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LLaurent Bardainne ' Tigre d'Eau Douce ' Laurent Bardainne (Tenor saxophone ) Arnaud Roulin (Hammond organ) Sylvain Daniel (bass) Philippe Gleizes (drums) Tenor saxophonist, Laurent Bardainne is one of the most discreet and yet active musicians on the Paris scene. It is difficult not to come across him when you like jazz and its related music : we can hear him in the Supersonic by Thomas de Pourquery, alongside Camélia Jordana with Lost, with his rock group Poni Hoax, in the electro detours Sabrina & Samantha, and even at the heart of Limousine, with whom he released an excellent recording in the spring. L'Été suivant. Laurent Bardainne comes back today with this incredibly free quartet, entitled Tigre d'Eau Douce. Music which recalls Albert Ayler's Laments and John Coltrane's freeest hours, all of which is crisscrossed by ballads and soothing moments in the colours of Soul spirituality played out on the Hammond B3 organ by Arnaud Roulin. Recorded on August 29, 2019 at the Grande Halle de la Villette, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, David Unger

Michel Portal Quintet feat. Nils Wogram & Lander Gyselinck Michel Portal, clarinets, saxophone, bandoneon Nils Wogram, trombone Bojan Z, piano, keyboard Bruno Chevillon, double bass, bass Lander Gyselinck, drums An original musician, Michel Portal is a celebrity in the classical repertoire (Mozart, Schumann, Brahms, Berg) and contemporary music (Boulez, Stockausen, Berio, Kagel, Globokar). A virtuoso and something of a maverick, Portal is always up for musical experiments, exploring all kinds of fields! A regular guest at Europa Jazz over the past forty years, he has always delivered! This year, he presents a new project, involving Boyan Z and Bruno Chevillon, along with one of the greatest trombone players of today, Nils Wogram (who regularly plays with Bojan Z) and the new prodigy on the European jazz scene, young Belgian drummer Lander Gyselinck (Lab trio, Kris Defoort trio). Recorded on 2017, May 5th 2017 at the Epau Abbey, Europa Jazz Festival TV Director, Josselin Carré

The Rosenberg Family Project The Rosenbergs Mozes Rosenberg guitar solo Johnny Rosenberg rythmic guitar Sani van Mullem double bass The Rosenberg trio Stochelo Rosenberg guitar solo Nonnie Rosenberg double bass In the world of gipsy jazz, Stochelo Rosenberg stands out as a virtuoso tempered by a natural elegance meaning he never overdoes things. With him, the competitive cutting guitar playing mixes in with a kind of nervous and swinging poetry where the themes from the traditional repertoire alternate with the most unexpected revivals. In the Rosenberg family, everyone is made for extended improvisation, they devote themselves to their high-speed chases with such elegance and implication that we find ourselves rediscovering pleasures procured through this craftsmanship of oral transmission, served up by devils who play like gods Recorded on July 31, 2019 at Jazz in Marciac TV Director,

Airelle Besson, trumpet Sebastien Sternal, piano, Fender Rhodes Jonas Burgwinkel, drums Clémence Colin, chansigneuse For her third and last year in residence, Airelle Besson and her new trio (featuring Sebastian Sternal and Jonas Burgwinkel) embark on a bold and original project: to make human bodies resonate with their music in collaboration with deaf actress Clémence Colin. Unanimously praised by the critics, this young trio, whose jazz can be at once rhythmical and ethereal, pushes boundaries even further in this new encounter with what could be termed 'sign-song '. Recorded on May 25, 2017 at the Festival Jazz sous les pommiers TV Director, Laurent Hasse

Christian Sands Trio - 'Tribute to Erroll Garner' Christian Sands (piano) Terreon Gully (drums) Luques Curtis (bass) Whereas he has just released a really great album, Facing Dragons only a few months ago, the pianist Christian Sands is presenting to kick off the season a new repertoire as a tribute to Erroll Garner : one of the most important figures in the history of jazz, he who established the form of the ' piano trio ' in the modern era, only just before Bill Evans. So he is reaching for a very high goal. And you can bet that the challenge will be met with brio, because the young American is one of the most talented pianists of his generation : protégé of the immense late Billy Taylor, taken on by Christian McBride at 20, recognised by Wynton Marsalis who saw in him one of the grate heirs of the tradition, Christian Sands does actually possess an instrumental language which alludes to the whole history of his instrument, but still succeeds in remaining extremely modern. Recorded on Sptember 7, 2019 at the Pierre Boulez Hall - Philharmonie, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Samuel Thibaut

The comet is coming Shabaka Hutchings, saxophone ténor Dan Leavers, synthétiseur Max Hallet, batterie Sixty years after Sun Ra released his debut album, the influence of the late avant garde jazz musician and 'cosmic philosopher' persists. Sun Ra is a clear touchstone for futurists band The Comet is coming. They're formed of saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings (aka King Shabaka), and the two members of Soccer96: synths guy Dan Leavers (aka Danalogue The Conqueror) and drums man Maxwell Hallett (aka Betamax Killer). Formed in 2013 after saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings spontaneously joined funk duo Soccer96 on stage, the trio combines Sun Ra's mythological themes and love of the experimental, whipping up a fusion of jazz, Afrobeat and electronica in an improvisational, intergalactic mash-upstyle, starting with an orthodox jazz sensibility and taking it to the dancefloor. For millennia, humankind has viewed comets as harbingers of doom, portents of change and destruction. The Comet Is Coming are here to recognize these world-altering prophecies and to help us dance like it's the end of the world. Recorded on May 25th 2017 at Like a Jazz Machine Festival, Dudelange, Luxembourg TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon (Conductor) Julian Prégardien (Tenor, Evangelist), Stéphane Degout (Jesus, bass I), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano I), Maïlys de Villoutreys (soprano II), Damien Guillon (alto I), Lucile Richardot (alto II), Samuel Boden (Tenor I), Thomas Hobbs (Tenor II), Christian Immler (bass II) Johann Sebastian Bach Saint Matthew Passion BWV 244 Recorded at the Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles, on March 26, 2016 TV director, Colin Laurent

Kenny Garrett Quintet Kenny Garrett (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone) Vernell Brown (piano) Corcoran Holt (bass) Samuel Laviso (drum kit) Rudy Bird (percussion) From the nu soul and hip hop rhythms of drummer Chris Dave, to the post-bop and calypso brio of alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett and precision funk of Ghost-Note, an evening of jazz infused with today's urban culture, bringing together true masters of groove. Recorded on August 31, 2019 at the Grand Halle de la Villette, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Giuseppe De Vecchi

La Belle Hélène 'Opéra-bouffe' in three acts by Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880) Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy First perfomance in Paris, Théâtre des Variétés, 17 December 1864 Sinfonietta de Lausanne, Pierre Dumoussaud (Conductor) Chœur de l'Opéra de Lausanne Michel Fau (Stage director) Emmanuel Charles (Sets), David Belugou (Costumes), Joël Fabing (Lighting) Julien Dran (Pâris) Michel Fau (Ménélas) Christophe Lacassagne (Agamemnon) Jean-Claude Saragosse (Calchas) Jean-Francis Monvoisin (Achille) Pier-Yves Têtu (Ajax Premier) Hoël Troadec (Ajax Deuxième) Julie Robard-Gendre (Hélène) Jérôme Vavasseur (Oreste) Marie Daher (Bacchis) Recorded at the Opéra de Lausanne, December 2019

Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Valeriy Sokolov (violin), Gérard Caussé (viola), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Franck Braley (piano) Tribute to Henri Dutilleux Henri Dutilleux Trois strophes sur le nom de Sacher Three Préludes for piano (D'ombre et de silence - Sur un même accord - Le Jeu des contraires) Maurice Ravel Piano Trio Claude Debussy Sonata for violin and piano Henri Dutilleux String quartet 'Ainsi la nuit' Recorded in January 22nd, 2016 at the Philharmonie 2, Cité de la Musique, Salle de Concerts, Paris Directed by par Franck Chaudemanche

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Susanna Mälkki (Conductor) Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Franz Schubert (1797 - 1728) Symphony no. 8, D 759 in B minor 'Unfinished' Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) Siegfried-Idyll, WWV 103 Recorded 2 October 2020 at the Maison symphonique, Montréal

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Elim Chan (Conductor) Simone Lamsma (Violin) Piotr I. Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) Romeo and Juliet Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, op. 35 Swan Lake, suite op. 20a Recorded at the Concergebouw, Amsterdam, 13 September 2019

Michel Portal Quintet feat. Nils Wogram & Lander Gyselinck Michel Portal, clarinets, saxophone, bandoneon Nils Wogram, trombone Bojan Z, piano, keyboard Bruno Chevillon, double bass, bass Lander Gyselinck, drums An original musician, Michel Portal is a celebrity in the classical repertoire (Mozart, Schumann, Brahms, Berg) and contemporary music (Boulez, Stockausen, Berio, Kagel, Globokar). A virtuoso and something of a maverick, Portal is always up for musical experiments, exploring all kinds of fields! A regular guest at Europa Jazz over the past forty years, he has always delivered! This year, he presents a new project, involving Boyan Z and Bruno Chevillon, along with one of the greatest trombone players of today, Nils Wogram (who regularly plays with Bojan Z) and the new prodigy on the European jazz scene, young Belgian drummer Lander Gyselinck (Lab trio, Kris Defoort trio). Recorded on 2017, May 5th 2017 at the Epau Abbey, Europa Jazz Festival TV Director, Josselin Carré

Christian Sands Trio - 'Tribute to Erroll Garner' Christian Sands (piano) Terreon Gully (drums) Luques Curtis (bass) Whereas he has just released a really great album, Facing Dragons only a few months ago, the pianist Christian Sands is presenting to kick off the season a new repertoire as a tribute to Erroll Garner : one of the most important figures in the history of jazz, he who established the form of the ' piano trio ' in the modern era, only just before Bill Evans. So he is reaching for a very high goal. And you can bet that the challenge will be met with brio, because the young American is one of the most talented pianists of his generation : protégé of the immense late Billy Taylor, taken on by Christian McBride at 20, recognised by Wynton Marsalis who saw in him one of the grate heirs of the tradition, Christian Sands does actually possess an instrumental language which alludes to the whole history of his instrument, but still succeeds in remaining extremely modern. Recorded on Sptember 7, 2019 at the Pierre Boulez Hall - Philharmonie, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Samuel Thibaut

Electro Deluxe James Copley, vocal Jérémie Coke, bass Gaël Cadoux, keyboards Thomas Faure, big band arrangements and tenor saxophone Arnaud Renaville, drums Vincent Payen, trumpet Bertrand Luzignant, trombone It is on stage that the overall effect of Electro Deluxe's music becomes clear. After two years on tour and 140 concerts across the globe, the Funk/Soul group will present at the Olympia an innovative show with the exceptional participation of 13 musicians from its BIG BAND. The prize-winning group of the Victoire du jazz (best group for the year 2017) are coming back to the mythical hall to play the rearranged repertoire of its latest album 'Circle' Always on the move, Electro Deluxe shapes a music which is rich and brassy, an inimitable groove, a truly musical fever. At each concert the group make an impact and manage to surprise a public which is every time larger. Don't miss this opportunity ! Recorded on October 18, 2018 at Paris Olympia TV Director, Yvan Benedetti

Gilberto Gil Gilberto Gil guitar, voice Thiagô Queiroz saxophone, flute Diogo Gomes trumpet, bugle Bem Gil musical director , guitar, voice Danilo Andrade keyboard, piano Bruno Di Lullo bass Jose Gil batterie, percussion Domenico Lancellotti drums, percussion Nara Gil voice, chorus Guitarist, singer and composer, emblematic figure of Brazilian music, Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira, known as Gilberto Gil, began as a bossa nova singer, but above all made a name for himself by composing and performing with his friend Caetano Veloso, songs focusing on politics and social engagement. Made famous by his participation in the 1960's, in the Tropicalist Movement, he was imprisoned, and forced into exile by the military regime established in 1964. Once back in Brazil, he went into politics whilst continuing his artistic career. Municipal Councilor in Salvador de Bahia he then became Minister of culture for the government of Lula da Silva. His return to Marciac where he presented his latest album marked the apotheosis of an evening entirely devoted to popular Brazilian music. From muted sambas to classy bossas, they are part of popular Brazilian music that the musician in his seventies has always stood up for. An accessible, captivating, natural music which from the first notes already appears to be familiar to us. Recorded on August 05, 2019 at Jazz in Marciac TV Director,

John Coltrane's 'Africa / Brass' Revisited Dal Sasso Big Band, David El Malek, Sophie Alour & Géraldine Laurent John Coltrane (saxophone) Christophe Dal Sasso (arrangement , direction) Géraldine Laurent (alto saxophone ) David El Malek (tenor saxophone) Sophie Alour (tenor saxophone, flute) Dominique Mandin (flute, alto saxophone) Thomas Savy (baritone saxophone, clarinet) Julien Alour | Quentin Ghomari (trumpets) Jerry Edward | Daniel Zimmermann (trombones) Pierre de Bethmann (piano) Manu Marchès (double bass) Karl Jannuska (drums) Andy Bérald-Catelo (Ka Drum) Setlist Tunji (John Coltrane - Christophe Dal Sasso) Green Sleeves (Traditional - Christophe Dal Sasso) Liberia (John Coltrane - Christophe Dal Sasso) Song of the Underground Railroad (Traditional - Christophe Dal Sasso) A concert reviving the spiritual force and humanist message of John Coltrane's legendary Africa/Brass (1961), revisited in big band style under the leadership of Christophe Dal Sasso, with four extraordinary saxophone soloists. Recorded on Septemer 11, 2020, Philharmonie de Paris, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Guiseppe de Vecchi

Le Corsaire Ballet In three acts, with a prologue and epilogue Music, Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo and Pyotr Oldenburgsky Libretto, Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges et · and Joseph Masilier, Edited by Yuri Slonimsky and Pyotr Gusev Choreography,Pyotr Gusev Based on the Composition and Choreography of Marius Petipa Set Design, Teymuraz Murvanidze Assistant décorateur · Assistant Designer Mikhail Shishliannikov Costumes · Costume Design Galina Solovyova Lumières · Lighting Design Vladimir Lukasevich Chef d'orchestre · Conductor Alexei Repnikov (Conrad, le corsaire) Timur Askerov (Medora) Alina Somova (Gulnare) Nadezhda Batoeva (Lankedem, the slave trader) Philipp Stepin (Birbanto) Islom Baimuradov (Ali) Kimin Kim (Seyd Pasha) Soslan Kulaev (Les trois odalisques) Daria Ionova, Anastasia Nuikina, Maria Khoreva (Danse de forbans/brigands) Anastasia Petushkova, Maria Lebedeva, Alina Krasovskaya, Roman Malyshev, Maxim Zenin (Danse algérienne) Léa Thomasson & les artistes du ballet (Danse palestinienne) Alisa Rusina & les artistes du ballet Corsaires, femmes esclaves, odalisques, eunuques, guerriers, marins et marchands, artistes de la compagnie de ballet et figurants

Special Tribute to Marius Petipa Mariinsky Theater orchestra Valery Gergiev, conductor Mariinsky Theater ballet Les Saisons (The Seasons) (Вренена года), op 67 (New Creation) Music, Alexandre Glazounov Choreography, Konstantin Keikhel Libretto, Natalia Chumina Sets and Costumes de Sergei Illarionov Light designer, Konstantin Binkin Video Designer, Maria Feodoridi, Maxim Malovichko With Yekaterina Chebykina, Roman Belyakov and the Artists of The Mariinsky Ballet A Midsummer Nights Dream (Act II) Choreography, George Balanchine Music, Félix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Staging, Sandra Jennings Production Design, Luisa Spinatelli Lighting, Sergei Lutkin With Pas de deux, Oxana Skorik et Konstantin Zverev Titania, Queen of the Fairies, Anastasia Kolegova Oberon , King of the Fairies, David Zaleyev Puck, Vasily Tkachenko Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, Anastasia Matvienko Hermia, In love with Lysander, Yana Selina Lysander amoureux de Hermia, Yuri Smekalov Helena, in love with Demetrius, Zlata Yalinich Demetrius, suitor of Hermia, Alexander Romanchikov Theseus, DuDuke of Athens, Vitaly Amelishko Soprano, Lyudmila Dudinova and the Mariinsky Teather Children chorus Chorus master, Irina Yatsemirskaya The Sleeping Beauty (Act III) Music, P I Tchainovsky Choreography, Marius Petipa (1890) Libretto, Ivan Vsevolozhsky et Marius Petipa, after Charles Perrault's tales Set design, Heinrich Levogt, Mikhail Bocharov, Ivan Andreev, Konstantin Ivanov et Matvei Shishkov Costumes, Ivan Vsevolozhsky (revival of the 1890 production) The revival team Choreography staged, Sergei Vikharev Sets reproduced,Andrei Voitenko Costumes reproduced, Elena Zaitseva Lighting, Vladimir Lukasevich With The King . Florestan XIV, Vladimir Ponomarev The Queen . Elena Bazhenova Princess Aurore, their daughter , Alina Somova Prince Désiré, Xander Parish The Lilac Fairy, Ekaterina Kondaurova Carabosse, the evil fairy, Islom Baimuradov Catalabutte, Master of Ceremonies, Andrei Yakovlev Pas de quatre The Diamond Fairy Valeria Martynyuk The Sapphire Fairy, Kumiko Ishii The Gold Fairy, Vlada Borodulina The Silver Fairy, Shamala Guseinova Pas de caractère The White Cat, Xenia Ostreikovskaya Puss in Boots, Fyodor Murashov Pas de deux Princess Florine, Maria Shirinkina The Blue Bird, Alexei Timofeyev Pas de caractère The little red riding hood, Svetlana Russkikh The Big Bad Wolf, Daniil Lopatin Pas de deux Princess Aurore, Alina Somova Prince Désiré, Xander Parish Fairy-tale characters, court dancers, gods, goddesses Artists of The Mariinsky Ballet Recorded on January 11th 2018 at the Mariinsky Theater TV Director, François-René Martin

La Belle Hélène 'Opéra-bouffe' in three acts by Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880) Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy First perfomance in Paris, Théâtre des Variétés, 17 December 1864 Sinfonietta de Lausanne, Pierre Dumoussaud (Conductor) Chœur de l'Opéra de Lausanne Michel Fau (Stage director) Emmanuel Charles (Sets), David Belugou (Costumes), Joël Fabing (Lighting) Julien Dran (Pâris) Michel Fau (Ménélas) Christophe Lacassagne (Agamemnon) Jean-Claude Saragosse (Calchas) Jean-Francis Monvoisin (Achille) Pier-Yves Têtu (Ajax Premier) Hoël Troadec (Ajax Deuxième) Julie Robard-Gendre (Hélène) Jérôme Vavasseur (Oreste) Marie Daher (Bacchis) Recorded at the Opéra de Lausanne, December 2019

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, András Schiff (piano & conductor) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Keyboard Concerto no. 3 in D major, BWV1054 Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) Divertimento for string orchestra, SZ 113 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54 Recorded in Lausanne, Salle Métropole, 16 December 2020 Directed by Andy Sommer

Don Pasquale, dramma buffo in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848) Libretto by Giovanni Ruffini and Gaetano Donizetti after 'Ser Marcantonio' by Angelo Anelli First performance in Paris, Théâtre Italien, February 3, 1843 Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of La Monnaie, Alain Altinoglu (Conductor) Académie des chœurs de la Monnaie Martino Faggiani (Chorus Master) Laurent Pelly (Stage Direction and costumes) Chantal Thomas (Sets), Duane Schuler (Lighting) Michele Pertusi (Don Pasquale) Lionel Lhote (Dottor Malatesta) Joel Prieto (Ernesto) Danielle De Niese (Norina) Alessandro Abis (A Notaro) Recorded at La Monnaie | De Munt, Brussels, 21 December 2018 TV Director, Anaïs et Olivier Spiro

Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim (Conductor, piano) Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, K. 319 Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 'Prague Symphony' 'Ch'io mi scordi di te?' - 'Non temer, amato bene' Recitative and Aria for Soprano, Piano Obbligato and Orchestra, K. 505 Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 Recorded at the Mozarteum, Salzburg, 23 January 2021 Directed by Elisabeth Malzer

Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (Conductor) Marie Perbost (Dessus), Samuel Boden (Haute-contre), Zachary Wilder (Taille), Victor Sicard (Basse-taille) Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) In convertendo Dominus Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711-1772) In exitu Israël André Campra (1660-1744) Messe de Requiem Recorded at the Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles, 20 November 2019 TV Director, Olivier Simonnet

L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (Conductor) Céline Scheen (Soprano), Vincenzo Capezzuto (alto) Mei Hong Lin Dance Company Dirk Hofacker (Sets & Costumes) Music and Dance for a While Improvisations on Henry Purcell, G.F. Händel, Claudio Monteverdi. Georg Friedrich Händel / Improvisation / arr. C. Pluhar: Sinfonia - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Henry Purcell / Improvisation / arr. C. Pluhar: Strike the viol (Céline Scheen) Georg Friedrich Händel / Improvisation: Lascio ch'io pianga Henry Purcell / Improvisation / arr. C. Pluhar: `Twas within a furlong (Vincenzo Capezzuto) Claudio Monteverdi: Pur ti miro (Céline Scheen, Vincenzo Capezzuto) Traditional (Venezuela): El curruchà (Vincenzo Capezzuto, Céline Scheen) Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfa (Céline Scheen) Traditional (Sicily) / arr. C. Pluhar: Silenziu d'amuri (Vincenzo Capezzuto) Georg Friedrich Händel / Improvisation / arr. C. Pluhar: Sinfonia - Alcina Henry Purcell / Improvisation / arr. C. Pluhar: Music for a while (Céline Scheen) Traditional (Salento): Pizzica di San Vito (Vincenzo Capezzuto) Traditional (Bulgaria): Bucimis Giovanni Felice Sances: Stabat Mater (Céline Scheen) Improvisation: Hasapiko Traditional (Italy): Tarantella del Gargano (Vincenzo Capezzuto) Traditional (Mexico) / arr. C. Pluhar: La Llorona (Vincenzo Capezzuto) Henry Purcell / Improvisation / arr. C. Pluhar: When I am laid (Céline Scheen) Improvisation: Canario Maurizio Cazzati / arr. C. Pluhar: Ciaccona Girolamo Kapsberger: Toccata L'Arpeggiata Traditional (Italy) / arr. Christina Pluhar : Ninna, nanna sopra la Romanesca (Vincenzo Capezzuto, Céline Scheen) Georg Friedrich Händel / Improvisation / arr. C. Pluhar: O sleep, why thost thou leave me (Céline Scheen) Recorded on November 6, 2017 at the Landestheater Linz, Austria Directed by Sonia Paramo

La Rencontre Choreography by Ambra Senatore With Matteo Ceccarelli, Elisa Ferrari, Gilselda Hanieri, Antoine Roux-Briffaud, Ambra Senatore Recorded on December 18, 2017 at The Castel of If TV Director, Caroline Cutaia

A feature documentary about female singers living inside Iran and their daily life and the deepest wish: 'I want my voice to be heard'. Dealing with cultural censorship in Iran, women singers started using also digital media more. Invited by Negar, a magical entity, female voices from all over this vast country come out of isolation, gather in a garden in the very middle of Iran to make their dream come true. Nobody has tried this before, so Negar seeks the help of two travellers to connect. Along the way they meet surprisingly strong female personalities of diverse cultural backgrounds and come closer to understanding the orient...

Kenny Garrett Quintet Kenny Garrett (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone) Vernell Brown (piano) Corcoran Holt (bass) Samuel Laviso (drum kit) Rudy Bird (percussion) From the nu soul and hip hop rhythms of drummer Chris Dave, to the post-bop and calypso brio of alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett and precision funk of Ghost-Note, an evening of jazz infused with today's urban culture, bringing together true masters of groove. Recorded on August 31, 2019 at the Grand Halle de la Villette, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Giuseppe De Vecchi

Archie Shepp, musical direction, saxophones Ambrose Akinmusire, trumpet Jason Moran, piano Richard Davis, double bass Billy Hart, drums With guests: Marion Rampal, voice Izidor Leitinger, trumpet Sébastien Llado, trombone Jean-Philippe Scali, baritone saxophone Playlist Naima - John Coltrane - Arranged by Izidor Leitinger Cousin Mary - John Coltrane - Arranged by Izidor Leitinger Blasé - Archie Shepp Prelude to a Kiss - Duke Ellington Los Olvidados - Archie Shepp In 1960, Archie Shepp attended a concert by John Coltrane at the Five Spot, the mythical club on the Lower East Side. Totally fascinated, he decided to pick up the tenor saxophone. Five years later, Shepp - already a reference in the world of free jazz - recorded alongside his hero. The resulting album, 'Ascension', was released in 1966, and remains today one of the great monuments of free improvisation. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Coltrane's death - at the age of forty - the most Parisian representative of the New York avant-garde pays tribute to the brilliant composer of 'A Love Supreme', with a Franco-American all-star band not unlike that which recorded the revolutionary 'Ascension'. A giant of jazz pays tribute to one of his gods... Recorded on September 3rd 2016 at the Grande Halle of la Villette TV Director, Frank Cassenti

LLaurent Bardainne ' Tigre d'Eau Douce ' Laurent Bardainne (Tenor saxophone ) Arnaud Roulin (Hammond organ) Sylvain Daniel (bass) Philippe Gleizes (drums) Tenor saxophonist, Laurent Bardainne is one of the most discreet and yet active musicians on the Paris scene. It is difficult not to come across him when you like jazz and its related music : we can hear him in the Supersonic by Thomas de Pourquery, alongside Camélia Jordana with Lost, with his rock group Poni Hoax, in the electro detours Sabrina & Samantha, and even at the heart of Limousine, with whom he released an excellent recording in the spring. L'Été suivant. Laurent Bardainne comes back today with this incredibly free quartet, entitled Tigre d'Eau Douce. Music which recalls Albert Ayler's Laments and John Coltrane's freeest hours, all of which is crisscrossed by ballads and soothing moments in the colours of Soul spirituality played out on the Hammond B3 organ by Arnaud Roulin. Recorded on August 29, 2019 at the Grande Halle de la Villette, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, David Unger

Electro Deluxe James Copley, vocal Jérémie Coke, bass Gaël Cadoux, keyboards Thomas Faure, big band arrangements and tenor saxophone Arnaud Renaville, drums Vincent Payen, trumpet Bertrand Luzignant, trombone It is on stage that the overall effect of Electro Deluxe's music becomes clear. After two years on tour and 140 concerts across the globe, the Funk/Soul group will present at the Olympia an innovative show with the exceptional participation of 13 musicians from its BIG BAND. The prize-winning group of the Victoire du jazz (best group for the year 2017) are coming back to the mythical hall to play the rearranged repertoire of its latest album 'Circle' Always on the move, Electro Deluxe shapes a music which is rich and brassy, an inimitable groove, a truly musical fever. At each concert the group make an impact and manage to surprise a public which is every time larger. Don't miss this opportunity ! Recorded on October 18, 2018 at Paris Olympia TV Director, Yvan Benedetti

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 'Tragedia lirica' in two acts Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835) Libretto by Felice Romani First performance in Venice, Teatro La Fenice, 11 March 1830 Philharmonia Zürich, Chor der Oper Zürich, Fabio Luisi (Musical Director) Christof Loy (Stage Director) Christian Schmidt (Set & Costume Design) Joyce DiDonato (Romeo) Olga Kulchynska (Giulietta) Benjamin Bernheim (Tebaldo) Alexei Botnarciuc (Capellio) Erik Anstine (Lorenzo) Recorded at the Opernhaus Zürich, 18 & 21 June 2015 Directed by Michael Beyer

Mosaïques Choreography, Julien Lestel Music, Ivan Julliard (original creation, 66'17''), Mama Morte by Andréa Chénier (Acte III, by Umberto Giordano & Maria Callas, 4'25''), Down To Earth de Flight Facilities, 1'50'') Costume, Patrick Murru Lighting, Lo-Ammy Vaimatapako Dancers Mara Whittington, Zélie Jourdan, Roxanne Katrun, Inès Pagotto, Gilles Porte, Ivan Julliard, Gaël Alamargot, Florent Cazeneuve, Jean-Baptiste de Gimel, Matisse Coelho-Mandes et Alexandra Cardinale (artiste invitée). Recorded at the Opéra de Marseille, on October 23 e& 24, 2020 TV Director, Patrick Lauze

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott (conductor) Alexei Volodin (piano), Vincent Thévenaz (organ) Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H, S 260 Arnold Schönberg (1874 - 1951) Variations for Orchestra, op. 31 Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43 Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) Boléro Recorded on November 15, 2017 at the Victoria Hall, Genèva Directed by Andy Sommer

Grigory Sokolov (piano) Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) 4 Fugues Op. 72 Bunte Blätter Op. 99 Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) Polonaises Op. 26 1 Allegro appassionato (C-sharp minor) 2 Maestoso (E-flat minor) Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44 Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 Recorded at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, 12 December 2020

Una oda al tiempo (an ode to time) Choreography, María Pagés Dramaturgy & Lyrics, El Arbi El Harti Music, Rubén Levaniegos, María Pagés, Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovski, Antonio Vivaldi, Georg FRiedrich Haendel, Sergio Menem, David Moñiz, Isaac Muñoz, musique populaire traditionnelle 'Your wind Moves Me' poem by Marifé Santiago Lighting design, Dominique You, Paul Fullana Costume design, Maria pagés Scenography, Maria Pagés & El Arbi El Harti Sound design, Albert Cortada, Enrique Canañas María Pagés Compañía Dancers María Pagés, Eva Varela, Julia Gimeno, Marta Galvez, Virginia Muñoz, José Barrios, Rafael Ramirez, Juan Carlos Avecilla, José Ángel Capel Artists Anna Ramon, Sara Corea, Barnardo Miranda, voices Ruben Levaniegos, Isaac Munoz, guitars David Moniz, violin Sergio Menem, Cary Rosa, Marina Barba, cello Cheam Uriarte, percussion Recorded on May 31 & Juner 1st, 2019 at the Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo, Spain TV Director, Arnaud Lalanne

Orchestre de Paris, Ariane Matiakh (Conductor) Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Pelléas et Mélisande, suite op. 80 Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Aus Italien, fantaisie symphonique, op. 16 Recorded 13 January 202I, Philharmoine de Paris Directed by Guillaume Klein

Orchestre de Paris, Marin Alsop (Conductor) Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, Op. 15 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Symphony no. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 Recorded 10 September 2020 at the Philharmonie de Paris

Robot ! Choreography, artistic direction Blanca Li Musical robots, Maywa Denki NAO Robots , Aldebaran Robotics Scenography, Pierre Attrait Light, Jacques Chatelet Music, Tao Gutierrez In partnership with Aldebaran Robotics for the NAO robots Dancers, Yacnoy Abreu Alfonso, Emilie Camacho, Géraldine Fournier, Yann Hervé, Aliashka Hilsum, Samir M'Kirech, Margalida Riera Roig, Gael Rougegrez and 8 robots Eight dancers and the musically animated humanoids of the Japanese collective Maywa Denki are directed by Blanca Li and investigate the relationship between man and machine, in the particular context where robots tend to become more and more human. This innovative performance is immediately engaging and the audience is dazzled by the technical prowess of the robotic choreography. A futuristic fantasy, 'Robot!', Blanca Li's new creation for the Montpellier Dance Festival, is one of these unidentified objects the choreographer from Andalusia particularly enjoys. In this approach to 'total theatre', she involves eight dancers and the animated humanoids of the Japanese collective Maywa Denki. The resulting opera takes stock of a world in which mathematics and technology try to harness human life and design thinking machines. Machines with desires... A post-dadaist choreographer, influenced by psychoanalytically-minded Martha Graham and her native city of Granada where she was a gymnast at the age of twelve, Blanca Li enjoys a comical and poetical form of humour. Her 'Garden of Earthly Delights' after Hieronymus Bosch, premiered at Montpellier in 2009, her opera 'Rag Time' after Scott Joplin, a commercial for the Longchamp brand and a show for Jean-Paul Gaultier all partake of her invitation to 'come and dance with me'. 'Robot!' clearly belong to this tradition. Recorded at the Maison des Arts & de la Culture de Créteil TV directors, Blanca Li and Fabien Raymond

Mass B Conception and choreography by Béatrice Massin Music Jean-Sébastien Bach, extracts from the Mass in B minor BWV 232 Recording : Frans Brüggen, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Orchestra of the 18th century György Ligeti Extracts from Continuum 1st study for organ, Harmonies Symphonic poem for 100 metronomes Scenography by Frédéric Casanova Lights by Caty Olive Sound by Emmanuel Nappey Costume by Clémentine Monsaingeon Choreography assistant Nikola Krizkova compagnie Fêtes galantes With Lauren Bolze, Lou Cantor, Benjamin Dur, Rémi Gérard, Philippe Lebhar, Marie Orts, Édouard Pelleray, Bérangère Roussel, Chloé Zamboni, Thalia Ziliotis Compagnie Fêtes galantes Recorded on January 19th 2017 at the Opéra Comédie, Montpellier TV Director, Stéphane Lebard

Le cri Choreography, Nacera Belaza Light and sound conceptio, Nacera Belaza Light creation, Eric Soyer Music Larbi Bestam, chant lyrique Amy Winehouse 'Some unholy war' Callas, ouverture de la Traviata de Verdi Nina Simone 'Black is the color of my true love's hair' Dancers Nacera Belaza Dalila Belaza Recorded on June 11, 2016 at the cloister of la Psalette TV Director, Béatrice Vernhes

Airelle Besson, trumpet Sebastien Sternal, piano, Fender Rhodes Jonas Burgwinkel, drums Clémence Colin, chansigneuse For her third and last year in residence, Airelle Besson and her new trio (featuring Sebastian Sternal and Jonas Burgwinkel) embark on a bold and original project: to make human bodies resonate with their music in collaboration with deaf actress Clémence Colin. Unanimously praised by the critics, this young trio, whose jazz can be at once rhythmical and ethereal, pushes boundaries even further in this new encounter with what could be termed 'sign-song '. Recorded on May 25, 2017 at the Festival Jazz sous les pommiers TV Director, Laurent Hasse

Antonio Zambujo - Rua da Emenda Antonio Zambujo (voice, Classical guitar) Bernardo Couto (portugese guitar) Ricardo Cruz (double bass) Joao Moreira (trumpet) Jose Conde (clarinette) Antonio Zambujo, a singer with a sensual and warm voice who delivers with his quintet an interpretation of fado between cool jazz and bossa nova. Recroded on January 23, 2015 at La Cigale (Paris) TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Sophie Alour 'Exil(s)' Sophie Alour (saxophone, flute, compositions) Mohamed Abozékry (oud) Donald Kontamanou (drums) Philippe Aerts (double bass) Damien Argentieri (piano) Wassim Halal (derbouka, bendir) The first, Alfredo Rodriguez, after classical training, discovered the world of jazz and improvisation by listening to Keith Jarrett.Today he is Quincy Jones's preferred pianist. The second, Pedrito Martinez, congaceros (percussionnist) comes from the streets of Havana making the whole of New York dance at Ginny's, the epicentre of Cuban Santeria. These two great jazz hopes meet each other at last and hold high the torch of the new uninhibited Latin-jazz scene where their virtuoso and audacious playing and their volcanic energy is put to the service of adventurous writing for a unique and fascinating voyage. Recorded on May 31, 2019 at Jazz sous les Pommiers TV Directors, Thierry Villeneuve

Bojan Z Bojan Z, piano, fender rhodes Thomas Bramerie, bass Martijn Vink, drums Pantelis Stoikos, trumpet Claudio Puntin, clarinet Paolo Fresu, trumpet Multiple prize awarded jazz pianist, Bojan Z started working with the French bassist Henri Texier, later followed by the famous clarinetist Michel Portal. With his special language consisting of a mature jazz vocabulary with subtly dosed folkloric influences from the Balkans, Bojan leaves an indelible imprint on contemporary jazz. In 2002 he receives the Prix Django Reinhardt for Musician of the Year. In 2005 he was awarded the 'European Jazz Prize' ( Hans Koller Prize) as the best European jazz artist. Bojan adds Fender Rhodes to his acoustic piano play in which be-bop lines fit in seamlessly with dance rhythms, funky backbeats and folk-tinged improvisations. For his unusual new quartet based on winds, his creation in residence, he works once again with his musician friend, the celebrated Italian trumpet player Paolo Fresu. The public will discover Pantelis Stoikos known as one of the best trumpeters of the Balkans as well as Carlo Puntin an inventive clarinetist acclaimed by John Zorn. Recorded on May 25th 2017 at Like a Jazz Machine Festival, Dudelange, Luxembourg TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Kenny Garrett Quintet Kenny Garrett (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone) Vernell Brown (piano) Corcoran Holt (bass) Samuel Laviso (drum kit) Rudy Bird (percussion) From the nu soul and hip hop rhythms of drummer Chris Dave, to the post-bop and calypso brio of alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett and precision funk of Ghost-Note, an evening of jazz infused with today's urban culture, bringing together true masters of groove. Recorded on August 31, 2019 at the Grand Halle de la Villette, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Giuseppe De Vecchi

Christian Sands Trio - 'Tribute to Erroll Garner' Christian Sands (piano) Terreon Gully (drums) Luques Curtis (bass) Whereas he has just released a really great album, Facing Dragons only a few months ago, the pianist Christian Sands is presenting to kick off the season a new repertoire as a tribute to Erroll Garner : one of the most important figures in the history of jazz, he who established the form of the ' piano trio ' in the modern era, only just before Bill Evans. So he is reaching for a very high goal. And you can bet that the challenge will be met with brio, because the young American is one of the most talented pianists of his generation : protégé of the immense late Billy Taylor, taken on by Christian McBride at 20, recognised by Wynton Marsalis who saw in him one of the grate heirs of the tradition, Christian Sands does actually possess an instrumental language which alludes to the whole history of his instrument, but still succeeds in remaining extremely modern. Recorded on Sptember 7, 2019 at the Pierre Boulez Hall - Philharmonie, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Samuel Thibaut

Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (Conductor) Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) Valses nobles et sentimentales La Valse Daphnis et Chloé - Suites Nos. 1 & 2 Boléro Recorded at the KKL, Lucerne in 2018

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Jakub Hrůša (conductor) Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) The Hebrides or Fingal's Cave. Concert Overture, Op. 26 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Flute Concerto in G major, K. 313 (285c) Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 Recorded at the KKL Luzern, Concert Hall, as part of the Lucerne Festival, 27 August 2019

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Joshua Weilerstein (conductor) Nelson Freire (Piano) Christopher Rouse (b. 1949) Iscariot Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Arnold Schönberg (1874 - 1951) Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (1943) Recorded on October 30th 2017 at the Salle Métropole of Lausanne Directed by Andy Sommer

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev (Conductor) Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Don Giovanni, overture Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Piano Concerto no 3 in C minor, op. 37 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Symphony no 9 in E flat major, op. 70 Recorded 20 September 2017, Halle aux Grains, Toulouse

LLaurent Bardainne ' Tigre d'Eau Douce ' Laurent Bardainne (Tenor saxophone ) Arnaud Roulin (Hammond organ) Sylvain Daniel (bass) Philippe Gleizes (drums) Tenor saxophonist, Laurent Bardainne is one of the most discreet and yet active musicians on the Paris scene. It is difficult not to come across him when you like jazz and its related music : we can hear him in the Supersonic by Thomas de Pourquery, alongside Camélia Jordana with Lost, with his rock group Poni Hoax, in the electro detours Sabrina & Samantha, and even at the heart of Limousine, with whom he released an excellent recording in the spring. L'Été suivant. Laurent Bardainne comes back today with this incredibly free quartet, entitled Tigre d'Eau Douce. Music which recalls Albert Ayler's Laments and John Coltrane's freeest hours, all of which is crisscrossed by ballads and soothing moments in the colours of Soul spirituality played out on the Hammond B3 organ by Arnaud Roulin. Recorded on August 29, 2019 at the Grande Halle de la Villette, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, David Unger

Orchestre de Paris, Ariane Matiakh (Conductor) Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Pelléas et Mélisande, suite op. 80 Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Aus Italien, fantaisie symphonique, op. 16 Recorded 13 January 202I, Philharmoine de Paris Directed by Guillaume Klein

Lulu Opera in a prologue and three acts by Alban Berg (1885 - 1935) (completed by Friedrich Cerha) Libretto by Alban Berg after Franz Wedekind's plays 'Erdgeist' and 'Die Büchse der Pandora' First performance in Zürich, Stadtheater, 2 June 1937 The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Lothar Koenigs (Conductor) William Kentridge (Stage Director) Catherine Meyburgh (Production Designer) Sabine Theunissen (Sets), Greta Goiris (Costumes), Urs Schönebaum (Lighting) Marlis Petersen (Lulu) Johan Reuter (Dr. Schön | Jack the Ripper) Susan Graham (Countess Geschwitz) Daniel Brenna (Alwa) Franz Grundheber (Schigolch) Martin Winkler (Animal Tamer | Acrobat) Paul Groves (Painter | African Prince) James Courtney (Physician | Professor | Policeman) Alan Oke (Prince | Manservant | Marquis) Elizabeth DeShong (Dresser | Schoolboy | Page) Julian Close (Theater Manager | Banker) Tyler Duncan (Journalist) Paul Corona (Servant) Kathryn Day (Designer) Ashley Emerson (Girl) Jane Shaulis (Mother) Recorded at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 9 November 2015

Paul Lay | Deep Rivers Paul Lay (Piano) Isabel Sörling (Vocal) Simon Tailleu (Double Bass) Play list A southern soldier boy (G.W. Alexander) Rebel soldier (traditional) Follow the drinking gourd (traditional) Maple leaf rag (Scott Joplin) To Germany (Paul Lay) Sylvia - Deep rivers (Oley Speaks) Go to hell (Nina Simone) Battle of the republic (Willian Steffe) After Alcazar Memories, the return of a virtuoso jazz trio for a musical journey that revisits a century of American song, from the Civil War to Nina Simone! Carried away by the fascinating voice of Isabel Sörling, who covers folk, jazz and gospel with the same power, pianist Paul Lay and double bassist Simon Tailleu give new life to popular music from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the jazz era ultimate. From these arias that rocked the youth of American soldiers who landed in France to those sung by the slaves of the cotton fields, via Broadway and Tin Pan Alley, a tribute concert to the history of jazz, which celebrates this great lesson in musical freedom which crossed the Atlantic several times! Recorded on November 14, 2020 at St Quentin en Yvelines Theater TV Director, Gilles Le Mao

Electro Deluxe James Copley, vocal Jérémie Coke, bass Gaël Cadoux, keyboards Thomas Faure, big band arrangements and tenor saxophone Arnaud Renaville, drums Vincent Payen, trumpet Bertrand Luzignant, trombone It is on stage that the overall effect of Electro Deluxe's music becomes clear. After two years on tour and 140 concerts across the globe, the Funk/Soul group will present at the Olympia an innovative show with the exceptional participation of 13 musicians from its BIG BAND. The prize-winning group of the Victoire du jazz (best group for the year 2017) are coming back to the mythical hall to play the rearranged repertoire of its latest album 'Circle' Always on the move, Electro Deluxe shapes a music which is rich and brassy, an inimitable groove, a truly musical fever. At each concert the group make an impact and manage to surprise a public which is every time larger. Don't miss this opportunity ! Recorded on October 18, 2018 at Paris Olympia TV Director, Yvan Benedetti

Kenny Garrett Quintet Kenny Garrett (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone) Vernell Brown (piano) Corcoran Holt (bass) Samuel Laviso (drum kit) Rudy Bird (percussion) From the nu soul and hip hop rhythms of drummer Chris Dave, to the post-bop and calypso brio of alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett and precision funk of Ghost-Note, an evening of jazz infused with today's urban culture, bringing together true masters of groove. Recorded on August 31, 2019 at the Grand Halle de la Villette, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Giuseppe De Vecchi

Shai Maestro 'The Stone Skipper' Shai Maestro, piano Ziv Ravitz, drums Jorge Roeder, doublebass Neli Andreeva, voice Playlist Composer, Shai Maestro A man, morning, street rain Without Words From one soul to another Pearl New river, new water Kunda Kuchka The Stone Skipper Water Colors Kalimankou Denkou A concert by Shai Maestro is always an unforgettable experience!
At the age of nineteen, Shai Maestro began his career with Avishai Cohen as an accompanist. After a few years performing all around the world, the time for independence came in 2011. Brought up on traditional music, classical and jazz, Shai Maestro polished his pianistic style and his skills as a composer. He also chose the best sidemen: Ziv Ravitz on drums (Lee Konitz, Esperanza Splading...) and Jorge Roeder on the double bass (Roy Haynes, Gary Burton, Julian Lage...). The trio is mesmerizing on record, magical on stage.
In concert or in the recording studio, a mysterious sacred fire sets the piano ablaze. Nothing faked or contrived here, Shai Maestro's trio goes straight to the point. Their exceptional presence, at time minimalistic, or dissonant and exuberant, touches and immediately wins over the audience. Recorded on December 6th 2016 at the Studio 104 of the Maison de la Radio - Paris. TV Director, Samuel Petit