Following the great success of the first Rendez-vous Musical, the resident musicians and Harriet Hale Woolley scholars are now preparing the program for Sunday, October 23. For those who do not yet know the Rendez-vous Musical, these Sunday afternoon concerts offer you a great opportunity to...
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Vox America : Inspirations Françaises Bringing American Song Repertoire to International Audiences The Fondation des Etats-Unis in association with MediaWen is pleased to announce the concert Vox Amerika. American soprano Jennifer Lindshield and French pianist Elise Kermanac’h present Inspirations Françaises, a program from the American Song repertoire highlighting the...
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The Crazy Quilts, or the Fabric of Disobedience An exhibition of quilts from the collection of Charles-Edouard de Broin Patchwork has not always followed the rules. For a time, crazy quilts were all the rage, leaving behind the classic, often geometrical, patterns and renewing the bold...
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The Sawmill Sessions offer a weekend of workshops on October 29 and 30 at the Fondation des Etats-Unis with instruments: Banjo Old-Time (Cory Seznec - Paolo Conti), Guitar (Philippe Checca), Mandoline (Thierry Lecoq), Chant (Julia Zech), Harmonica (David Chalumeau), Fiddle (Marius Pibarot) and Dobro (Paolo...
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On September 15, the Fondation des Etats-Unis hosted its former residents, as well as institutional and private partners, for an event on American women patrons from the 1920s to the 2020s. The evening opened with a speech by the directors, Anne Crémieux and Sophie Vasset, followed...
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As part of the Jazz à la Cité festival, the Fondation des Etats-Unis proposes to celebrate jazz in pictures with a cine-concert. The LEGG Quartet will accompany silent films from the early 20th century. On the programme: Charles Chaplin, Georges Méliès, Segundo de Chomon, Loïe...
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Paris Noir covers the period from the end of World War I to the Fall of France in 1940. As lively as the jazz beats of the day, the documentary follows the footsteps of the influencers: Lt. James Reese Europe and his rollicking 396th Harlem Hellfighters...
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The guitar Duo Santorsa - Moy began as a collaboration with the composer Helmut Lachenmann for the 900presente contemporary concert series in Lugano, Switzerland. They have held concerts in Switzerland and Germany in the Stelio Molo RSI Auditorium and the Darmstadt Ferienkurse 2016. This concert will...
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Once Upon a Quilt: America as a Patchwork An exhibition of quilts from the collection of Charles-Edouard de Broin Patchwork quilts have been used as a geographic metaphor for the United States since the early days of its history. Quilting dates back to colonial times when people were...
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