Palazzetto Bru Zane Festival in Paris (Palazzetto Bru Zane)

Centre de musique romantique française

The Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française was created with the aim of promoting the rediscovery of the French musical herita¬ge of the years 1780-1920 and obtaining for that repertoire the inter¬national recognition that it deserves. Housed in a Venetian palazzo dating from 1695 (specially restored for the purpose), the Centre was inaugurated in 2009. It is one of the achievements of the Fondation Bru.

From little or unknown pieces to the most popular works, the Centre undertakes to study and present a whole section of the French musical output, shedding new light on this repertoire and moving beyond the aesthetic norms established in the early twentieth century.

The Palazzetto Bru Zane develops many complementary actions as part of its mission:

• The production of concerts and stage performances; these are pre¬sented in Venice (season of musical events and talks), Paris (the Palazzetto Bru Zane Festival, held in June each year) and, in partnership, at many venues worldwide.
• The production and release of sound recordings, relating to current projects. These include three series of book + CD sets (‘Prix de Rome’, ‘Opéra français’ and ‘Portraits’) and numerous partnerships with third-party labels.
• The coordination of research projects in collaboration with musico¬logists, international institutions and descendants of nineteenth-cen¬tury composers.
• The cataloguing and digitisation of documentary collections and public or private archives relating to the French Romantic repertoire: the music collection of the Villa Medici, the staging manuals belonging to the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris, the Pleyel/Érard/Gaveau ar¬chives at the Cité de la Musique in Paris, private archives concerning the violinist Pierre Baillot; etc.
• The organisation each year of (about ten) symposia in collaboration with various partners: Centro Studi Boccherini (Lucca), Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Opéra Comique, Paris Conservatoire (CNSMD), French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), etc.
• The preparation of previously unpublished scores and the publication in collaboration with Actes Sud of a series of books: collective works, essays, symposia proceedings, nineteenth-century writings, paperbacks.
• The provision of digital resources: bruzanemediabase.com.
• Training sessions for young professional mu¬sicians: organisation of master-classes with the Jeune Orchestre Atlantique (an approach to performance on period instruments) and at the Académie Ravel in Saint-Jean-de-Luz (performance of the chamber opera repertoire).
• Awarding of the Palazzetto Bru Zane Prize for the performance of rare works of the French Romantic repertoire (Lyon International Chamber Music Competition).
• Actions aimed at young audiences: through the Romantici in erba programme, in collaboration with nursery and primary schools in Veneto, and a series of family concerts in Venice.

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