The Fête du clavier offers three concerts over two days, each with different artists and musical programmes. Please reserve a ticket separately for each performance you wish to attend. The original idea behind the Fête du clavier was to bring together the piano classes of the Haute École de Musique…
For its first nuit bleue, La Cité Bleue invited pianist Nelson Goerner to imagine the ideal night, accompanied by internationally renowned artists: Daniel Ciobanu, Leonardo García Alarcón, Giuseppe Guarrera, Nathalia Milstein, the Modigliani Quartet, Svetlin Roussev, William Sabatier, and many other musicians - among others, the great pianist Martha Argerich,…
#16161D is the colour code for "intrinsic grey" from the German "Eigengrau". A colour that is self-generating even in the absence of light. The same colour you see when you close your eyes. In the midst of this darkness, five performers equipped with portable lights use their beams to highlight…
« Two composers born in the same year in the same region, with a mutual admiration beyond rivalry, but who never met. Two composers blinded by the same doctor. This incredible fate inspired me to imagine a real encounter between them, to hear their music in an almost contemporary way.…
Without knowing it, we are all familiar with Chopin's Nocturnes, so much so have they been used in popular culture, particularly in film. Dreamy and enchanting, they represent the apogee of spleen and delicacy, proper to the introspection and gentleness of the soul. Frédéric Chopin may not have invented the…
Coming from the great Parisian orchestras, the musicians who make up the Sirba Octet have taken up the challenge of positioning themselves halfway between classical music and the traditional music of Eastern Europe. With Tsuzamen, they pay tribute to three peoples who have suffered genocide - the Roma, the Jews…
For the second year running, the Cité Bleue is hosting the HEM's major Fête des Claviers. Harpsichords, organs and pianofortes will join modern pianos to offer a highly varied programme of works for two keyboard instruments and four hands ranging from the Baroque period to the present day. This year,…
Jazz is a world. A land of shifting borders, where tradition and invention, distant rhythms and intimate languages meet. At La Cité Bleue, we're devoting an entire night to it - from 8pm to dawn - with eight concerts, divided between the main hall and the convivial Arcade46 space. Visionary…
On stage, a single piano, black and white keys, and the charisma of a powerful voice: soprano Claron McFadden embodies the legendary figure of Nina Simone, conveying the singular energy of the woman who aspired to be "the first Black pianist." The entire show is based on Nina Simone's iconic…
Her name was Eunice Waymon, but she became Nina Simone. Blessed with dazzling talent and an unwavering passion for the piano, she dreamed of becoming a classical concert pianist. Despite her abilities, her dream was never to be, as she was refused entry to the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia because…