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French Music Concert: A Parisian Salon by Pauline Viardot

When
29 Oct 2023
Schedule
2 sessions
#1.
29 Oct 2023, 3:00 PM 4:30 PM (HST)
#2.
29 Oct 2023, 5:00 PM 7:00 PM (HST)
Location
University of Hawaii, Orvis Hall
Spaces left
134

Registration

AFH Member- Individual Ticket – $30.00
SESSION 1 (3-4:30pm) - concert only
Individual Ticket - Non AFH Member – $40.00
SESSION 1 (3-4:30pm) - concert only
Special Friends of Italy Partner Individual Ticket – $30.00
Friends of Italy have been extended a special pricing equivalent to the AFH membership price.
Special UH Partner - VIP Reception Only – $25.00
SESSION 2 (5-7pm): This ticket option is for partners such as UH music faculty, administrators, and music students who can attend the concert but would also like to attend the post-concert reception.
VIP - Member – $60.00
SESSION 1 (3-4:30pm ) and SESSION 2 (5-7pm): The VIP ticket entitles the recipient access to both the concert and a reception with the guest artists at a private luxury residence following the concert.
VIP - Non Member – $80.00
SESSION 1 (3-4:30pm ) and SESSION 2 (5-7pm): The VIP ticket entitles the recipient access to both the concert and a reception with the guest artists at a private luxury residence following the concert.
VIP - Special Friends of Italy Partner – $60.00
Friends of Italy have been extended a special pricing equivalent to the AFH membership price.

Registration is closed

A Parisian Salon by Pauline Viardot featuring

Laetitia Grimaldi (soprano) & Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano)

University of Hawaii, Orvis Hall, October 29th at 3pm

The French salons of La Belle Epoque played an integral role in the cultural and intellectual development of France. The salons were seen by artists as a cultural hub, for the upper middle class and aristocracy, responsible for the dissemination of good manners and sociability. Today, a salon is a store one goes to for an expensive haircut. However, in 19th-century France, salons were organized gatherings hosted in private homes, usually by prominent women. Individuals who attended often discussed literature or shared their views and opinions on topics from science to politics. The salons consequently became an important source of political ideas and revolutionary sentiment. Guests at salons usually came from the haute bourgeoisie (nobility). Most were educated, well read and informed about politics, current affairs and intellectual debates.

Alliance Française Hawaii welcomes French soprano Laetitia Grimaldi and her pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz for a program inspired by the French salon of La Belle Epoque in a concert featuring works by French female composers who have long lived in the shadows of their male counterparts. A Parisian Salon by Pauline Viardot (a composer famous for her salons), will not only include the duo’s lecture-recital on female composers, but will also include music by some of France's most famous male composers too!