Paul Ham, author, and Alexander Polzin, sculpter, All About the Soul
05 December, 2024 at 19:00 - 22:00 on Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris 6e
Critically-acclaimed historian, author of 12 books, journalist and former Sunday Times correspondent, Australian writer Paul Ham has just released The Soul: A History of the Human Mind. For thousands of years, the soul was an “organ,” an entity, something that was part of all of us, that survived the death of the body. It could […]
Nadia Charbit and Fiammetta Horvat, Legacy: Photographic Archives
18 November, 2024 at 19:00 - 22:00 on Maison Européenne de la Photographie, 5/7 rue de Fourcy, Paris 4e
What happens when being born who you are makes you heir to an important body of artistic work done by a father or a grandfather? When you inherit not only a trove of major artworks but also the responsibility for preserving them, exhibiting them, managing the commerical use of them, continuing to make them live. […]
The Arts Arena Yale School of Music Recital at the Galerie Dorée of the Banque de France
05 November, 2024 at 20:00 - 22:00 on Galerie Dorée, Banque de France, 2 rue de Radziwill, Paris 1e
The Arts Arena Yale School of Music Recital 2024 will feature four young musicians: soprano Laura Miah, bass-baritone Justice Yates, violinist Emma Meinrenken, and collaborative pianist Lucas Nogara. Both vocalists and the violinist are pursuing Master’s degrees at Yale School of Music, while Mr. Nogara, already recognized on the opera and art song stage as […]
Louis Langrée, Director General of L’Opéra Comique, Vocalists from the Opéra Comique’s Académie
16 October, 2024 at 19:00 - 22:00 on Salle Colonne, 94 boulevard Auguste Blanqui, Paris 13e
The symphonic conductor of the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center for two decades and of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra since 2013, Louis Langrée has directed the philharmonic orchestras of Berlin, Vienna, London, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Paris, and the Orchestre National de France, and also performs with ensembles on period instruments. He has […]
ArtsArenaPLUS, Private visit of the Opéra Comique
15 October, 2024 at 12:30 - 14:00 on Opéra Comique, 1 place Boieldieu, Paris 2e
In anticipation of the presentation by its Director General and performance by vocalistsat the Arts Arena, L’Opéra Comique invites Arts Arena members for a private tour of its exceptional interior. Image: J. Lamoureux, Carmen, Opéra-Comique, 2023.
JULIEN CHAUVIN, violinist HIP HOP BAROQUE
24 September, 2024 at 19:00 - 22:00 on Salle André Marchal, INJA, 56 boulevard des Invalides, Paris 7e
The Arts Arena is happy to welcome you back with its opening Fall 2024 program of Baroque music and hip-hop dance, led by violinist Julien Chauvin of Le Concert de la Loge. Classical violinist, musical director, and recording artist, Julien Chauvin, has performed as a soloist internationally. He has also founded and led musical ensembles, notably […]
ArtsArenaPLUS, EARTH, HOME! a choral symphony
20 September, 2024 at 19:30 - 22:00 on Grand Auditorium of UNESCO, 125 avenue du Suffren, Paris 7e
Melody for Earth is dedicated to preserving the only home we share, the Earth. To this end, it presents a concert extravaganza Earth, Home!, a choral symphony composed and conducted by Maestro Wang Ning, former Director of the Department of Music Composition at the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing. 80 Chinese and French musicians will be accompanied […]
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, “DREAM REQUIEM”
10 June, 2024 at 19:30 - 21:30 on Hôtel de Talleyrand, George C. Marshall Center, 2 rue Saint Florentin, Paris 1e
Singer-songwriter-composer Rufus Wainwright will be at the Arts Arena on the eve of the world premiere of his “Dream Requiem,” commissioned and performed by the Orchestre Philharmonic de Radio France on June 14. Called the best songwriter on the planet by Elton John, Wainwright has recorded 11 albums, including the acclaimed “Poses” and “Rufus Does […]
THE ARTS ARENA CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC CONCERT
05 June, 2024 at 19:30 - 22:00 on Salle André Marchal, INJA, 56 Boulevard des Invalides, Paris 7e
An outstanding Piano Quartet by alumnae of the Curtis Institute of Music: Shanshan Yao, violin, Haesue Lee, viola, Jean Kim, cello, and in her third Arts Arena performance, Pallavi Mahidhara, piano. Part of Curtis on Tour, the Nina von Maltzahn Global Touring Initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music, the all-female quartet will play a […]
Rescheduled at a later date LUCINDA CHILDS AND WILLIAM FORSYTHE a conversation with two giants of contemporary dance
25 May, 2024 at 18:00 - 20:00 on TBA
Unquestionably a seminal figure in contemporary dance, Lucinda Childs studied with Merce Cunningham, founded the Lucinda Childs Dance Company, performed and choreographed for the legendary Einstein on the Beach with Robert Wilson and Philip Glass, created the iconic Dance, with Glass and visual artist Sol Lewitt, and has also collaborated with John Adams and Frank Gehry. Ms. […]