Festival International de Violoncelle de Beauvais

May 16: "Pierres enchantées", an original show by Ensemble Calliopée, commissioned by the Festival in connection with the cathedral?s 800th anniversary celebrations, featuring lithophones alongside cello, viola and double bass. An adapted version of this family show will be offered to CM2 schoolchildren from the city of Beauvais and the Beauvaisis conurbation, along with lithophone discovery workshops.
The following day, May 17, the "springboard" concert will feature young cello prodigies, students at the CNSMD in Paris, who will showcase their talents in a concert full of virtuosity and sensitivity.

The 1st weekend closes on May 18 with a dedication to "Destins contrariés des femmes artistes", a concert-reading by the Trio George Sand, featuring works by female composers, with actress Annie Duperey and readings of texts by
Des autrices.

The Festival 2025?s mission is also to bring young musicians to different parts of the city: throughout the weekend, the Fourmilière, concerts by CRD students in the Maladrerie garden, and the presence of UDEPA (Union Départementale de l?Enseignement et des Pratiques Artistiques de l?Oise) will give a voice to all music lovers and cultural players in the area.
Throughout the weekend, luthiers and bow-makers will be hosting workshops for families and round-table discussions on the sustainable cultivation of wood for stringed instruments, particularly in Amazonia. A photo exhibition on music and Brazil will grace the century-old walls of the Maladrerie Saint-Lazare. Brazilian feijoada and capoeira will round off a weekend full of encounters.

Reaching out beyond the Beauvais area is an important mission for the Association pour le Rayonnement du Violoncelle. On May 20 and 21, Brazilian artists invited as part of the Brazilian season in France will be bringing the Brazilian musical tradition to rural communities in the Beauvaisis region. On Friday May 23, a grand concert will crown the Beauvaisis tour of Brazilian musicians, in the presence of the Brazilian Ambassador to France.
On the same day, an educational event will take place at L'ARCHE to give residents an insight into the power of music on the body and mind, with a view to providing care and better integrating the disabled into society.

On Saturday May 24, the Festival will take over the superb hall of the new Théâtre du Beauvaisis - scène nationale, with a Young Soloists concert featuring the Orchestre National de Picardie. The concert pays tribute to youth and renewal through works by Beethoven and Schumann. The soloist for this evening is the young cellist Leo Ispir, winner of several international prizes, and he will be conducted by the young conductor Johanna Malangré.
To close this 33rd edition of the Festival, on May 25, the Théâtre du Beauvaisis - scène nationale will welcome the young ensemble "Le Consort", led by the brilliant Théotime Langlois de Swarte and Justin Taylor (winners of the Victoires de la musique awards), for a breathtaking version of Vivaldi?s 4 seasons, the 300th anniversary of his birth. The vision of idyllic nature represented by this classical music "hit" will resonate with our current environmental concerns. The concert will also feature lesser-known works by the Venetian composer, such as the cello concertos performed by the young Hannah Salzenstein.
To complete the integration of all audiences into our Festival, throughout this second weekend, a participatory workshop for young and old, led by Beauvais cellist Antoine Trouvé, will invite the public to come and play the cello at the Espace Galilée. In the same spirit of mediation, transmission and openness, the traditional masterclass with Diana Ligeti will offer the public a dialogue between two generations of musicians around the Schumann Concerto.
In line with this rich program and the theme of the guest country, Brazil, a film will be shown at the Espace Galiliée, Coragem by Sebastiao Braga, about the work of our artistic director Diana Ligeti with children and young people from Brazilian favelas, and the emancipatory power of music.