Concert de Paris 2020
Live: Concert de Paris – 14 July, 2020 – EBU Signal available at 21:15 CEST!
Concert de Paris 2020 © C Major Entertainment
It is now a well-established tradition: every year, on 14 July, the Orchestre National de France welcomes the summer with a large musical gathering at the foot of the Eiffel Tower with stunning fireworks. Conducted by Eun Sun Kim, and accompanied by the Chorus of Radio France, the orchestra invites the audience around the world and 44,500 people on the spot to experience great arias and famous concert pieces.
The concert will feature prestigious soloists like Sol Gabetta, Sonya Yoncheva, Lisa Batiashvili, Ludovic Tézier, Khatia Buniatishvili, Fatma Said, Benjamin Bernheim and Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Popular works/excerpts will be included, such as Verdi: Il Trovatore Mira di acerbe lagrime (Yoncheva & Tézier), Chaplin: City Memories (Batiashvili), Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 2 (1 movement) (Gabetta), Bernstein: West Side Story: I feel pretty (Renaudin Vary), Ravel: Le Boléro (including Dance performance) and many more!
Original title Concert de Paris 2020
Recording location Paris, 14 July 2020
Duration approx. 90 mins
Production Company Electron libre Productions, Radio France in in cooperation with France Télévisions
Distribution TV C Major Entertainment
Composer Verdi, Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Chaplin, Bernstein and many more
Orchestra / Band Orchestre National de France
Conductor Eun Sun Kim
Choir Chœur de Radio France
Soloist Sol Gabetta, Lisa Batiashvili, Sonya Yoncheva, Khatia Buniatishvili, Ludovic Tézier, Fatma Said, Benjamin Bernheim, Lucienne Renaudin Vary
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