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UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2 These concerts are a unique way to discover JULY 15 TO SEPTEMBER 9 Festival de Musique en l'Ile the Château de Versailles. The King's Consort Festival de Musique Throughout the summer, two churches in the will perform The Messiah, directed by Robert de l’Orangerie de Sceaux heart of the city’s historical districts will be hosting King. Soloists: Julia Doyle, Diana Moore, Joshua The orangery of one of the most beautiful parks concerts by vocal ensembles: Voce Isulane, Marani, Ellicott and David Wilson-Johnson (Chapelle in the Paris region (by André Le Nôtre, who also Konevets Vocal Quartet from St. Petersburg, King's Royale, July 10 and 11 at 8 p.m.; from €40 to designed the orangery at Versailles) serves as College Choir and Oxford Voices, to name a few. €130). Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble will the venue for concerts of chamber music soloists I Eglise Saint-Louis-en-l'Ile. 19 bis, rue Saint-Louis- present a concert version of the opera Tamerlano and ensembles. With the Quatuor Ebène, Khatia en-l'Ile, 4th. Eglise Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Place under the direction of Marc Minkowski. With Buniatishvili, Henri Demarquette, Quatuor Pražák Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 6th. Tel. 01 44 62 00 55. Christophe Dumaux and Julia Lezhneva. (Opéra and Laurent Korcia, among others. Tuesday, Friday or Sunday at 4pm or 8.45pm. Royal, July 11 at 7.30 p.m.; from €25 to €100). I Orangerie du domaine de Sceaux (92). €14 to €30. www.latoisondart.com I Château de Versailles (78). Tel. 01 30 83 78 89. Tel. 01 46 60 00 11. 5.30pm or 8pm. €5 à €33. www.festival-orangerie.fr UNTIL SEPTEMBER 9 JULY 13 Les festivals de l’Orangerie Daniel Barenboïm SEPTEMBER 7, 8 AND 11 TO 15 de Bagatelle Aïda Three festivals follow one after the other in this An outdoor performance of Verdi’s opera, which elegant building in the Bois de Boulogne with tells the story of the thwarted love between the recitals by soloists and small ensembles. The slave Aida and Captain Radamès, is being given Festival Chopin is dedicated to the piano, and in the courtyard of the prestigious Hôtel national particularly Chopin’s repertoire, headlining such des Invalides. Staged by film-maker Elie Chouraqui. fine musicians as Cyprien Katsaris and Anne I Hôtel national des Invalides, 7th. Queffélec. L’Octuor de France then takes up the Tel. 0 892 68 36 22. 9pm. €39 to €79. torch for a series of primarily French chamber music concerts. The season then comes to a SEPTEMBER 8 TO OCTOBER 14 S U close with Les Solistes des Serres d’Auteuil, fea - A Festival d’Ile-de-France H S turing François-Frédéric Guy, Tedi Papavrami, R One of the things that makes this fabulous festival E T T I

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www.frederic-chopin.com © with tours): Domaine de Villarceaux (Chaussy, I Musique de Chambre à Bagatelle, July 19 to Spectacular! The world-famous conductor is 95), Orangerie du Château de Champs-sur-Marne August 15. Tel. 01 48 99 93 11. 4.30pm or 8.30pm. directing the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, (77), Abbaye des Vaux-de-Cernay (78), Eglise de €17 to €25. www.octuordefrance.com composed of Israeli and Palestinian musicians, Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières (91), Eglise Notre- I Les Solistes des Serres d’Auteuil, August 24 to play an open-air concert of Beethoven’s 9th Dame de Vincennes (94) and the Cirque d’hiver to September 9. Tel. 01 46 32 02 26. 7pm; Sunday Symphony at the foot of the Hall of Mirrors at (Paris 11th) are just a few of the stunning locations. at 6pm and 7.30pm. €10 and €15. Entry to park: the Château de Versailles. What is sure to be an On the agenda: Armenian Voices, Phoenix Munich, €2.75. www.ars-mobilis.com unforgettable event will take place at sunset! Doulce Mémoire, Musicatreize, Le Concert With the Orchestre de Paris chorus and the Spirituel, Françoise Atlan, the Arabo-Andalou JULY 10 AND 11 Frankfurter Singakademie, Anne Schwanewilms, Orchestra of Fez, and more. Shuttle service is Le Triomphe de Haendel Waltraud Meier, Peter Seiffert and Michael Volle. provided for venues that are further afield. Two major works by Handel conclude a festival I Château de Versailles (78). I Festival d’Ile-de-France. Tel. 01 58 71 01 01. organized in tribute to the great baroque composer. Tel. 01 30 83 78 89. 9pm. €42 to €155. €6 to €26. www.festival-idf.fr 154 Jazz/Blues MICHEL DOUSSOT calendar

UNTIL JULY 31 Festival Quand l'Afrique nous tient ! There’s a healthy afro-jazz scene in Paris where players from all sorts of backgrounds just seem to love getting together for stage performances. For one month this summer one of their favorite venues will be the Baiser Salé club, where cross- cultural sounds top the agenda. Featuring Téofilo Chantre, Hervé Lebongo, François Constantin and Charlotte Wassy. I Baiser Salé. 58, rue des Lombards, 1st. Tel. 01 42 33 37 71. 7.30pm or 9.30pm. €13 to €20, free on Monday for the jam sessions. www.lebaisersale.com

UNTIL AUGUST 23 American Jazz Festiv’Halles One of the capital’s leading jazz venues, Sunset/Sunside is a showcase for a myriad of American musicians, some resident in France. This festival will feature a great selection, including Ari Hoenig, Brian Blade (Fellowship Quintet), Ambrose Akinmusire, Rick Margitza, Tom Rainey, Stanley Clarke and Stewart Copeland. Darryl Hall, Champian Fulton, Jef Lee Johnson and Rhoda Scott. Logic trio with singer Deborah Holland at the for a fired-up finale is the modernist heir of end of the 1980’s, are back together. And the Django Reinhardt, Bireli Lagrène. result is sublime. Tonight the duo is headlining I Festival Nous n’irons pas à New York. with formidable funky jazz brassband The Soul L’ Olympia. 28, boulevard des Capucines, 9th. Rebels. Soul Rebels. Tel. 0 892 683 368. 8pm. €49 to €109. I Le Bataclan. 50, boulevard Voltaire, 11th. Tel. 01 43 14 00 30. 7pm. €40 to €95. JULY 18 Tigran Hamasyan JULY 13 Roberto Fonseca Electro Swing Club This is where mid-20th century swing meets electro music. Dance through the night to the sound of Fanfare Texas Couscous and a turntable selection from DJ Smokey Joe & The Kid and Typoboy. Surprise guests galore. For anyone interested in music history, you might be interested to know that this former Belleville dance hall, E D I

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Two of the jazz scene’s biggest blues singers Moyes Lucas (drums) and Nicklas Sample (bass). © and guitarists are appearing on the same bill I Festival All Stars. New Morning. 7-9, rue des Tigran Hamasyan. tonight with their respective bands. What are Petites-Ecuries, 10th. Tel. 01 45 23 51 41. 9pm. €28. Two young and incredibly talented pianists, the odds that they’ll play together at some point Armenian Tigran Hamasyan and Cuban Roberto in the evening? JULY 17 Fonseca, are performing with their respective I Le Bataclan. 50, boulevard Voltaire, 11th. Guitar Night trio and sextet this evening at the Olympia. Tel. 01 43 14 00 30. 7.30pm . €39.90 to €59.90. This is going to be a night to remember. First Despite their different styles, they’re both ener - up is Larry Coryell on electric guitar, accompanied getic, inventive and love playing live. If you’ve JULY 11 by organist Joey DeFrancesco and drummer never heard them play before, this is a concert Stanley Clarke & Stewart Jimmy Cobb, in a tribute to Wes Montgomery not to miss. You won’t regret it. Copeland and Jimmy Smith. Next comes fusion guitarist I Festival Nous n’irons pas à New York. Bass player Stanley Clarke and drummer Stewart Mike Stern and his quartet featuring bassist L’ Olympia. 28, boulevard des Capucines, 9th. Copeland (ex-The Police), who formed the Animal Richard Bona. And joining his musical soul mates Tel. 0 892 683 368. 8pm . €39 to €79. 155 Jazz/Blues

JULY 18 TO 20 Roy Hargrove’s RH Factor From hard bop to Afro-Cuban, trumpet player Roy Hargrove has a talent for leapfrogging between his favorite styles. Don’t miss this amazing mix of jazz, hip hop, funk and soul brought to you by his band RH Factor. I Festival All Stars. New Morning. 7-9, rue des Petites-Ecuries, 10th. Tel. 01 45 23 51 41. 9pm. €30.

JULY 19 Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis Gregory Porter Led tonight by trumpet player Wynton Marsalis, the famous NYC concert hall’s big band has put together a promising line-up, with Gregory Porter putting in a star performance. It has taken an age for this veteran singer to get the recognition he deserves, but once you’ve heard him perform, R you won’t need much convincing: he’s one of D the greatest vocalists of our time. An extremely Festival Pianissimo. Laurent de Wilde. Festival Jazz à la Villette. Macy Gray. moving voice, tailor-made for jazz and soul. I Festival Nous n’irons pas à New York. Alain Jean-Marie, Emmanuel Bex, Antoine Hervé, Konitz and Dan Tepfer, Jacky Terrasson, Baptiste L’ Olympia. 28, boulevard des Capucines, 9th. Manuel Rocheman and Eric Legnini. Trotignon and Bojan Z, Marc Copland and Bill Tel. 0 892 683 368. 8pm. €49 to €109. I Sunset. 60, rue des Lombards, 1st. Carrothers, Trombone Shorty, De La Soul, Kenny Tel. 01 40 26 46 60. 9pm. €18 to €28. Barron and Dave Holland, Roy Ayers, Robert JULY 26 AND 27 www.sunset-sunside.com Glasper and Lionel Loueke, and Archie Shepp. Steve Kuhn I Parc de la Villette. 221, avenue Jean Jaurès, AUGUST 4 19th. Tel. 01 44 84 44 84. 8pm; Sunday at 4pm, Allen Toussaint 6pm or 7pm. €6 to €30. www.jazzalavillette.com Toussaint was one of the masters of New Orleans rhythm’n’blues in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s AUGUST 29 when he popped out a string of top hits, including David Murray Big Band Working in the Coal Mine, Ride Your Pony, Fortune & Macy Gray Teller, Mother-in-Law. And he hasn’t stopped com - Saxophone player David Murray has spent years posing since. His piano performances for the exploring the incredible variety of music produced greats of soul, blues and pop, including Dr John, by the African diaspora. Tonight his sights are Elvis Costello and The Meters, have passed into set on the blues, with a little help from soul pop legend. Don’t miss this chance to see him live in singer Macy Gray in a performance called Stomping the capital. and singin’ the blues. Also featuring the singer

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Tel. 01 42 33 22 88. 8pm and 10pm. €30. 60, rue des Lombards, 1st. Tel. 01 40 26 46 60 . © 9pm. €20 and €25. David Murray. AUGUST 1 TO SEPTEMBER 20 I Festival Jazz à la Villette. Grande Halle Festival Pianissimo AUGUST 29 TO SEPTEMBER 9 de la Villette. 221, avenue Jean Jaurès, 19th. A great opportunity to discover an amazing line- Festival Jazz à la Villette Tel. 01 44 84 44 84. 8pm. €30. up of pianists that have got the capital’s jazz Every year, this major jazz festival offers a star- scene buzzing with excitement. A mix of gene - studded program of original works performed AUGUST 30 rations and styles, these performers all have by artists from every part of the global jazz village. Magma/Orchestre National one thing in common: their remarkable talent. Featuring David Murray, Macy Gray, Magma, de Jazz Featuring Pierre de Bethmann, Giovanni Mirabassi, the ONJ, Bill Frisell, Portico Quartet, David Two major French groups are sharing the bill René Urtreger, Laurent Fickelson (accompanied Sánchez, Nicholas Payton, Larry Graham, Louis tonight. L’Orchestre national de jazz (ONJ) directed by drummer Christian Vander), Laurent de Wilde, Sclavis, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Geri Allen, Lee by Daniel Yvinec is venturing into the sensational 156 Jazz/Blues calendar

and singular world of British musician Robert artist Colin Stetson on saxophone. Wyatt, cofounder of Soft Machine, whose original I Festival Jazz à la Villette. Cité de la musique. compositions owe as much to jazz as they do 221, avenue Jean Jaurès, 19th. Tel. 01 44 84 44 84. to rock: a perfect match for the ONJ. Formed 8pm. €22. around the same time as Wyatt was starting out, Magma is a one-of-a-kind outfit led by cha - SEP TEMBER 4 rismatic drummer Christian Vander that cuts Larry Graham John Coltrane with Igor Stravinsky to produce & Graham Central Station a unique vibe. If you’re a fan of vintage jazz funk don’t miss I Festival Jazz à la Villette. Grande Halle this concert starring Larry Graham, the flamboyant de la Villette. 221, avenue Jean Jaurès, 19th. founder of Graham Central Station in the 1970’s. Tel. 01 44 84 44 84. 8pm. €30. Graham is the pioneer of “slap”, a technique consisting of plucking the guitar strings so hard AUGUST 31 that they bounce off the finger board with a Bill Frisell “slapping” sound. Featuring support artist Anthony Renowned for his ethereal, pure and dreamlike Joseph, accompanied by the Spasm Band, a style, guitarist Frisell will tonight be performing worthy heir to Gil Scott Heron whose music the songs of John Lennon as part of a vocalist- fuses soul, jazz and Afro-Caribbean sounds. free quartet, with Greg Liesz (mandolin, guitar I Festival Jazz à la Villette. Grande Halle and pedal steel guitar), Tony Scherr (bass) and de la Villette. 221, avenue Jean Jaurès, 19th. Larry Graham. Kenny Wollesen (drums). Featuring solo support Tel. 01 44 84 44 84. 8pm. €30.

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UNTIL JULY 14 JULY 14 TO AUGUST 11 Philippe Decouflé Paris Quartier d’été The turbulent Philippe Decouflé is turning the New edition – already the 23rd! – of Paris Quartier Grande Halle de la Villette on its head: first with d’été, the festival of your “summer holidays in the “Opticon” exhibition, a cross between a ret - Paris”: equally at home in the Court of Honor rospective of his dance company DCA and visual of the Hôtel des Invalides as in the streets and creations, followed by Solo . The choreographer parks of the City of Lights – and beyond – this returns to dancing for this exercise in style with year gives pride of place to dance. Don’t miss a beautiful dialogue between the dancer and Flamenco celebrity Israel Galvan with La Curva, his shadows. Art at its finest. Sharon Fridman, a young talent from Israel, and I Grande Halle de la Villette. the duo of Brigitte Seth and Roser Montllo 211, avenue Jean-Jaurès, 19th. Tel. 01 40 03 75 75. Guberna for no end of dance enjoyment. Not to 8.30pm from Wednesday to Saturday (Thursday mention Dominique Boivin in the open air with at 7.30pm, Sunday at 6pm). €20 to €26. Transports exceptionnels for a soloist and a back - Exhibition: from 2pm to 8pm ( €6). hoe, and Kitsou Dubois with Fantazio , an exercise verging on circus performance. Lovers of unclas - UNTIL JULY 15 sifiable performances will delight in this year’s La Fille mal gardée urban Western contribution from the Royal de While the Paris Opera Ballet embarks on a major Luxe company, and the reprise of the musical

American tour in July, a few – excellent – dancers K tragicomedy by Flemish artist Jan Lauwers, I N remain in the capital to perform the delectable L Isabella’s Room . O K

ballet by British choreographer Frederick Ashton, L I In different locations. Tel. 01 44 94 98 00. U A P

La Fille mal gardée (The Wayward Daughter) . It www.quartierdete.com is the story of thwarted love between Lise and © Colas told in a flood of virtuosity that pours life by Alvin Ailey. We love the energy of the dancers JULY 18 TO 22 into the original staging by Dauberval. Truly one- – primarily Afro-American – and the beauty of Les Etoiles de la danse of-a-kind, this Daughter could be considered one the ensembles. Our hope for their third appearance A rather surprising summer program for this gala of the first modern ballets with neither gods nor at the festival is a renewal in the dances chosen at the Folies Bergère as dancers pay tribute to heroes, but “real” characters and plenty of action. by Robert Battle, a director with breadth of vision: Marius Petipa, the famous French choreographer I Palais Garnier. Place de l’Opéra, 9th. there will be the famous Revelations by Ailey who made such a strong impact on ballet in… Tel. 0892 89 90 90. 7.30pm (2.30pm on July 15). himself, as well as a few surprises like Minus 16 Russia. There will be excerpts thus from Swan €9 to €75. Free entrance on July 14. by Ohad Naharin, director of the Batsheva Dance Lake, Le Corsaire, The Nutcracker and Giselle . And Company. Episodes and Urban Folk Dance by performers from Russian and Ukranian ballets like UNTIL JULY 21 Ulysses Dove are also on the agenda. And we’re Eugenia Korshunova, Ekaterina Tarasova, Maxime Alvin Ailey American Dance thrilled! Kovtoune and Natalia Matsak. Hey, why not… Theater I Théâtre du Châtelet. 1, place du Châtelet, 1st. I Folies Bergère. 32, rue Richer, 9th. The second act of Etés de la danse features the Tel. 01 40 28 28 40. 8pm (July 11 and 18 at 2pm; Tel. 0892 68 16 50 . 8pm (Saturday at 3.30pm and return of the famous company originally created July 14 and 21 at 3pm). €13 to €80. 8pm, Sunday at 2.30pm and 6pm). €40 to €89,50. 157