Orchestre de Paris

How can people play together as one? How can one contribute to something greater than oneself? How can a group cohabitate for decades without falling apart? And what role does the conductor really play? For the first time, cameras and microphones slip among the 80 musicians of the Orchestre de Paris, under the baton of their young prodigy conductor, Klaus Mäkelä. A total immersion to share their experiences, emotion and beauty, at the heart of music in the making.

To mark Music Day, ten European orchestras will perform some of the finest piano concertos alongside prestigious soloists and under the baton of renowned conductors from various cities across the continent. The programme for this exceptional concert features works by Brahms, Grieg, Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel and Mozart.

Benjamin Millepied and the L.A. Dance Project join forces with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Orchestre de Paris to celebrate Pierre Boulez through dance. A performance to mark the composer's centenary, followed by works by Stravinsky and Bartók.

A journey through the history of the piano: europiano features iconic works, masterfully interpreted by exceptional artists in venues across Europe.

A summit meeting at the Philharmonie de Paris: the Orchestre de Paris joins forces with conductor Klaus Mäkelä and soloists Sol Gabetta and Willard White for a concert dedicated to Dmitri Shostakovich and William Walton.

Under the baton of charismatic Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Orchestre de Paris performs Olivier Messiaen's most famous work: The ambitious and beguiling Turangalîla-Symphonie.

Menahem Pressler, Paavo Jarvi, Orchestre de Paris plays Mozart and Debussy (2014)

Invited to the Philharmonie de Paris, the virtuoso Yuja Wang performs a programme of Maurice Ravel's two piano concertos, conducted by Klaus Mäkela.

Twelve notes of the chromatic scale, twelve excerpts from Arnold Schoenberg’s iconic works: In excerpts from twelve of Arnold Schoenberg’s major works, the Orchestre de Paris, singers, and a pianist compete to faithfully capture the composer’s musical diversity in a production directed by Bertrand Bonello.

We catch up with Bar Avni two years after her victory in the La Maestra conducting competition. At the Philharmonie de Paris, the conductor joins forces with the Orchestre de Paris and violinist Ava Bahari for a vibrant concert.

At the helm of the Orchestre de Paris, the leading figure in film music conducts a selection of his Hollywood compositions with obvious pleasure, from The Tree of Life to Godzilla, to Wes Anderson's films.

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Orchestre de Paris performs Béla Bartók - The Miracolous Mandarin conducted by Klaus Mäkelä

Hélène Grimaud's eagerly awaited debut at the BBC Proms was scheduled for 11 September 2001. Until the last moment, the organisers hesitated to go ahead with the performance, such was the shock following the collapse of the World Trade Centre. But London's Royal Albert Hall did go ahead with the concert, in which the soloist gave a masterful performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Orchestre de Paris conducted by Christoph Eschenbach. Programme: Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58, by Ludwig van BeethovenSymphonie fantastique, by Hector Berlioz Concert filmed on 11 September 2001 at the Royal Albert Hall (London) during the BBC Proms.