Le Festival de Radio France et Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon
14 - 31 juillet 2008
14 - 31 juillet 2008
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From 15th to 31st of July 2008, at the Fabre Museum of Montpellier, will be held an exhibition of fifteen instruments of the violin maker Antonio Stradivari.
After Charles Beare in 1987 in Crémona for the 250th anniversary of the death of the famous violin maker, the Fabre museum of Montpellier exposes 15 instruments: 10 violins, 2 violas, 3 cellos dating from 1689 till 1730. On the occasion of this event, numerous experts and makers will talk about Antonio Stradivari's work.
The Festival of Radio France and Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon will open on July 14th by a bacchanal during which the musicians of the National Orchestra of Montpellier will have the chance to play the exposed instruments. Other virtuosos' concerts playing Stradivarius will be featured on this particular edition.
Furthermore, the side activities proposed by the Museum Fabre turn around this temporary exhibition: living workshop of lutherie, sonority comparative tests, readings... Detailed information to come.
We will reveal one of the marvellous, original aspects
of this ‘Bacchanal of
the Savage’, never before seen—or heard—: on stage,
the orchestra will be playing on 20 Stradivarii, and a few top-flight
musicians will add their talent to open this 24th edition of the Festival.
GUSTAVE
COURBET: RETROSPECTIVE 14 June 2008 - 28 September 2008 |
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The
present exhibition is a timely tribute to Courbet'scareer, which
was closely associated with the collector Alfred Bruyas, who later
donated some of his finest works to the Musée Fabre, in the city
of his birth. The Musée Fabre has joined forces with the Musée
d’Orsay and the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art to organise
this long-awaited international retrospective of Courbet's work.
The event revisits Courbet's Å“uvre in the light of new research
carried out since 1977, notably for the exhibition Bonjour, Monsieur
Courbet, which presented works from the Bruyas collection, organised
in conjunction with FRAME (the French American Museums Exchange).
The exhibition aims to trace the history of Courbet's artistic
evolution, from his early Romantic works to the late paintings
executed in Switzerland after the dramatic events surrounding the
Paris Commune. It includes all of Courbet's best-known masterpieces
together with many rediscovered works from public and private collections
all over the world. This major exhibition – in the Musée Fabre's
new temporary exhibition space – coincides with international conferences
in Paris and Ornans, Courbet's home region.
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