The showpiece of the Cité de la musique, the concert hall has been designed to enable all musical genres to be performed there. Seating 1,000 spectators, with a 15-metre-high ceiling and exceptional acoustic quality, the concert hall boasts double adaptability:
- acoustic adaptability with mobile curtains behind the loges and reversible ceiling panels
- stage adaptability to comply with the configurations required by different musical works or genres.
The hall’s flat floor as well as the fact that all the seats in the stalls can be removed to clear the space for the audience during concerts of contemporary or world music or to set up the stage in the middle also contribute to its absolute flexibility. This “non-polarized” auditorium allows a variable and innovative relation between musicians and the audience
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Borodin Quartet: Shostakovich
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Cité de la musique / Salle Pleyel
Jan. 8, 2011, 8 p.m.
Jan. 8, 2011, 8 p.m.
Sempé and Hantaï perform Rameau
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Cité de la musique / Salle Pleyel
March 25, 2011, 5:45 p.m.
March 25, 2011, 5:45 p.m.
The piano according to Lang Lang
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March 30, 2011, 1 p.m.
March 30, 2011, 1 p.m.
Bell: Tchaïkovski, Violin Concerto
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Cité de la musique / Salle Pleyel
Dec. 8, 2010, 7 p.m.
Dec. 8, 2010, 7 p.m.
Krivine: Beethoven, Symphonies 4 & 7
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Cité de la musique / Salle Pleyel
April 14, 2011, 6 p.m.
April 14, 2011, 6 p.m.
Krivine: Beethoven, Symphonies Nos. 2 and 6
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April 15, 2011, 6 p.m.
April 15, 2011, 6 p.m.
Krivine: Beethoven, Symphonies Nos. 8 and 5
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April 16, 2011, 2:30 p.m.
April 16, 2011, 2:30 p.m.
Krivine: Beethoven, Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3
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April 16, 2011, 6 p.m.
April 16, 2011, 6 p.m.
Krivine: Beethoven, Symphony No. 9
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April 17, 2011, 2:30 p.m.
April 17, 2011, 2:30 p.m.
Les Arts Florissants: Charpentier, Lully
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June 7, 2011, 6:30 p.m.
June 7, 2011, 6:30 p.m.
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
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June 22, 2011, 6 p.m.
June 22, 2011, 6 p.m.
Les Arts Florissants: Monteverdi, Madrigals, Book I
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Cité de la musique / Salle Pleyel
Oct. 9, 2011, 2:30 p.m.
Oct. 9, 2011, 2:30 p.m.
Grimaud: Bach, Silvestrov, Dvorák
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Private Domain Hélène Grimaud - Rolex and Culture - Cité de la musique / Salle Pleyel
Nov. 5, 2011, 7 p.m.
Nov. 5, 2011, 7 p.m.
Vogler, Grimaud: Schumann, Brahms, Shostakovich
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Private Domain Hélène Grimaud - Rolex and Culture - Cité de la musique / Salle Pleyel
Nov. 6, 2011, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 6, 2011, 3:30 p.m.
Les Arts Florissants: Monteverdi, Madrigals, Book II
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Dec. 16, 2011, 7 p.m.
Dec. 16, 2011, 7 p.m.
Haendel and Vivaldi by Nathalie Stutzmann
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Nov. 17, 2011, 7 p.m.
Nov. 17, 2011, 7 p.m.
Ysaÿe Quartet: Schumann, Rihm, Beethoven
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Jan. 21, 2012, 10 a.m.
Jan. 21, 2012, 10 a.m.
Pražák Quartet, Bukač: Rihm, Beethoven
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Jan. 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Takács Quartet, Coppey: Haydn, Britten, Schubert
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Jan. 21, 2012, 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 21, 2012, 4:30 p.m.
Tabachnik: Debussy, Le Martyre de Saint-Sébastien
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Jan. 31, 2012, 7 p.m.
Jan. 31, 2012, 7 p.m.
Les Arts Florissants: Monteverdi, Madrigals, Book III
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May 26, 2012, 6 p.m.
May 26, 2012, 6 p.m.
Les Arts Florissants: Monteverdi, Madrigals, Book IV
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Nov. 27, 2012, 7 p.m.
Nov. 27, 2012, 7 p.m.
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nézet-Séguin, G. Capuçon
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Nov. 2, 2012, 7 p.m.
Nov. 2, 2012, 7 p.m.
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nézet-Séguin, R. Capuçon
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Nov. 3, 2012, 7 p.m.
Nov. 3, 2012, 7 p.m.
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nézet-Séguin, Angelich
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Nov. 4, 2012, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 4, 2012, 3:30 p.m.
Rouvali: Saariaho, Sibelius
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Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France - Cité de la musique / Salle Pleyel
April 19, 2013, 6 p.m.
April 19, 2013, 6 p.m.
Les Arts Florissants: Monteverdi, Madrigals, Book V
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June 6, 2013, 6 p.m.
June 6, 2013, 6 p.m.
