The trumpet of Paolo Fresu, on a Parisian afternoon in the 1980s, still resonates today in the memory of those who were there ...

The term ‘concrète’ music was coined in the 1940s by Paris-based engineer, composer and sonic experimentalist Pierre Schaeffer. Defined as music created using recorded sound as source material (ie ...

When the Summer Solstice arrives on Saturday, millions of people across France will attend the impromptu street concerts of “Fête de La Musique” hosted by restaurants, bars, museums and even libraries ...

The French will be partying through the heatwave today for the 2025 edition of the 'Fête de la Musique.' This local celebration of music takes place every year on June 21st since 1982, and is ...

In 1982, the very first Fête de la Musique was held in Paris. Planned by the French Ministry of Culture, musical performances were maximized on the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, in a ...

Musique concrète originally dates from the late 1940s. Pierre Schaeffer and colleagues working for France’s public radio station, Radiodiffusion Française (RDF) experimented with sound effects and ...

A POPULAR free music event celebrated in 130 countries around the world is going back live after hosting online editions over the past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Philippine edition — Fête ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The cacophonous Congolese music known generically as Congotronic is a mix of homemade or improvised instruments ...

145 people have reported being stabbed with syringe needles during France's Fête De La Musique on Saturday. The nationwide street music festival, which takes place in numerous cities across the ...

During the May 3 performance, “Musique De La Chambre of Louis XIV,” it will be a great honor to feature Ukrainian harpsichordist Olena Zhukova, a tireless and fearless ambassador of Ukrainian culture, ...

Originally, the Fête de la Musique (World Music Day) is a popular and free music festival taking place each year in France on the day of the summer solstice, the shortest night of the year in the ...