Saturdays, 12:00-13:00. Sundays 12.00-13:00 and 19.00-20:00.

An hour long historical and contemporary look at the Paris classical music scene.

Classical Paris profiles the vibrant world of Paris’s classical music scene as it is now and as it has been in centuries of musical legend.
Classical Paris programmes include exclusive interviews with top international classical music celebrities, topical classical music reports and information, extracts from great musical masterworks written about Paris, and features about France’s legendary musical history including snapshots of great and sometimes controversial musical events of the past.

Just a few names of the many artists speaking in person on Classical Paris are: Roberto Alagna, Cecilia Bartoli, Pierre Boulez, Jose Carreras, Natalie Dessay, Angela Gheorghiu, Viktoria Mullova, Vadim Repin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Gil Shaham, Dame Joan Sutherland and Maxim Vengerov.
And they will be accompanied by a number of great musicians from the past whose legendary performances in Paris and France are also profiled on the show: Sir Thomas Beecham, Maria Callas, Feodor Chaliapin, Boris Christoff, Emil Gilels, Herbert von Karajan, Yehudi Menuhin and Sviatoslav Richter.
In addition to this, Classical Paris gives information and reports on topical classical music events in Frnace and sets the scene on the many great operas, ballets, symphonic and instrumental works that have been written about this country. There are also features bringing to life some of the great and sometimes controversial musical events that have taken place in Paris’s vibrant musical past.
Award winning international broadcaster, writer and former musician Jon Tolansky hosts and produces Classical Paris, the sole English speaking classical music programme in Paris on the only commercial French radio station broadcasting exclusively in English.