Discover Live shows Watch Bizet’s Carmen: the story of an opera that caused a scandal! “Love is a gypsy child, it has never, ever, known a law” … You certainly know this famous aria from Carmen, an opera by Bizet! However, this opera caused a scandal in its time and was almost forgotten. What is the story behind Carmen? And how did this opera become so famous? A look back […] February 23, 2022November 2, 2023
Discover Go out Museums and heritage Who was Iannis Xenakis? An innovative artist to (re)discover at the Philharmonie de Paris “I was born twenty-five centuries too late” confided Iannis Xenakis. Yet this lover of Greek antiquity was resolutely modern, to the point of reinventing music and creating new architectural forms. Architect, engineer, composer, mathematician… Xenakis was all these things at once, which makes him a particularly atypical artist. On the occasion of the centenary of […] February 21, 2022November 2, 2023
Discover Go out Museums and heritage At the macLYON: 4 new contemporary art exhibitions to discover Lyon’s charm lies in its pralines, its traboules and… its museum of contemporary art, the “macLYON“. Yes! I classify this museum on the same level as the pralines, that’s how much I love this amazing cultural place. What strikes you about this museum is its openness. It is open to the public, to local and […] February 17, 2022November 2, 2023
Discover Zoom in on The Departure of the Infantrymen at the Paris Eastern train station: Albert Herter’s tribute painting to his son Today we are interested in a painting that is not exhibited in a museum or an art gallery but… in the Eastern Train Station in Paris! And this hanging owes nothing to chance. The painting “Le départ des poilus, août 1914” (The Departure of the Infantrymen, August 1914) by the American painter Albert Herter reminds […] February 15, 2022February 15, 2022
Listen Music of the day Versailles Palace inspires electronic music To discover the sound heritage of Versailles: this is the objective of the “cartes blanches électro” that the most famous château in France has been organising for three editions now. 350 years after Lully, Versailles continues to inspire musicians who draw on the richness of the castle’s “sounds” to compose their melodies. Nowadays, electro composers […] February 9, 2022February 17, 2022
Listen Playlists February playlist: 15 new tracks to listen to Like every month, Culturez-vous offers a selection of music chosen from the latest releases. In this 86th playlist, 15 new tracks to discover, with : Cats on Trees, Yael Naim & Albin de la Simone, Lonny, Laurent Bardainne, Tirgre d’Eau Douce and Bertrand Belin, Florent Marchet, Pauline Bisou, Teho, Lesneu, A Panda Do Sol, Emma […] February 4, 2022February 4, 2022
Edvard Munch’s The Scream: analysis of a masterpiece Edward Munch’s Scream is a particularly famous painting, it has even become an emoji! But what does this painting really tell us? Why did Munch paint this scream? Discover the hidden meanings behind this painting! Analysis. Edvard Munch: a troubled artist To understand the work of Edvard Munch (1863-1944) a little better, we must look […] April 20, 2021April 20, 2021