Like every year, on June 21, the Music Festival and the summer solstice are celebrated. What to do in France? Here is our selection of concerts.
Due to the France-Netherlands match at Euro football, France 2 announces that the big evening of the Fête de la Musique, recorded on Friday, will only be broadcast on Saturday June 22. Expected, among others, are Slimane, Lara Fabian, Patrick Bruel, MC Solaar, Matt Pokora, Amir, Patrick Fiori, Vitaa, Santa, Mentissa, Hugues Auffray, Axelle Red, Roch Voisine, or Jeremy Frérot.
Like every year, hundreds of events will be organized throughout France. Obviously, Paris is no exception: numerous concerts are planned in the capital, with established artists or amateur musicians. Here is a selection of events for the Fête de la Musique in Paris:
The Elysée celebrates music : if you want to dance under the gold of the Republic – and with Emmanuel Macron – go to the Elysée with Anastasia Rizikov, Canadian-Ukrainian pianist, Gilbert Montagné and a dj-set by Ofenbach and Agoria.
France Inter at the Olympia: for the Fête de la Musique, public radio is organizing, like every year, a concert at the Olympia. Yamê, Luidji, Justice and Jamie XX are expected.
A 100% feminine electro evening at the Gaîté Lyrique : orchestrated by the application, the evening hosts a hot evening with DJs Lola Ondikwa, Shino, cheetah, Lakna, Kaïlys, brigada and Shiivah.
From classic to City Hall : the Paris Chamber Orchestra offers a concert on the square in front of Paris City Hall and will perform live extracts from Bizet’s Carmen and the finale of Beethoven’s 9th symphony.
From rock to the Pantheon : The lonely stone offers, in front of the gates of the legendary Parisian building, covers of the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Police, Red Hot Chili Peppers, or Johnny Hallyday.
The Arab World Institute celebrates : the famous trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf will perform his creation live Pulsation .
Since its creation in 1982 by the Ministry of Culture, the Music Festival has been set on a unique and symbolic date: June 21, the day of the summer solstice, but also the longest day of the year. Normally, we should be able to count on a sunny day…
It was 1981, Jack Lang, then Minister of Culture, appointed Maurice Fleuret to the post of director of music and dance. Together, they are working on the creation of a huge cultural event that would put music and creation in the spotlight across the country.
“An event was needed that would allow us to measure the place music occupied in individual and collective life. A spectacular movement of awareness, a spontaneous impulse to alert public opinion and perhaps also… the political class. C This is why the Ministry of Culture had the idea of organizing a Music Festival in 1982. A non-directive celebration, which brings together all French people for whom music matters”, recounted Maurice Fleuret in Télérama, in 1983 .
The very first Music Festival was launched on June 21, 1982, the symbolic day of the summer solstice, the longest of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
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