RESONANCES
June 1st to 30th
Sainte-Chapelle
THE PIANO IN RESONANCE
Vanishing lines and mirrors of time at the heart of sound architecture
A key instrument of romanticism, classicism, modernity and intimacy, it becomes the keystone of a journey that spans centuries, styles and emotions.
From the grace of Mozart to the visions of Liszt, each recital paints a picture of the times. The young Kim Saehyun, a 17-year-old prodigy, displays a controlled passion, while Vanessa Wagner weaves a sensitive thread between Grieg, Beethoven, and Mozart.
Luan Pommier dares to explore the popular repertoire, re-enchanted by the colors of the solo piano. And how can we not mention the homage to Erik Satie, or Jacqueline Bourges-Maunoury's reading of French masterpieces?
Each performer becomes a way of inhabiting the silence and the stone, of making the vaults resonate like so many living memories.
At the Sainte-Chapelle, in the shadow of the stained-glass windows and the centuries, the piano murmurs and cries out. It converses with ghosts, spaces, our own heartbeats. A festival of resonances, contrasts, and presences.
American Songbook
BACK TO THE ORIGINS
Sunday, June 1st, 8 p.m.
Emmanuel Smith, piano
Max Zita & Lakeïa Smith, chant
Emmanuel Smith brings together two exceptional voices: Max Zita, an emblematic figure of gospel in France, and Lakeïa Smith, a singer with a deep vocal range and a luminous presence. Together, they bring to life the great pages of the American Songbook, from the unforgettable standards of Parker, Ellington, Gillespie, and Quincy Jones, to traditional African-American songs that carry memories and struggles. Through this program, a whole story is written in music: that of a people, its pains and its hopes, carried by the intense expressiveness of jazz and the spiritual power of spirituals.
The piano becomes the intimate pulse of a collective breath, while the voices, by turns suave, angry or overwhelming, rise up like a song of freedom.
Conceived as a bridge between heritage and modernity, this concert celebrates the richness of a culture that transformed 20th-century music. Improvisation, groove, raw emotion: each piece resonates like a call to life. Max Zita, with her generous timbre and deep roots in gospel, and Lakeïa Smith, whose sensitivity radiates through every phrase, embody the grace and strength of this living tradition. A celebration of the Black American soul and the freedom she tirelessly sings of.
Creoles, Pop & Jazz
Monday, June 2, 8 p.m.
Luan Pommier, piano
Un récital éclatant où le piano se fait mémoire vive de la pop, du jazz et de la soul. Sous les doigts inspirés de Luan Pommier, le clavier s’embrase, virevolte, s’émeut et s’amuse, traversant les styles et les époques avec une liberté jubilatoire. De Ray Charles à Gershwin, de Gloria Gaynor aux grands thèmes de la musique américaine du XXe siècle, ce concert trace une ligne sensible entre émotion populaire et exigence musicale.
At the crossroads of classical and contemporary music, this recital celebrates crossbreeding
and the great impulses of the American scene: the jazzy syncopations of Gershwin, the
Ray Charles' inimitable grooves, Gloria Gaynor's disco anthems, reinvented
on solo piano, in an interpretation where virtuosity never erases the soul.
With elegance and panache, Luan Pommier delivers a personal reading, sometimes
flamboyant, sometimes introspective, from a repertoire known to all but rarely
understood thus: stripped down, reorchestrated, transcended by the sole power of
the instrument. Each piece becomes a moving painting, a tribute
living to the icons of popular music.
A capsule recital, full of energy and tenderness, where the great voices of yesterday
resonate in the vibrant flesh of today's piano. A moment of sharing
generous, between nostalgia and celebration, where we rediscover the magic of these songs which
have marked hearts and dance floors.
XXth: THE PRODIGY
Friday, June 6, 8:00 p.m.
Varduhi Yeritsian, piano
A journey to the heart of French elegance, between romantic refinement and impressionist poetry.
Quintet of French Soloists,
Paul Rouger, violin
In this nuanced recital, French chamber music radiates subtlety and emotion. Gabriel Fauré's Piano Quartet No. 1, a masterpiece of balance and lyricism, unfolds with all the richness of its expressive palette: passionate outbursts, dreamy tenderness, measured virtuosity. It is a mature work that speaks to the soul, in a delicate language where
each voice finds its breath.
Mirroring this, Claude Debussy's Suite bergamasque offers another face of French music: that of a chiaroscuro reverie, imbued with grace and mystery. From the famous Clair de lune to the dancing lightness of Passepied, each piece evokes a suspended world, where music becomes color, light, and perfume.
Driven by the quartet's collective momentum and the piano's sensitivity, this program celebrates the finesse of French writing, between revisited classicism and emerging modernity. Two composers, two aesthetics, but a shared quest for beauty and emotion, where sounds touch the inexpressible. An exceptional moment, at the crossroads of the intimate and the sublime.
TRIBUTE TO SATIE
Saturday, June 7, 8:00 p.m.
Aya Okuyama, piano
A chiaroscuro tribute to Erik Satie, 100 years after his death.
On the occasion of the centenary of Erik Satie's death, this concert pays tribute to one of the most singular minds of French music, an elusive figure and precursor of all modernities. Around his famous Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes, hypnotic works where silence weighs as much as the note, a dreamlike soundscape emerges, made of radical simplicity, discreet humor, and suspended melancholy.
Resonating with this unique universe, Maurice Ravel's Valse noble et sentimentale and Jeux d'eau celebrate the extreme refinement of form and harmonic invention. The shimmering water, the stylized dance, the poetic impulse: everything responds, in echo or contrast, to Satie's austere fantasy. To close this program dedicated to memory and style, Francis Poulenc's Hommage à Édith Piaf offers a tender and nostalgic nod to another French icon.
Between popular music and classical music, an entire era comes back to life, inhabited by the same contradictions, the same impulses of the heart. A concert like an inner journey, between modesty and eccentricity, where each work becomes a fragment of a portrait: that of an extraordinary composer, who continues to
to disturb us, a century later.
19th CENTURY, ROMANTICISM
Simon Pierre-Pollin, piano
Saturday, June 14, 8:00 p.m.
A haunting recital, between romantic vertigo and transcendent spirituality.
Franz Liszt, a flamboyant figure of Romantic piano, is at the heart of this intense program, where virtuosity becomes the language of the soul. Funérailles, a vast dramatic fresco with heroic overtones, opens the concert like a funeral cry, between intimate pain and tragic grandeur. A work of mourning and revolt, it reveals the depth of a visionary composer, always in search of the absolute. Alongside him, the Two Legends plunge into a mystical dimension: Saint Francis of Assisi Preaching to the Birds and Saint Francis of Paola Walking on the Waves translate miracles and faith on the piano with striking evocative power. The keyboard then becomes a place of transfiguration, a sonic temple where a wordless word rises.
Finally, one of Liszt's great Sonatas (chosen according to the program) crowns this journey of light and shadow. Monumental architecture, thematic richness, epic breath: this sum-piece embodies Liszt's genius, between harmonic audacity and formal rigor. A concert that explores the many faces of the composer: poet, prophet, demiurge. A dizzying journey through Liszt's universe, where each note seems to contain a world.
CHOPIN
Hyuk Lee, piano, Winner of the 2022 Long-Thibaud Competition
The French Soloists - Paul Rouger violin
Sunday, June 15, 8:00 p.m.
A revelation at the 2022 Long-Thibaud Competition, where he won First Prize, the young pianist Hyuk Lee has already established himself as one of the great performers of his generation. With a touch of rare poetry and striking musical maturity, he brings the world of Frédéric Chopin to life with an inner intensity that is both sensitive and incandescent.
This exceptional recital explores the heights of Chopin's repertoire: the Études, true technical and expressive gems, where every difficulty becomes a pretext for beauty; the Ballades , powerful and lyrical stories, which combine narrative flair and romantic drama; and finally Concerto No. 2, a youthful work with nostalgic overtones, traversed by luminous virtuosity and a song of infinite tenderness. Under Hyuk Lee's fingers, the piano becomes a voice, a breath, a breath of freedom. His personal reading of Chopin, between rigor and abandon, evokes the greats while asserting a singular identity, both elegant and profound. A rare moment, suspended between romantic fervor and sovereign mastery. A celebration of Chopin, but also of the dazzling talent of a young pianist destined for the greatest stages.
When pianistic grace meets
Chopin's soul.
THE LEARNT CLASSIC
Jacqueline Bourgès-Maunoury
Monday, June 16, 8:00 p.m.
A recital marked by depth and elegance, between baroque heritage
and intimate romanticism.
In this program, pianist Jacqueline Bourgès-Maunoury explores the various facets of the musical soul, from contemplation to dramatic impetus, from rigorous counterpoint to the freest expression. Bach's Chaconne stands out as a masterful opening: monumental architecture, spiritual intensity, tragic power. It echoes Marcello's Adagio, revisited by Bach, with its striking melodic purity, a true sonic meditation.
With Mendelssohn's Serious Variations, Bach's legacy meets the breath of Romanticism: this dense work, of great formal demand, alternates gravity and virtuosity in a dramatic sequence of rare coherence.
Finally, Schubert's Impromptus Op. 90 unfolds an inner world that is both fragile and luminous. Each piece is a suspended moment, a musical confidence, where the piano becomes the human voice. Bourges-Maunoury reveals all the subtlety of Schubert's touch and the richness of his nuances. A program that is both contrasting and deeply united, carried by a performer whose musical sensitivity invites inner listening. A journey through the repertoire like a quest for sonic truth.
MOZART...
Vanessa Wagner, piano
Sunday, June 22, 8:00 p.m.
A luminous recital, between classical clarity, romantic breath and
Nordic melancholy.
Vanessa Wagner, a pianist renowned for her fine touch and the depth of her interpretations, offers a program that spans eras and sensibilities. From Mozart to Grieg, by way of Mendelssohn and Schumann, she weaves a musical journey where formal elegance meets pure emotion and dreamlike memories.
With Mozart, it is the grace of a limpid writing that is expressed: a music of light, where each note seems to flow naturally, without ever sacrificing depth for clarity. Mendelssohn and Schumann, major figures of German Romanticism, offer two sensitive visions of childhood and intimacy: the Romances sans paroles whisper what words silence, while Schumann 's Scenes from Children recreate, with tenderness and gravity combined, the games and reveries of the child's soul.
Finally, Edvard Grieg brings a touch from the North: his Lyrical Pieces , imbued with nature, folklore, and melancholy, invite inner silence. Vanessa Wagner excels at making the music breathe, at letting the inexpressible surface in each motif.
A program of balance and contrast, carried by a performer with sensitive and luminous playing.
BAROQUE & CO
Thibault Fajoles, - assistant organist at Notre-Dame de Paris
with Anne-Laure Hulin, soprano
Vendredi 27 juin, 20h00
A luminous recital, between classical clarity, romantic breath and Nordic melancholy.
Young organist of Notre-Dame de Paris, Thibault Fajoles is already establishing himself as one of the most promising talents of his generation. Alongside him, soprano Anne-Laure Hulin lends her luminous and expressive voice to a program of great elegance, under the sign of
of fervor and grace.
Between the France of Louis XIV and Lutheran Germany, this concert brings together two geniuses of
Baroque: François Couperin and Johann Sebastian Bach. The organ displays all its colors, from
majestic austerity with ornamental refinement, while the voice traces pure lines, in turn
meditative, fervent or jubilant turns. In the chosen vocal and instrumental pieces, the breath of spirituality blends with the expressive richness of a repertoire where form meets emotion. Thibault Fajoles and Anne-Laure Hulin convey a rare complicity, nourished by mutual listening and
a shared sensitivity. A concert like an elevation, where the stones resonate with the echoes of
a suspended time, between heaven and earth.
TOCCATAS
Sébastien Grimaud
Samedi 28 juin, 20h00
A flamboyant journey to the heart of the baroque keyboard, between the science of counterpoint and the freedom of
improvisation.
A harpsichordist with incisive and inspired playing, Sébastien Grimaud leads us into a program of dizzying richness, dedicated to two pillars of the keyboard repertoire: Johann Sebastian Bach and Dietrich Buxtehude. Toccatas, preludes and fugues, fantasies and sonatas follow one another like so many free or skillfully structured forms, where the instrument becomes a terrain of spiritual exploration and endless invention. In Buxtehude, master of the stylus phantasticus, contrasts burst forth, rhythms accelerate, harmonies venture forth: the harpsichord becomes theater. In Bach, the writing becomes more rigorous, deeper, but just as vibrant with momentum and mystery.
In this dialogue between two generations, Sébastien Grimaud highlights the lineage, but also the singularities of each composer. Discreet virtuosity, supple phrasing, richness of color: his interpretation restores all the inner life of these works, between formal rigor and dazzling expressiveness. A recital of fire and thought, where the harpsichord regains all its evocative power. A
celebration of the golden age of the keyboard, between meditation and brilliance.
GO BACK IN TIME:
BACH, MOZART
Julien Beautemps, accordion
Sunday, June 29, 8:00 p.m.
A sacred breath from elsewhere:
the accordion at the heart of the repertoire
for keyboard.
As part of a festival dedicated to the piano, Julien Beautemps pushes the boundaries of the instrumentarium with a recital of rare intensity, performed entirely on the accordion. A winner of numerous international competitions, this bold and sensitive musician takes the great texts of the sacred keyboard repertoire and makes them resonate with a new breath, both faithful and deeply personal.
Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, a masterpiece of contrapuntal architecture, finds in the accordion an unprecedented breadth, an organic, almost vocal texture. It resonates with excerpts from Mozart's Requiem, transcribed with a keen sense of phrasing and line, revealing the expressive depth of the accordion as a vehicle for spiritual emotion.
At the heart of this program, Julien Beautemps also offers a Sonata inspired by the sacred works of Bach, of his own composition: a contemporary homage to tradition, it explores the echoes of the past in a sensitive writing, where fervor, silence and harmonic density blend. In this concert at the crossroads of worlds, the accordion becomes organ, voice, breath. A suspended moment, outside the frames, where the breath of the instrument transcends expectations and reminds us that the essence of music lies not in form, but in the intensity of gesture.
A sacred breath from elsewhere:
the accordion at the heart of the repertoire
for keyboard.
SAEHYUN KIM
First Grand Prize of the Long-Thibaud competition
2025 Jury Prize (Rotary Club) & Press Prize
Monday, June 30, 8:00 p.m.
The dazzling promise of a pianistic future: carte blanche for Saehhyun Kim. At just 17 years old, Saehhyun Kim has just won the prestigious 2025 Long-Thibaud Competition, captivating the jury with the maturity of his playing, the clarity of his interpretation, and the depth of his expression. For this exceptional carte blanche, he reveals a more intimate and freer side of his musical universe.
Whether he chooses the great classics of the repertoire or rarer works, each piece becomes under his fingers a space of poetry and invention. Attentive to the breath of the phrase as much as to the overall architecture, Saehhyun Kim impresses with the accuracy of his musical vision and the elegance of his touch.
This concert is more than a recital: it is an encounter with a young artist who is already possessed, capable of making the most familiar lines vibrate with a new freshness, and of imposing his voice in a
pianistic world in perpetual renewal.
An evening of wonder, between luminous virtuosity and shared emotion. The future of the piano is being played out in the present.
A sacred breath from elsewhere:
the accordion at the heart of the repertoire
for keyboard.
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