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Boulez – Béjart
Béjart Ballet Lausanne
Solistes de l’Ensemble intercontemporain
Thursday 19 March et Friday 20 March – 8:30 pm
Three choreographies by Béjart set to music by Webern, Bartók and Boulez will alternate with works by Grisey and Cerha.
Cité de la musique (Philharmonie 2)
Prices : €32 / €26
À Pierre (Le grand soir)
Ensemble intercontemporain
Saturday 21 March – 8:30 pm
Ravel’s Frontispiece orchestrated by Boulez and the electronic sparks of …explosante-fixe… will be illuminating this fine tribute programme created by Nono.
Cité de la musique (Philharmonie 2)
Prices : €25 / €20
Musem of music Concert-walks
Sunday 22 March – 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
As part of the Pierre Boulez exhibition, students of the Conservatoire de Paris will be performing works by Pierre Boulez in dialogue with pieces by other composers, from Maurice Ravel to Stravinski, including Alban Berg and John Cage. A programme celebrating the musical richness of this avant-gardist, highly talented composer.
This walk-cum-concert will be a time for discussion and the opportunity to discover and play a selection of musical instruments tied to the theme of the concerts.
Listen to this when you visit the Museum of Music’s permanent collection.
Cité de la musique (Philharmonie 2) – Museum of music
Free with your Museum of music admission ticket
The European museum night
Saturday 16 May – 7:00 pm to midnight
The Museum will be hosting the musicians of the Ensemble intercontemporain during this late-night Nuit des Musées event devoted to Pierre Boulez. Numerous concerts will be held in the museum from 8 pm to 11 pm. Exceptionally the Pierre Boulez exhibition will be open from 7 pm to midnight.
Cité de la musique (Philharmonie 2) – Museum of music
Free
Messages et Esquisses – Tribute to Pierre Boulez
Students of the Conservatoire de Paris
Marc Coppey, cello
Sunday 22 March – 3:00 pm
In 1977, Pierre Boulez paid a tribute to patron Paul Sacher by composing his Messagessquisse for seven cellos. Today, Marc Coppey is reviving this idea by commissioning work from composers who are friends of Pierre Boulez.
Cité de la musique (Philharmonie 2)
Price : €25
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Monday 30 March – 8:30 pm
In this concert dedicated to Pierre Boulez, Maurizio Pollini, who is well practised in placing the Romantic and Modern repertoires in perspective, will be communicating Boulez’s unparalleled art of phrasing and touch.
Philharmonie 1
Prices : €70 / €60 / €45 / €30 / €20 / €10
London Symphony Orchestra
Peter Eötvös, director
Monday 20 April – 8:30 pm
Both a recognised creator and a brilliant conductor of the Modern repertoire, Peter Eötvös will be joining the London Symphony Orchestra to release the flamboyance of Pierre Boulez’s Book for Strings and Ritual In Memoriam Bruno Maderna, before interpreting Stravinski’s magnum opus The Rite of Spring.
Philharmonie 1
Prices : €50 / €40 / €35 / 2€5 / €20 / €10
Pierre Boulez Répons
Ensemble intercontemporain
Thursday 11 June – 8:30 pm
Répons, an emblematic work in the field of spatialised music, will be taking over the Philharmonie de Paris’s Symphonic Hall (Grande salle) for the very first time, promising a major encounter between music and architecture.
Philharmonie 1
Prices : €20 / €10 / €5 – Youth under the age of 28: €10