Genuine festivals within the Festival make it possible to bring the discovery of certain artists to the fore. The first weekend specially showcases the Akilone Quartet in a double programme combining highlights from the First Viennese School (Beethoven’s last quartets) and emblematic pieces from the Second Viennese School. The following weekend, pianist François-Frédéric Guy takes centre stage in two outstanding masterpieces of the early 20th century (Béla Bartók’s Piano Concerto No.2 and Arnold Schoenberg’s Piano Concerto Op. 42) with the renowned BBC Symphony Orchestra, of which Pierre Boulez was once musical director. Finally, composer, arranger and pianist Hervé Sellin offers a jazz take on of works by Debussy and Ravel, and returns the following day with his entire tentet for a transatlantic journey from Marciac to New York.
QUATUOR AKILONE
SATURDAY 15 MARCH 7:30 PM – One Monte-Carlo Works by Anton Webern, Alban Berg and Ludwig van Beethoven
10:00 PM – Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Café de la Rotonde After with Henri Demarquette, cello
5:00 PM – Théâtre Princesse Grace Works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Arnold Schoenberg with Sindy Mohamed, viola, Henri Demarquette, cello and Antony Rossi, actor
FRANÇOIS-FRÉDÉRIC GUY & BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SATURDAY 22 MARCH 7:30 PM – Auditorium Rainier III Works by Igor Stravinsky, Béla Bartók and Arnold Schoenberg conducted by Pascal Rophé
SUNDAY 23 MARCH 5:00 PM – Auditorium Rainier III Works by Claude Debussy, Arnold Schoenberg and Igor Stravinsky conducted by Pascal Rophé
HERVÉ SELLIN
FRIDAY 28 MARCH 7:30 PM – Théâtre des Variétés From works by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel With Claude Égéa, trumpet and the participation of the Académie Rainier III
SATURDAY 29 MARCH 7:30 PM – Théâtre des Variétés “Marciac-New York Express” with the Hervé Sellin Tentet
