Cultural Events

Wednesday, November 11 at 7pm: Ivan Ilic plays « For Bunita Marcus » by Morton Feldman | Concert preceded by a lecture by Rudolphe Bruneau-Boulmier

11.10.2015 , Alumni, Concerts, Conferences

Ivan Ilić's "Morton Feldman Trilogy" is the culmination of three years of research into Feldman's life and work. The third and last part is the new recording of Ilić by For Bunita Marcus (1985), a masterpiece by Feldman, which will be released by Paraty/Harmonia Mundi...

Thursday, November 5 at 7 pm: The Art of Dreaming and Making Dreams in a Hospital Department | Medical Cultures Conference #2

05.10.2015 , Conferences

What place should be given to Art Therapy in the care of hospitalized children and adolescents? In the child and adolescent psychiatry department of the Pitié-Salpêtrière, patients are offered access to Plastic Arts practices. External speakers, in connection with the artistic field, are integrated into their...

Wednesday 4 November at 2:30pm : Screening of « Ghosts of Amistad : In the Footsteps of the Rebels » in the presence of Marcus Rediker

04.10.2015 , Film

The Cultural Service of the Embassy of the United States of America and the Fondation des Etats Unis are pleased to invite you to the preview of the documentary The Ghosts of Amistad: In the Footsteps of the Rebels, in the presence of its author...

Sunday 18 October at 8 pm: Melting Jazz

18.09.2015 , Concerts, Festivals

As part of the Jazz à la Cité festival, the Fondation des États-Unis offers a concert combining classics, improvisation and compositions. Yaëlle Tordjman is an alumnus of the American School of Modern Music where the members of the LEGG Quartet are studying, and it is...

Sunday, October 11 at 5 pm: Rendez-vous Musical #1

11.09.2015 , Concerts

Sunday music dates are back! Harriet Hale Woolley Fellows and FEU resident musicians will be delighted to play for you every other Sunday. These short concerts offer you a great opportunity to discover or rediscover classical works. Program Lauba: Balafon Wilson Poffenberger, Alto Saxophone *** J.S. Bach: Suite No....

Saturday 10 October at 5 pm: Screening of the film « Irène » in the presence of its director Alain Cavalier

10.09.2015 , Film

The Théâtre de la Cité offers artists the opportunity to discover films, documentaries and directors that inspire them. Saturday, October 10 at 5 pm at the Fondation des Etats Unis, Mohamed El Khatib echoes his show "Finir en beauté" invites you to attend the screening of...

Wednesday, October 7 at 7 pm: Music at the Neuroscience Reading | Medical Cultures Conference #1

07.09.2015 , Conferences

Music rocks our existence from its beginning to its end. It takes us on unexpected emotional journeys and we grant it a privileged place in what is dearest to us, the intimacy of our daily lives. Yet what is music? How does this mass of...

Conference Series « Medical Cultures »

07.09.2015 , Conferences

At the Fondation des Etats Unis, we invite you to think about medicine, the body and health in a creative, collective and interdisciplinary way. We receive health researchers, artists, social scientists, journalists and patients to address issues that affect everyone's experience (being sick, understanding how...

Tuesday October 6 at 8 pm: Concert Workshop with James Talley

06.09.2015 , Concerts, Workshops

American singer-songwriter James Talley will talk about the origins of American folk, country and popular music. He will discuss the process leading to creation: how music is created, why and how songs are written, how art lends itself to the business of music? James will...