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.
John Adams’s opera returns to Paris from February 24 to March 20, 2026. Under Valentina Carrasco’s direction, Nixon in China blends political history and minimalist music to depict the 1972 meeting between the United States and China.
The Pompidou's Drawing Collection lives again at the Grand Palais
A vast collection of drawings from the Centre Pompidou reveals the metamorphosis of a boundless medium. From December 16th at the Grand Palais, Drawings Without Limits explores the freedom of modern and contemporary drawing.
On December 16 and 17, 2025 Paris’s Accor Arena hosts Lamomali, a musical project created by Matthieu Chedid with Malian artists including Fatoumata Diawara and Balla Diabaté. Blending kora, pop and rock, the collective merges African tradition with contemporary sounds while paying tribute to Toumani Diabaté.
The Accor Arena in Paris hosts the ninth edition of the Meeting de Paris Indoor, one of the most anticipated events on the World Athletics Indoor Tour. The event, organized by the Fédération Française d’Athlétisme, will bring some of the world's top specialists to the French capital.
