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The Orchestre de Paris
Exemplifying Pythagoras’ theorem of a ‘music of the spheres’, this concert draws us into a cosmic journey, between philosophy, celestial poetry, and spiritual imagining—and unveils a new orb with the premiere of a work by Jimmy López.
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In a stunning acoustic alchemy between the orchestral colours and the ethereal, with the embodied magic of the voice, Ligeti’s exploration and Debussy’s symbolism prepare us for the aesthetic and mystical shock of the Turangalîla-Symphonie.
The temporal and spiritual journey promised by Gautier Capuçon’s bow in Schelomo is paired with two emblematic scores: the much-loved marvel and ‘barbarian’ dance of The Firebird, and the delicate formality and radical modernity of Jeux.
The seductive Scandinavian tableau Peer Gynt, a hymn to Norway, is showcased here with the thrilling Symphony No.2 by Nielsen, who was also a great violinist. Speaking of violin, we can count on the masterful bow of Maria Dueñas to ignite Tchaikovsky’s formidable Concerto!
The totemic Rite of Spring magnifies the telluric force of the orchestra, while the Concerto in G radiates subtle modernity. Accompanying these two pillars of the repertoire is an exciting new work by Kaija Saariaho.
Mikhaïl Pletnev will replace Valery Gergiev due to a programming change.
The Orchestre de Paris welcomes conductor Mikhaïl Pletnev and violinist Janine Jansen for a programme in vivid colour, dedicated to the golden age of Russian music.
On stage and on a big screen, this show invites us to follow an excentric professor into a musical observation of nature—exploring the fascinating microcosm of the world of insects with Roussel, and wandering the alleys of a sometimes strikingly human zoo with Saint-Saëns!
With a luminous Beethovenian dialogue between soloists and orchestra, Brahmsian majesty inspired by folklore, and sensual hedonism bathed in the ancient light of Debussy’s Faun, the entire orchestral palette is here assembled!
Opening with a special event in honour of Betsy Jolas, whose new work the Orchestre de Paris has the privilege of premiering, the concert continues with Mahler, immersing us in an existential dialectic between joy and distress, finitude and resurrection.
To accompany Brahms’ lyricism, brought to incandescence by the bow of Gil Shaham, what better than razor-sharp acoustic precision and refinement with Webern, and expressive elegance and range with Lutosławski?
Like the famous ‘Pathétique’ Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5 entrusts the orchestra with the secrets of an anguished and idealistic soul. In counterpoint, the verve of young Beethoven unfolds under the fingers of Kirill Gerstein.
The delights of fright and the grotesque, the strangeness of communication between realms... Tim Burton’s Gothic aesthetic shines in this ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ set to Danny Elfman’s brilliant score, full of delicious reminiscences.
With its electrifying music, unforgettable ‘hits’, and astonishingly modern choreography, West Side Story is an enduring beacon in the Musical genre. This film-in-concert is an exceptional opportunity to rediscover Wise’s movie and Bernstein’s exhilarating score.
Vast and fertile Finland dominates this programme, with the exceptional premiere of Salonen’s Sinfonia concertante for organ and orchestra and the most stirring of Sibelius’ Symphonies, while Stravinsky, with his love for acoustic precision, celebrates the wind instruments.
This family-friendly concert, preceded by preparatory workshops, features live illustrations by Dominique Bertail, who gives free rein to his imagination as the orchestra performs Mussorgsky’s famous Pictures at an Exhibition.
A programme of thrilling contrasts, with an early Mozart gem, a symphony by Kurt Weill imbued with his infallible sense of the stage, and Schubert’s brilliant ‘Unfinished’ Symphony, one of the most illustrious scores in all music.
A concert featuring two monuments in the repertoire, elegantly escorted by rarely performed gems of choral music: Nänie and the radiant Hymn of the Cherubim.
A programme featuring all the charms and powers of the orchestra, with Saariaho’s surreal acoustic textures, the irresistible lyricism of Sibelius’ Concerto under the bow of Janine Jansen, and the immensity and immoderation of the Symphonie fantastique.
An immense symphonic oeuvre opens and closes in this programme, featuring the melodic genius of Schubert, with its peaks of emotionality, gathered here and shared with us by a legendary conductor.
A concert based on the fascinating ‘correspondence of the arts’ and the philosophical extensions of this idea: here, music responds to painting, represented by the ebullient and tragic Basquiat, and to the poignant, existential poetry of W.H. Auden.
Verdi’s powerful, stirring, contrasted and dramatic Requiem—at once a Mass for the Dead, a poetic homage, and a metaphysical and human drama—is every bit as masterful as Aida and Nabucco.
An exhilarating and poignant Russian evening with Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody in the virtuoso hands of Beatrice Rana, and the monument of strength, tragedy, and ambiguity of Shostakovich’s great ‘war symphony’.
With a captivating cosmic sketch and shimmering scenes of the sea, this program immerses us in the mystery of ‘musical landscape’, accompanied by Chopin’s bewitching Piano Concerto No.2 exquisitely performed by Lise de la Salle.
Accompanying Sol Gabetta in Shostakovich’s poignant Concerto No.2, are two scores reflecting the influence of jazz, including Walton’s impressive Belshazzar’s Feast on a theme drawn from the Book of Daniel.
Cortèges, an experimental form with an emancipatory message, was born from the meeting of artists in search of new visual and acoustic dynamics: it is a resolutely contemporary gesture, placed in dialogue with the modern art icon Edgard Varèse.
The brio of Marsalis and his Orchestra ignites the musicians of Paris for this unforgettable event: the French premiere of his Concerto in D by the violinist for whom it was written, and his Jungle Symphony imbued with the immoderation of New York!
Due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Philharmonie de Paris decided to modify its program and cancel or adapt certain concerts.
International orchestras
For two evenings, the Philharmonie de Paris welcomes the Philadelphia Orchestra, one of America’s ‘Big Five’, with its Musical Director since 2012, Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
For two evenings, the Philharmonie de Paris welcomes the Philadelphia Orchestra, one of America’s ‘Big Five’, with its Musical Director since 2012, Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
A symphony rooted in the history of czarist Russia, and a concerto emblematic of Viennese classicism.
The striking orchestral textures—by turns powerful and ethereal, serene and tormented—of Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony drawn out by the baton of Sir Simon Rattle at the head of the London Symphony Orchestra.
From romantic inclinations to the gales of modernism, a programme showcasing multiple facets of Russian music.
Under the fiery gaze of two visionary romantics.
Icelandic pianist Vikingur Ólafsson, Orchestra Dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Antonio Pappano perform Ravel’s Concerto in G.
The most illustrious violin concerto alongside a symphony reflecting the ‘grandeur of the human spirit’ (Prokofiev).
Andris Poga conducts the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra in excerpts from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. Iveta Apkalna undertakes the impressive Fantasy and Fugue on the chorale ‘Ad nos, ad salutarem undam’ by Liszt/Dupré.
Lorenzo Viotti and the Münchner Philharmoniker present the ‘Tragic’ Symphony No. 6. by Mahler, a composer with which the orchestra has a historic bond.
This concert is not on sale due to the international crisis.
This concert is not on sale due to the international crisis.
From Jean Sibelius to Samuel Barber and Steven Stucky, from Finland to New York and California, Esa-Pekka Salonen here brings together his native country and the prestigious San Francisco Symphony, of which he has been the Musical Director since 2020.
For their second concert in Paris, the San Francisco Symphony and Esa-Pekka Salonen offer a American programme, with two pieces born in New York and a premiere by the young Gabriella Smith, originally from Berkeley and now based in Marseille.
This programme of contrasts from Marin Alsop, at the head of his Viennese orchestra, brings us from the contemporary inspiration of Hannah Einsendle to the Mitteleuropa romanticism of Antonin Dvořák.
Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra vividly bring to life some of Richard Strauss’s finest symphonic pages. Rudolf Buchbinder performs Beethoven’s jocund Concerto No. 4.
musicAeterna of Saint Petersburg and their fiery conductor offer an invigorating reading of two masterpieces of Russian sacred music: Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil and Schnittke’s Concerto for Mixed Chorus.
Bach’s Mass in B Minor is a daunting feat—in every respect, and particularly for conductors. Known for his brilliant plasticity and fondness for experimentation, Teodor Currentzís offers his vision of this masterpiece, with his musicAeterna orchestra and choir .
Daniel Barenboim, guest of honour at the Pierre Boulez Biennial, conducting the Staatskapelle Berlin, places the composer’s Book for Strings (Livre pour cordes) in a poetic pairing, with works from the romantic heritage by Liszt and Berlioz.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin galvanises the lifeblood of the Met Orchestra in the frenzied rhythms of West Side Story and the contrasts of Romeo and Juliet. Renée Fleming and Thomas Russell join them in a passionate rendition of Verdi’s Othello.
A Berliozian season’s end for the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who became its Musical Director in September 2018.
Themes
Shows and films-in-concert / Staged music
Always fascinated, since the start of her career, with the voice and its possibilities, with or without electronics, and by poetesses of all origins, composer Marta Gentilucci makes her first foray into opera.
Olga Neuwirth has long been fascinated with the work of Hermann Melville. In 2011, she paid tribute to him with a surprising, genre-bending opera, The Outcast, combining art installation, theatre, music and video.
In a staging both reflective and compulsive, set to a crackling soundtrack, Serge Aimé Coulibaly’s Kalakuta Republik vividly recounts Fela Kuti’s political force as an untameable musician and activist who fought injustice all his life.
With Re:Incarnation, orchestrating an inter-generational mix of movements and sounds under the primordial influence of Afrobeat, Nigerian choreographer Qudus Onikeku transports us to the astonishing metropolis of Lagos, a city in constant metamorphosis.
The Bourgeois Gentleman, The Imaginary Invalid, George Dandin… These great classics among the theatrical works of Molière came to light at the dawn of the comédie-ballet genre—a mix of theatre, dance and music co-invented by Molière and Lully.
United by a shared passion for poetry and activism, director and performer Yoann Bourgeois and Canadian musician Patrick Watson have created a powerfully provocative show offering a profoundly questioning gaze on our world today.
Ensemble Ictus and Collegium Vocale Gent perform Philip Glass’s first opera, Einstein on the Beach.
Started in 1977 and completed in 2003, Licht (Light) is a work that defies all labels: over the course of these seven operas, lasting a total of 29 hours, Karlheinz Stockhausen seeks to create a whole universe, reorchestrating the battle of good versus evil.
Superposition, Ryoji Ikeda’s major work inspired by quantum physics, combines electronic sounds, visual elements, mathematical concepts, human behaviours and random data to create a striking immersive experience.
100 Cymbals, a hybrid piece poised between audio-visual installation and stage performance, created by Ryoji Ikeda with Les Percussions de Strasbourg, opens up a seemingly infinite field of expression for the cymbals, forging a new acoustic world.
The wonderful animated feature Ernest & Celestine, about a bear and a young mouse on the run, shines in full splendour in this film-concert format, with the score performed live by Benjamin Moussay and Les Forces Majeures.
The delights of fright and the grotesque, the strangeness of communication between realms... Tim Burton’s Gothic aesthetic shines in this ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ set to Danny Elfman’s brilliant score, full of delicious reminiscences.
With LIGHT: Bach dances, a monumental new work inspired by Bach’s cantatas, Israeli choreographer Hofesh Schechter stages a stunning celebration of life with a masterful mix of dance, theatre and music.
With its electrifying music, unforgettable ‘hits’, and astonishingly modern choreography, West Side Story is an enduring beacon in the Musical genre. This film-in-concert is an exceptional opportunity to rediscover Wise’s movie and Bernstein’s exhilarating score.
The elaborate hybrid project 3S, a recent creation by the leading French contemporary dance figure Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui stages a vast and probing reflection on solitude in the world today.
Germaine Tailleferre, undoubtedly the most overlooked member of ‘Les Six’, is brought back to life by Chloé Lechat and Dominique Reymond, with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris and Marie Perbost.
This imaginative concert by actress and singer Justine Curatolo with pianist Élisa Bellanger and drawings by Marion Auvin interweaves music and drawing to celebrate the unbridled creativity of Francis Poulenc.
With Un contre un, a lively and free-spirited variation on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, director and choreographer Raphaëlle Boitel conjures a whimsical universe at the shifting crossroads between theatre, circus and music.
In this magical show, narrated by a puppeteer-storyteller accompanied by two instrumental ensembles, the tale of The Marriage of Abimanyu from the Indian epic Mahabharata is brought to life by Wayang Kulit, the magnificent shadow puppetry of Bali.
The magnificent shadow puppetry of Indonesia, wayang kulit, recognised by UNESCO as a masterpiece of the heritage of humanity, takes the stage in Ombres épiques, an enchanting show sure to delight spectators of all ages.
This evening in two parts, each introduced by a piece of gamelan music, highlights several treasures of Balinese dance.
Broken Chord by choreographer Gregory Maqoma, a show that moves between concert, dance and performance, is a powerfully expressive retelling of the story of the first African choir which, in the late 19th century, performed in Great Britain and the United States.
ET PUIS, a new show by La Soupe Compagnie combining puppets, paper theatre and music, transposes to the stage Icinori’s stunning book by the same name, in a rich visual and acoustic tapestry.
Marie-Louise Bischofberger, David Stern and Opera Fuoco present a colourful show, worthy of the tumultuous life of Mozart’s brilliant librettist, Da Ponte.
Eminent Japanese dancer and choreographer Saburo Teshigawara presents a special programme inspired by works for solo violin by Bach and Bartók, danced alongside Rihoko Sato, his long-term partner.
With Rihoko Sato, dancer and choreographer Saburo Teshigawara captures the essence of the Viennese School, creating a multidisciplinary show in collaboration with the soloists of the Ensemble intercontemporain.
Whilst humans endeavour to travel to Mars, music has long transported us into the ether. In Deep Field, Eric Whitacre turns this paradigm on its head, setting spectacular images from the Hubble space telescope to music.
In this irresistible concert-show full of surprises, dancer and choreographer Pierre Rigal, known for his playful artistic language, enters into an odd sort of duet/duel with a mechanical piano self-playing one of Bach’s suites.
With this highly inventive hybrid show Muerto o vivo, the company Le Grand L’Ombre combines animated film, theatre and music to tell a scintillating futuristic fable, in constant oscillation between burlesque and fantastical.
Philippe Druillet—a cult figure from the French sci-fi and comic world—teams up with cosmic electro group Zombie Zombie for a concert studded with futuristic images. Welcome to the fourth dimension!
Cortèges, an experimental form with an emancipatory message, was born from the meeting of artists in search of new visual and acoustic dynamics: it is a resolutely contemporary gesture, placed in dialogue with the modern art icon Edgard Varèse.
On stage and on a big screen, this show invites us to follow an excentric professor into a musical observation of nature—exploring the fascinating microcosm of the world of insects with Roussel, and wandering the alleys of a sometimes strikingly human zoo with Saint-Saëns!
This stage adaptation of Le Carnaval des animaux sud-américains, a read-along storybook and album created by composer Ezequiel Spucches and author Carl Norac, explores the history South America through a musical tale full of rhythm and fantasy.
This family-friendly concert, preceded by preparatory workshops, features live illustrations by Dominique Bertail, who gives free rein to his imagination as the orchestra performs Mussorgsky’s famous Pictures at an Exhibition.
The timeless jewel of burlesque cinema The Cameraman, starring and co-directed by Buster Keaton at his peak, is a great film concert classic. Here, it inspires a highly spirited musical accompaniment by Vincent Delerm, in perfect harmony with the images.
Voices
Olga Neuwirth has long been fascinated with the work of Hermann Melville. In 2011, she paid tribute to him with a surprising, genre-bending opera, The Outcast, combining art installation, theatre, music and video.
As did Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau before him, Matthias Goerne has a special bond with Schubert. The German baritone performs the Winterreise (Winter Journey) song cycle with the superb pianist Leif Ove Andsnes.
Debora Waldman, the new Musical Director of the Orchestre national Avignon-Provence, in a concert of opera arias featuring mezzo-sopranos Karine Deshayes and Delphine Haidan.
‘Mein Traum’: This concert orchestrated by Raphaël Pichon for his Ensemble Pygmalion and baritone Stéphane Degout is titled after one of the few texts that Schubert left behind—a strange and phantasmic tale giving voice to the composer’s deeply emotive side.
Sabine Devieilhe—a familiar performer at the Philharmonie de Paris, notably with Raphaël Pichon and Ensemble Pygmalion—returns this time in a recital with piano, a format in which Paris audiences have not yet heard her.
The Bourgeois Gentleman, The Imaginary Invalid, George Dandin… These great classics among the theatrical works of Molière came to light at the dawn of the comédie-ballet genre—a mix of theatre, dance and music co-invented by Molière and Lully.
Japan’s foremost Baroque ensemble Bach Collegium Japan, under the baton of its director Masaaki Suzuki, performs Bach’s towering Mass in B Minor.
Ensemble Ictus and Collegium Vocale Gent perform Philip Glass’s first opera, Einstein on the Beach.
Started in 1977 and completed in 2003, Licht (Light) is a work that defies all labels: over the course of these seven operas, lasting a total of 29 hours, Karlheinz Stockhausen seeks to create a whole universe, reorchestrating the battle of good versus evil.
Cecilia Bartoli is accompanied by the ensemble she leads as Artistic Director, Les musiciens du Prince-Monaco, under the baton of their close collaborator, Gianluca Capuano.
It is a story of two friends called Georg, both virtuoso multi-instrumentalists and brilliant composers. Yet the lives of Telemann and Handel, seemingly so similar, followed vastly different trajectories.
As did Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau before him, Matthias Goerne has a special bond with Schubert. The German baritone performs the Winterreise (Winter Journey) song cycle with the superb pianist Leif Ove Andsnes.
In the spirit of the great Germanic tradition of year-end concerts, the Orchestre National d’Île-de-France presents an evening of Offenbach, with Karen Kamensek conducting.
Marie-Nicole Lemieux celebrates the great heroines of French Baroque opera, from Lully's Armide to Charpentier's Médée.
Véronique Gens performs the heart-wrenching monologue of a woman on the telephone with the lover who is leaving her. The text by Cocteau, which Éluard found indecent, inspired a one-act opera by Poulenc, who seized on it as an emotional release.
The extraordinary Angela Gheorghiu, seldom seen on stage at the Philharmonie de Paris, performs a concert in pair with the young American tenor Jonathan Tetelman.
Marc Minkowski and his Musiciens du Louvre perform Handel’s Alcina, with a world-class cast including the sparkling mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozená.
The duo formed by Georg Nigl and Olga Pashchenko in a concert exploring the meanders of the human soul, with lieder by Schubert and Beethoven and the French premiere of Wolfgang Rihm’s Vermischter Traum.
Orfeo and Eurydice is the founding myth of music, emblematic of its mystery and power against dark forces. From this tale was born Gluck’s masterpiece, which became the matrix and model for all the works of opera seria that would follow.
Two sopranos among the rising stars in the field, Pretty Yende and Nadine Sierra, in a recital of arias and duets, accompanied by the Les Frivolités Parisiennes.
The Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris and students from the department of vocal studies perform, as part of their curricular project, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.
The world of romantic German lied is a great source of inspiration for Florian Boesch. Here, he and Malcolm Martineau explore Schubert’s final lieder, his Swan Song.
Accentus, the vocal ensemble founded by Laurence Equilbey, celebrates its 30th anniversary at the Philharmonie de Paris, with an all-Mendelssohn programme.
Lucile Richardot and Anne de Fornel pay tribute to Nadia and Lili Boulanger, the brilliant sisters who, in the early 20th century, left their indelible mark on French music.
William Christie and Les Arts Florissants unveil the splendid tapestry of Hadyn’s Seasons, an idealised tableau of country life.
musicAeterna of Saint Petersburg and their fiery conductor offer an invigorating reading of two masterpieces of Russian sacred music: Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil and Schnittke’s Concerto for Mixed Chorus.
Bach’s Mass in B Minor is a daunting feat—in every respect, and particularly for conductors. Known for his brilliant plasticity and fondness for experimentation, Teodor Currentzís offers his vision of this masterpiece, with his musicAeterna orchestra and choir .
With Salomé and Elektra, Richard Strauss marked the history of 20th century opera. One of his lesser-known works is the ballet Josephs Legende (‘The Legend of Joseph’), which Mikko Franck conducted at the Vienna State Opera and presents here in concert version.
Ian Bostridge’s talent in the role of the Evangelist is known around the world. Here he joins forces with Christophe Rousset’s ensemble Les Talens Lyriques for a St Matthew Passion that promises to be exceptional.
Matthias Pintscher and the Ensemble Intercontemporain revisit one of their founder’s major aesthetic influences, the Second Viennese School, here represented in its most dramatic form.
Véronique Gens and Lea Desandre: two musical figures in dialogue, from one generation to another. Two destinies united by a bond of complicity and friendship, and by a shared mentor, William Christie.
Marie-Louise Bischofberger, David Stern and Opera Fuoco present a colourful show, worthy of the tumultuous life of Mozart’s brilliant librettist, Da Ponte.
Paul Agnew and Les Arts Florissants take on an edifying experiment: performing the same cantata libretto, Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, in scores by two different composers—Johann Sebastian Bach and one of his contemporaries, Christoph Graupner.
Verdi’s powerful, stirring, contrasted and dramatic Requiem—at once a Mass for the Dead, a poetic homage, and a metaphysical and human drama—is every bit as masterful as Aida and Nabucco.
To perform with the musicians of Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew has chosen a selection of Bach cantatas from the Weimar cycle, inviting the public to join in for a chorus during a participatory encore.
After their unforgettable complete cycle of Beethoven’s symphonies, from 2019 to 2021, Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations turn their gaze to the Missa solemnis, considered by the composer to be his greatest opus.
Accompanying Sol Gabetta in Shostakovich’s poignant Concerto No.2, are two scores reflecting the influence of jazz, including Walton’s impressive Belshazzar’s Feast on a theme drawn from the Book of Daniel.
Marlis Petersen and Stephan Matthias Lademann invite us on a musical exploration of the Germanic world of lied, from Schubert to Hans Sommer.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin galvanises the lifeblood of the Met Orchestra in the frenzied rhythms of West Side Story and the contrasts of Romeo and Juliet. Renée Fleming and Thomas Russell join them in a passionate rendition of Verdi’s Othello.
A Berliozian season’s end for the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who became its Musical Director in September 2018.
Instrumental recitals and chamber music
Continuing in the vein of thematic recital programmes, Pierre-Laurent Aimard explores the musical genre of fantasy, from the Renaissance with Sweelinck to the latter half of the 20th century with Andrei Volkonsky.
Kristian Bezuidenhout offers a journey through Beethoven’s sonatas on the facsimile of an 1802 Erard piano held by the Musée de la musique, one of the first grands ever produced by the celebrated French piano maker.
A gathering of some of today’s leading instrumentalists and singers revives the sprit of the original ‘Schubertiades’, with a programme of lieder and chamber music.
This concert presented by the musicians of the Orchestre National d’Île-de-France showcases one of Schubert’s chamber music masterpieces—his grand and luminous Octet.
This is Yo-Yo Ma’s third recording of Bach’s six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, but he hasn’t tired of them. For his latest album, called Six Evolutions, he has embarked on a world tour to six continents.
The West Eastern Divan Ensemble—‘little brother’ of the West Eastern Divan Orchestra—performs a panorama of chamber music ranging from romanticism to present-day composition.
The piano duo formed by Ludmila Berlinskaïa and Arthur Ancelle, which recently celebrated its first decade, presents a resolutely Russian programme: Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov rub shoulders with the ‘European’ Tchaikovsky and the Rachmaninov of melodies.
This concert of contrasting pieces presents a whole microcosm of animals, tender and picturesque: inspiring birds, grotesque poultry, ants and crickets, and an elegant peacock longing for marriage!
Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski presents a dialogue between Bach, Webern and Beethoven, or, as conductor, pianist and composer Hans von Bülow would say, the ‘Old Testament’ (The Well-Tempered Clavier) and the ‘New Testament’ (Beethoven’s sonatas) of piano.
Italian pianist Beatrice Rana, acclaimed by critics and audiences alike since rising to renown in 2011 at the Concours musical international de Montréal, presents a programme of Scriabin, Chopin and Beethoven.
Synaesthetic experience—praised by Baudelaire and explored by Huysmans in À Rebours—is a poetic feat taken up here by cellist Klaus Mäkelä and perfumier Francis Kurkdjian, in this multisensory performance of the eternal Bach.
The careers of Leonidas Kavakos and Yuja Wang have brought them around the world. Together forming a duo of titans, they jubilantly tackle the wonders of chamber music.
French-American composer Betsy Jolas has offered so many homages to her elders through her works that it is only fair to honour her in turn—as have undertaken the musicians of three of the Philharmonie de Paris’ resident ensembles.
Quatuor Diotima has been at the avant-garde for twenty years, passionately bringing to life the music of our time. For this concert, it devotes its combined talents to works by Beat Furrer and Philippe Manoury, and by the young Berlin-based Chinese composer Ying Wang.
Returning to the Philharmonie after last season’s Nadia Boulanger Salon, Astrig Siranossian leads us from the profundity of Bach’s eternal genius to modernist innovations from Central Europe.
Khatia Buniastishvili, the piano ‘phenomenon’ whose concerts are always sold out, in a solo recital. A musician of great artistry, with a deeply personal voice.
A captivating duo since they began traveling the world together two decades ago, Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexandre Tharaud return to the Philharmonie with a programme ranging from Marin Marais to Poulenc.
Celebrated pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja presents a programme with the three Brahms piano sonatas.
In Paris between the wars, six composers created a new genre of music inspired by jazz and the chanson and circus traditions.
For Enesco’s complex and passionate Octet Op. 7, Nicolas Dautricourt has gathered a group of musician friends—most, instrumentalists in the Orchestre de Paris or the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
The ‘Davidoff’ is one of the gems of the Musée de la musique collections, which include five violins by the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari. Sayaka Shoji plays this exceptional instrument in Brahms’ Violin Sonata No. 3 and Schumann’s Märchenbilder.
There is a special quality to the recitals of Maria João Pires, due in part to the resonance she cultivates with the audience. She presents an enchanting programme of Germanic music, from Mozartian playfulness to the majesty of Beethovenian form.
More than sixty years of performing have not diminished Pollini’s love for his instrument. The Italian pianist says his recitals, which he aims to keep giving until his final breath, are rare moments of musical communion.
Not a single word will be spoken during this concert, yet it will be pervaded by locutions. As Peter Eötvös says, ‘The strings allow for eminently subtle “linguistic” articulations’, making possible this paradox—of epistolary music.
Olivier Latry performs Charles-Marie Widor’s Organ Symphony No. 5, whose final movement, the virtuoso Toccata, is one of the most famous pieces in the organ repertoire.
The enemy of pomp, at once demanding and aristocratic, an acclaimed interpreter of Mozart and Schubert for over 40 years… András Schiff is a crucial part of the legacy of philosophers and architects of the piano.
Ligeti’s quartets show us the composer at two key periods in his life: the first was composed in Budapest but did not premiere until he was exiled in Austria. The second, written fifteen years later, is that of an artist in full command of his craft.
Few pianists know Ligeti’s Études as intimately as Pierre-Laurent Aimard, a former member of Ensemble intercontemporain. Indeed, he spent time with Ligeti, who dedicated to him some of these virtuoso explorations in piano composition.
As part of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) ‘Rising Stars’ programme, Quatuor Aris plays Mozart and Schubert, along with the French premiere of a work by Misato Mochizuki.
As part of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) ‘Rising Stars’ programme, young violinist Diana Tishchenko performs in a recital with José Gallardo.
As part of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) ‘Rising Stars’ programme, percussionist Vanessa Porter performs alongside sound designer Daniel Mudrack.
As part of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) ‘Rising Stars’ programme, oboist Cristina Gómez Godoy is accompanied by pianist Mario Häring and altist Sara Ferrández.
The maturity and astonishing—yet never ostentatious—virtuosity of Rafal Blechacz have made him an undeniable master of the piano. His smooth rise to the top has already seen him linked to some of the greatest artists of the past.
After his concert dedicated entirely to Bach in the spring of 2022, Jean Rondeau returns to the Philharmonie for a more varied programme, showcasing period instruments from the Musée de la musique.
In January 2021, Alexandre Kantorow’s recital was not able to be held in its usual format. The French pianist includes in his programme two formidable scores along with a selection of Schubert's lieder arranged by Liszt.
Elena Bashkirova and friends restore the remarkable composer Fanny Hensel (née Mendelssohn) to her rightful place.
Elena Bashkirova and friends explore the works of Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, before together performing one of Mozart’s chamber music masterpieces.
With this new recital, Lucas Debargue mixes pillars of the canon with one of the most astonishing works of the 19th century, Alkan’s Concerto for Solo Piano.
For a project intended as a break from the past, Pierre Boulez’s Quartet-Strings (Livre pour quatuor) is full of references. Yet, in these pages, he reinvents his musical form and composition, while at the same time achieving remarkable expressiveness.
If there is a repertoire that the Ensemble Intercontemporain (EIC) knows better than any other, it is the work of its founder Pierre Boulez. The EIC Soloists here present his soloist and chamber opuses alongside pieces by Debussy and Eötvös.
With his son Michael on violin and composer Jörg Widmann on clarinet, Daniel Barenboim pays homage to Pierre Boulez, the family friend, and to his cutting-edge work at the juncture between electronic music and instrumental playing.
The Kronos Quartet, an adventurous string quartet exploring ever-broader musical horizons since the 1970s, performs the French premiere of Sun Rising, a sweeping and entrancing piece by Terry Riley inspired by the conquest of space.
In three parts, three composers and three periods, the three resident ensembles at the Philharmonie de Paris perform in counterpoint to each other, spanning the centuries, from one repertoire to another. A concert in three parts but with one indivisible whole—the music.
Navigating from Debussy to Beethoven and Grieg, Alexandre Tharaud draws us into new musical peregrinations in which he works wonders with his palette as a composer and transcriber.
For their reunion on stage, William Christie and Jordi Savall have prepared a programme of some of the most beloved pieces by Geneviève de Chambure, drawn from the 17th century French baroque repertoire.
A concert celebrating the profound musicality of Marguerite Duras’ writing, in the form of dialogue.
The finest musicians of our time pay tribute to the godfather of the violin: Ivry Gitlis. A friend of Menuhin and Oïstrakh; fiery performer of Bartók, Sibelius, and Kreisler; and an incomparable artist, and fiercely free figure.
Acclaimed for his uncommon mastery of the piano and his surprisingly varied palette of sonorities, Arcadi Volodos is an artist who seeks truth. Beneath the fingers of this sorcerer, Schumann and Scriabin appear in all their purity.
It was with great sadness that we learned of the disappearance of Nicholas Angelich, died on April 18, 2022 following a long illness. We are currently studying the future of this concert.
Jazz and world music
Femi and Made Kuti, both excellent musicians and son and grandson of Fela himself, meet rising talents on the London scene to celebrate the father of Afrobeat in fitting style.
Nigeria, one of Africa’s major musical centres, is showcased with this exclusive evening featuring concerts by Keziah Jones—paying a vibrant tribute to Fela Kuti—and by Seun Kuti with the iconic Afrobeat band Egypt 80.
Maqom, a genre blending music and poetic brilliance, and a true national treasure of Uzbekistan, dazzles in this concert featuring vocalists and instrumentalists gathered around the illustrious and iconic Nodira Pirmatova.
This multidimensional evening dedicated to bakhshi, the nomadic bards emblematic of traditional Uzbek music, is divided into three parts, each an invitation to explore a specific region through the performances of highly talented artists.
This concert connecting two world-renowned cities offers a rich journey through Uzbekistan via its music – from Sufi songs to shashmaqom and a festive ceremony, exploring multi-secular art blending instrumental music, song and poetry.
Franco-Beninese diva Angélique Kidjo offers her resplendent re-imagining of the classic Talking Heads album Remain in Light, a landmark of funky new wave. Accentuating the African influences in the original songs, she augments their power of attraction.
A celebration of Tony Allen, the superlative drummer whose phenomenal career included a central role in the creation of Afrobeat. Artists Oxmo Puccino, Vincent Taeger, Cheick Tidiane Seck and others gather for this evening in his honour.
Here reunited, the quartet formed by Joshua Redman (saxophone), Brad Meldhau (piano), Christian McBride (double bass) and Brian Blade (drums) revisits Moodswing, its immutable first album, and presents a bonus selection of more recent pieces.
Due to personal reasons Dave Liebman will regrettably not be able to perform this year and is hopeful for a quick return in the near future.
A rising star in the effervescent London jazz scene, intrepid trumpetist Yazz Ahmed appears here at the head of a quartet with which she explores an incandescent musical universe traversed by psychedelic swirls—heady and bewitching.
Under the expert leadership of Christophe Dal Sasso, three remarkable saxophonists – David El Malek, Stéphane Guillaume and Rick Margitza – revisit Chick Corea’s essential album Three Quartets, at the crossroads between jazz and classical music.
Saxophonist Kenny Garrett has led a long and accomplished career at the centre of American jazz. Distinguished by his powerful and contrasted style, and often a flamboyant performer, here he leads a quintet of intense brilliance.
In this magical show, narrated by a puppeteer-storyteller accompanied by two instrumental ensembles, the tale of The Marriage of Abimanyu from the Indian epic Mahabharata is brought to life by Wayang Kulit, the magnificent shadow puppetry of Bali.
With its expertise in Javanese gamelan, the French ensemble Genthasari, created in 2011 and led by Christophe Moure, presents a concert featuring the most prestigious gamelan in the Musée de la Musique collections, an instrument gifted to France in 1887.
This evening in two parts, each introduced by a piece of gamelan music, highlights several treasures of Balinese dance.
Two inspired pianists from different musical spheres – Thomas Enhco and Maki Namekawa – together tackle Keith Jarrett’s legendary album The Köln Concert, rendering the incredible luminance of its music freely oscillating between jazz and classical.
With The Dead Lecturers, poet Thomas Sayers Ellis and saxophonist James Brandon Lewis – two influential heralds of African-American music – orchestrate a passionate flow of sounds and words as a tribute to the creativity of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Ambrose Akinmusire, acclaimed composer and trumpetist of stunning intensity at the forefront of contemporary American jazz, leads an exceptional line-up in a concert he has orchestrated as a dream encounter between Basquiat and Charlie Parker.
Chassol, a unique experimenter in the French scene, who has developed concepts such as ultrascore and ‘harmonizing the real’, unveils a new musical work created in resonance with recurring themes and characters in the art of Basquiat.
Led by guitarist and singer Eric Bibb, an international team of acclaimed artists draws us into a journey retracing Jean-Michel Basquiat’s major musical influences, from the griots of West Africa to Cajun zydeco and the Delta blues.
American singer Stacey Kent—a sparkling ambassador of suave vocal jazz, who enjoys a special popularity in France—performs her majestic album I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions with the Orchestre National d’Île-de-France.
Big band at its finest: the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra conducted by the flamboyant trumpetist Wynton Marsalis delivers its sophisticated art of swing, between classicism and modernity, with irresistible panache.
The brio of Marsalis and his Orchestra ignites the musicians of Paris for this unforgettable event: the French premiere of his Concerto in D by the violinist for whom it was written, and his Jungle Symphony imbued with the immoderation of New York!
Pop, folk, hip-hop
Jane Birkin offers a stunning demonstration of her artistry on Oh ! Pardon tu dormais…, her new studio album (adapted from her eponymous play) which she performs here live accompanied by her collaborator on the album, Étienne Daho.
Master songwriter Neil Hannon has been leading The Divine Comedy to the flamboyant summits of orchestral pop for thirty years. Over five evenings, he revisits (nearly) the group’s entire discography, accompanied by a small orchestral ensemble.
Master songwriter Neil Hannon has been leading The Divine Comedy to the flamboyant summits of orchestral pop for thirty years. Over five evenings, he revisits (nearly) the group’s entire discography, accompanied by a small orchestral ensemble.
Master songwriter Neil Hannon has been leading The Divine Comedy to the flamboyant summits of orchestral pop for thirty years. Over five evenings, he revisits (nearly) the group’s entire discography, accompanied by an ensemble of sixteen musicians.
Master songwriter Neil Hannon has been leading The Divine Comedy to the flamboyant summits of orchestral pop for thirty years. Over five evenings, he revisits (nearly) the group’s entire discography, accompanied by a small orchestral ensemble.
Master songwriter Neil Hannon has been leading The Divine Comedy to the flamboyant summits of orchestral pop for thirty years. Over five evenings, he revisits (nearly) the group’s entire discography, accompanied by a small orchestral ensemble.
Cherished by audiences and critics alike, Danish singer Agnes Obel has claimed an important place in current music. In live performance, the crystalline beauty of her unclassifiable music—between folk, pop, neoclassical and jazz—is nothing short of dazzling.
Still as luminous as ever, legendary French rap star MC Solaar celebrates the re-release of his first three albums with a concert in big band formation that only heightens the impact of his musical repertoire.
Yasiin Bey, a major figure in East Coast American hip-hop, known for his social justice and political activism, presents a special concert celebrating the reciprocal, and highly fertile, influence between Jean-Michel Basquiat and hip-hop.
Children & Families
Concerts & spectacles
Children & Families
On stage and on a big screen, this show invites us to follow an excentric professor into a musical observation of nature—exploring the fascinating microcosm of the world of insects with Roussel, and wandering the alleys of a sometimes strikingly human zoo with Saint-Saëns!
On stage and on a big screen, this show invites us to follow an excentric professor into a musical observation of nature—exploring the fascinating microcosm of the world of insects with Roussel, and wandering the alleys of a sometimes strikingly human zoo with Saint-Saëns!
This stage adaptation of Le Carnaval des animaux sud-américains, a read-along storybook and album created by composer Ezequiel Spucches and author Carl Norac, explores the history South America through a musical tale full of rhythm and fantasy.
With this original and sensitive concert, Ceilin Poggi (voice), Thierry Eliez (piano) and Ilya Green (live illustrations) stage a bouquet of charming melodies, subtly revisited and sure to delight a wide audience.
With this delightful variation on Andersen’s Little Mermaid, author Julie Martigny and composer Julien Le Hérissier have created a lively participatory musical tale that probes the ecological issues of our time.
The wonderful animated feature Ernest & Celestine, about a bear and a young mouse on the run, shines in full splendour in this film-concert format, with the score performed live by Benjamin Moussay and Les Forces Majeures.
Celebrating Christmas in song at the Philharmonie de Paris! An enchanted journey for the whole family, joining the children’s and youth choirs in song, to (re)discover beloved Christmas melodies through the ages.
The wonderful animated feature Ernest & Celestine, about a bear and a young mouse on the run, shines in full splendour in this film-concert format, with the score performed live by Benjamin Moussay and Les Forces Majeures.
This imaginative concert by actress and singer Justine Curatolo with pianist Élisa Bellanger and drawings by Marion Auvin interweaves music and drawing to celebrate the unbridled creativity of Francis Poulenc.
With Un contre un, a lively and free-spirited variation on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, director and choreographer Raphaëlle Boitel conjures a whimsical universe at the shifting crossroads between theatre, circus and music.
This family-friendly concert, preceded by preparatory workshops, features live illustrations by Dominique Bertail, who gives free rein to his imagination as the orchestra performs Mussorgsky’s famous Pictures at an Exhibition.
In Murmures machines, musicians Antoine Berland and Denis Brély, both members of Les Vibrants Défricheurs collective, share the acoustic space with a fleet of automated instruments and recorded voices, in an innovative hymn to musical freedom.
For forty years, the San Francisco Symphony has been engaged in education and community outreach for young and older audiences alike. Today, it shares this wealth of experience with the amateur musicians of the Greater Paris region.
The magnificent shadow puppetry of Indonesia, wayang kulit, recognised by UNESCO as a masterpiece of the heritage of humanity, takes the stage in Ombres épiques, an enchanting show sure to delight spectators of all ages.
ET PUIS, a new show by La Soupe Compagnie combining puppets, paper theatre and music, transposes to the stage Icinori’s stunning book by the same name, in a rich visual and acoustic tapestry.
With this highly inventive hybrid show Muerto o vivo, the company Le Grand L’Ombre combines animated film, theatre and music to tell a scintillating futuristic fable, in constant oscillation between burlesque and fantastical.
An opera on a cruelly topical subject, the fate of young refugees in 1940 and today, offering a timeless scenic and musical meditation on displacement and violence, but also hope and humanity.
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Exhibition
Musicanimale
Exhibition
Exhibition
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
Afrobeat rebellion
from October 20, 2022 to June 11, 2023
Exhibition
Afrobeat rebellion
from October 20, 2022 to June 11, 2023
Exhibition
Basquiat Soundtracks
Exhibition
Festival July 2 to 13, 2022
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The Smile, Celeste, Kae Tempest, Jarvis Cocker, Kings of Convenience, Andrew Bird & l’Orchestre national d’Île-de-France, St. Vincent ...
Festival from August 31 to September 11, 2022
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Jacob Banks, Abdullah Ibrahim, Kokoroko, Roberto Fonseca, Cimafunk & Fred Wesley, Tank and the Bangas, Angel Bat Dawid, Emile Parisien, Chief Adjuah (Christian Scott), Kenny Barron & Dave Holland, Knower, …
3rd edition
Pierre Boulez biennial
from April 12 to 16, then form May 2 to 3, 2023
3rd edition
from April 12 to 16, then form May 2 to 3, 2023
A museum where music is lived and experienced.
You wish to awaken the interest of your children, grandchildren, nephews, nieces in music… to give them the opportunity to discover activities which are rich, varied and suitable for their age-group?
Workshops at the Cité de la musique-Philharmonie de Paris aim to give everyone the opportunity to make music in a fun and friendly environment.
The Cité de la musique - Philharmonie de Paris offers a variety of activities for music lovers of all kinds – from the simply curious to confirmed aficionados : pre-concert sessions, musical culture cycles, conferences, meetings, and roundtables
Booking calender:
- Subscriptions: April 7, 12pm
- Youth Subscriptions: April 11, 12pm
- Single tickets for concerts and activities: May 9, 12pm
- Concerts and activities for children and families: May 23, 12pm
- Subscriptions: April 7, 12pm
- Youth Subscriptions: April 11, 12pm
- Single tickets for concerts and activities: May 9, 12pm
- Concerts and activities for children and families: June 2, 12pm