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Prokofiev wrote Peter and the Wolf in 1936 as a symphonic tale for children, but all ages can enjoy this unique work where the narrated Russian folk story is illustrated marvellously by the orchestra, with each character performed by its own instrument.
Renaud Capuçon conducts the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne and cult actor Jean Reno narrates.

With Jean Reno and Renaud Capuçon

Jean Reno narrates the story of Peter and the Wolf with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne.

Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

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2025 marks 150 years since the birth of Maurice Ravel. To honour the musical legacy of this immensely influential composer, Cristian Măcelaru and the Orchestre National de France join forces with Beatrice Rana.

With Beatrice Rana

Cristian Măcelaru, Beatrice Rana and the Orchestre National de France celebrate Ravel.

Cristian Măcelaru conducts Ravel

On 22 December 1808, four works by Ludwig van Beethoven were premiered at a major concert in Vienna: Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 6, known as the ‘Pastoral’, Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 4 and the Fantasy for piano, choir and orchestra. Philippe Jordan and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra recreated this historic musical moment on 11 January 2020 in the Vienna Konzerthaus.

Philippe Jordan and the Vienna Philharmonic

Philippe Jordan and the Wiener Symphoniker recreate a historic concert: the premiere of four works by Beethoven on 22 December 1808.

Vienna celebrates Beethoven

During a poetic stroll through the most symbolic moments in the life of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), the composer of ‘Boléro’ is slowly revealed through his music. Conducted by Klaus Mäkelä and performed by an all-star French cast.

The life of Maurice Ravel

A musical evocation of the life of Maurice Ravel, from his greatest works to his more secretive creations.

Ravel in a Thousand Sparkles

Conducted by French violinist Renaud Capuçon, the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne performs music from the inter-war period. This evening is dedicated, among others, to Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), whose 150th birthday is being celebrated on 7 March 2025. With ‘Le Tombeau de Couperin’, the composer glorified the Grand Siècle while honouring the memory of his comrades who had fallen at the front.

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne

‘Le tombeau de Couperin’ and “Sonate pour violon et piano”, two memorable works by Maurice Ravel.

Renaud Capuçon conducts Maurice Ravel

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No maestros here, only maestras: We showcase some of the most notable female conductors working in music today. Whether they be established names, pioneers or rising stars taking part in the La Maestra competition, delve into this series of concerts to discover each of their singular visions. 

Female conductors

Pioneers, rising stars and promising talent: These are some of the most notable female conductors working today.

Generation Maestras

Baroque

Opera

Performing Arts

Parcourir les genres

Simon-Pierre Bestion celebrates the musical and cultural heritage of Paris' Notre-Dame with the La Tempête ensemble and a host of guests like Sabine Devieilhe and Olivier Latry, among others.

La Tempête | Sabine Devieilhe | Olivier Latry

Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris celebrated with music.

Concert for Notre-Dame

Pianists Alice Sara Ott and Francesco Tristano have been close friends for several years now and they are back together again for this high-flying duet at the Auditorium de Radio France.

Piano Duo

Two young pianists at the top of their game.

Alice Sara Ott & Francesco Tristano

Zofira Kiniorska conducts a concert entitled ‘Classique et engagé-e-x!’ (Classical and politically engaged!), devoted to women composers. For the occasion, the Polish conductor has devised a programme ranging from Mel Bonis to Sandrine Rudaz, with saxophonist Valentine Michaud as soloist.

Conducted by Z. Kiniorska with V. Michaud on saxophone

The Orchestre de la Suisse romande and Zofia Kiniorska put women composers in the spotlight.

Classical Women

Every year, Radio France celebrates contemporary music with Présences Festival. The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Kent Nagano takes over the Philharmonie de Paris to perform works by Thomas Lacôte, Unsuk Chin and Yann Robin.

Bach / Lacôte / Chin / Robin

The Orchestra Philharmonique de Radio France celebrates contemporary music, conducted by Kent Nagano.

Presences Festival 2023

The theme of the 2025 edition of La Folle Journée de Nantes is the great cities of music. The Sinfonia Varsovia and pianist Paul Lay have chosen New York as the venue for this concert, a transatlantic voyage punctuated by the music of Gershwin.

La Folle Journée de Nantes 2025

Pianist Paul Lay and the Sinfonia Varsovia on a musical voyage to New York.

Gershwin in New York

Rufus Wainwright has composed a requiem in memory of those lost to the Covid-19 pandemic. This ode to life uses the full power of the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra and features actress Meryl Streep.

Featuring Meryl Streep

American singer Rufus Wainwright pays tribute to the victims of Covid-19.

Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem

The Philharmonie de Paris celebrates its tenth anniversary and invites Klaus Mäkelä and Gustavo Dudamel to perform a concert of changing colours, from modernism to impressionism, with works by Boulez, Beethoven, Poulenc, Moussorgski and Ravel.

10 year anniversary of the Philharmonie de Paris

Two conductors of international renown celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Philharmonie de Paris with pieces by Boulez, Beethoven and Ravel.

Klaus Mäkelä and Gustavo Dudamel

Conducted by Aziz Shokhakimov, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg presents a rare work by Camille Saint-Saëns: the Oratorio de Noël. Composed in 1858 when the composer was just 23 years old, this cantata-like work is rarely performed on stage, making its performance quite unprecedented.

Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg

The Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg presents a rare, little-performed work by composer Camille Saint-Saëns.

Oratorio de Noël by Saint Saëns

Composed in 1888 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade is one of the most popular works in the Russian repertoire. Under the baton of Aziz Shokhakimov the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg performs this symphonic suite inspired by the Arabian Nights, inviting us on an enchanting journey to the Orient.

One of the most popular works in the Russian repertoire, here performed under the baton of Aziz Shokhakimov.

Rimski-Korsakov: Sheherazade

Lyrical virtuosity, unbridled fantasy and light comedy: an evening of Jacques Offenbach and carefree celebrations with soprano Patricia Petibon and tenor Cyrille Dubois.

Featuring Patricia Petibon and Cyrille Dubois

An evening of Jacques Offenbach and carefree festivities, with soprano Patricia Petibon and tenor Cyrille Dubois.

A festive day with Offenbach

Mikko Franck invites counter-alto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Maîtrise de Radio France to perform works by Dutilleux, Mahler and Strauss.

With Marie-Nicole Lemieux

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France joins forces with Quebec counter-alto Marie-Nicole Lemieux.

Mikko Franck

In homage to the composer who died a hundred years ago, on 4 November 1924, Thomas Hengelbrock conducts his celestial Requiem under the dome of the Panthéon in Paris. A musical event introduced by an orchestral version of Beethoven's String Quartet No. 15.

Paris Pantheon

The Orchestre de Chambre de Paris under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock.

Thomas Hengelbrock and Orchestre de chambre de Paris

Barbara Hannigan conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France performing works by György Ligeti and Igor Stravinski.

Ligeti and Stravinsky

Barbara Hannigan and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France perform Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms.

Barbara Hannigan

Under the baton of Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra performs works by Lili Boulanger, Romualdas Gražinis and Anton Bruckner.

Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra.

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

Pianist Alexandre Tharaud and dancer Chun Wing Lam celebrate the music of Bach in a former foundry where several of Rodin's masterpieces were created.

Paris Sur Mesure

An encounter between piano and dance in a former foundry.

Alexandre Tharaud and Chun Wing Lam

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Julien Chauvin and the Concert de la Loge perform works by Vivaldi and Mozart in the famous Cour Marly at the Musée du Louvre, featuring mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti and violist Amihai Grosz.

An evening at the Musée du Louvre

Julien Chauvin and the Concert de la Loge perform live at the Musée du Louvre.

Vivaldi and Mozart in the Cour Marly

Cristian Măcelaru and the Orchestre National de France invite Alexandre Kantorow to play Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2. A concert also featuring music by Prokofiev.

90 years of the Orchestre National de France

Pianist Alexandre Kantorow joins forces with the Orchestre National de France.

Cristian Măcelaru conducts Chopin and Prokofiev

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France performs Ravel and Mendelssohn with conductor Pablo Heras Casado.
Programme:
Maurice Ravel - Alborada del gracioso
 Felix Mendelssohn - Symphonie n°4 “Italian”
 Maurice Ravel – Bolero

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France performs Ravel and Mendelssohn with conductor Pablo Heras Casado.

Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Ravel and Mendelssohn

To inaugurate the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra's 2023-2024 season, conductor Aziz Shokhakimov invites international pianist and soloist Kirill Gerstein for a special evening. The programme includes Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2, a romantic work dotted with octaves, thirds, leaps and glissandi.

Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

Pianist Kirill Gerstein and the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra perform Liszt under the baton of Aziz Shokhakimov.

Liszt's Piano Concerto no. 2

The Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival has invited paino legend Elisabeth Leonskaja to perform two sonatas by Franz Schubert in front of a lucky audience at the Grand Théâtre de Provence.

Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival

Pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja presents two Schubert sonatas in Aix-en-Provence.

Elisabeth Leonskaja performs Schubert

The Apaches orchestra, dancer Andrea Catozzi and free-runners Johan Tonnoir and Simon Nogueira take over the great nave of the Musée d'Orsay for this edition of Paris Sur Mesure: A place where movement, visual art and contemporary music collide.

A cavalcade of free-running, visual art and contemporary music at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.

Les Apaches | Simon Nogueira | Johan Tonnoir | Andrea Catozzi

A concert dedicated to Canadian film composer Howard Shore, famous for his scores to Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and David Cronenberg’s The Fly. With the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.

The Lord of the Rings

A concert dedicated to Canadian film composer Howard Shore, famous for his scores to Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and David Cronenberg’s The Fly.

Howard Shore Weekend

Mikko Franck, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and violinist María Dueñas join forces for a concert dedicated to Anton Webern and Felix Mendelssohn. An encounter with Mendelssohn's magnificent Violin Concerto at its centre.

With María Dueñas

A concert carried by Mendelssohn's magnificent Violin Concerto.

Mikko Franck conducts Webern and Mendelssohn

Conductors Andris Nelsons, Klaus Mäkelä, Riccardo Chailly and Petr Popelka conduct the four movements of Beethoven's 'Symphony No. 9' in succession across Europe. An epic concert celebrating the bicentenary of the creation of Beethoven's masterpiece.

Leipzig | Paris | Milan | Vienna

Andris Nelsons, Klaus Mäkelä, Riccardo Chailly and Petr Popelka conduct the four movements of the ‘Ninth’ in succession across Europe.

Beethoven: Symphony no. 9

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Bach and minimalist music meet under the fingers of pianist Shani Diluka in a special concert for ARTE Concert's Piano Day at the Opéra Comique in Paris.

Piano Day 2023

Shani Diluka combines Bach with minimalist music on the stage of the Opéra Comique in Paris.

Shani Diluka

In the beautiful surroundings of the Fontainebleau Palace and gardens, Trumpeter Lucienne Renaudin Vary performs with the Hermès Quartet whilst Karim Felouk dances.

Sur Mesure

Lucienne Renaudin Vary, Karim Felouki & Friends at Château de Fontainebleau

Simone Young conducts a concert of contrasts with violinist Renaud Capuçon and the Orchestre National de France. On the programme is Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 and world premiere violin concerto by Camille Pépin.

With Violinist Renaud Capuçon

Romantic and Avant-garde: a concert of contrasts with the Orchestre National de France.

Simone Young Conducts Mahler and Camile Pépin

An evening from the Paris Philharmonie with the French National Orchestra conducted by Cristian Măcelaru . On the programme: Hector Berlioz’s Carnaval Romain Overture followed by Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2 . The evening finishes with César Franck’s Symphony in D Minor.

Bertrand Chamayou & Orchestre National de France

An evening from the Paris Philharmonie with the French National Orchestra conducted by Cristian Măcelaru.

Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, Franck

Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan conducts and sings with the French Radio Orchestra in a sensual programme celebrating the city of lights: gay Paris.
Mezzo-soprano Julia Dawson, tenor Ziad Nehme and bass-baritone Douglas Williams also perform.
Programme
Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella
 Kurt Weill – Youkali
 Jacques Offenbach - La Gaîté parisienne

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan conducts and sings with the French Radio Orchestra in a sensual programme celebrating the city of lights: gay Paris.

Barbara Hannigan Conducts Stravinsky and Weill

The Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels is one of the most prestigious international music competitions. Dedicated to the violin in 2024, each year it brings together promising young artists from all over the world. The closing concert with the three first prize-winners (Ukrainian Dmytro Udovychenko and Americans Joshua Brown and Elli Choi) is the high point of the event.

Closing concert with the winners

The closing concert with three winners of the 2024 edition of the prestigious international violin competition.

Concours Reine Elisabeth 2024

The latest edition of the Festival International de Colmar opens with an exceptional performance from the Orchestre Symphonique du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie de Bruxelles, conducted by Alain Altinoglu. After Wagner's Prelude to Lohengrin, baritone Stéphane Degout sings Mahler's Songs of a Wandering Companion. The evening at Saint-Matthieu church closes with César Franck's Symphony in D minor, a jewel from the repertoire of the late 19th century.

Festival international de Colmar

A "Royal Overture" of Wagner, Mahler and Franck, conducted by Alain Altinoglu and featuring baritone Stéphane Degout.

A Royal Overture

To inaugurate the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra's 2023-2024 season, Aziz Shokhakimov conducts an audacious interpretation of Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung in Lorin Maazel's version. A symphonic journey bringing together the main leitmotifs of the full tetralogy in one hour of glorious music.

Aziz Shokhakimov conducts the Wagner opus to open the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra's new season.

Wagner's Ring Without Words

Julia Fischer sublimates Brahms's Violin Concerto alongside the Orchestre National de France, conducted by Cristian Măcelaru. An eclectic programme that also highlights works by Elsa Barraine and Claude Debussy.

Brahms, Debussy and Barraine

Julia Fischer performs Brahms's Violin Concerto with the Orchestre National de France.

Cristian Măcelaru & Julia Fischer

Slovenian conductor Martina Batič and the Radio France Choir offers an eclectic programme combining Wagner, Debussy, Fauré and Poulenc. The choir is accompanied by eight cellists from the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio de France.
Programme:
Francis Poulenc - Liberté, extract from Figure humaine (transcription for eight cellos by Renaud Guieu)
Richard Wagner - M.W. after Tristan (adaptation by Franck Krawczyk of the Wesendonck Lieder)
Claude Debussy - Nocturnes: Nuages - Fêtes (transcriptions for eight cellos by Renaud Guieu)
Gabriel Fauré - Pavane (for choir and cellos)
Eluard lit Eluard - Liberté (sound recording of the poem Liberté read by Paul Eluard)
Richard Wagner - Lohengrin: prelude (transcription for eight cellos by Renaud Guieu)
Francis Poulenc - Figure humaine

Poulenc, Wagner, Debussy & Fauré

Slovenian conductor Martina Batič and the Radio France Choir offers an eclectic programme combining Wagner, Debussy, Fauré and Poulenc. 