Season 2020 - 2021

Handel's famous oratorio revisited by Mozart and the icon of experimental theatre, Robert Wilson. A rare version to be (re)discovered under the baton of Marc Minkowski.

The mirror game between the Russian and French repertoires by Boris Berezovsky

Women in the spotlight at the opening concert of the Orchestre de chambre de Paris's season featuring the joys of classical and swing music.

A sumptuous array of French melodies by Sabine Devieilhe and Alexandre Tharaud.

Lars Vogt and Christian Tetzlaff take us on a journey with Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Brahms and Dvořák.

Some of Vivaldi's most beautiful opera arias by Philippe Jaroussky in good company.

A real "cabinet of curiosities", this baroque enchantment recreates one of the mythical feasts of the court of Louis XIV.

The return of Lahav Shani, the rising star of orchestral conducting, for a two-part performance at the music stand and keyboard.

The sixth and final concert by the Belcea quartet performing Beethoven’s complete Quartets.

An evening of solidarity to the French Ballet.

Adam Laloum and Quatuor Strada deliver a dazzling kaleidoscope of romantic moods.

Thibaut Garcia's guitar pays homage to one of the great masters of the repertoire for the instrument.

As the borders between Russia and the European Union are still closed, Svetlana Zakharova's performances have been canceled.

Víkingur Ólafsson, the Icelandic piano sensation, presents this Sunday morning a packed programme illustrating the extent of his talent.

Haydn's mischievous influence on Beethoven in a three-part lesson.

A sublime "scenic symphonic poem", Salome illustrates the luxuriance of its subject matter, embellished here by Krzysztof Warlikowski's vision and a high-flying cast.

An inspired trio devoted to Bruch, Debussy, Schumann and Beethoven.

Mozart, Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti by three exceptional artists.

Second performance this season for Philippe Jaroussky with a solo programme devoted to to European vocal musical creation at the turn of the 17th century.

Love and hate, war and peace. Pure musical theatre magnified by the elegance of Magdalena Kožená.

Evgueni Kissin treats us to Nocturnes, Impromptus, Scherzos and other Polish works by Chopin before tackling the shores of the 20th century.

The Modigliani Quartet celebrates the modernity of Haydn and Grieg.

A drama of impossible love with an exacerbated romanticism, Massenet's opera captivates with its title role, here played by the amazing Sir Simon Keenlyside.

A wide-ranging journey from Schubert to Berg by Adam Laloum.

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The Mozartian legend championed by Alexis Kossenko and his set of Ambassadors.

The traditional trip to Paris by Yuri Temirkanov and his St-Petersburg Orchestra with Denis Matsuev as soloist.

An immense choral fresco entirely dedicated to the cycles of nature under the expert baton of Emmanuelle Haïm.

Douglas Boyd is back at the music stand of the Orchestre de chambre de Paris with a renowned soloist, the cellist Anne Gastinel.

Alessandra Vittini and her New International Philharmonia Orchestra offer a special program with three summits of Mozart's work.

Dialogues of keyboard and percussion around Rachmaninov and Bartók.

The great Jonas Kaufmann back in Paris with Schumann and Schubert Lieder.

Jean-Christophe Spinosi continues his exploration of the lyrical repertoire of the Red Priest with this Venetian Olimpiade.

The keyboard doyenne for an evening with Mozart and Brahms peppered with Viennese modernity.

The musical tale imagined by Jean Broussolle to music by André Popp hasn't aged a day and the truculent Juliette demonstrates this.

A birthday party and harp for Marielle Nordmann's 80th birthday.

Two exceptional chamber musicians for a programme of sonatas by Prokofiev, Britten and Shostakovich.

Fidelio, Matthias Goerne, the Fifth: almost all of Beethoven in one concert.

Dumont and Charpentier where the art of the Grand Motet “à la française” in its most perfect completeness.

Passing the baton for Victor-Julien Laferrière's cello and Maxim Emelyanychev's piano.

The first Parisian recital of the dazzling Lisette Oropesa that all the great lyric scenes are snapping up.

Seong-Jin Cho, the shining new star of the South Korean piano school.

The Orchestre National de France, Cristian Măcelaru and Eric Ruf play Mendelssohn tonight.

An evening putting the most famous pieces of the wind instrument repertoire in the spotlight.

The beauty of Bach's artistry by a powerful trio, Emmanuel Pahud, Trevor Pinnock and Jonathan Manson.

Eleonora Abbagnato's return to the stage in Paris with the famous 4 Seasons by Vivaldi.

Two immense tenors, Lawrence Spyres and Lawrence Brownlee, for a Rossini festival.

Piano master Fazil Say with the dashing heroes of the Modigliani Quartet.

A sumptuous and realistic instruction manual in the art of love steeped in all Mozartian sensuality.

CANCELLATION

Concert tribute to Liszt and Fauré by Kit Amstrong.

Talent doesn't wait for people to first grow old and the very young Alexandra Dovgan has already proved it.

Debussy, Chopin and Rachmaninov in the hands of Sunwook Kim and Edgar Moreau.

Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder brought to life by Anja Harteros and César Franck's rare and unique symphony.

Pianist Mikhail Pletnev returns to Avenue Montaigne after a fifteen-year absence.

The complicity of a trio to shed light on Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.

The virtuoso clarinettist Martin Fröst presents an explosive programme.

All the tenderness and humor of Donizetti's opera in a version adapted for young audiences, where he will once again be invited to participate in singing.

The Swedish clarinet player Martin Fröst in good company with Antoine Tamestit and Shai Wosner.

A masterful score as much for its sacred character as for its orchestral and choral power.

Graceful and elegant duo revolving around the figures of Beethoven, Respighi, Ysaÿe and Franck.

The magnificent voices and temperaments of Joyce El-Khoury and Karine Deshayes for an evening devoted to the Queens of bel canto.

Distant horizons on the programme with the Orchestre National de France and its music director Cristian Măcelaru.

Russian violinist Vadim Repin inaugurates this great violin weekend with Hindemith, Prokofiev, Ravel and Grieg.

The second concert of this violin weekend is also an opportunity to discover promising young artists. This afternoon, the American Stella Chen...

The third concert of this violin weekend lets us meet the German Arabella Steinbacher.

Argentinean pianist Nelson Goerner contrasts Schubert and Liszt. Fascinating.

The award-winning young Eva Zaravo is the guest of the fourth concert of this great violin weekend.

To conclude this great violin weekend, the Russian Alena Baeva, double endorsed by Rostropovitch and Ozawa.

Sergey Dogadin plunges us into the depths of the Russian soul with Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Stravinsky.

Sunwook Kim in solo to celebrate Haydn, Schubert, Chopin and Prokofiev.

The young Belgian Jodie Devos is the coloratura soprano in the spotlight, triumphing both on stage and on record.

This production provides a contemporary echo to a seminal work of the 20th century. Poulenc "dialogues" here with the composer Thierry Escaich.

Roger Muraro combines the virtuosity and romanticism of Chopin and Albéniz.

Piotr Anderzewski, a master of the art of the Cantor of Leipzig.

A refined and energetic programme performed with Avi Avital's mandolin.

David Fray is back with Schubert and his imposing Wanderer-Fantasy.

All the nuances of the mandolin and the exquisite skill of Avi Avital.

During a ball, Verdi removes the masks of passion and duty.

Undoubtedly the most well-known lament of sorrow in the baroque repertoire.

Matthäus-Passion, or the pinnacle of Bach's choral art directed and sung by Mark Padmore.

One fine morning, little Peter opened the gate of the garden and went out into the vast green meadows...

Henry Desmarest's little-known Didon is reborn thanks to the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles and Véronique Gens singing the title role.

The first of the great pieces Bach composed when he moved to Leipzig and one of the highlights of his choral catalogue.

Christian Tetzlaff and his eponymous quartet celebrate Mozart and Sibelius.

Paris discovers the young Cuban company Malpaso with its incredible energy thanks to three ballets by Ohad Naharin, Mast Ek and Osnel Delgado.

Mozart's most popular sacred work and his famous aria Agnus Dei - where the spiritual takes on a sensual quality.

Handel and his muses performed by Patrizia Ciofi, Lea Desandre and Anthea Pichanick.

"Bühnenweihfestspiel" ("festival play for the consecration of the stage"), Wagner’s last opera is a powerful epopee, and a final masterpiece.

Bellini's ultimate masterpiece owes its notoriety to his leading roles among the most demanding in the belcantist repertoire.

An evening to celebrate the musical ties between France and the United States.

Tamerlano, one of the most beautiful and poignant examples of vocal acrobatics in the baroque repertoire.

A unique and intimate encounter between Vivaldi's violin and Piazzolla's bandoneon.

Akram Khan’s latest solo, at once gripping humanity, tragic and poetic, like this immense performer.

Mendelssohn chamber musician and the art of Schumann's declaration of love by the Trio Wanderer.

Gérard Depardieu’s final tribute to the Lady in Black

Brahms-inspired virtuosity and romanticism in the hands of violinist Lars Vogt.

The luminous Belcea in Brahms and Britten.

Sonya Yoncheva celebrates romantic opera and bel canto.

Jean-Christophe Spinosi welcomes young singers and breakdancers for an original journey, combining tradition and modernity.

Three of Mozart's most beautiful quintets by the Konzertmeister of the Berlin Philharmonic.

Second evening with the Konzertmeister of the Berlin Philharmonic with Mozart and Schumann.

The Three Ages of Strauss explored by conductor Thomas Dausgaard and pianist Haochen Zhang.

Riccardo Muti and the Wiener Philharmoniker for a masterful demonstration of musical complicity.

Patricia Petibon's new "journey" in her own right, combining alchemy and finesse.

After their duets in La Traviata and Manon, Pretty Yende and Benjamin Bernheim meet again for a recital.

The story of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in music and words.

The whirlwind of the senses from Bach-List to Villa-Lobos performed by Simon Ghraichy.

A brilliant and rare pasticcio comprising Handel's arias and cantatas and a team experienced in this repertoire led by Franco Fagioli

La Sonnambula is one of the most beautiful lyrical pages of Italian Romanticism. The young South African soprano Pretty Yende, a rising star of her generation, is set to shine in this opera.

Pianist Fazil Say is a man of dialogue: tonight, with Schubert and Bach.

The Mozartian legend in resonance with the little-known Mass for the Coronation of Napoleon by Paisiello.

Nikolai Lugansky's full palette from Beethovenian classicism to Debussy melody.

The traditional and much awaited Parisian recital of the pianistic oddball Grigory Sokolov.

Christian Zacharias brings Haydn and Beethoven into dialogue.

La Storia di Orfeo told with style by Philippe Jaroussky and Emőke Baráth.

Jakub Józef Orliński: the modern and worthy successor of 18th century castrati.

Lecocq’s Madame Angot was a triumph when it was created, then it was forgotten. A talented team of French singers is putting her back in the spotlight with great enthusiasm.

Ending the season on a high note, with an opera-buffa and Offenbach's gem: a great way to ease into the summer break.

Another Folle Soirée event devoted to opera organised by Radio Classique.