With QUATRE (seasons), Bruno Benne blends the spirit of the Baroque with a resolutely modern approach to spark the curiosity of young audiences. Through a dance duet, he explores our instinctive relationship with movement, space, and time, in dialogue …

Haydn’s *The Seven Last Words of Christ*: seven deeply moving adagios, commissioned by the Church of Santa Cueva in Cádiz, reflecting on the words of Christ on the cross (“Father, forgive them,” “My God, why have you forsaken me?”). Composed in 1786, this …

German conductor Kevin John Edusei takes us on a journey to an imaginary grand ball. The result of a decade of ethnomusicological travels, the Dance Suite draws on the folk traditions that Béla Bartók studied and recorded in the Hungarian, Romanian, and …

Apéro-concert : Bach, Orchestre national de Metz Grand Est, Louis Schwizgebel, Pauline Cambournac …

It’s a party, a ball, a celebration in motion. With headphones on, young and old alike follow the dancers on a joyful journey through different musical styles. From Bach to Bizet, from Mozart to pop, from rap to disco, hit songs echo off one another and …

While the general public will forever associate him with his choreography for the 1992 Albertville Olympic Games opening ceremony, Philippe Decouflé has never stopped reinventing his art, blending dance and circus apparatus—an extension of the body—with …

Following "Constantine", Théo Ceccaldi continues to explore his family roots by teaming up with singer-songwriter Sofiane Saidi, a native of Sidi Bel Abbès, the birthplace of Algerian raï. Together, they trace the evolution of the first Arab musical …

1723 was a pivotal year for Johann Sebastian Bach. Appointed cantor of the city of Leipzig, the composer was required to compose a new cantata for St. Thomas Church every Sunday. For his first Christmas, Bach dazzled the congregation with his splendid …

All aboard for Bolivia! Born in the Andes, conductor Mariana Delgadillo Espinoza takes us on a journey through her country’s fascinating musical history. From the villancicos of the Golden Age (the folk songs that accompanied religious ceremonies) to …

With Haydn, it is always a zest for life that prevails. The Austrian composer’s quartets mark both the birth and the foundations of a genre that would inspire his successors, such as Mozart and Beethoven. Composed in 1772, the String Quartet, Op. 20, No. …