2025 The major event of the year will be the inauguration in Ajaccio of the new Conservatoire de Corse de Musique, Danse et Art dramatique Henri Tomasi, designed by architect Rudy Ricciotti (see the press kit, the article of 21/02/2024  on the visit to the building site and the report of 21/02/2024 on the progress of work on France-Info – FR3 Corse Viastella).

The architect was inspired by the saxophone concerto for the façade

The inaugural concert on October 2 (Salle de L’Empire) will bring together the Ensemble Mattheus  conducted by Jean-Christophe Spinosi, musicians from the Conservatoire, and the Ensemble A Filetta led by Jean-Claude Acquaviva, who will present an original creation in tribute to the composer. A panorama of a dozen works by the “most Corsican of the great French musicians”, from the 1920s to the 1960s, will reveal the many facets of this “protean” creator.

Among several other events (exhibitions, films, etc.), a second concert will extend this discovery in the auditorium of the new conservatory, with a different program performed by teachers and students, as well as by musicians from the continent expressly invited. « A Spiega ! », a thematic booklet, will be published by Albiana.

In Paris, two renowned masterpieces will be honored with exceptional programming:

• on February 6 at the Cathédrale des Invalides, l’Orchestre Symphonique de la Garde Républicaine will perform the Requiem pour la paix conducted by Sébastien Billard, with the Chœurs de l’Université de Paris (OCUP) conducted by Guillaume Connesson, as part of the commemoration of the 350th anniversary of the founding of the Invalides and the musical cycle “Une certaine idée de la France”.
• on April 6 at the Philharmonie de Paris in the Grande Salle Pierre Boulez, the World Doctors Orchestra will perform the Trumpet Concerto conducted by Stefan Willich, with trumpeter Joannes Leiner (programmed with Debussy’s La Mer and Saint-Saëns’ 3rd Symphony).

On May 10 in Chinon, Stéphanie Moraly will once again perform the Capriccio for violin with the Orchestre Symphonique de la Garde Républicaine conducted by Sébastien Billard. Watch the trailer here, and view details on the CD “Complete works for violin by Henri Tomasi” produced by Naxos Records by clicking on the image.

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Regarding the double anniversary in 2027 of Oscar Vladislav de Lubicz Milosz (the 150th of his birth) and of Don Miguel Mañara (the 400th of his birth), a great spiritual figure revered in Seville for having founded a charity that is still alive today, the Santa Caridad, see the project for a European co-production of Don Juan Mañara’s opera which is underway.

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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 still available for viewing until March 2025.

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