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German countries pay attention to the Festival des forêts
Frankreich Erleben, a review published in the german-speaking countries, invites the reader to travel to France with articles about its most remarkable natural and cultural sights. In the Spring 2021 issue, a beautiful ten pages report about the Festival des forêts...
Open air should be a routine for live shows
In the Newstank Culture, Nathalie Deguen (chairman of the European network of open air theaters) and I plead for a simple idea : open air is an obvious way in order to resume shows and concerts. All the more, it is a place to invent innovative concepts and to gather...
To face up to Covid, innovation and solidarity !
The background of this contribution to the september 2020 issue of the Lettre du Musicien is the success of the Festival des forêts in june 2020. Its key points are : in order to respond to the Covid crisis, two laws of the living world should be followed : to...
The Festival des forêts nevertheless took place !
While it began on 19 th June 2020, the 28 th Festival des forêts was almost the only one in France to take place, since most of the other festivals had canceled their 2020 issue. After a thorough reshuffling of the program, 10 concerts, 12 “musical forest bathes” and...
Création de Vers les Cimes de Thierry Escaich
The world premiere of Thierry Escaich’s work Vers les Cimes, by the flutist Philippe Bernold, happened on 19 th June 2020 as an opening event of the 28 th Festival des forêts, in the Compiègne forest beside a 800 years old oak. Watch and lesson this event :...
The Festival des forêts has adapted to the health crisis
The Festival des forêts has adapted to the health crisis, the artist's voice shall continue to sing ! From 19th June to 14th July, there will be 12 musical forest bathes, 10 concerts, 3 workshops for kids and 2 first auditions of new works, by Thierry Escaich and his...
The 28e Festival des forêts on the horizon
In the woods, we are at the time of the year where you can see the furthest, just before the big hatching. You can already glimpse the coming edition of the Festival des forêts, from 19th June until 15th July 2020 : twenty concerts, numerous meetings, walks and...
The Postal Service in the Cour des comptes’ annual report
In the Cour des compte’s annual public report that has just been issued, a chapter about the Postal Service mentions strenuous challenges, mainly the mail’s drop (see picture), and the hard competition on parcels market. The Cour des comptes therefore invites La Poste...
The City of Paris pays attention to the future of the Médiathèque Musicale Mahler
Christophe Girard, deputy mayor of Paris in charge of culture and Jeanne d’Hauteserre, mayor of the 8th precinct : these two important personalities visited the Médiathèque Musicale Mahler. They payed attention to the projects, especially the reshaping of the...
The construction work begins at the Médiathèque Musicale Mahler
The construction work as just begun in the building in Paris (8e) that Henri-Louis de la Grange bequeathed. At the beginning of 2021, wonderful premises shall be available for researchers, musicians and amateurs : reserves, reading rooms, concert and conference room,...