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Art and Luxury Fair
Art and Luxury Fair
From 24, to September 26, 2025
The Art & Luxury Fair is a high-end event where experience is key. Artists guide visitors through the creative process, with the aim of connecting the makers — who represent the finest craftsmanship from the Netherlands and Monaco — directly with the public. Art & Luxury is an initiative by Annette Wijdom, with the honorary creative contribution of H.R.H. Princess Margarita de Bourbon de Parme.

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Concert - Julien Bourgeois, Bruno Mantovani, Michel Dalberto, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Kazuki Yamada
Concert - Julien Bourgeois, Bruno Mantovani, Michel Dalberto, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Kazuki Yamada
March 8, 2023
Steve Reich’s Clapping Music opens this 2023 festival and invites us to explore every possible musical path. The following programme compares César Franck and Anton Bruckner, two master organists of sacred music who have ventured along other paths, from the small form of the fantasy poem to the monumental symphonic art.
Concert - Michel Dalberto
Concert - Michel Dalberto
March 9, 2023
In this recital devoted entirely to Franz Schubert, Michel Dalberto explores the composer’s pianistic art in all its diversity, from his first opuses to his last sonata, from his lilting motifs, inspired from the lieder, to the frenzy of Viennese dances.
Cineconcert -Surrealist Cinema of Europe and America - Trio Énéide
Cineconcert -Surrealist Cinema of Europe and America - Trio Énéide
March 10, 2023
This singular cine-concert follows in the steps of the French surrealists and ventures across the Atlantic with the pioneers of experimental animation. It is accompanied by the zany instrumentarium of Trio Énéide, between written contemporary music and joyful generative improvisations.
Concert - Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Michel Dalber
Concert - Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Michel Dalber
March 11, 2023
Baritone Edwin Crossley-Mercer and pianist Michel Dalberto confront a selection of great Schubert lieder (Erlkönig, Schwanengesang…) with emblematic works from the golden age of French melody, including Gabriel Fauré’s famous cycle La Bonne Chanson.
Concert -accentus, Insula orchestra, Laurence Equilbey, Frank Markowitsch
Concert -accentus, Insula orchestra, Laurence Equilbey, Frank Markowitsch
March 12, 2023
Under the direction of Laurence Equilbey, Insula orchestra, the accentus choir and a quartet of high-flying soloists bring together the sacred and secular art of the Leipzig master, Felix Mendelssohn, with excerpts from his unfinished oratorio Christus and his First Walpurgis Night from Goethe.
Concert - Thomas Ospital
Concert - Thomas Ospital
March 16, 2023
Thomas Ospital, tenured organist at the Église Saint-Eustache in Paris, delivers a poignant recital of works that are among the last pages composed by their creators: Viennese master Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “Pater seraphicus” César Franck, and a genius who died prematurely, Julius Reubke.
Concert - Bernold Trio
Concert - Bernold Trio
March 17, 2023
The Bernold Trio offers a highly playful concert through Children’s Corner composed by Debussy for his daughter Chouchou and György Kurtág’s Játékok (“games” in Hungarian), witty musical miniatures. As for the sonatas by Bach and Debussy, they are punctuated by other writing games, looking back to the past…
Concert - La Diane Française, Stéphanie-Marie Degand
Concert - La Diane Française, Stéphanie-Marie Degand
March 18, 2023
La Diane française and its violinist-conductor Stéphanie-Marie Degand return to the baroque era of the birth of the orchestra and the violin concerto, mixing the French taste, its sonorous power and massive effects, with the innovative and spectacular Italian virtuosity.
Concert - Aurélien Pascal, Denis Pascal
Concert - Aurélien Pascal, Denis Pascal
March 19, 2023
Denis and Aurélien Pascal, father and son, perform Gabriel Fauré’s works for cello and piano, from his brief “genre pieces” to the great sonatas of the end of his life. This is punctuated by three Nocturnes, emblematic of the composer’s artistic evolution.
Concert - The stage is open to young musicians from the Rainier III Academy of Monaco and the region's music schools.
Concert - The stage is open to young musicians from the Rainier III Academy of Monaco and the region's music schools.
March 22, 2023
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Concert - Educational pieces for non-musical children, quartet and electronics
Concert - Educational pieces for non-musical children, quartet and electronics
March 22, 2023
Fabrice Jünger’s creation for educational purposes, Remember, combines a quartet of professional musicians with primary and secondary school classes. Poetry and music, instrumental writing and electronic diffusion respond to each other, to make us better listen to the world around us. Free admission - reservation required
Reading of poems by Anna Akhmatova & Concert  - Jean-Yves Clément, Svetlana Ustinova, Peter Laul
Reading of poems by Anna Akhmatova & Concert - Jean-Yves Clément, Svetlana Ustinova, Peter Laul
March 23, 2023
In a double recital punctuated by readings of Anna Akhmatova’s poems by Jean-Yves Clément, Peter Laul presents the complete Ten Piano Sonatas by Alexander Scriabin, a vast journey leading to the exalted climax of the Tenth Sonata.
Concert - Nicolas Hodges, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Eva Ollikainen
Concert - Nicolas Hodges, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Eva Ollikainen
March 24, 2023
This year’s special guests, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Eva Ollikainen, combine Samuel Barber’s First Symphony with its model, Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 7. Piano soloist Nicolas Hodges performs a suite by Betsy Jolas with a retrospective feel.
Concert - Jory Vinikour
Concert - Jory Vinikour
March 25, 2023
The famous American harpsichordist Jory Vinikour pays tribute to a founding father of the art of the keyboard, Johann Jakob Froberger, and to one of his distant “disciples”, Christophe Maudot, in a set of ancient and modern pieces that combine stylistic richness and exacerbated expressiveness.
Reading of poems by Anna Akhmatova and Concert - Jean-Yves Clément, Svetlana Ustinova, Peter Laul
Reading of poems by Anna Akhmatova and Concert - Jean-Yves Clément, Svetlana Ustinova, Peter Laul
March 25, 2023
In a double recital punctuated by readings of Anna Akhmatova’s poems by Jean-Yves Clément, Peter Laul presents the complete Ten Piano Sonatas by Alexander Scriabin, a vast journey leading to the exalted climax of the Tenth Sonata.
Concert Tribute to Chet Baker - Riccardo Del Fra Quintet, Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, Léo Margue
Concert Tribute to Chet Baker - Riccardo Del Fra Quintet, Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, Léo Margue
March 26, 2023
Chet Baker’s regular bassist for many years, Riccardo del Fra celebrates the legendary American trumpeter in an original tribute programme performed by his quintet and the Orchestre des Pays de Savoie (My Chet My Song). With Mystery Galaxy in the second part, he then opens a door to his own abundant inspirations.
Concert - Reading in music Laurent Stocker, Camille Taver
Concert - Reading in music Laurent Stocker, Camille Taver
March 30, 2023
Carried by the improvisations of the pianist Camille Taver, Laurent Stocker reads large excerpts from Rimbaud le fils, a book by Pierre Michon in which the author explores and freely “plays” on the poet’s life and art.
Concert - Laurent Stocker, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Case Scaglione
Concert - Laurent Stocker, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Case Scaglione
March 31, 2023
At the head of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Case Scaglione puts two emblematic works in the history of American music face to face: Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question and, as a possible answer, Aaron Copland’s fresco Symphony No. 3. Between these monuments, François Meïmoun revisits the myth of Antigone in a creation for reciter and orchestra, to which Laurent Stocker lends his voice.
Concert - Ensemble TM+, Laurent Cuniot
Concert - Ensemble TM+, Laurent Cuniot
April 1, 2023
The TM+ ensemble, directed by Laurent Cuniot, associates two voices of modern American music, Steve Reich and Elliott Carter: between the New York activity of City Life and the majestic Capitol of A Mirror on Which to Dwell, we are given a genuine panoramic soundscape of the United States in the last century.
Concert - Diotima Quartet
Concert - Diotima Quartet
April 1, 2023
In two concerts, Quatuor Diotima journeys across a century of chamber music, from post-Romanticism to contemporary creation, from Béla Bartók’s String Quartet No. 1 to an unpublished work by Philippe Schoeller. The quartet ponders upon the horrors of World War II, which can be heard as much in Bartók and György Ligeti as in Different Trains by Steve Reich.
Concert - Diotima Quartet
Concert - Diotima Quartet
April 2, 2023
In two concerts, Quatuor Diotima journeys across a century of chamber music, from post-Romanticism to contemporary creation, from Béla Bartók’s String Quartet No. 1 to an unpublished work by Philippe Schoeller. The quartet ponders upon the horrors of World War II, which can be heard as much in Bartók and György Ligeti as in Different Trains by Steve Reich.
Tout l'Art du Cinéma - "La Rose Pourpre du Caire"
Tout l'Art du Cinéma - "La Rose Pourpre du Caire"
September 22, 2023
Presentation of the 20th season of "Tout l'Art du Cinéma".
Le Printemps des Arts - "Sandro Compagnon, Ensemble Gilles Binchois"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Sandro Compagnon, Ensemble Gilles Binchois"
March 13, 2024
To open this third edition of the Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo entitled "My End is My Beginning", the Ensemble Gilles Binchois returns to the origins of the mass for the dead with Johannes Ockeghe's Requiem, the oldest known. Sandro Compagnon's saxophone brings a counterpoint of loops and modern rondos, to music by Luciano Berio and Bruno Mantovani.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Symphonic Concert"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Symphonic Concert"
March 14, 2024
"Printemps des Arts - Symphonic Concert". Conducted by Fabien Gabel, with Ruzan Mantashyan, soprano. Music by Strauss.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Sayaka Shoji, Henri Demarquette, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Sayaka Shoji, Henri Demarquette, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger"
March 15, 2024
Sayaka Shoji, Henri Demarquette and Jean-Frédéric Neuburger condense the story of Beethoven's art and life into one concert, from the composer's very first work (Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 1) to his masterpiece, the "Archduke Trio", the pinnacle of the genre and a model for generations of artists.
Le Printemps des Arts - "L'étoffe inépuisable du rêve, Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain"
Le Printemps des Arts - "L'étoffe inépuisable du rêve, Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain"
March 16, 2024
Sophie Lacaze unveils her latest chamber opera, inspired by Aboriginal culture and dreamtime. "L’étoffe inépuisable du rêve" ("the inexhaustible stuff of dreams") is an ode to nature and the suffering world around us.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Lucile Richardot, Stefan Cifolelli, Het collectief"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Lucile Richardot, Stefan Cifolelli, Het collectief"
March 16, 2024
Le Het Collectief, Lucile Richardot and Stefan Cifolelli perform the chamber orchestra version of Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth) composed by Reinbert de Leeuw, an intimate, focused piece that reinterprets Gustav Mahler's work in an original new way.
Le Printemps des Arts - "The Salt of the Earth"
Le Printemps des Arts - "The Salt of the Earth"
March 17, 2024
For forty years, photographer Sebastião Salgado has travelled the continents, in the footsteps of a rapidly changing human race. He has been witness to some of the major events of recent history, from international conflicts to famine and exodus... Now, he has embarked on a journey to discover majestic landscapes and rich wildlife as part of a vast photographic project, a tribute to the beauty of our planet. His life and work are brought to life through the eyes of his son Juliano, who accompanied him on his latest epic travels, and fellow photographer Wim Wenders.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Henri Demarquette"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Henri Demarquette"
March 17, 2024
Cellist Henri Demarquette embarks on an impressive solo adventure, blending the virtuoso dances of Johann Sebastian Bach with the inventive and amusing suites of Benjamin Britten.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Quatuor Modigliani"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Quatuor Modigliani"
March 21, 2024
Franz Schubert and Felix Mendelssohn. Two precocious geniuses, both masters of the string quartet, a genre they transformed. Their final pieces are almost like silent movies for four musicians. The Quatuor Modigliani brings them together for these two concerts that retrace their lives' work.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Quatuor Modigliani"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Quatuor Modigliani"
March 22, 2024
Franz Schubert and Felix Mendelssohn. Two precocious geniuses, both masters of the string quartet, a genre they transformed. Their final pieces are almost like silent movies for four musicians. The Quatuor Modigliani brings them together for these two concerts that retrace their lives' work.
Le Printemps des Arts - SIESTE MUSICALE "Japanese Soul"
Le Printemps des Arts - SIESTE MUSICALE "Japanese Soul"
March 23, 2024
Whether seated or reclining, on a sun lounger or in a chair, spectators are invited to take a unique musical siesta and bathe in the sounds of the Far East, in the company of flautist and composer Fabrice Jünger.
Le Printemps des Arts - SIESTE MUSICALE "Japanese Soul"
Le Printemps des Arts - SIESTE MUSICALE "Japanese Soul"
March 23, 2024
Whether seated or reclining, on a sun lounger or in a chair, spectators are invited to take a unique musical siesta and bathe in the sounds of the Far East, in the company of flautist and composer Fabrice Jünger.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Insula Orchestra"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Insula Orchestra"
March 23, 2024
Following their triumphant concert devoted to the music of Felix Mendelssohn last year, Insula Orchestra and their leader Laurence Equilbey are returning to the Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo for two programmes. The first features the symphonic works of Franz Schubert, with all the theatrical drama of his "Tragic" Symphony and the mystery of his "Unfinished" Symphony.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Insula Orchestra"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Insula Orchestra"
March 24, 2024
Following their triumphant concert devoted to the music of Felix Mendelssohn last year, Insula Orchestra and their leader Laurence Equilbey are returning to the Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo for two programmes. The first features the symphonic works of Franz Schubert, with all the theatrical drama of his "Tragic" Symphony and the mystery of his "Unfinished" Symphony.
Le Printemps des Arts - "CONCERT-PROMENADE"
Le Printemps des Arts - "CONCERT-PROMENADE"
March 24, 2024
Visit the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco where you'll find the latest exhibition "Pier Paolo Calzolari – Casa ideale", and discover how three contemporary composers drew inspiration from the Arte Povera movement to create a dialogue between the clarinet, accordion, and cello, and the works of artist Pier Paolo Calzolari.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Dinner & Music"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Dinner & Music"
March 27, 2024
A veritable composer of flavours, Michelin starred chef Yannick Alléno has concocted a menu in several movements, married perfectly with the violion of David Haroutunian for the ultimate multi-sensory experience.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Maroussia Gentet"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Maroussia Gentet"
March 28, 2024
Pianist Maroussia Gentet performs a recital filled with contrasts, juxtaposing Johannes Brahms' final piano pieces with the first Klavierstück by Wolfgang Rihm, while Maurice Ravel's elegant Miroirs reflect the endless inventiveness of Pierre Boulez' Notations.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Carte Blanche for the Conservatories"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Carte Blanche for the Conservatories"
March 30, 2024
"Carte Blanche for the Conservatories". With the participation of the Académie Rainier III, the École municipale de musique de Beausoleil, the Conservatoire municipal de musique de Vence, the Conservatoire de musique à Rayonnement Communal de Grasse, and the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Nice.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Unisoni Ensemble"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Unisoni Ensemble"
March 30, 2024
The Unisoni Ensemble performs a selection of French and Italian baroque music in an wildlife-themed concert: from Carlo Farina's 'Capriccio stravagante' to Jean-Philippe Rameau's 'La Poule', the instruments' beautiful imitation of animal sounds are at times quite clear, and at others more subtly concealed amid the virtuoso notes.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Danse Renaissance", an interactive workshop with the Unisoni ensemble
Le Printemps des Arts - "Danse Renaissance", an interactive workshop with the Unisoni ensemble
March 31, 2024
With the Unisoni ensemble, this workshop led by dancer and choreographer Anouk Mialaret invites you to step back in time and learn how people danced at balls in the 16th century, based on essays written during the Renaissance period. By the end of this fun event, you'll be an expert at dancing the pavane, the galliard, the allemande, the farandole, and the rondo!
Le Printemps des Arts - "The Amazing Keystone Big Band"
Le Printemps des Arts - "The Amazing Keystone Big Band"
March 31, 2024
The inventive jazzmen of The Amazing Keystone Big Band reinterpret The Carnival of the Animals and transform Camille Saint-Saëns' masterpiece into a great celebration of jazz, taking us from Harlem to Brazil, and from ragtime to bebop, without losing any of the original work's animal nature.
Le Printemps des Arts - "The Amazing Keystone Big Band"
Le Printemps des Arts - "The Amazing Keystone Big Band"
March 31, 2024
For their second concert at the Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo this year, The Amazing Keystone Big Band will take one of Count Basie's most iconic albums - The Atomic Mr Basie - and add a few more of his famous tunes to create the ultimate tribute to the great jazz musician.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Karol Mossakowski"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Karol Mossakowski"
April 4, 2024
The organist (and improviser) Karol Mossakowski performs a recital on the theme of the light of the world. From Louis Vierne's dreamlike Clair de lune to the dazzling Litanies de Jehan Alain, the lighting may change yet the colours remain ever superb.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Varduhi Yeritsyan"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Varduhi Yeritsyan"
April 5, 2024
In a recital entirely devoted to the music of Robert Schumann, Varduhi Yeritsyan explores the composer's unique, fragmented, dreamy, colourful poetry, from his first works to the chiaroscuro style of his Waldszenen (Forest Scenes).
Le Printemps des Arts - "Quatuor Parisii"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Quatuor Parisii"
April 6, 2024
The Quatuor Parisii performs pieces by two of the fathers of the string quartet, Joseph Haydn ("Sunrise") and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ("Dissonance"), juxtaposed against the modernity of Francisco Alvarado (Konsonanzenquartett).
Le Printemps des Arts - "Symphonic Concert"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Symphonic Concert"
April 6, 2024
"Printemps des Arts - Symphonic Concert". Conducted by Kazuki Yamada, with Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto, Pene Pati, tenor, and David Lefèvre, violin. Music by Stephan and Mahler.
Le Printemps des Arts - "CONCERT-PROMENADE"
Le Printemps des Arts - "CONCERT-PROMENADE"
April 7, 2024
Déambulez au sein du Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, au milieu de l’exposition « Pier Paolo Calzolari – Casa ideale », et découvrez comment trois compositeurs d’aujourd’hui s’inspirent de l’Arte povera et font dialoguer la clarinette, l’accordéon et le violoncelle avec les œuvres de Pier Paolo Calzolari.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Requiem des Batailles - Ensemble Clément Janequin & Les Sacqueboutiers"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Requiem des Batailles - Ensemble Clément Janequin & Les Sacqueboutiers"
April 7, 2024
The Ensemble Clément Janequin and Les Sacqueboutiers perform a "Battle Mass", reconstituted from famous fragments of 15th and 16th century music with a warlike theme. The concert begins with Pierre de La Rue's dark Requiem, completing the link with Ockeghem's Requiem from the opening concert.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Stockhausen"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Stockhausen"
March 12, 2025
The famous contemporary vocal ensemble from Stuttgart, the Neue Vocalsolisten, performing a legendary work of murmurs, magic, ineffable harmonies, and deep rituals: Stimmung, by Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Carte Blanche for the Conservatories"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Carte Blanche for the Conservatories"
March 15, 2025
At the conservatories' traditional concert, the stage is open to young musicians from Monaco's Académie Rainier III and music schools from across the region. Cellist Henri Demarquette is the official patron of this year's event. With the participation of students and teachers at the Académie Rainier III, the Beausoleil Municipal School of Music, and the Conservatories of Cannes and Nice.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Webern - Berg - Beethoven"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Webern - Berg - Beethoven"
March 15, 2025
The first part of the Viennese diptych by the Quatuor Akilone string quartet this weekend: Webern's aphorisms (Bagatelles op. 9) will be followed by the moving and intimate Lyric Suite by Alban Berg, and its model, Ludwig van Beethoven's impressive String Quartet No. 13 with its climactic grand fugue.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Concert by Candlelight: Beethoven & Schönberg"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Concert by Candlelight: Beethoven & Schönberg"
March 16, 2025
With special guests Sindy Mohamed and Henri Demarquette, the Quatuor Akilone continue their exploration of both Viennese Schools through a pair of pioneering pieces. The first is Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 16, concise, sharp, rich, and whose final exclamation "Es muss sein!" was the inspiration for everyone from Léo Ferré to Milan Kunderaz. The second piece is Arnold Schönberg's Transfigured Night, a work of symphonic poetry and a fresh and inventive new vision of chamber music.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Documentary Screening"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Documentary Screening"
March 16, 2025
Boulez, 20th century. "Rythme, Musicales", first broadcast on France 3 on 6 August 1988. "Harmonie, Musicales", first broadcast on France 3 on 27 August 1988.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Melodies by Debussy & Ravel"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Melodies by Debussy & Ravel"
March 20, 2025
A foray into poetry, an art form for which Pierre Boulez developed a particular affection, and two composers whose works he conducted on numerous occasions: Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. This collection of their melodies is performed by two long-time collaborators, the bass-baritone Vincent Le Texier, and the pianist Ancuza Aprodu.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Maresz - De Falla - Manoury"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Maresz - De Falla - Manoury"
March 21, 2025
As the founder of Ircam (the Institute for Acoustic/Musical Coordination and Research), Pierre Boulez was a master of "mixed music" combining instrumental and electronic sounds. This concert reflects that particular facet of his personality, with two major pieces that feature both piano and electronic sound, Soli by Yan Maresz and Philippe Manoury's Das Wohlpräpartierte Klavier, performed here on the keyboard by Jean-François Heisser.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Stravinsky - Bartók - Schönberg"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Stravinsky - Bartók - Schönberg"
March 22, 2025
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, whose musical director between 1971 and 1975 was none other than Pierre Boulez, is invited for two special concerts devoted to modern masterpieces of the early 20th century. Two avant-garde ballets, two symphonies, and two piano concertos will make up the programme of this remarkable diptych, with a soloist well known to audiences at the Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, François-Frédéric Guy.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Debussy - Schönberg - Stravinsky"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Debussy - Schönberg - Stravinsky"
March 23, 2025
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, whose musical director between 1971 and 1975 was none other than Pierre Boulez, is invited for two special concerts devoted to modern masterpieces of the early 20th century. Two avant-garde ballets, two symphonies, and two piano concertos will make up the programme of this remarkable diptych, with a soloist well known to audiences at the Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, François-Frédéric Guy.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Jolivet - Ravel - Cendo"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Jolivet - Ravel - Cendo"
March 27, 2025
Not merely a composer, conductor, and builder of institutions, Pierre Boulez was also a virtuoso when it came to courting controversy. This "confrontation concert" by the Ensemble Linea pits two composers against one another, one who felt the bite of Boulez' critique, the other a critic of Boulez himself. The first is André Jolivet (whose talent Boulez nonetheless acknowledged), the second Raphaël Cendo, an artist who loves to push the envelope and is known for his "saturated music" concept.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Jazz"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Jazz"
March 28, 2025
The third week of the Festival will see special guest Hervé Sellin, reinterpret, recompose, and restyle works by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel with his own inimitable brand of jazz. From the magic of Clair de Lune to the delights of the Fairy Garden, the gifted pianist will take us on a dreamlike journey, accompanied by the trumpet of his friend Claude Égéa.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Jazz"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Jazz"
March 29, 2025
Hervé Sellin and his tentet perform their landmark album Marciac New-York Express, a succession of musical transatlantic trips between two jazz strongholds. This series of "jazz landscapes" evokes everything from the gently rolling hills of south-west France to the bright lights of the Big Apple… via an original composition written specially for the Printemps des Arts, inspired by Pierre Boulez.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Organ"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Organ"
March 30, 2025
Having made such a lasting impression at the Printemps des Arts in 2023, Thomas Ospital returns for what promises to be an equally memorable recital including pieces by all of the dominant figures of sacred organ music, from Johann Sebastian Bach to Olivier Messiaen and Franz Liszt. And Ospital has chosen to add Volumina, in which György Ligeti departs from tradition in a radical new exploration of the instrument's capabilities.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Film Screening"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Film Screening"
March 30, 2025
"Sur incises: A Lesson by Pierre Boulez" Documentary by Andy Sommer
Le Printemps des Arts - "Dalbavie - Manoury - Hurel - Debussy - Grisey"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Dalbavie - Manoury - Hurel - Debussy - Grisey"
April 3, 2025
Gérard Grisey, Philippe Manoury, Philippe Hurel, Marc-André Dalbavie: a quartet of composers that illustrates the wealth of French musical creativity in the wake of Pierre Boulez. Their works are performed here by the Ensemble Court-circuit in a concert bestrode by the great Claude Debussy, a true spiritual father to all.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Organ"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Organ"
April 4, 2025
Organist Éric Lebrun opens the gate to a secret Boulez garden: 17th and 18th century English music. From the first golden age of the 1620s with all its rich diversity, leaping forward a century to the effervescent art of Georg Friedrich Haendel, one of only a very few Baroque composers to have been the subject of a Boulez recording.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Family Concert"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Family Concert"
April 5, 2025
This musical tale follows a boy named Noah as he embarks on a quest to find Santa Claus. Featuring music by composers including Rossini and Ligeti, the concert for all the family will keep children entertained even as it inspires them to dream and learn, accompanied by the five wind instruments of the Altra Quintet, narrator Marion Fontana, and beautiful illustrations by Emma Bertin.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Opera on Film"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Opera on Film"
April 6, 2025
This recording made at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in 2007 features an iconic staging of the Leós Janáček masterpiece by Patrice Chéreau, with music conducted by the one and only Pierre Boulez. The result is a unique example of music and theatre's ability to complement one another to powerful effect, demonstrated by two giants of the operatic art.
Le Printemps des Arts - "Ravel & Messiaen"
Le Printemps des Arts - "Ravel & Messiaen"
April 6, 2025
The 2025 Printemps des Arts will conclude - but not end - with two works that aspire to timelessness, Maurice Ravel's Trio and the dizzying Quatuor pour la fin du Temps by Olivier Messiaen. For this climax of a Festival dedicated to Pierre Boulez, the youthful talents of the Trio Pantoum and Ann Lepage will remind the audience that the conductor and composer's greatest wish was to pass on the flame to the next generation.
Fireworks evening
Fireworks evening
July 26, 2025
This year, the evenings on Quai Albert 1er will kick off on Saturday, July 26, 2025, with a grand pyromelodic fireworks display fired from Port Hercule. Lasting approximately 16 minutes, the fireworks will be visible from Quai Albert 1er, where a secure sound zone will be accessible via 7 access points.
Fireworks evening
Fireworks evening
August 9, 2025
This year, the second evening on Quai Albert 1er will take place on Saturday August 9, 2025, with the grand pyromelodic fireworks display, fired from Port Hercule. Lasting approximately 16 minutes, it will be visible from Quai Albert 1er, where a secure sound zone will be accessible via 7 access points.

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