Our selection of concerts and festivals


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This week we present some concerts and festivals scheduled for February: an initiative by the Orchester-Atelier Ostinato, which works with prisoners and people in precarious situations; the National Symphony of Lille conducted by Jean-Claude Casadesus The Orchestra’s program; the Bruit Festival, which explores the intersection of theater and music; the tour of French death metal band Gojira; and the touring festival Les Nuits de l’alligator, which offers blues in all its forms.

Concert with detainees and refugees

The result of a ten-month work by Orchester-Atelier Ostinato with persons detained in Melun prison (Seine-et-Marne) or in precarious situations (refugees welcomed by the Popular Security Service or the Jesuit Refugee Service), The program is based on travel, under the direction of Chef Chloé Dufresne. From Lully (ceremonial march for the turks) and Rossini’s Overture Italians in Algiers…for the orchestra or to a choreography by Maxime Thomas, a dancer at the Opéra National de Paris. lucky

In Music for more humanity 2023, at Maison de la Mutualité, 24, rue Saint-Victor, Paris 5th. Admission is free on February 17th at 7:30pm.

Ornate baptism of the Lille National Symphony Orchestra Auditorium

Jean-Claude Casadesus.

After 41 years (from 1975 to 2016) she » The orchestra of Jean-Claude Casadesus in Lille will now have “his” auditorium. The residence of the National Orchestra of Lille (ONL), renovated in 2013, will be named after the famous conductor on February 17th, when he conducts the work in his flamboyant manner: The Overture of the King of Ysu Lalo’s “Poor” Symphony A recent page by Tchaikovsky and Graciane Finzi (2017), Fantasy Concerto For viola and orchestra (soloist Nils Mönkemeyer, German). In keeping with the regional roaming tradition characteristic of ONL and its founding leader, now 87, the baptism with drums and trumpets will be repeated twice “beyond the walls.” lucky

National Orchestra of Lille, conducted by Jean-Claude Casadesus, in Lille (Hall of the New Century), February 17th at 8pm, Mouchin (Sports Hall), February 18th at 8pm, February 19th, Duisans (salle Clairefontaine). From 6 euros to 55 euros.

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