The term ‘concrète’ music was coined in the 1940s by Paris-based engineer, composer and sonic experimentalist Pierre Schaeffer. Defined as music created using recorded sound as source material (ie ...

When the Summer Solstice arrives on Saturday, millions of people across France will attend the impromptu street concerts of “Fête de La Musique” hosted by restaurants, bars, museums and even libraries ...

In 1982, the very first Fête de la Musique was held in Paris. Planned by the French Ministry of Culture, musical performances were maximized on the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, in a ...

To come up with the Kandinsky soundtrack, Martin, Lampe and pianist Mikhail Rudy, who served as the show’s musical adviser, ...

Musique concrète originally dates from the late 1940s. Pierre Schaeffer and colleagues working for France’s public radio station, Radiodiffusion Française (RDF) experimented with sound effects and ...

The use of French and Creole in Louisiana has been on the decline for decades, although a number of initiatives and organizations are attempting to slow the slide and preserve the state’s unique ...

French police have detained twelve suspects after 145 people reported being pricked with syringes during the country's annual street music festival, officials said Sunday. Millions of people took to ...

Clitheroe-based entertainment company Musique is celebrating double success as two of its in-house bands, The Party Fettlers ...

United by a shared mission to bring the many benefits of music to the community, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and Médecins francophones du Canada are joining forces to launch a new initiative ...