PRESS RELEASE – Paris, May 12, 2020
THE FONDATION SINGER-POLIGNAC PRESENTS
RENDEZ-VOUS A PARIS
14 CONCERTS FILMED WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE
AND STREAMED LIVE ON MEDICI.TV
The Fondation Singer-Polignac and medici.tv are thrilled to announce the full program of RENDEZ-VOUS A PARIS, a series of 14 exceptional concerts filmed without an audience and streamed live for free, May 16-June 27, 2020.
This brand-new series provides a necessary and professional-caliber outlet through which musicians can share their artistry with music lovers around the world through streaming–a goal more important than ever in the context of COVID-19. Over the past few months, the artistic community has been hit hard by the cancellation of concerts and festivals, as well as the closure of crucial cultural spaces including operas, theaters, and concert halls. It is essential to create new means of connection in order to keep music alive around the globe.
Inspired by an idea from Renaud Capuçon, an Associate Artist of the Foundation’s since 2011, this exclusive series brings together some of today’s most sought-after artists. 40 musicians–including both rising stars and established artists–will participate and the series will mark for many of them their first performance since the beginning of social distancing measures in March. (See full program below.)
The event will also underline the important work of the renowned Institut Pasteur, as music lovers around the world will be encouraged to donate and join the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Each broadcast will feature prominent calls to donate to the Institut Pasteur, as will medici.tv’s website and social media channels.
RENDEZ-VOUS A PARIS will comprise both recitals and chamber music concerts and include repertoire from the Baroque era through to the twenty-first century. Each performance will be filmed without an audience in the historic setting of the Fondation Singer-Polignac’s celebrated Salon de Musique. Taking place from May 16 to June 27, each RENDEZ-VOUS A PARIS will be streamed live for free on the medici.tv platform and the Fondation Singer-Polignac’s website. The concerts will remain available to watch for free worldwide on replay until July 14, 2020.
Each performance and broadcast will follow the security guidelines outlined by the French government, including a minimum distance of 1.5m between musicians and technicians; a maximum of 11 people present at any given time in the Salon de musique (approximately 140m2); a technical team in isolation and wearing masks; and protective covering of equipment.
PROGRAM*
All concerts will take place at 7pm CET (10am Los Angeles / 1pm New York / 6pm London)
Saturday, May 16
Renaud Capuçon (violin) and Guillaume Bellom (piano) play sonatas for violin and piano by Fauré and Franck
Monday, May 18
Raphaëlle (violin), David (violin), Edgar (cello), and Jérémie Moreau (piano) play Rachmaninov, Handel, and Beethoven
Wednesday, May 20
A “Rendez-vous Baroque”: Sophie de Bardonnèche (violin) and Justin Taylor (harpsichord) perform Francoeur, Jacquet de la Guerre, Rameau, Duphly, Albanèse, and Mozart
Monday, May 25
Gérard Caussé (viola), Nicholas Angelich (piano), and Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano) play Brahms and Shostakovich
Wednesday, May 27
Maxime Pascal (artistic director), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), and the Ensemble Le Balcon play Boulez, Gesualdo, and Grisey
Wednesday, June 3
David Kadouch (piano) and the Quatuor Hermès play works by Clara and Robert Schumann
Saturday, June 6
“Distant voices”: Elsa Dreisig (soprano) and Romain Louveau (piano) perform works by Weill, Schubert, and more
Monday, June 8
Sol Gabetta (cello) and Bertrand Chamayou (piano) play Liszt and Chopin
Wednesday, June 10
Thierry Escaich (piano, harpsichord) and Christian-Pierre La Marca (cello) play Bach, Escaich, Fauré, and Ligeti
Monday, June 15
Alexandre Kantorow (piano) plays Brahms
Wednesday, June 17
The Trio Sora play Beethoven
Monday, June 22
Lucas Debargue (piano) in a surprise program
Wednesday, June 24
Benjamin Bernheim (tenor) and Carrie-Ann Matheson (piano) perform works by Berlioz, Duparc, and more
Saturday, June 27
The Ebène Quartet, Renaud Capuçon (violin), and Nicholas Angelich (piano) play Beethoven and Chausson
*Repertoire subject to change
