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:

• L'ensemble XVII - 21 Le Baroque Nomade


• Le couvent/Centre International des Chemins du Baroque


• Le Concert Spirituel


• La Folle Journée de Nantes


• Le Festival Piano aux Jacobins


• Lille Piano(s) Festival


• Culture & Coopération (Association)

Jazz

The BNP Paribas Foundation is one of the few corporate patrons of jazz, supporting musicians for more than 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 includes the Moutin Réunion Quartet, the Paris Jazz Big Band, groups led by Murat Oztürk, Sylvain Beuf , Christophe Wallemme, Simon Goubert, Sophia Domancich, Jean-Pierre Como, Elisabeth Kontomanou, Tigran Hamasyan, Stéphane Guillaume and Emmanuel Bex; The BNP Paribas Foundation has also provided support for the jazz operate “Cloud Tectonic” by composer Laurent Cugny and to the Martial Solal international jazz piano competition.