newsletter
HIGH POINTS
Heart of the party 18 - 22 June
OPENING NIGHT
The gypsy punk rock of Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra, Shantel's volatile, Romanian-influenced remixes, the Bohemian melodies tinged with New Orleans swing of Fatima Spar & The Freedom Fries, and Biréli Lagrène and Florin Niculescu's "Gipsy Project".
WEDNESDAY 18 JUNE - Prairie des Filtres
ENCOUNTERS
The gypsy jazz of Biréli Lagrène and Florin Niculescu, the fusion of traditional music and modern jazz that you get when Martin Lubenov meets Richard Galliano, the very first French encounter of the Macedonian jazz icon Toni Kitanovski and the American Greg Hopkins, the jazz energy of Bojan Z combined with the beat box of Napoleon Maddox from the group Is What?!
18, 19, 20, 21 JUNE - 23:00 - Prairie des Filtres
Broadcasts and programmes on France Inter, France Musique and orange.fr
France Inter: live from Rio Loco on Wednesday 18 June - Emir Kusturica & the No Smoking Orchestra and Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar from 21:00 with Laurent LAVIGE.
France Inter: live programme with audience from the Prairie des Filtres - "Et pourtant elle tourne" presented by Jean-Marc FOUR - Thursday 19 June - 18:15
France Musique is setting up its studio in the Prairie des Filtres from 19 to 22 June, for music concerts with an audience, hosted by Françoise DEGEORGES. Live broadcast on 21 June at 23:00 for the Fête de la Musique and from 30 June to 4 July for the "Une touche d’été" programme.
Live and delayed broadcasts of concerts on orange.fr
Balkans in the city
THÉÂTRE GARONNE
A Balkan-themed week with 3 performances of the Tattoo Theatre's “Pourquoi la Cuisine?” directed by Mladen Materic and written by Peter Handke, an installation by Mladen Materic retracing his artistic career in Toulouse, and a tribute to Miki Manojlovic, the great Balkan actor known for his leading roles in Kusturica's films, who will be appearing in person to discuss the retrospective honouring him.
FROM SUNDAY 1st TO SATURDAY 7 JUNE - Théâtre Garonne
« LES YEUX NOIRS»
These violin virtuosos succeed in transforming gypsy tunes and Yiddish chants into vibrant rock and roll, with electric guitar and pop melodies.
SATURDAY 14 JUNE - 20:30 Barrio Loco – Lac de la Reynerie - Place Abbal
« LA CARAVANE PASSE »
An explosive mix of gypsy rhythms and alternative rock. The post-cultural partying style of La Caravane Passe underscores the cosmopolitan nature of gypsy music.
SATURDAY 14 JUNE - 20:30 - Place Arnaud-Bernard
