Performing Arts
Following the leader
How to lead an orchestra without a conductor? How to bring down the institution that elevated the "Maestro" to the status of demigod?
An investigation within the classical music community into the relationship between power and creation, through the example of the Dissonances (60-piece orchestra pla...
Haydn’s The Seasons : Paris Chamber Orchestra, Accentus choir
Concert recorded on December 16, 2017 at La Philarmonie de Paris
Laurence Equilbey conducts Joseph Haydn's great oratorio, "The Seasons", performed by the Accentus choir and the Paris Chamber Orchestra. This is the Philharmonie de Paris’ Christmas concert, a participatory event in which the public i...
Schumann – Bruckner
In concert on January 30, 2017 at the Philharmonie de Paris.
David Grimal is the soloist in a little known work, Robert Schumann's Violin Concerto, and explores with Les Dissonances Bruckner’s immense 7th Symphony, with its overwhelming Adagio mourning the death of Richard Wagner.
- Robert Schumann:...
Snarky Puppy at the Olympia: Cucha Vulcha
In concert on May 18, 2017 at the Olympia
Based in Brooklyn but formed in Texas, the Snarky Puppy collective is considered by Rolling Stone to be "one of the most exciting groups on the stage today". In this concert they give us an album in which Motown meets Bombay and Dallas church music is tinged...
The Rite of Spring (Stravinsky)
Performing the Rite of Spring at the Philharmonie de Paris with no conductor, David Grimal and the 97 musicians of the Dissonances give themselves a harder challenge each year.
This work by Stravinsky, written in 1913, explores simple themes: rhythm and harmony. However, it was one of the most scan...
25 Years, 25 Dancers
A show created for the 25th anniversary of the Festival Suresnes Cités Danse, one of the most emblematic festivals in France.
"Children of Suresnes" from every generation are brought together on the same stage to share their generosity, energy and delight in dancing to a groove, a jazz refrain or a ...
7th International Bayeux Circus Festival
All the magic of circus in incredible acts and attracts artists from all over the world :
Big Cats , Chinese Pole and Trick Riding (France), Slack wire (Ukraine), Juggling and perroquet (Spain), Trapeze (Italy), Clown (Venezuela), Aerial straps (Russia), Walking on the ceiling and Hand to Hand (Bra...
Alt-J at FourviÈre – Lyon 2017
Alt + J is the keyboard shortcut for the triangle character on a computer. It is also and above all the name of one of the most productive British independent rock bands of recent years.
Originally from Leeds in England, Alt-J consists of singer and guitarist Joe Newman, keyboardist and singer Gus U...
