Les Arts Florissants marks 40 years of modern baroque
One of the finest 20th and 21st century Franco-American cultural ventures must be Les Arts Florissants, a baroque music ensemble begun by William Christie in 1979. Under Christie, and more recently,...
View ArticleNo surprise, but the world's top pastry chef is France's Jessica Préalpato
Jessica Préalpato was named the best pastry chef on the planet on Tuesday by the World's 50 Best Restaurants ranking -- the first woman ever to receive the honour.
View ArticleFrench restaurant run by Argentine chef crowned world's best
France's Mirazur restaurant -- whose Argentine chef Mauro Colagreco draws inspiration from the sea, the mountains, and his own garden -- was crowned on Tuesday the world's best by an influential trade...
View ArticlePrehistory exhibit shines light on possible human extinction
Prehistory is a modern discovery for modern times: this is one premise of an exhibit at the Pompidou Centre in Paris this summer that explores how growing knowledge of humanity’s past shapes views of...
View ArticleLemma brings women artists from the Algerian desert to the stage
Franco-Algerian singer Souad Asla grew up in Béchar in south west Algeria listening to, and loving, the region's traditional repertoires. While women have played a role in passing on that musical...
View ArticleMona Lisa moved in Paris' Louvre makeover
The world's most famous painting, the "Mona Lisa", is to be moved so her room in the Louvre can be spruced up, the Paris museum said on Friday.
View ArticleWhere France stands after the European Parliament elections
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the European Parliament elections. There’s “On This Day”, listener letters, great music - and of course, the new quiz...
View ArticleEstimated 500,000 turn-up for Paris Pride hours after Lady Gaga thrills New York
Authorities are expecting hundreds of thousands of people to celebrate Gay Pride in Paris this Saturday. A march from Montparnasse to Republique will begin at 2pm when the temperature is expected to...
View ArticleAll about Yves, My Polish Honeymoon and Zombi Child
In this month's Cinefile podcast, RFi's Rosslyn Hyams speaks to film makers Bertrand Bonello and Benoit Forgeard and actress Judith Chemla about their latest films released in June in France. Click on...
View ArticlePeter Brook's new play 'Why?' reflects on free spirit of theatre
It may seem curious that at 94-years-young, Peter Brook asks the question dear to all five-year-olds, "Why?". Yet his latest play at the Bouffes du Nord digs as deep as the audience wishes to go in...
View ArticleCimafunk brings Afro-Cuban funk therapy to France
When Erick Iglesias Rodríguez discovered the power of groove, he quit medical school, went to Havana and morphed into Cimafunk. His 2017 album Terapia (Therapy) aims to make you sweat it out on the...
View ArticleMichael Jackson fans sue alleged victims for defamation after death
Three Michael Jackson fan clubs took legal action in France on Thursday against two men who accused the legendary singer of sexual abuse in the documentary “Leaving Neverland”. Under French law, the...
View Article"Structure": Avignon Festival opens with a grim tale for Europe
French director Pascal Rambert's new play Structure, performed in the open-air courtyard in Avignon's Palais des Papes, was greeted with muted appreciation. It tells the tragic story of an Austrian...
View ArticleIndia offers the world’s largest democratic exercise
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Indian general elections. There’s “On This Day”, listener news, great music - and of course, the new quiz question....
View ArticleAvignon shows scars of Algerian Independence War
Franco-Rumanian Alexandra Badea attempts to tackles the Algerian Independence War in the second part of her trilogy 'Points de Non-Retour' which premièred at the 73rd Avignon Festival. In English this...
View ArticleContemporary dance piece ‘Multiple-s’ crosses language and other barriers
In a search for answers about his own life and trajectory, Burkina Faso dancer and choreographer Salia Sanou invites an older colleague, a writer and a musician to join him on stage in 'Multiple-s'.
View ArticlePixy and Moro: public portraits of private life
Pixy Liao has been invited to present her ongoing long-term project Experimental Relationship at the 50th Rencontres photographiques in Arles, in the south of France. The series of photos is largely...
View ArticleAvignon Festival makes more space for young audiences
The Avignon Festival's artistic director, Olivier Py, says that staging plays for children is a risk he's willing to take to encourage future generations to enjoy theatre.
View ArticleThe Night Before the Day: The inaugural gala for Opéra Bastille
Why did the Paris Opera choose The Night Before the Day as the title for their gala to inaugurate the new opera house, the Opéra Bastille, on 13 July 1989? Thirty years on, we take a look at the...
View ArticleMotown comes to France for 60th anniversary
At the Rencontres photographiques festival in Arles, in the south of France, the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation is showing the ‘Dancing in the Street’ exhibition. It was put together for the 60th...
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