La voz del violonchelo

La voix du violoncelle

Die Stimme des Cello

The Cello

W objęciach wiolonczeli

La Voce del violoncello

Many people’s favourite instrument, the sensual sound of the cello is thought to be the closest to the human voice.

In July 2024, Gaspar Claus took part in the very first Nuit Blanche at the Jazz à Porquerolles festival. Here are a few selected moments from this timeless performance.

Jazz à Porquerolles 2024

Cellist Gaspar Claus is a guest of Jazz à Porquerolles.

Gaspar Claus

Ana Carla Maza appears at Cabaret Sauvage as part of a trio. With this solid backing, the Cuban cellist and composer takes us into the colourful world of her album Caribe for Journeys Through Music.

Journeys Through Music

Cuban cellist Ana Carla Maza brings a Latin flavour to this edition of Journeys Through Music.

Ana Carla Maza

Eight soloists take the audience at La Folle Journée de Nantes on a trip back to the 17th century, a journey that starts in France and ends up in Italy. The first part of the concert is dedicated to French Baroque music. Salomé Gasselin and Corinna Metz play viola da gamba, Jonathan Zehnder performs the theorbo and Emmanuel Arakelian plays organ on compositions by Louis Couperin, Jacques Boyvin and Louis de Caix d'Hervelois. The second part of the program goes over the Alps on a visit to Italy with Hanna Salzenstein on baroque cello, Thibaut Roussel on theorbo, Alberik Boullenois on bowed bass and Justin Taylor on harpsichord.

La Folle journée de Nantes 2024

Eight soloists take the audience at the Folle Journée de Nantes on a journey through the Baroque era.

French and Italian Baroque Music

The cinematic, repetitive music of Polish instrumentalist Dobrawa Czocher evokes the work of Philip Glass in its textured atmospheres and deep emotion. A dreamy neoclassical highlight of the Europavox festival. 

Europavox Sessions 2023

The neoclassical dreamscapes of Polish musician Dobrawa Czocher arrive at Europavox. 

Dobrawa Czocher

Slovenian conductor Martina Batič and the Radio France Choir offers an eclectic programme combining Wagner, Debussy, Fauré and Poulenc. The choir is accompanied by eight cellists from the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio de France.
Programme:
Francis Poulenc - Liberté, extract from Figure humaine (transcription for eight cellos by Renaud Guieu)
Richard Wagner - M.W. after Tristan (adaptation by Franck Krawczyk of the Wesendonck Lieder)
Claude Debussy - Nocturnes: Nuages - Fêtes (transcriptions for eight cellos by Renaud Guieu)
Gabriel Fauré - Pavane (for choir and cellos)
Eluard lit Eluard - Liberté (sound recording of the poem Liberté read by Paul Eluard)
Richard Wagner - Lohengrin: prelude (transcription for eight cellos by Renaud Guieu)
Francis Poulenc - Figure humaine

Poulenc, Wagner, Debussy & Fauré

Slovenian conductor Martina Batič and the Radio France Choir offers an eclectic programme combining Wagner, Debussy, Fauré and Poulenc. 

Radio France Choir and Orchestra

The Orchestre National de France with conductor Cristian Măcelaru and cellist Sol Gabetta perform a Franco-Russian programme at the Philharmonie de Paris concert hall.


Programme:

Gabriel Fauré –  "Dolly" Suite op. 56 (orchestration Henri Rabaud)
 Camille Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto n° 2
 Camille Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto n° 1
 Alexander Scriabin – The Poem of Ecstasy

The Orchestre National de France with conductor Cristian Măcelaru and cellist Sol Gabetta perform a Franco-Russian programme at the Philharmonie de Paris concert hall.

Cristian Măcelaru Conducts Saint-Saëns, Fauré and Scriabin

Iranian-Dutch singer-songwriter Sevdaliza mixes electronic, indie, trip-hop and r'n'b. In Passengers, she performs from her latest album Shabrang at the Arts et Métiers Museum in Paris.