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| - | ====== Musique et Compositeurs à Nice ====== | ||
| - | Nice occupe une place singulière dans l' | + | |
| + | ====== Art and Culture in Nice ====== | ||
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| + | Nice stands among the great art cities of Europe. With the second highest concentration of museums in France | ||
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| - | Le **Quartier | + | Nice's historic centre, together with the Promenade |
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| - | ===== I. Les Origines : Musique Baroque dans le Comté de Nice ===== | ||
| - | La vie musicale niçoise plonge ses racines dans la période baroque. C'est à Nice, en **1538**, lors de la rencontre historique entre le pape Paul III, l' | + | ===== I. The Light of Nice: Why Artists Came ===== |
| - | Parmi les compositeurs niçois de cette époque, il faut citer **Stefano Rossetti** (XVIe siècle), l'un des rares à avoir laissé son nom dans les annales locales. La pratique des orgues était également foisonnante : en 1789, le roi Victor-Amédée accordait à **Honoré Grinda**, facteur d' | + | The quality of light on the Côte d'Azur has long been identified as a distinct artistic force. Art historians speak of the **//lumière niçoise//** — a luminosity that dissolves shadows, saturates colours, and renders the everyday extraordinary. This light drew Henri Matisse to Nice in 1917; it seduced Auguste Renoir, who spent his final years in nearby Cagnes-sur-Mer; it attracted Marc Chagall, Raoul Dufy, and countless others. The city was not merely a backdrop for these artists — it became the substance of their work. Matisse painted the light through shuttered windows; Dufy painted the sweep of the Promenade |
| - | L'ensemble des orgues baroques des Alpes-Maritimes constitue un témoignage instrumental exceptionnel de la vie musicale régionale, avec des instruments remarquables à Tende, La Brigue, Saorge, Sospel et Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée. | + | This unique luminosity is inseparable from Nice's geography: sheltered by the Alps to the north, open to the sea to the south, bathed in over 300 days of sunshine per year. For artists seeking colour, clarity, and warmth, there was no better laboratory. |
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| - | ===== II. Les Grands Visiteurs : Nice Inspire et Accueille | + | ===== II. The École de Nice: An Avant-Garde in the Sun ===== |
| - | ==== Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840) | + | ==== Origins |
| - | Le plus célèbre virtuose du violon | + | The **École |
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| - | ^ Œuvres majeures ^^ | + | ==== The Key Figures ==== |
| - | | 24 Caprices pour violon seul (Op. 1) | 1802–1817 | | + | |
| - | | Concerto pour violon n° 1 | 1818 | | + | |
| - | | Sonate pour violon et guitare, //Mosè// | 1818 | | + | |
| - | | Six quatuors pour violon, alto, violoncelle et guitare | — | | + | |
| - | ==== Hector Berlioz | + | **Yves Klein** |
| - | **Hector Berlioz**, le grand rénovateur de l' | + | **Arman** (1928–2005), born Armand Fernandez in Nice, studied at the École Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in Nice before moving to Paris and then New York. His practice of **// |
| - | ==== Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski | + | **Martial Raysse** |
| - | **Tchaïkovski** effectua plusieurs séjours à Nice, attiré comme tant d'autres artistes russes par la douceur du climat méditerranéen et la colonie russe très présente sur la Côte d' | + | **Ben** (Benjamin Vautier, born 1935) remains the movement' |
| - | ==== Igor Stravinski (1882–1971) ==== | + | Other major artists of the École de Nice include **Marcel Alocco**, **Bernar Venet**, **Sacha Sosno**, **Claude Gilli**, **Noël Dolla**, **Ernest Pignon-Ernest**, |
| - | L'un des compositeurs les plus importants du XX^e siècle, **Igor Stravinski** s' | + | ==== The Movements ==== |
| - | La décennie niçoise correspond à l'une des périodes les plus fécondes du compositeur : c'est à Nice et depuis Nice qu'il élabora plusieurs œuvres majeures | + | The École |
| - | ^ Œuvres composées ou achevées durant la période niçoise | + | * **Nouveau Réalisme** |
| - | | Concerto pour piano et instruments à vent | 1924 | | + | * **Fluxus** — The global neo-Dadaist movement found a particularly fertile home in Nice thanks to Ben, whose shop (**Laboratoire 32**, from 1958) was a meeting point for artists, poets, and musicians. Ben hosted George Brecht and Robert Filliou, who set up their " |
| - | | Sérénade en la | 1925 | | + | * **Supports/ |
| - | | Oedipus Rex | 1927 | | + | * **Groupe 70** — A collective of Nice-based artists active from 1971 to 1973, which mounted its first exhibition in a house in Vieux-Nice in January 1971. |
| - | | Apollon musagète | 1928 | | + | |
| - | | Le Baiser de la fée | 1928 | | + | |
| - | | Symphonie de Psaumes | 1930 | | + | |
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| - | La présence de Stravinski à Nice à partir de 1924 est contemporaine de la construction du **Palais Jacqueline** (1924), témoignant du dynamisme architectural et culturel que connaissait la ville à cette époque. | + | In **1977**, the Centre Pompidou in Paris celebrated the movement with a major exhibition titled //À propos de Nice// |
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| - | ===== III. Talents Niçois : Nés ou Formés à Nice ===== | + | ===== III. The Great Artists of Nice ===== |
| - | ==== Eugène Bozza (1905–1991) ==== | + | ==== Henri Matisse |
| - | **Eugène Bozza** naquit à Nice le 4 avril 1905 et devint l'un des compositeurs français les plus prolifiques du XX^e siècle pour les instruments à vent. Violoniste de formation, il dirigea l' | + | **Henri Matisse** arrived in Nice in December 1917, aged 48, initially to treat a bronchial condition. He booked a month at the Hôtel Beau Rivage on the Quai des États-Unis. It rained every day — until the last, when the morning light appeared and, as he wrote, //when I understood that I would see that light again every morning, I could not believe my happiness.// |
| - | ==== Samson François | + | Matisse lived in Nice for nearly **37 years**, until his death on 3 November 1954. He settled on the Cours Saleya, then later at the Hôtel Régina in Cimiez, a vast Belle Époque palace where he occupied a large apartment overlooking the city and the sea. The light, the colours, the open windows onto the Mediterranean — all of these became constant subjects and conditions of his painting. His great Nice-period works include his // |
| - | Figure de légende du piano français, **Samson François** est né à Francfort en 1924 mais c'est à Nice qu'il reçut sa formation déterminante : il étudia au Conservatoire de Nice de 1932 à 1935, y remportant un premier prix à l'âge de onze ans, avant d' | + | In 1941, Matisse underwent a major abdominal operation in Lyon and, considering himself a survivor, began what he called "a second life." He moved to Vence in 1943 for safety during the Allied landings, and there, in collaboration with Sister Jacques-Marie (his former nurse turned Dominican nun), designed and decorated the **Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence** — stained glass, ceramic murals, liturgical vestments |
| - | Pianiste au tempérament bohème et romantique, surnommé « Samson | + | Matisse is buried in the **Monastère Notre-Dame |
| - | ==== Barney Wilen (1937–1996) ==== | + | ==== Marc Chagall |
| - | **Barney Wilen** — de son vrai nom Bernard Jean Wilen — est né à Nice le 4 mars 1937. Saxophoniste ténor et soprano d'une sensibilité exceptionnelle, il est l'une des figures majeures du jazz européen de l' | + | **Marc Chagall**, the great Russian-French painter of poetic, dream-like imagery rooted in Jewish folklore and the Old Testament, moved to the French Riviera in **1950**, settling in nearby Vence. Enchanted by the light and by the warmth of the region, he made it his permanent home. On the initiative of André Malraux, Minister of Culture, the French state created the **Musée National Marc Chagall** in Nice's Cimiez district — inaugurated on **7 July 1973**, on Chagall' |
| - | Sa carrière connut un tournant mondial en 1957, lorsqu' | + | Chagall wished the museum to be a place not of display but of **spirituality and peace** — a sanctuary for his great //Biblical Message// cycle: seventeen large paintings on Old Testament themes, from the creation and paradise to Moses and the prophets, painted in Vence between 1954 and 1967. He also contributed stained glass windows, mosaics, and sculptures to the building. He is buried in the village cemetery of Saint-Paul-de-Vence. |
| - | <note tip> | + | ==== Raoul Dufy (1877–1953) ==== |
| - | Le prix **Django Reinhardt** de l' | + | |
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| - | ==== Lionel Bringuier (né en 1986) ==== | + | **Raoul Dufy**, master of vivid colour and joyful line, was captivated by the Côte d'Azur throughout his career. His paintings of Nice — the Promenade des Anglais, the Baie des Anges, the regattas — capture the city's hedonism and light with an elegance entirely his own. He is buried in the **Monastère de Cimiez** cemetery, alongside Matisse. |
| - | Chef d' | + | ==== Gustav-Adolf Mossa (1883–1971) ==== |
| - | ==== Olivier Derivière (né en 1978) ==== | + | **Gustav-Adolf Mossa** was a Niçois painter of the Symbolist movement and, together with his father Alexis Mossa, a key figure in the organisation and iconography of the Nice Carnival. His paintings, steeped in fin-de-siècle decadence, melancholy, and erotic fantasy, are major works of European Symbolism. A significant collection is held at the **Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret**. |
| - | Compositeur de musiques de jeux vidéo, | + | ==== Jules Chéret (1836–1932) ==== |
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| + | **Jules Chéret**, the Parisian-born master of the lithographic poster, spent his final years in Nice, dying there in 1932 at the age of 96. Considered the father of the modern poster, Chéret elevated commercial advertising into a recognised art form through his luminous, joyful images of Parisian life. He left a significant collection to Nice, inspiring the creation of the **Musée | ||
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| - | ===== IV. Les Institutions Musicales | + | ===== IV. The Museums of Nice ===== |
| - | ==== L' | + | Nice has an exceptional density of museums — **the second highest in France after Paris**. Most municipal museums offer free entry to residents of the Nice Côte d'Azur metropolitan area, and a multi-day museum pass is available for visitors. |
| - | L' | + | ==== MAMAC — Musée |
| - | La nuit du **23 mars 1881** fut tragique : durant la représentation de //Lucia di Lammermoor//, | + | The **MAMAC** (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art) is the city's flagship museum of contemporary art. Its collection of over 1,300 works by some 300 artists traces the adventure of art from the 1950s to the present, with particular strength in: |
| - | Depuis lors, l' | + | * The **École |
| + | * **Nouveau Réalisme** — including César' | ||
| + | * **American Pop Art** — Warhol, Lichtenstein, Wesselmann, Rosenquist | ||
| + | * **Fluxus** and **Supports/ | ||
| - | L' | + | The building, designed in a bold contemporary style, includes a **rooftop terrace** offering panoramic views over the city. |
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| + | The MAMAC closed in January 2024 for major renovation works as part of the **Promenade du Paillon 2** urban project. During renovation, the collection is accessible through partnership exhibitions in other Nice museums and on tour nationally and internationally. Check the MAMAC website for current programming: | ||
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| - | L' | + | ==== Musée Matisse ==== |
| - | L'OPN assure la saison symphonique et la saison lyrique de l'Opéra de Nice, participe aux spectacles du Ballet Nice Méditerranée, et anime la vie musicale de la ville par des concerts en plein air, des matinées dominicales et des tournées nationales et internationales. | + | Housed in a **red-ochre seventeenth-century Genoese villa** set in an ancient olive grove in the Cimiez neighbourhood, |
| - | ^ Direction artistique : jalons principaux ^^ | + | The villa stands within the **Parc des Arènes de Cimiez**, adjacent to the ruins of the Roman city of Cemenelum and across the park from the **Monastère Notre-Dame de Cimiez**, where Matisse is buried. |
| - | | Pierre Médecin | 1982–1997 | | + | |
| - | | Jean-Albert Cartier | jusqu' | + | |
| - | | Giancarlo Del Monaco | 1998–2000 | | + | |
| - | | Marco Guidarini | 2001–2009 | | + | |
| - | | Daniele Callegari | 2021–2023 | | + | |
| - | | Lionel Bringuier | depuis décembre 2023 | | + | |
| - | ==== Le Conservatoire | + | * **Address: |
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| - | Le Conservatoire de Nice a formé des générations d' | + | ==== Musée National Marc Chagall ==== |
| - | ==== L'Ensemble Baroque de Nice ==== | + | The **Musée National Marc Chagall** is the largest museum in the world dedicated to a single artist's spiritual vision. It was designed around Chagall' |
| - | Fondé et dirigé par **Gilbert Bezzina**, l' | + | The museum sits in a garden on the edge of Cimiez. Chagall participated in its design and considered it a place of meditation, not merely display. |
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| + | ==== Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret ==== | ||
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| + | Housed in a sumptuous **Neo-Renaissance villa** built in 1878 for the Ukrainian Princess Elizaveta Kochubey, the **Musée des Beaux-Arts** opened as a public museum in 1928. Its collection spans four centuries, with notable strengths in: | ||
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| + | * The work of **Jules Chéret** — the master poster artist who lived in Nice | ||
| + | * **Alexis Mossa** and **Gustav-Adolf Mossa** — the great Niçois Symbolist painters, and long-time curators of the museum | ||
| + | * Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masters: Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Degas, Dufy | ||
| + | * Sculptures by Rodin, Carpeaux, and Rude | ||
| + | * Ceramic works by Picasso | ||
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| + | The villa is set in an English garden and approached by a steep climb from the city centre. | ||
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| + | ==== Palais Lascaris ==== | ||
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| + | One of the finest examples of **Niçois civil Baroque | ||
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| + | Its most astonishing treasure, however, is its **collection of over 500 ancient musical instruments** — the second largest such collection in France after the Musée | ||
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| + | * **Listed historic monument:** 1946 | ||
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| + | ==== Musée Masséna ==== | ||
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| + | The **Villa Masséna**, a grand Belle Époque palace built in 1898 for Prince Victor d'Essling on the Promenade | ||
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| + | Housed in the elegant **Château Sainte-Hélène** — a nineteenth-century villa that once belonged to the perfumer François Coty — the **Museum of Naïve Art** holds an international collection assembled by the art critic and advocate Anatole Jakovsky, who donated it to Nice. Naïve art — created by self-taught painters, marked by vivid colour, simplified form, and unselfconscious joy — finds a fitting home in this charming villa. | ||
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| + | ==== Musée des Arts Asiatiques ==== | ||
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| + | Designed by the Japanese architect | ||
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| + | ==== Villa Arson ==== | ||
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| + | **Villa Arson** is Nice's national centre for contemporary art — a uniquely ambitious institution combining an exhibition space, one of France' | ||
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| + | ==== Musée de Préhistoire — Terra Amata ==== | ||
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| + | On the slopes of Mont Boron, the **Terra Amata Museum** is installed on an archaeological site that has yielded some of the **oldest evidence of human habitation in Europe**, dating back approximately **400,000 years**. Among the discoveries are traces of some of the earliest domestication of fire in the history of humankind. The museum presents the lives and material culture of the first inhabitants of Nice, who set up their seasonal hunting camps on a prehistoric beach at this spot. | ||
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| + | ===== V. Music and Composers of Nice ===== | ||
| + | Nice occupies a singular place in European musical history. Positioned at the crossroads of Italy and France, and serving as a winter resort for the aristocracy and artists of all Europe from the eighteenth century onward, the city has welcomed some of the greatest names in classical music, nurtured remarkable local talent, and built enduring musical institutions. From the Baroque music of the County of Nice to contemporary jazz, by way of the great Romantic visitors, the City of Angels resounds with a musical history of uncommon richness. | ||
| - | ===== V. Nice et le Jazz ===== | + | For details see [[Music and Composers|Music and Composers of Nice]] |
| - | Nice est l'une des capitales européennes du jazz. Le **Festival de Jazz de Nice** fut inauguré en **1948** avec **Louis Armstrong** comme tête d' | ||
| - | ^ Chronologie du festival ^^ | + | ---- |
| - | | 1948 | Première édition au Théâtre de Verdure — Louis Armstrong en tête d' | + | |
| - | | 1971 | Reprise au Théâtre de Verdure et au Jardin Albert-I^er | | + | |
| - | | 1974 | Déménagement aux **Arènes de Cimiez** — la «Grande Parade du Jazz» sous la direction de George Wein | | + | |
| - | | 1994 | Renommé «Nice Jazz Festival», ouverture à d' | + | |
| - | | 2011 | Retour en centre-ville, au Jardin Albert-I^er et au Théâtre de Verdure | | + | |
| - | | 2016 | Annulé après l' | + | |
| - | Parmi les artistes qui ont marqué l' | ||
| - | La ville a également abrité une scène jazz locale florissante. C'est à Nice que **Barney Wilen** adolescent anima ses premiers clubs, avant de partir conquérir Paris. Le festival | + | ===== VI. The Carnival of Nice ===== |
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| + | The **Carnaval de Nice** is one of the great carnival celebrations in the world, alongside Venice, Rio de Janeiro, and Mardi Gras in New Orleans. It is also the **oldest carnival in the world for which documentation survives**: the first written record dates to **1294**, when Charles of Anjou, Count of Provence, wrote that he had passed //the joyous days of carnival// in Nice.((Wikipedia, //Nice Carnival// | ||
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| + | The Carnival runs for two weeks each February and attracts over a million visitors. Its key elements are: | ||
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| + | * **The Carnival Parade (//Corso Carnavalesque// | ||
| + | * **The Battle of Flowers (//Bataille des Fleurs//)** — First held in **1876**, initiated by the writer Alphonse Karr, the Flower Battle is a procession of floats covered entirely in fresh flowers along the Promenade des Anglais. Costumed performers shower the crowd with mimosas, gerberas, roses, and carnations; around 90% of the flowers come from local growers. It is an event of delicate Mediterranean elegance entirely unlike the rough-and-tumble of the main carnival. | ||
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| + | The modern form of the carnival dates from **1873**, when a committee headed by the painter **Alexis Mossa** reorganised it as a formal parade with masquerades, | ||
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| + | The paths of the **Jardins des Arènes de Cimiez** are named after jazz musicians — a reminder that this ancient olive grove was the site of the **Nice Jazz Festival** for more than three decades, from 1974 to 2010. See the companion page [[nice: | ||
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| - | ===== VI. Musique Nissarde et Patrimoine Occitan | + | ===== VII. Baroque Nice: Churches and Palaces |
| - | La culture musicale | + | Before the Belle Époque and long before the École |
| - | La ville a été inspiratrice de nombreuses chansons | + | * **Cathédrale Sainte-Réparate** (Place Rossetti) — Built from 1650 to 1680, dedicated to the patron saint of Nice. Its polychrome tile dome is one of the iconic silhouettes of the old town. The interior is a sumptuous display of Niçois Baroque: frescoed ceilings, marble altars, gilded chapels. |
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| + | * **Palais Lascaris** (Rue Droite) — The finest example of Baroque civil architecture in Nice (see Museums section above). | ||
| + | * **Église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur** (//known as// the Gesù) — A seventeenth-century Jesuit church with an elaborately decorated interior, reflecting the strongly Italian character of early-modern | ||
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| - | ===== VII. Personnalités Musicales Associées à Nice ===== | + | ===== VIII. Nice and the Belle Époque |
| - | ^ Nom ^ Rôle ^ Lien avec Nice ^ | + | The annexation of Nice by France in **1860** unleashed a cultural and architectural transformation of extraordinary scale. The city became one of the most fashionable winter resorts in Europe, attracting royalty, aristocracy, |
| - | | Niccolò Paganini | + | |
| - | | Hector Berlioz | + | * The **Hôtel Negresco** |
| - | | Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski (1840–1893) | Compositeur | Plusieurs séjours hivernaux | | + | * The **Casino Municipal** |
| - | | Igor Stravinski | + | * The **Musée des Beaux-Arts** |
| - | | Eugène Bozza (1905–1991) | Compositeur, chef d' | + | * The **Promenade des Anglais** itself — originated in 1822, widened and transformed throughout the century, and still the great cultural and social artery of the city. |
| - | | Samson François (1924–1970) | Pianiste, compositeur | Formé au Conservatoire de Nice | | + | |
| - | | Barney Wilen (1937–1996) | Saxophoniste jazz | Né à Nice le 4 mars 1937 | | + | The Belle Époque also saw a rich literary and intellectual life: Friedrich Nietzsche, who stayed in Nice repeatedly between 1883 and 1888, wrote much of //Thus Spoke Zarathustra// |
| - | | Gilbert Bécaud (1927–2001) | Chanteur, compositeur | Enfance à Nice | | + | |
| - | | Lionel Bringuier (né en 1986) | Chef d' | + | |
| - | | Olivier Derivière (né en 1978) | Compositeur de jeux vidéo | Né à Nice | | + | |
| - | | Christian Ferras (1933–1982) | Violoniste | Formé au Conservatoire de Nice | | + | |
| - | | The Avener (né en 1987) | DJ, producteur | Né à Nice (Tristan Casara) | | + | |
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| - | ===== VIII. Lieux Musicaux à Visiter | + | ===== IX. Contemporary Cultural Life ===== |
| - | | + | Nice's cultural life today is as rich as it is diverse: |
| - | * **Jardin Albert-I^er et Théâtre de Verdure** — Scène du Nice Jazz Festival depuis 2011, au bord de la Promenade des Anglais. | + | |
| - | * **Jardins | + | |
| - | * **Quartier des Musiciens** — Entre le boulevard Victor-Hugo et la gare. Rues Debussy, Chopin, Verdi, Mozart. | + | * **Opéra Nice Côte d'Azur** — The historic opera house, listed since 1992, presents a full season of opera, symphony concerts, and ballet with the Orchestre Philharmonique |
| - | * **Musée National Marc Chagall** — Accueille régulièrement des concerts de musique de chambre de l'OPN. | + | * **Galerie |
| + | * **Galerie Lympia** — Opened in 2017 in a restored former galley-slaves' | ||
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| + | * **Festival MANCA** | ||
| + | * **Théâtre National de Nice (TNN)** — The city's principal theatre, presenting a full programme of drama, dance, and performance art. | ||
| + | * **Villa Arson** — National centre for contemporary art and one of France's foremost art schools (see Museums section). | ||
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| - | ===== Références | + | ===== X. Key Cultural Personalities of Nice ===== |
| - | * Opéra | + | ^ Name ^ Field ^ Dates ^ Connection to Nice ^ |
| - | * Opéra | + | | Yves Klein | Visual art (Nouveau Réalisme) | 1928–1962 | Born in Nice; founding figure of the École |
| - | * Wikipedia, //Orchestre philharmonique de Nice// — [[https:// | + | | Arman (Armand Fernandez) | Visual art (Nouveau Réalisme) | 1928–2005 | Born in Nice; studied at the ENBA Nice | |
| - | * Wikipedia, //Opéra de Nice// — [[https:// | + | | Martial Raysse | Visual art (Pop art, Nouveau Réalisme) | born 1936 | Lived and worked in Nice | |
| - | * Wikipedia, //Niccolò Paganini// — [[https:// | + | | Ben (Benjamin Vautier) | Visual art, Fluxus | born 1935 | Lives and works in Nice | |
| - | * Wikipedia, //Barney Wilen// — [[https:// | + | | Niki de Saint Phalle | Sculpture, Nouveau Réalisme | 1930–2002 | Closely associated with the École de Nice | |
| - | * Wikipedia, //Samson François// — [[https:// | + | | Ernest Pignon-Ernest | Street art, visual art | born 1942 | Born in Nice | |
| - | * Wikipedia, //Igor Stravinsky// | + | | Sacha Sosno | Sculpture | 1937–2013 | Key figure of the École de Nice; the " |
| - | * Nice Jazz Festival, // | + | | Gustav-Adolf Mossa | Symbolist painting | 1883–1971 | Born in Nice; curator of the Musée des Beaux-Arts | |
| - | | + | | Jules Chéret | Poster art | 1836–1932 | Died in Nice; left collection to the city | |
| - | * Portail des savoirs des Alpes-Maritimes, //La musique baroque dans le comté de Nice// — [[https:// | + | | Henri Matisse | Painting | 1869–1954 | Lived in Nice 1917–1954; |
| - | | + | | Marc Chagall | Painting | 1887–1985 | Lived in Vence; his museum is in Nice | |
| - | * Haussmann Real Estate, //The Musiciens District | + | | Raoul Dufy | Painting | 1877–1953 | Painted Nice; buried |
| - | * Warner Classics, //Samson François// — [[https:// | + | | Yves Klein | Contemporary art | 1928–1962 | Born in Nice | |
| + | | Jean-Honoré Fragonard | Painting (18th c.) | 1732–1806 | Born in Grasse (nearby); works held in Nice | | ||
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| + | A **Nice Museum Pass** (multi-day) gives access to all municipal museums and galleries. The **French Riviera Pass** also includes major cultural attractions and activities. | ||
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| + | ===== References ===== | ||
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| + | * MAMAC Nice, //About Nice: 1947–1977// | ||
| + | * MAMAC Nice, //Made in Nice — Mediation Form// — [[https:// | ||
| + | * Portail des savoirs des Alpes-Maritimes, | ||
| + | * Wikipedia, //École de Nice// — [[https:// | ||
| + | * Wikipedia, //Yves Klein// — [[https:// | ||
| + | * Wikipedia, //Musée Matisse (Nice)// — [[https:// | ||
| + | * Wikipedia, //Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice// — [[https:// | ||
| + | * Wikipedia, //Palais Lascaris// — [[https:// | ||
| + | * Wikipedia, //Nice Carnival// — [[https:// | ||
| + | * Nice Carnival Official Website, //The Origins// — [[https:// | ||
| + | * Encyclopaedia Britannica, //Yves Klein// — [[https:// | ||
| + | * Artforum, //École(s) de Nice//, 2018 — [[https:// | ||
| + | * Riviera Magazine, //Hélène Guenin: "The School of Nice is the school buissonnière"// | ||
| + | * Nice Côte d'Azur CVB, //Culture and Heritage// — [[https:// | ||
| + | * Musée Matisse Nice Official Website — [[https:// | ||
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