Wassily Kandinsky considered his most important paintings to be the ten colorful, complex canvases in his Compositions series ...

The term ‘concrète’ music was coined in the 1940s by Paris-based engineer, composer and sonic experimentalist Pierre Schaeffer. Defined as music created using recorded sound as source material (ie ...

When the Summer Solstice arrives on Saturday, millions of people across France will attend the impromptu street concerts of “Fête de La Musique” hosted by restaurants, bars, museums and even libraries ...

In 1982, the very first Fête de la Musique was held in Paris. Planned by the French Ministry of Culture, musical performances were maximized on the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, in a ...

United by a shared mission to bring the many benefits of music to the community, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and Médecins francophones du Canada are joining forces to launch a new initiative ...

Musique concrète originally dates from the late 1940s. Pierre Schaeffer and colleagues working for France’s public radio station, Radiodiffusion Française (RDF) experimented with sound effects and ...

A new highlights video from GIIITV captures the atmosphere of the festival, offering a glimpse into both the high-energy ...

370 people reportedly arrested on suspicion of multiple offences during the day-long event, that typically sees millions take the streets across France 145 people reported being stabbed with syringes ...

Clitheroe-based entertainment company Musique is celebrating double success as two of its in-house bands, The Party Fettlers ...