Live: April 2023

Friday, 28 April - Sunday 30 April

Duke et les Lumières, Paris, France

Here is the final programme of events for Ellington 2024: Duke Ellington International meeting - Duke et les Lumières...

DUKE ELLINGTON INTERNATIONAL MEETING
Paris, 28-29-30 april 2023

 

Thursday, April 27 – House of Boris Vian

6:30 pm          WELCOME – visit of Boris Vian’s Place (speakers only) + aperitif

8:30 pm          DINNER (offered to the speakers)

 

Friday, April 28 – Médiathèque Musicale de Paris

10:00 am        PRESENTATION 1933, Ellington’s first steps in Paris Jean-François Pitet

10:45 am        PRESENTATION Duke Ellington in Paris John Edward Hasse

11:30 am        BREAK

11:45 am        ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION – Duke and the Lights – chaired by Leïla Olivesi

• • • John Edward Hasse – author, pianist, Smithsonian Institution curator
    • Marylin Lester, Duke Ellington Society New York
    • Daniel Maximin – novelist, poet and essayist
    • Leïla Olivesi – pianist, composer, musicologist
    • Laurent Mignard – conductor

12:30 pm        END OF THE SESSION

2:15 pm          PRESENTATION Programs of Duke’s concerts in Paris Leïla Olivesi

3:15 pm          BREAK

3:30 pm          PRESENTATION Duke Ellington, Jean Vilar and Turcaret, Anne Legrand

4:15 pm          PRESENTATION Ellington researchers’ panel Steven Lasker, Ken Steiner, David Palmquist, Michael Kilpatrick  

5:20 pm          LIVE SHOW-CASE « Leila Olivesi septet Tribute to Claude Carrière

6:00 PM          END OF THE SESSION

 

Friday, April 28 – L’Entrepôt

8:15 pm          CINE PRESENTATION  Paris Blues Laurent Cugny. Guests : Michele Corcella

 

Saturday, April 29 – Médiathèque Musicale de Paris

10:00 am        PRESENTATION Duke and Django Philippe Baudoin Loren Schoenberg

11:15 am        BREAK

11:30 am        LIVE SHOW-CASE « André Villéger & Philippe Milanta – For Duke and Paul »

11:55 am        DOCUMENTARY Ellington in Goutelas Laurent Lukic and Laurent Mignard

1:15 pm          END OF THE SESSION

3:00 pm          PRESENTATION Julian Priester : Six Months with the Duke Ken Steiner. Guest : Julian Priester (video)

3:45 pm          PRESENTATION Fred Guy Nick Rossi

4:15 pm          BREAK

4:30 pm          PRESENTATION « Liberté, égalité, fraternité: Duke Ellington and Artistic Freedom », Carl Woideck

5:00 pm          END OF THE SESSION

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4:30 pm          PRESENTATION Ellington at Juilliard Loren Schoenberg

5:05 pm          PRESENTATION Midriff: A Musical Palindrome Loren Schoenberg

6:50 pm          END OF THE SESSION

 

Saturday, April 29 – Le Bal Blomet:

8:00 pm          CONCERT « Laurent Mignard Duke Orchestra, 20th anniversary », including unreleased scores of the unfinished opera Boola (exhumed and commented by Michael Kilpatrick) and an “Ellington French Touch” program.

 

Sunday, April 30 – Pigalle quarter

11:00 am        COMMENTED WALK A promenade through Pigalle’s jazz scene during the period between the two world wars Philippe Baudoin (speakers only)

1:15 pm        LUNCH (at charge of the participants)

 

Sunday, April 30 – Sunset Jazz Club

3:00 pm          EDUCATIONAL CONCERT Duke Ellington for kids Leila Olivesi

5:00 pm          EDUCATIONAL CONCERT Duke Ellington for kids Leila Olivesi

9:00 pm          CONCLUSION OT THE SYMPOSIUM – LIVE SHOW-CASE & JAM SESSION

• New release Duke and Billy’s New Colors Saury – Rousselet – Couderc Quintet
• Jam Session

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Support and information : +33 6 11 78 91 02 – meeting@maisonduduke.com

 

VENUES

• Médiathèque Musicale de Paris – Forum des Halles, 8 Porte St-Eustache 75001 Paris – M° Les Halles
• L’Entrepôt – 7 Rue Francis de Pressensé 75014 Paris – M° Pernety
• Bal Blomet – 33 Rue Blomet, 75015 Paris – M° Volontaires ou Sèvres-Lecourbe
• Sunset – 60 rue des Lombards 75001 Paris – M° Châtelet
• Maison de Boris Vian – 6 Bis Cité Véron, 75018 Paris – M° Blanche