The Philharmonie de Paris hosts Macrocosmos, a performance featuring composer and sound artist Ryoji Ikeda and Estonian conductor Tõnu Kaljuste with the ensemble Les Percussions de Strasbourg. The program offers a sonic and visual exploration of space and time, integrating contemporary music, avant-garde electronics, and percussion in an architectural context designed for immersive listening. In this context, the hall is not just a container but an active element of the experience, inviting the audience to perceive the sound wave as a physical and conceptual dimension. The event is part of the Philharmonie de Paris's 2025-2026 season and reflects the institution's commitment to supporting projects that push the boundaries of classical and contemporary music, pushing toward hybrid forms that unite composition, technology, and performance. The choice of a concert focused on sonic "macrocosms" indicates a desire to translate the abstraction and interconnectedness of the contemporary world into musical language. Macrocosmos offers an opportunity to experience music as a phenomenon that envelops and transforms the listening space, rather than simply a succession of pieces. It highlights the institution's ability to offer moments that challenge not only the ear but the spectator's physical presence, emphasizing the curvature of the acoustics, light, the body, and the shared energy in the room.
A major retrospective in Paris brings Philip Guston back into focus, the artist who left abstraction behind to confront the political and social traumas of the 1970s through irony and grotesque imagery. His satirical drawings and figurative paintings reveal the courage to turn painting into a tool of critique and resistance.
The Musée d’Orsay presents Point de départ, an exhibition devoted to Bridget Riley that explores the origins of her visual language. The influence of Georges Seurat and the birth of Op Art are placed in dialogue through works and preparatory studies.
From October 15, 2025, to February 1, 2026, the Philharmonie de Paris explores Kandinsky’s bond with music. Paintings, watercolors, and documents interact with scores and sound installations. An immersive journey reveals how music inspired the birth of abstraction.
At the Jeu de Paume, a major exhibition retraces the history of emotions through photography. From the 19th century to today, a journey into the invisible and sensitive side of the image.
