Degout, with whom it previously joined forces in a Schubertian dream and A German Requiem. Alongside Brahm’s masterpiece, they also explore works steeped in the shadow of death.

The musicians of the Orchestre de Paris put their talent at the service of an ad hoc quartet, which takes on the most seductive ‘miniatures’ by Bartók and Prokofiev. 

Brought to life on stage with the Paris Regional Conservatory (CRR) orchestra and  theatre students from Prépa’ Théâtre 93, this richly layered radio fiction retraces the legendary final Antarctic expedition of British officer Robert Falcon Scott.

Philippe Herreweghe once again demonstrates the elegance and insight of his interpretation of Romantic works, with particular attention to the Beethovenian repertoire.  

Brahms has the spotlight in this symphonic and concerto programme: Veronika Eberle and Jean-Guihen Queyras, along with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, are all passionate admirers of the German composer’s work.

A gentle yet mysterious underwater world comes to life through animated shorts, carried by the hypnotic electro beats of duoScience fiction.

From the eventful French premiere of Body Cosmic to the relaxed classicism of César Franck, this concert opens up the palette of styles, with the diabolical Brahms' Concerto as pièce de résistance, magnified by Janine Jansen's infallible bow.

A mirror-like pool, a stormy sea… Clear and tranquil, wavy or tempestuous, water is a rich source of musical inspiration, as reflected in pianist Célia Oneto Bensaid’s programme of works by female composers, spanning over 150 years of French music.

Twenty-four women composers, twenty-four works, and some thirty exceptional musicians—reviving forgotten gems and unveiling unheard masterpieces in a vibrant performance.

All you have to do is close your eyes and listen to the Christmas carols to rediscover your childhood spirit intact. A delicate, magical flight, with Dickens' Scrooge as a cantankerous but ultimately generous guide!

This French program, including Saint-Saëns' warm Concerto No.1 under the bow of Sheku Kanneth-Mason, offers French listeners the opportunity of a lifetime: to hear a previously unpublished work by Ravel for the first time!

Excelling in the delicate craft of symphonic film-in-concert, the Yellow Socks Orchestra lends shimmering brilliance to Peau d’âne—Jacques Demy’s timeless fairytale gem and a treasured end-of-year tradition.