Journée de la Flûte

What : A Flute Day, 2 masterclasses and fun activity with the scale game, and a conference about Heidi's experiences
Where : IESA (my school), 5 avenue de l'Opéra, 75001 Paris, M° Pyramides
Time : starts @ 10 am
Price : 20 euros masterclass, 10 euros journée, 5 euros audit

Hope to see you sometime during for the festival for those in Paris!

Concert Contemporain

What : The second activity of Rondo à la Flûte, a contemporary flute concert
Where : Cave du 38 Riv, 38 Rue du Rivoli, M°Hôtel de Ville
Time : 16h30
Price : 13 euros, 10 euros - reservation@38riv.com
Music : Works by DeLaney, Higdon, Shocker, Hoover, Larson and  a new creation by Michael Kallstrom

Flute Solo à la Baroque

What : The first activity of the "Rondo à la Flûte" is a baroque music concert.
Where : Eglise Sainte Rita, 25 rue François Bonvin, 75015 PARIS, M° Sèvres Lecourbe
Time : 19h
Cost : FREE!!
Music : Works of Telemann, J.S. Bach, CPE Bach and Jean Daniel Braun
 

Festival Rondo à la Flûte

 

If you are in Paris next week, check out the flute festival I am organizing. The guest artist is Heidi Pintner Alvarez, professor of flute at Western Kentucky University. Check out the next three blog posts dedicated to each one of the activities.

Here is a hint!

There is a film festival and Chanel started off here!

Guess where this is from?

First person (sorry Mom) to guess where this photo is from, will receive a postcard from Paris!

We went on vacation last weekend. (More information to come soon!)

Turkish Bread

This past weekend, my husband and I made Turkish bread. We made one batch which didn't turn out that great, because the flour wasn't good. So, we went out and bought a 10 pack of flour and made more. We made at least 8 round breads for 1.78 euros! And a baguette these days costs 90 cents!

How you can make your own Turkish bread
1 packet of yeast mixed with one coffee cup of warm water

2 bags of flour (we used pastry flour)
and 5 cups of water and a little salt

Let the yeast sit 15 minutes, create a well in the flour and then add the water slowly and not all at once. And knead for 15 minutes adding water when necessary. Cover for 1-2 hours.

Then take small pieces and roll them out. We cooked them on the stove.

And then voila! bread! and it's great with feta cheese

I Virtuosi Delle Muse

One of the Italian ensembles from the Florence Brunel Artistic Agency (where I'm interning) and they are awesome! Directed by Stefano Molardi who also plays the harpsichord and Jonathan Guyonnet, the first violin.

They just performed Vivaldi's Farnace at Theatre des Champs Elysees on Thursday with several solists including Sonia Prina, Emiliano Gonzales Toro. But sadly I missed the concert due to a family accident, but I heard it was very good. and they have very good things coming for them in the future !

They will be performing in numerous festivals this summer with a Four Seasons program and another with Raffaella Milanesi
Festival du Mont Blanc
La Chabotterie
Festival du Montpeiller, Chateau de Cornillon, Bédariaux, and Castelnaudray

They have a very nice rendition of Four Seasons, that brings to life the way Vivaldi wrote the piece. Sadly there are no videos, but here are some nice ones.

and check out these :

Festival "Rondo à la Flûte"

For the past four months, my life has been dedicated to my final project for my masters basically a thesis in real-life form. 

My project :

A flute festival of solo music which follows the form of a rondo : concerts, master classes and conferences. A rondo (you have probably all heard Rondo alla Turca by Mozart) is a musical form, vocal at first, alternating with a refrain and many couplets ; therefore, a festival that follows ABCA.

The festival will take place in Paris, France from May 27 to June 6, 2011. The guest artist is flutist, Heidi Pintner Alvarez, the professor of flute at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY, USA, and former student of Michel Debost.

27 May Concert Baroque at Eglise Saint Rita, 15th arrondissement

28 May Concert Contemporain at 38 Rue de Rivoli, 4th arrondissement

4 June Flute Day at IESA, 1st arrondissement

Check out the website for more details. 

If you are interested in joining in on the festivities, do not hesitate to ask me. And you don't have to be a flute player, musicians and non-musicians welcome !