Tag: music
Nan Goldin & The Tiger Lillies at the Cité de la Musique –
19th October 2010
You may know the shocking images of Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, but this is probably the first time you will have seen them as backdrop for a slightly burlesque concert by English group the Tiger Lillies. Or perhaps the music is more a backdrop for the photos?…
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The Fête de la Musique in Paris, Monday 21st June 2010
If you’ve never experienced this music festival before, brace yourself: every 21st June, anyone and everyone will be making music of any and all kinds anywhere… and everywhere!
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The 2010 Paris Techno Parade,
Saturday 25th September 2010
Spring is here, Summer isn’t that far off, but you better believe that September is already in the starting blocks! For clubbers, the Paris Techno Parade – held at the end of September each year – is an event not to be missed with over 400,000 people taking part. It’s a crazy scene to behold (bring your earplugs Granny!). We have the first bits of info for the 2010 edition…
photo by kinossay used under cc licence
Solidays 2010 from 25th – 27th June in Paris.
A huge music festival and a whole lot more.
Art and Culture, Our favourite things
As big as any other European music festival, Solidays is France’s Glastonbury, both musical and militant, fun for adults and kids, and guaranteed chock-a-block with moving moments. Here’s the lineup and details!
photo by arnaud-k used under cc licence
Exhibition Chopin in Paris, the composer’s workshop
at the Cité de la Musique from 9th March- 6th June 2010
Organised together with the French National Library, this exhibition celebrated the bicentenary of the pianist and composer’s birth, giving a new perspective on his work.
photo by 黃毛 used under cc licence
Chopin – the Blue Note exhibition at the Musée de la Vie Romantique in Paris from 2nd March – 11th July 2010
Just before the major Chopin exhibition at the Cité de la Musique, it’s the Musée de la Vie Romantique – one of our favourite places in Paris – that honours the man for the bicentenary of his birth.
The Musée de la Vie Romantique in Paris. Photo : JasonW
Emilie Simon – a new album and interviews at the
Hôtel Design Sorbonne
Art and Culture, Our favourite things
French musician Emilie Simon has just released her new album The Big Machine, and when looking for a cool and cosy place to do her interviews with the press, the Hôtel Design Sorbonne was a natural choice…
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Miles Davis exhibition We Want Miles
at the Cité de la Musique in Paris
from 16th October 2009 – 17th January 2010
Jazz fans rejoice! Miles Davis fans kneel down and give homage to Paris’ Cité de la Musique. Their new exhibition is all about Miles, the man that made serious jazz popular, the multi-faceted genius. Unmissable. We Want Miles!
Jazz festival Jazz à la Villette 2009 :
1st – 13th September 2009 in Paris
To keep you occupied whilst waiting for the big Miles Davis exhibition We Want Miles at the Cité de la Musique starting 16th October 2009, the Jazz à la Villette jazz festival has over 200 artiste, 50 groups and – without shunning the old guard – an open mind about music with jazz influences, such as rap and electronic music…
De La Soul. Photo : DR
The Fête de la Musique 2009 in Paris:
a giant, raucous, free music night all over the city
on Sunday 21st June
A Parisian experience, Art and Culture
It’s perhaps the noisiest day of the year for Parisians! No need for dodgy downloading to benefit from free music on 21st June…
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