Atelier Concerts
Originating in Left Bank studios in 1895, The Atelier Concert Series became part of the cultural activites at the American Church in Paris during the early 1930s. These concerts provide a performance opportunity in Paris for talented musicians of all nationalities. A different program is offered each Sunday evening at 5 p.m., September through November and January through June. There are sometimes occasional concerts during July and August. There is no admission fee, but a free-will offering is taken at the door to support the series.
Sunday Concert Series - 17h00 - Free admission
Sunday, 5 September
Christine Azzoni Dow, piano and organ & Sandra Azzoni Wood, violin
Works by Bach, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Howells, Alain, Biber
Christine Azzoni Dow is on the music faculty at Irvine Valley College and maintains an active private studio for piano students. She is organist for the Mission Basilica qt San Juan Capistrano in California.
Sandra Azzoni Wood received her Bachelors Degree in music from Immaculate Heart College in Los Angelesm and her Masters Degree in violin performance from California State University at Northridge.
Sunday, 12 September
Harumi Kinoshita, harpsichord
Works by Bach and Rameau
Harumi Kinoshita studied harpsichord with Jean-Patrice Brosse at the Ecole normale de musique de Paris where she earned the diplôme supérieur de concertiste. She completed her music studies at the International Academy in Sienna, Italy.
Sunday, 19 September
Le Trio Pomposa:
Jeanne-Marie Anglès, soprano
Pascal Szymczak, viola pomposa
Hakim Mioudi, guitare décacorde
Works by Bach, Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Strozzi, Jamelli
Okay, you recognize the word soprano, but what are the other two strange sounding instruments? The viola pomposa is a bowed string instrument with five strings, imagined by J.S. Bach and used between 1725 and 1770. It can be thought of as a tenor violin which, because of its size, is played supported on the arm. The guitare décacorde is simply a ten-stringed guitar.
Sunday, 26 September
Noëlle Thibon, mezzo soprano
Olivier Dekeister, organ
Works by Handel, Vivaldi, Bach, Chaumont, Langlais