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Music
Baroque, classical, contemporary or jazz…
music knows no boundaries.
The BNP Paribas Foundation helps musicians and composers share their passion with support tailored to individual projects.
Baroque/Classical/Contemporary
What is important is for musicians to be heard by avid listeners. The BNP Paribas Foundation sponsors cultural exchanges, helps groups go on tour, promotes the discovery of rising young talents and supports musical composition and performances.
The BNP Paribas Foundation is a partner to:
"Le Couvent/Centre International des Chemins du Baroque"
L'association Culture et Coopération
"Le Concert Spirituel" et The Nouvele Sinfonie in Montral, conductor Hervé Niquet
The Marguerite Long - Jacques Thibaud International Competition
The "Folle Journée de Nantes"
The "Piano Festival at the Jacobins" in Toulouse
Piano(s) Festival in Lille
The "Biennale Lyon Musiques en Scène"
The "Festival L'Itinéraire de Nuit"
Jazz
The BNP Paribas Foundation is one of the few corporate patrons of jazz, supporting musicians for nearly a decade. This includes grants for recordings, as well as support for promoting concerts and tours in order to help these jazz virtuosos reach a broader audience and win new listeners.
The Foundation began its relationship with this most compelling of improvised musical forms with musicians Manuel Rocheman and Jacques Vidal. The success of these partnerships encouraged the Foundation to broaden its support, with a lineup that today includes the Paris Jazz Big Band, pianist Murat Ozturk and his trio, the Moutin Reunion Quartet, the sextet of bassist Christophe Wallemme, saxophonist Sylvain Beuf, Elisabeth Kontomanou, groups led by drummer Simon Goubert and the pianist Sophia Domancich, plus pianist Jean-Pierre Como. The BNP Paribas Foundation has also provided support for the jazz operate “La Tectonique des Nuages” by composer Laurent Cugny (in partnership with the Vienne Jazz Festival).
