“ “I’m ashamed to eat my fill when I see and read about everything that’s happening in this wicked world, and I simply cannot help but be outraged.”
(excerpt from a letter dated November 28, 1970)
2026
The official opening of the Henri Tomasi Conservatory of Music, Dance, and Drama in Corsica took place on February 7. This magnificent and prestigious new building in Ajaccio was designed by architect Rudy Ricciotti, who drew inspiration from a melodic phrase in Henri Tomasi’s Saxophone Concerto.
Two concerts were held in the school’s 200-seat auditorium. The morning program featured two Corsican songs by Henri Tomasi— “Vocero” and “O pescador dell’onda” —transcribed and performed by the Ensemble A Filetta, conducted by Jean-Claude Aquaviva, and *Cantu di malincunia*, performed by mezzo-soprano Éléonore Pancrazi. Also performed were the 12 piano pieces *Le coin de Claudinet*, arranged for eight guitars and harpsichord by professor and harpsichordist Catherine Zimmer.
Explore the booklet created by the Henri Tomasi Association to mark this inauguration
A côté des multiples concerts programmés à l’international et en France tout au long des mois, l’activité de l’association sera principalement consacrée d’une part à la publication en livre du 2ème colloque ayant eu lieu à la Sorbonne en 2021, et d’autre part à la préparation de la célébration en 2027-2028 d’un double anniversaire, celui du noble sévillan fondateur de l’Hôpital de la Charité, Don Miguel Mañara (450th anniversary of his birth) and the Franco-Lithuanian poet Oscar Vladislav de Lubicz Milosz (150th anniversary of 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 thesecond half ofthe 20th century (according to one of France’s most respected music critics, Jacques Bourgeois). See the European co-production project for the opera Don Juan by Mañara.
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The Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra inthe memory of a murdered poet, Federico García Lorca performed several times in March 2024 during the 3rd La Maestra International Competition for Women Conductors can be viewed at this link.
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The Complete Violin Works, performed by Stéphanie Moraly,the Republican Guard Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sébastien Billard, and Romain David on piano
Presentation on the Naxos website (in English) and CD booklet / Naxos trailer on YouTube / Naxos teaser on YouTube
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Listen (or listen again) to the Musicopolis program from November 21–24, 2016, hosted by Anne-Charlotte Raymond on Radio France Musique: Henri Tomasi in Marseille, 1940–1943
► Nov. 21: His Debut in Marseille – ♫ Fanfares liturgiques (I) – Féérie laotienne (V, Finale)
► Nov. 22: War Refugees – ♫ Don Juan de Mañara (Act I, Interlude and Scene II)
► Nov. 23: Countess Pastré and the National Orchestra – ♫ Mass of the Nativity, pastoral entertainment – Tam-Tam
► Nov. 24: Artistic Decentralization – ♫ Divertimento Corsica (IV, The Niolo Fair) – Laotian Songs (II, The Rendezvous) – Cyrnos, Symphonic Poem
► Nov. 25: Prestige, Then Decline – ♫ Féérie laotienne (III, Scherzo for a Night Festival) – Don Juan de Mañara (Act III, The Confession) – Requiem for Peace (X, Libera me)
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