“ I’m ashamed to eat my fill, and when I see and read about what happens in this vile world, it’s impossible for me not to be revolted”
(from a letter dated the 28th of November, 1970)
2026
The official inauguration of the remarkable new Ajaccio building for the Henri Tomasi Conservatory of Music, Dance and Drama of Corsica, designed by architect Rudy Ricciotti, took place on February 7th. The architect was inspired by a melodic line from Henri Tomasi’s Saxophone Concerto. The date for integration by teachers and students has yet to be set.
Two concerts were held in the institution’s 200-seat auditorium. The morning program included two Corsican songs by Henri Tomasi, a Vocero and O pescador dell’onda transcribed and performed by the Ensemble A Filetta, and the Cantu di malincunia performed by mezzo-soprano Éléonore Pancrazi. Also performed were the 12 piano pieces Le Coin de Claudinet in an arrangement for 8 guitars and harpsichord by professor and harpsichordist Catherine Zimmer.
The architect was inspired by a melodic curve from Henri Tomasi’s Saxophone Concerto.
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In addition to the many concerts scheduled internationally and in France throughout the year, the association’s activities will mainly focus on publishing a book on the second symposium held at the Sorbonne in 2021 and preparing for the celebration in 2027-2028 of a double anniversary: that of the Sevillian nobleman who founded the Hôpital de la Charité, Don Miguel Mañara (450 years since his birth), and the Franco-Lithuanian poet Oscar Vladislav de Lubicz-Milosz (150 years since his birth), author of a ‘Mystery’ about the life of Don Miguel Mañara, which Tomasi adapted into an opera, a masterpiece that rivals Poulenc’s Dialogue des Carmélites in the second half of the 20th century (according to one of France’s most respected music critics, Jacques Bourgeois). See the projet de coproduction européenne de l’opéra Don Juan de Mañara.
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The Concerto for guitar and orchestra in memory of murdered poet Federico García Lorca, performed several times in March 2024 at the 3rd La Maestra International Conductors’ Competition, is available for viewing until March 2026.
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Complete works for violin performed by Stéphanie Moraly, the Orchestre Symphonique de la Garde Républicaine conducted by Sébastien Billard, and Romain David on piano
Feature page on Naxos website and Naxos CD booklet / Trailer Naxos youtube / Teaser Naxos youtube
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