An hour long historical and contemporary
look at the Paris classical.
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
Paris’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. They
And just a few of the great musicians from the past whose
legendary performances in Paris are profiled are on the
programmes are 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 Paris and
sets the scene on the many great operas, ballets, symphonic
and instrumental works that have been written about this
city. 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 English speaking radio station operating in
France.
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