In 2018, Senegalese hip-hop, also known as "Galsen hip-hop", celebrates 30 years of existence. The 13th edition of Festa2H, 21st-24th June 2018 in Dakar, could not overlook this major date in the birth and evolution of an African movement.

For its 39th edition, and against the backdrop of the health crisis, the Fête de la Musique (Music Day) is reinventing itself. The French cultural network abroad is committed to bringing this unifying and celebratory event to life by organising digital editions. On 21 June 2020 the public is invited...

For the 2020 event, held entirely online, the St. Petersburg festival is welcoming Les Percussions de Strasbourg, a contemporary music ensemble of six percussionists founded in 1962.

Created in 2016, the Benin International Musical (BIM) brings together seven Beninese musicians and vocalists who bring to life an influential artistic heritage that is little known by the general public. On 19 October at Carnegie Hall in New York the collective will play its repertoire combining...

Led by musical director Alexandre Bloch, the Orchestre National de Lille will perform at the George Enescu Festival in Bucharest in September 2019. This prestigious invitation recognises over thirty years of musical innovation.

The famous Lyon string quartet, known across France and around the world, will be performing in Japan from 25th September to 9th October 2019. A tour where Mozart and Ravel will be side by side with Philippe Glass and Tan Dun.

Following in the footsteps of Taiwan in 2016, Chile in 2017 and China in 2019, it is Quebec's turn in 2020 to host the Forum Hors les Murs by Ircam, the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics & Music in Paris. Initially scheduled to take place on 2-5 April, the Forum has been postponed...

After visiting Romania in September, the Orchestre National de Lille is now touring five cities in the United Kingdom. It represents a opportunity for artistic, diplomatic and economic dialogue, right in the middle of Brexit. 

After their first « Trans-Portées » concerts in 2019 in Bangladesh, the French ensemble TM+ and Bangladeshi singer Farida Parveen were set to tour India again in March. While we await these concerts, which have been postponed until autumn at the earliest, we look back on the collaboration between...

Thanks to prominent figures such as Yaron Herman, Omer Avital and Avishai Cohen, the new Israeli jazz scene is one of the most dynamic of our era. This is reflected in the Week of the Israeli Jazz, organised at the end of June as part of the 2018 France-Israel season.

After Montreal, Buenos Aires, and Kinshasa, the Francofolies are coming to Ashdod, Israel. On stage: Magic System, Raphaël, Amir, Jane Birkin, and, on the Israeli side, Riff Cohen.

With the support of the Institut français, Ko Shin Moon toured in Egypt and Lebanon to promote their last EP Miniature #1. In Beirut, they shot a live session in an abandoned hotel near Beirut, the Grand Sofar Hotel, with a videographer and musicians from Lebanon. 

By highlighting the initiatives of the French cultural network abroad, the Institut français invites you to take part in the Fête de la Musique 2021 ! 

On 8 and 10 July, follow director Danielle Arbid and composer Wissam Hojeij’s masterclasses live on this page, produced as part of the Institut français Fabrique Cinéma.

18 artists in residence at the Cité internationale des arts open the doors to their workshops. Coming from all over the world, they will share with the public their work in progress and their experiences of residency in France.