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“J’AI DEUX AMOURS” : ACCORDION AND CLASSICAL MUSIC !

If 2024 was an Olympic year for Félicien, 2025 promises projects that are as strong and numerous as ever, concerts all over the world and an album release that should make history in the world of accordion and classical music…

It’s been announced for May 2025: the fifth album from this extraordinary accordionist! A solo album entitled “Préludes, Valses et Envols”, this is what Félicien has concocted with the help of his record label, the prestigious label Erato / Warner Classics. This opus tells the story of the accordion and the accordionist, immersing the listener in an intimate atmosphere, offering a sensation of great closeness with this surprising instrument and the performer who plays it.

“Félicien Brut has taken his instrument to the most beautiful stages in the world and has put it in dialogue with the most brilliant musicians of the moment. In a few years, he has become the unavoidable representative of the accordion in the new generation of French classical musicians.”

As well as this recording, Félicien is preparing to tour the world, taking his accordion to the finest stages in the company of some fabulous musician friends. In 2025, he will not only be touring France but also the United States, and California in particular. He will be heard in Japan, Lebanon, Singapore, Italy, Kosovo, Germany, Liechtenstein, Romania and Luxembourg. He will be making his debut at the Philharmonie de Paris, the Palazzetto Bru Zane in Venice and the Festival Pianopolis in Angers, as well as returning to some of his favourite festivals such as the Festival de l’Epau in Le Mans, the Festival Al Bustan in Beirut and the Festival de Rocamadour.

Félicien will perform solo, in duo with trumpeter Lucienne Renaudin Vary, guitarist Thibaut Garcia and double bassist Édouard Macarez, and in quintet with the Quinteto Nuevo Tango. From March 2025, he will be creating a new duet with the talented cellist Astrig Siranossian in a programme devoted entirely to French music. He will also perform as a soloist with various orchestras throughout the year: the Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine, the Gunma Symphony Orchestra, the Kosovo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre des Ondes Purielles…

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CONCERT / EVENT: the Quinteto Nuevo Tango will set the Philharmonie de Paris alight!

Join us on 22 May 2025 at the Philharmonie de Paris for a vibrant tribute to Astor Piazzolla!

Félicien will be making his debut at the Philharmonie de Paris in May, in an exceptional concert by the Quinteto Nuevo Tango that he formed a few years ago with four fabulous musician friends: pianist Thomas Enhco, violinist Jordan Victoria, guitarist Thibaut Garcia and double bassist Édouard Macarez.

A few last tickets are still available, but don’t delay if you want to attend what promises to be a memorable evening! A live recording of the concert will be made and should be released in the coming months.

See you on Thursday 22 May, 8pm, in the Cité de la Musique concert hall!

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RADIO / FRANCE CULTURE: Félicien answers questions from Zoé Sfez the day after the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Félicien Brut talks to France Culture for 45 minutes!

Far from the folklore with which he is still too often associated, Félicien Brut honours all the repertoires of the accordion, from chamber music to concerto to musette. His “piano à bretelles” was also honoured at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games.

Félicien Brut was delighted and moved to be able to honour his instrument on this memorable evening, pointing out that ‘the accordion is not the only symbol of France and Paris (…) [Thomas Jolly’s] teams have imagined this ceremony with all the facets of what France is and what Paris is’. In his view, it was important that the accordion should stand alongside the other genres and symbols that also shone at the ceremony.

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LATEST DIGITAL SINGLE RELEASE FOR ERATO / WARNER CLASSICS

After playing for the world Édith Piaf’s song “La Foule” from the top of the Pont d’Austerlitz, Félicien is bringing out a previously unreleased recording of this song revisited by David Venitucci!

Édith Piaf, the French icon, always had the accordion as her travelling companion. Her unfailing accordionist Marc Bonnel, as well as the legendary Gus Viseur and Marcel Azzola, were her constant companions a few metres behind her.

So it’s no coincidence that Thomas Jolly chose to open the Paris 2024 Games to the sounds of La Foule and Félicien’s accordion! The day after the ceremony, Félicien released a new recording of this legendary song, arranged for solo accordion by David Venitucci.

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RADIO / FRANCE MUSIQUE: three seasons available as podcasts, over 50 hours of programming entirely dedicated to the accordion!

Want to know everything about the accordion? Then don’t wait any longer: a hundred episodes of “Brut d’accordéon” are available as podcasts!

Every Sunday from September 2021 to June 2024, Félicien Brut took to the microphone of France Musique to talk to us about his favourite instrument. He has taken listeners on a journey around a famous composer or accordionist, a region of the world or a part of the repertoire.

Eminently popular but often little-known, the accordion is undeniably on a roll. If you want to get to know this instrument in all its facets, visit the Radio France website or app to rediscover all the episodes of “Brut d’accordéon” available as podcasts!

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