Salle Cortot has announced its June 2026 slate. Here are the vocal performances on offer. First up is the Wigmore Hall French Song Exchange 2026, dedicated to the honor of Dame Felicity Lott who founded the exchange alongside François Le Roux. The showcase will feature such artists as Aneska Diament, Déborah Salazar, Margo Jacquart, Carmen Lázaro Alemany, Clover Kayne, Matthew {…}
Salle Cortot has announced its May 2026 programming. Here are the vocal performances on offer. La classe de scène de Mireille Larroche will present “Bizet avant Carmen.” Performance Date: May 15, 2026 “Nachtliederen” will feature soprano Tineke Rosebloom and pianish Erik Onnink as they take on works by Schubert, Mendelsson, Holt, Zemlinsky, and Debussy, among others. Performance Date: May 19, 2026 Les {…}
Salle Cortot has announced its April 2026 programming. Here are the vocal performances on offer. Quentin Molto conducts the Orchestre de chambre de l’École Normale de Musique de Paris in a program featuring Debussy’s “Danse sacrée et danse profane,” orchestrated songs by Duparc, and Shostakovich’s “Symphonie de chambre” Op. 110a (arr. Barshaï). Mezzo-soprano Peixin Hu, baritones Kitae Song and Yi {…}
The Salle Cortot has announced its March 2026 programming. Here are the vocal showcases on offer. Soprano Marie-Laure Garnier will perform alongside Orchestre Lamoureux and Hugues Borsarello in a program featuring works by Nadia Boulanger, Fauré, Marie Jaëll, Pauline Viardot, and Lekeu, among others. Performance Date: March 13, 2026 Michèle Bréant and Suzanne Jerosme headline “Il était une fois… La Semaine {…}
The Salle Cortot in Paris has unveiled its February 2026 slate. Here are the vocal performances on offer. First up is “L’Art du Beau Chant” featuring countertenor Valer Sabadus and the Ensemble Pulcinella under Ophélie Gaillard. Performance Date: Feb. 3, 2026 Then comes “Rêves d’Espagne” featuring mezzo-soprano Astrid Tchekhoff as she takes on works by Bizet, Duparc, Falla, Lara, Ravel, Schumann, {…}
Salle Cortot has announced its January 2026 slate. Here are the vocal performances on offer. First up is “Il était une fois… La Cantate Français.” The showcase will feature Les Talens Lyriques under Christophe Rousset alongside bass-baritone Lysandre Châlon. The program includes works by Couperin and de Montéclair. Performance Date: Jan. 10, 2026 Bass Stanislas de la Vergne teams up with {…}
Salle Cortot has announced its programming for December 2026. Here are the vocal showcases, with one specific exception, on offer. First up is a vocal masterclass featuring soprano Sylvie Valayre. Performance Date: Dec. 11, 2025 Tenor Jean-Paul Fouchécourt and harpsichordist Jory Vinikour perform a program of works by Lambert, Rameau, and Charpentier, among others. Performance Date: Dec. 11, 2025 There will be {…}
(Photo: © Les Talens Lyriques) The Salle Cortot was built in 1929 by architect Auguste Perret and is adjacent to the École Normale de Musique de Paris, founded by Alfred Cortot in 1919. The performance hall is dedicated to teaching French music to local and international students. It hosts intimate concerts and recitals for approximately 400 audience members and is {…}
Salle Cortot has announced its October 2025 slate. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Soprano Ambroisine Bré will join forces with Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques for a program of works by Monteverdi, Lambert, Froberger, Purcell, Couperin, and Lully. Performance Date: Oct. 11, 2025 Also on the slate is the 13th edition of the Concours International {…}
The Salle Cortot has unveiled its September 2025 slate. First up is “Gracias a la Vida,” a program featuring mezzo-soprano Anne-Lise Polchlopek alongside Federico Tibone and Pierre Laniau. Performance Date: Sept. 19, 2025 Mezzo-soprano Rachel Payne and pianist Jack Tyndale-Biscoe headline a program of works by Barber, Copland, Herbert, Elgar, Britten, Bolcom, and Debussy. Performance Date: Sept. 20, 2025 Soprano Camille Chopin {…}
Salle Cortot has announced its June 2025 slate, which is replete with vocal offerings. First up is “Wigmore Hall French Song Exchange.” The program features songs by Bizet, Paladilhe, Poulenc, Hahn, Ravel, Massenet, Dupart, Viardot-Garcia, Fauré, Strohl, and Sohy. Performers include Bethan Terry, Madeleine Perring, Beth Moxon, Ellen Pearson, Lyriel Benameur, Harun Tekin, Anton Kirchhoff, and Jean Marques. They are {…}