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French Politics: A Neighbour’s History of the Present
Thu 26 Sept - Tue 30 Jun
University of Westminster
This series of seminars is designed with the Foucauldian notion of “history of the present” in mind and will tackle some of the most pressing challenges of French politics and political theory today.
Talks
TV5MONDE
Mon 30 - Wed 30 Sept
For the love of culture, in French
Anyone in the UK can now enjoy TV5MONDE streamed live 24/7 in HD. From prime time films, hit drama series premieres, documentaries, travel, cuisine and kids programmes and news throughout the day, just click and watch for free.
Films & TV
Céline Condorelli – Spinning
Tue 1 Oct - Thu 31 Dec
Elmington Estate
Céline Condorelli has designed a playground for Elmington Estate, featuring carousels, climbing structures and coloured surfaces. This energising space to play is part of the SLG’s ongoing Open Plan of collaborations with neighbouring estates.
Visual Arts
Christian Louboutin
Tue 25 Feb - Tue 28 Jul
Palais de la Porte Dorée
Thought as an invitation to dive into the prolific universe of Christian Louboutin, the exhibition explores all the aspects of his multiple referenced inspirations, in a place dear to the creator and which has seen his vocation grow.
Visual Arts
Anne Gillis & XT Duo: a new collaborative work
Sun 1 Mar - Sun 31 May
Café Oto, London
Bringing together three explicitly ‘radical’ artists of different generations in a unique Anglo-French collaboration featuring Anne Gillis and composers XT, the show operates at the boundaries of sound-making/music, visual arts and performance.
Contemporary Music, Performing Arts, Visual Arts
The Swap Project : Elodie Merland and Bachir Boussandel
Wed 1 Apr - Tue 30 Jun
River Garage, Kent
River Garage invites in a three-week residency French artists Elodie Merland and Bachir Boussandel, living in Northern France and whose work is linked to notions of borders, languages and spaces through sculpture, performance, installation and photography.
Performing Arts, Visual Arts
Jimmy Robert : A Review
Fri 22 May - Mon 31 Aug
Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
Nottingham Contemporary presents a major survey exhibition by the French artist Jimmy Robert, spanning two decades of practice, as well as the UK premiere and tour of his most ambitious performance to date, Joie Noire (2019).
Performing Arts, Visual Arts
Nekfeu
Sun 31 May
O2 Forum Kentish Town
One of France's biggest stars comes to London to perform tracks from his third album Les Etoiles Vagabondes. The biggest selling rap album of 2019 in France - beating even PNL - it was accompanied by the release of a box office-topping documentary.
Contemporary Music
Memory / Hélène Grimaud
Sun 7 Jun
Barbican Centre
Hélène Grimaud matches Schumann's virtuosity with pieces by Satie, Silvestrov, Debussy and Chopin to ‘conjure atmospheres of fragile reflection, a mirage of what was – or what could have been’, as she says.
Classical Music
LSO Artist Portrait: Antoine Tamestit
Thu 11 Jun
Barbican Centre
For his LSO Artist Portrait's second concert, violist Antoine Tamestit will present works by Berio and Stravinsky. He will complement the three orchestral concerts with thematically-related chamber concerts at LSO St Luke’s.
Classical Music
Philippe Cassard & Cédric Pescia
Wed 17 Jun
Wigmore Hall
French pianists Philippe Cassard and Cédric Pescia will perform Schubert's Fantasie in F minor that they recorded on La Dolce Vita label and the Liszt's two-piano transcription of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Classical Music
Vanessa Paradis
Sun 21 Jun
O2 Forum Kentish Town
The French singer, model and actress comes to London off the back of her new two-part album, Best Of & Variations, featuring classics like Joe Le Taxi and Be My Baby, plus some fresh new interpretations of songs from her catalogue.
Contemporary Music
Jordi Savall & Le Concert des Nations
Tue 23 Jun
Wigmore Hall
Early Music and Baroque series includes some of the finest ensembles and soloists performing today. Jordi Savall and his ensemble Le Concert des Nations will perform François Couperin's Les Nations.
Classical Music
Cédric Tiberghien
Thu 2 Jul
Wigmore Hall
Among pieces by Schumann, Webern and Schoenberg, Cédric Tiberghien includes in his programme a selection from Beethoven’s catalogue of Variations written during the final decade of the 18th century.
Classical Music
Jean Rondeau
Sun 26 Jul
Wigmore Hall
Pianist and harpsichordist, Jean Rondeau always impresses audiences with his distinctive musicianship. This time he will give the audience the chance to hear one of the masterworks of the entire keyboard repertoire on the harpsichord.
Classical Music
L’Impératrice
Thu 12 Nov
O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
The Parisians' debut album Matahari arrived last year with all the pomp and circumstance of a coronation. They draw on genres from 70s space disco to downtempo 90s synth pop, taking in French film composers, and they can undoubtedly deliver it live.
Contemporary Music