Le salon romantique
7 - 27 february 2010
Presenting the French Romantic repertoire and contributing to its understanding and appreciation are central to the activities of the Palazzetto Bru Zane. Opening its doors to talented young interpreters is no doubt the most committed way of encouraging them to approach and study this music and play it as often as possible. Le salon romantique, held in winter each year, brings together, in various programmes of French music, ten talented young artists and ensembles, who are one the verge of their professional careers. The festival provides an opportunity for them to test their skills in famous pieces from the repertoire or to discover forgotten (or even completely unknown) ones. The Palazzetto Bru Zane will continue to support these artists after the festival, when they will go on to present their concerts at other venues. The programmes in the first edition of this festival, in February 2010, will include composers as diverse as Boieldieu, Onslow, Isouard, Berlioz, Offenbach, Donizetti, Lalo, Lecocq, Dubois, Fauré, Debussy and Messager, all of whom were well known during their lifetimes, but not all of whom have been remembered to this day. Played by enthusiastic young musicians with promising careers ahead them, we will see that the music of those composers shares similar qualities, including the famous “French spirit”: by turns serious or light, melancholy or passionate.
