Fete de la musique: free day (London)
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Mon, 09 Jun 2008
*MUSIC DAY / F**ETE DE LA MUSIQUE @ INSTITUT FRANCAIS*
*part of "Explore Sites and Sounds" -- a midsummer festival of
Architecture and Music*
*Saturday 21 June*
*Free event from 10 am -- midnight *
Here comes what is shaping up to be the biggest and best *free musical
celebration* yet in London, on the longest day of the year, Saturday
21st June, with *Amadou & Mariam, Arthur H, Pauline Croze and Phoebe
Killdeer & The Short Straws* to top the bill at the Institut Français!
*Exhibition Road Music Day (ERMD), London's home of Fête de la Musique*,
is the annual one-day free festival of live music set up by the leading
cultural organisations around South Kensington. For its 4th edition, the
event joins forces with the London Festival of Architecture. With
Exhibition Road closed to the traffic for the entire day, South
Kensington, London's premier cultural quarter, will be taken over with
*25 t**emporary structures*, *25 different indoor and outdoor stages, 25
workshops and 150 concerts to "Explore Sites and Sounds"* in their best
diversities.
ERMD is London's contribution to the international festival "Fête de la
Musique" initiated in France in 1982 and held today in more than 350
cities around the world. In previous years, more than 15,000 Londoners
enjoyed the event and its expanded range of music and styles!
More than ever this year, the Institut Français will present an
exceptional line-up:
The highlights will be staged in the evening at* /Ciné lumière/* which
will host the legendary *Malian couple Amadou & Mariam*,
singer-songwriter *Pauline Croze* and poet-rocker *Arthur H*, alongside
*Bibi Tanga & Le Professeur Inlassable* purveyors of a magical
world-jazz fusion.
The evening will be introduced by the *Royal College of Music Junior
Department's Chamber Orchestra *directed by Richar Dickins and closed
with the Premiere screening of the colourful and musical documentary
*"Bamako, meeting place"* by Marc-Antoine Moreau.
For the first time, the /*Lycée français*/ will host a stage in its
courtyard, from noon to 6pm, with an exciting line-up that ranges from
students' pop & rock bands to European music with *Taraf Transilvan*
(Romania) and *Ferenczi Gyorgi es a Rackajam* (Hungary); the Parisian
rockabilly blues quartet *Phoebe Killdeer & the Short Straws*, headed by
former Nouvelle Vague vocalist, will top the bill.
All afternoon on the terrace of the */French Language Centre/,*
audiences will be given the opportunity to listen to a selection of
international inspired artists in intimate acoustic sessions, featuring
*Eurico Pereira *(Portugal), *Mark Mulholland & Matt de Harp*
(Scotland/France), *Laurence David*, *David Caroll*, *Vanessa & The
O's*, *Muntu Valdo* (Cameroun), *Florence Joelle & Tornado Lou*
(France/Czech Rep.). Among the various range of genres and sounds on
offer: classical guitar, country folk rock, pop rock "nouvelle chanson",
jazzy rhythms, sawa blues and gypsy vibes!
In the evening, */Le Bistrot/* will vibrate in a thrilling DJ party with
alternative sets by *DJ Vanessa O* (performing her "Allez Pop! Show" of
60's French pop & YeYe), *Djs Ludo & David* from Rockfort/Resonance FM
(mixing French pop'n'roll), *MO DJ *from Mali (spinning African electro
music), and *The Shrine*'s musical insurrection.
/A complimentary glass of Pastis will be offered to the public at 6pm,
courtesy of Pernod Ricard UK./
Alongside this musical celebration, different workshops will encourage
people of all ages to learn and enjoy music in all its forms:
*Streetwise Opera*, *The Music House for Children*, *Wigmore Hall Family
singer-songwriting*, *Martin Schwartz's "Hey, hey hallo! learn more
German with songs"*, and how to* DJ and sample* (with Le Professeur
Inlassable).
*/Please note: events subject to capacity limitations, admission on a
first come, first served basis. /
/For Amadou & Mariam's gig, free ticket to be collected from 1pm on the
day at the Institut Français' box office./ *
*Institut Francais*
17 Queensberry Place
London SW7 2DT
Tel. +44 (0)207 073 13 50
www.exhibitionroadmusicday.org <http://www.exhibitionroadmusicday.org>
www.institut-francais.org.uk <http://www.institut-francais.org.uk>
www.french-music.org/uk <http://www.french-music.org/uk>
*/More infos on the artists:/*
Amadou & Mariam <http://www.amadou-mariam.com/>
Pauline Croze <http://www.paulinecroze.com/new-site/>
Arthur H <http://www.arthurh.net/>
Bibi Tanga & Le Professeur Inlassable <http://www.myspace.com/bibitanga>
Phoebe Killdeer & the Short Straws <http://www.myspace.com/phoebekilldeer>
MO DJ <http://www.mo-dj.com/>
The Shrine <http://www.myspace.com/theshrinesynchrosystem>
/*Partners: */
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_TV5 Monde <http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/programmes/accueil_continent.php>_
_France in London <http://www.franceinlondon.co.uk/>_
Air France <http://www.airfrance.fr>
_Mikli <http://www.mikli.fr/>_
Pernod Ricard <http://www.pernod-ricard.com>
_All Other <http://www.all-other.com/>_
_Gainsborough Hotel <http://www.eeh.co.uk/Gainsborough/gainsborough.html>_
_London Macadam <http://www.londonmacadam.com/>_
_7 Digital <http://www.7digital.com/>_