Invited in duplex, Zhou XIAO MEI, pianist of international renown, participates in this new edition dedicated to Jean-Sébéastien BACH. She talks about the very peculiar atmosphere of this festival of La Folle Journée which meets a real popular success.
The opening of the Folle Journée ticket office in Nantes is a real event. Chopin’s world should attract a large number of music lovers, some of whom have slept there or have taken turns to get good seats. Factual images alternating with a micro-sidewalk and an interview with Michèle GUILLOSSOU, Executive Director of Crazy Day.
70 volunteers are accredited by the CREA (Centre for Research and Artistic Creation) to help during the 5 days of the festival of the Mad Day. Some of them are retirees, some of them are assets, and they book days off every year to participate in the festival. Factual images and testimony of Cécile COMBRE, volunteer, on her missions.
Interview with René MARTIN, creator and organizer of the Festival de La Folle Journée in Nantes. He talks about his sources of inspiration in the creation of this festival, the quality offered by the Cité des congrès, the commitment of musicians and the success of this event among a wide audience.
The Festival La Folle Journée in Nantes welcomes for this new edition 80 concerts, 450 artists and a very wide audience. In this report, we follow two musicians from their arrival at the Cité des Congrès, their installation in the dressing rooms where they rehearse and prepare, until the arrival on stage. François-René DUCHABLE, pianist, gives us his testimony.
The La Folle Journée festival in Nantes once again confirms its success thanks to the work of programming and diversification of audiences. Factual images that alternate on interviews and testimonials.
Report on the technical preparations for the La Folle Journée festival in Nantes. Images of the transformation of a hall of the Cité des Congrès into a large auditorium, alternating with the interviews of Philippe LEMAITRE, stage manager of the Cité des Congrès and Françoischarrier, technical director.
Report on the preparation of the instruments and rooms before the opening of the Festival de La Folle Journée dedicated to Beethoven, at the Cité des congrès de Nantes. Factual images alternating with the interview with Jean-Pierre GUILLEMOIS, piano tuners.
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