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The Sultan’s Organ – Sablé sur Sarthe Baroque Festival
Recorded at the Church Notre-Dame during the Sablé sur Sarthe BaroqueFestival, august 2017
The story of an incredible musical journey of an Organ from London to Constantinople on the eve of the XVIIth century.
The two Orchestras l’Achéron and Sultan Veled accompany us in a melodious journey in s...
URBAN VOICES: The Celtic Way
For the 7th edition of Urban Voices, the audience in Nantes was invited to join the musicians and choristers along the Celtic way.
Ireland was in the spotlight with its Gaelic melodies and its tradition of music and song from the land of enchanted myths and legends.
As usual, the artists in re...
Yvan Bourgnon, offshore racer: IN BALANCE ON THE OCEAN
In 2015, the Swiss skipper Yvan Bourgnon - a regular offshore racer and winner of the Transat Jacques Vabre in 1997 alongside his brother Laurent - completed the first around the world solo voyage in a cabin-less catamaran the size of a beach yacht, "Ma Louloutte". 220 days and 55,000 km at sea, wi...
Maurice Ravel : 5 Works by David Grimal & les Dissonances
A man with an independent and enigmatic nature, Maurice Ravel’s work lies at the turning point between the 19th and 20th centuries, a time of quarrels between modernists and traditionalists. After the First World War and the death of Debussy, he was considered one of the greatest French composers of...
60 days of sharing economy
Could you live only by using new social economy methods?
Eugenie, a young actress, decided to accept this challenge : to live exclusively thanks to sharing economy.
For three months, with no income, just her possessions and abilities, she will have to work, think, eat, move, live through the shari...
Before everything disappears
For this creation, recorded at the Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris, choreographer Thomas Lebrun brings 11 dancers together on a real lawn. Amongst them are Daniel Larrieu and Odile Azagury, who taught him to dance.
“Avant toutes disparitions” (before everything disappears), there’s an urgent n...
Ben Toury
This Rhythm & Blues quartet is led by Benjamin Toury, singer, pianist and harmonicist. Self-taught, he’s been composing and performing on stage since the age of 11 and already has a career spanning 23-years behind him. A highly energetic and strong performer, his hands fly over the keyboard with cra...
Brotherhood Heritage at the Rendez-vous de L’Erdre, Nantes
A big band of the 1970s, Brotherhood of Breath lit up the European jazz scene. Stemming from a multiracial South African orchestra (formed despite apartheid), it produced a fusion of South African pop and improvised music created under the guidance of pianist Chris McGregor.
The project piloted by F...
El Fuego Latino (Alondra de la Parra / Alexis Cardenas)
Alondro de la Parra is a phenomenon: luminous and charismatic, she has established herself as one of the first female chief conductors of a major symphony orchestra with natural ease and brilliance.
Her enthusiastic, generous and spellbinding performances make her concerts a real treat.
Alexis Card...