Make Music Day 2022: free concerts by Young Talents at the Petit Palais

The Jeunes Talents association invites you to enjoy free and exceptional concerts on Tuesday June 21, 2022, on the 40th edition of Make Music Day.

The event will take place within the Petit Palais Auditorium and offer five mini 25-minute long concerts with a free access all afternoon long (3 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.), without prior booking (within limits of seats available).

As for performances, please enjoy Jeunes Talents musicians. For the record, the Jeunes Talents association was created in 1998. Declared of public utility, all year long, it throws concerts and teaching events to promote talented young musicians, debuting their carreer, and allow access to all to classic music. These shows are the occasion to discover tomorrow's talented musicians, in an exceptional venue such as the National Archives, the Petit Palais, the Cercle Suédois, for an affordable cost.

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Program 2022: 

3 p.m. -3:30 p.m.

Thom Poirier, piano

Jean-Sébastien Bach (1685-1750)
Alban Berg (1885-1935)
Sonata for piano, Op. 1 | 1909
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Mephisto-Waltz No.1, S. 514 | 1859-1862

3:30 p.m.-4 p.m.

Ensemble La Notte
Charlotte Machicot, bassoon
Dimitri Lau, bassoon
Thomas Condiescu, bassoon
Louise Lapierre, bassoon

Sergueï Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Scherzo humoristic, Op. 12, No.9 |1907
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755)
Sonate, Op. 34, No.6 | 1731
Michael Norris (1934-)
Tango | 1980
Jean-Sébastien Bach (1685-1750)
Fantaisia and fugue in A minor, BWV 904 | 1725
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Chinese tambourin, Op. 3 | 1910 (arr. Maurice Allard) (feat. Carlos Rafael Adarmes)
And manu more surprises…


4 p.m.-4:40 p.m.

Duo Arborescence
Iris Scialom, violin
Antonin Bonnet, piano

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Sonata for violin and piano | 1916-1917
Allegro vivo
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Sonata for violin and piano in E-flat major, op.18 | 1888
Allegro ma non troppo
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Sonate pour violon et piano n°1 en la majeur, op.13 | 1875
Scherzo: Allegro vivo
Finale: Allegro quasi presto


4:30 p.m.-7 p.m.

Duo Regards
Mélanie Haas, clarinet
Flore-Elise Capelier, piano

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, BB 68 | 1915
Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994)
Dance Preludes | 1955
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Histoire du Tango | 1985
Café 1930
Paquito d'Rivera (1948-)
Vals Venezolano | 2009


5 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Julia Sinoimeri, accordion

Jean-Sébastien Bach (1685-1750)
Partita No.2 in C minor, BWV 826 | 1727
François Couperin (1668-1733)
Les Folies Françaises or Les Dominos | 1720-1722

Remember, in 2019, the Petit Palais invited soprano Yrina Kyshliaruk with pianist Yun-Ho Chen, as well as musicians Manon Galy, Maxime Quennesson and Jorge Emilio Gonzalez Buajasan, without forgetting pianist Yuiko Hasegawa and saxophonist Maxime Bazerque.

After two years with Make Music Day held at the Petit Palais because of the health crisis, the musical event returns on June 21, 2022, in this iconic landmark. Calling all music fans, be there!