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Cécile Le Vaguerèse-Marie

Cécile Le Vaguerèse-Marie is head of the Onda, the Office national de diffusion artistique (French office for the circulation of performing arts) that offers several mechanisms to support structures committed to working with live performance.

Published on 12/11/2021

Gordon

A filmmaker and artistic director, Gordon has created a host of cultural programmes in virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). He designed 1, 2, 3 Bruegel, a virtual reality game based on the work of the Flemish master, Replay Memories, an immersive creation that explores our relationship...

Updated on 30/11/2021

François-Xavier Richard

François-Xavier Richard is a designer and printer of hand blocked wallpaper. A highly skilled Dominotier (maker of decorated paper), he is helping to revive a forgotten craft while exploring new avenues, particularly by combining traditional techniques and new technologies.

Updated on 15/09/2021

Xpujil, a sound narrative by Nova Materia

Xpujil is the ambitious new work by the Franco-Chilean duo Nova Materia. A series of binaural recordings made in the ruins of the Mayan city of Xpujil form the raw materials for a hybrid immersive experience.

Updated on 04/08/2021

"Mosaïque des voix lusophones" au Théâtre du Châtelet/ Théâtre de la Ville

The France-Portugal 2022 Season is under way!

Launched on 12 and 13 February in Paris, followed by the 16th in Lisbon and the 18th in Porto, the series of opening events delighted officials and the public who turned out in force to celebrate the creativity and talent of our two countries.

With contemporary art, classical and contemporary...

Updated on 04/05/2022

Camille Soler and Emilie Joseph-Edouard Houdebine present the RamDam network

Camille Soler and Emilie Joseph-Edouard Houdebine together founded the RamDam interprofessionnal network, dedicated to music for young audiences. The Institut français and the French cultural network abroad are supporting the RamDam network in its international projects.

Published on 04/04/2022

(France-Portugal 2022 Season) "Futurologies fluorescentes" at the Centre Pompidou

Futurologies fluorescentes – Centre Pompidou - 18 March to 2 April 2022

As part of the France-Portugal 2022 Season, the Centre Pompidou's Spectacles Vivants and the Teatro Municipal do Porto have joined forces to offer an abundance of programming: Cornucópia, the latest creation by the mala...

Updated on 04/04/2022

Ex Machina, a musical creation by the Orchestre National de Jazz

Ex Machina, created in collaboration with IRCAM, combines traditional improvisation and artificial intelligence. This is the new programme of the Orchestre National de Jazz, whose international projects are supported by the Institut français.

Published on 04/04/2022

Divino Sospiro is on tour in France as part of the France-Portugal 2022 Season!

The aim of the ensemble Divino Sospiro, founded nearly 20 years ago by the conductor Massimo Mazzeo and the violinist and music researcher Iskrena Yordanova, is to highlight the hidden treasures of Portuguese baroque music. They tell us how they go about this musical archaeology.

As part of the...

Updated on 07/04/2022

Maria Harfouche & Simon Thierrée

While in residence at the "Villa Al Qamar", director Maria Harfouche and composer Simon Thierrée visited the inhabitants of Deir El Qamar with Tempo Fragile. In the Lebanese Chouf, they created together a film in concert that explores the theme of fragility.

Updated on 16/12/2021

Fernando Ladeiro-Marquès

For the past ten years, the Marché des Musiques Actuelles (MaMA) has been producing an event built around a dual identity, both a music industry convention and a concert programme. In Pigalle, debates, workshops and live music take place over three days. Fernando Ladeiro-Marquès, instigator of this...

Published on 16/12/2021

Lucie Antunes

An eclectic artist, Lucie Antunes creates intense melodies and shows standing at the crossroads of artistic disciplines. Blending music, dance, and theatre, she works on committed stage performances where the digital world meets robotics.

Published on 04/01/2022

Les Yeux Fermés, a touring musical concept supported by Relance Export

The concept of the Les Yeux Fermés festival, developed by Guillaume Sorge with the help of La Gaîté Lyrique, is as simple as it is attractive: listening to live music in a room completely immersed in darkness.

The Institut français is supporting this creation through its "Relance Export"...

Updated on 04/05/2022

Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner (2/2)

On 1 January 2022, France took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for six months. In this second part of the interview, Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, speaks about the Creative Europe programme, support for the...

Updated on 09/05/2022

Andrew Manning, director of EUNIC

Andrew Manning is the Director of EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture). With members in every EU country and over 133 ‘Clusters’ worldwide the organisation believes in the power of culture to build trust and understanding between countries. Within the framework of the French...

Updated on 09/05/2022