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Classical MICHEL DOUSSOT S R N I E S D S N U U O A D S R H E I T I D I E K D © © Le Triomphe de Haendel. Robert King (King’s Consort). Aïda, staged by film-maker Elie Chouraqui. 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 Frank Braley, Paul Meyer and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. R so special is that it holds classical and world A I K Festival Chopin à Paris, until July 14. I music concerts in a number of architectural her - N Tel. 01 45 00 22 19. 5pm or 8.45pm. €27. O itage sites in the Paris region (concerts combined M 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 R which opened in the 1920’s under the name “La B C M Java”, has hosted countless famous artists from K C I Django Reinhardt to Edith Piaf, who gave an R T A P early performance here. Y A I L La Java. 105, rue du Faubourg-du-Temple, 10th. C © Tel. 01 42 02 20 52. 9pm. €10. Ambrose Akinmusire. I Sunset/ Sunside. 60, rue des Lombards, 1st. JULY 16 AND 17 Tel. 01 40 26 46 60 . 9pm. €18 to €28. The Jazz Crusaders www.sunset-sunside.com Joe Sample (piano), Wayne Henderson (trombone) N A Y and Wilton Felder (saxophone) – three founding N A P JULY 10 members of this legendary jazz and cool funk E T S Kenny Wayne Sheperd fusion band – are getting together tonight to N A H + Robert Cray play a selection of their best works. Also featuring A V 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.