Avishai Cohen Symphony

Under the baton of Bastien Stil, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France pays tribute to the genius of Michel Legrand on January 28, 2022.

The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Bastien Stil and Nathan Mierdl transport the Radio France Auditorium into the spellbinding world of John Williams. From Jurassic Park to Harry Potter, rediscover legendary melodies from Hollywood cinema.

Double bassist, singer, composer and arranger Avishai Cohen is renowned for his virtuoso playing and emotional live performances. And he's unrivalled at finding the musicians who have the potential to take over from the jazz greats.

A second concert dedicated to the music of Howard Shore, composer of famous film scores such as David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises. Bastien Stil conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. Concert filmed on May 14, 2023 in the Auditorium de Radio France, Paris. Program : - Concertino from Eastern Promises, music from the film Eastern Promises by David Cronenberg - The Song of Names, suite for violin and orchestra, music from the film The Song of Names by François Girard - Mythic Gardens concerto for cello and orchestra (concert work) - Ruin and Memory, concerto for piano and orchestra (concert work)

Max is a battle-weary veteran of the wedding-planning racket. His latest — and last — gig is a hell of a fête, involving stuffy period costumes for the caterers, a vain, hyper- sensitive singer who thinks he's a Gallic James Brown, and a morose, micromanaging groom determined to make Max's night as miserable as possible. But what makes the affair too bitter to endure is that Max's colleague and ostensible girlfriend, Joisette, seems to have written him off, coolly going about her professional duties while openly flirting with a much younger server. It's going to be a very long night… especially once the groom's aerial serenade gets underway.

There are some rock 'n' roll stories that you just couldn't make up. From moments of absolute genius to moments of downright stupidity and outrage. Stories told from some of the biggest names in bass.

In 2000, as the Hezbollah organization takes over Lebanon, Yossi, a Lebanese soldier, helps his friend Fouad to flee the country in order to avoid punishment, as he’s been working against them for 16 years. Fouad takes refuge in Israel with his daughter, Tanya. A few years later, a new war breaks out in Lebanon, causing tensions at the Israeli border. Yossi’s wife, Myriam, decides to go there and asks for Tanya’s help to look for their soldier son, who hasn’t given sign of life since then. This journey will allow the two women to share their sorrows and heal together.

From Lawrence of Arabia to Doctor Zhivago, his filmography resonates like a call to adventure, to distant lands, to discovering the cultures of the world. On the centenary of his birth, the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates a master of the epic, a tribute complemented by a new work by composer Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen.

Sima Shimony, age 69, embarks on a mission to find her friends and staff from the "ALYN" Institute for Children with Disabilities, which was situated in the secluded San-Simon monastery in Jerusalem, during the 1960s. Armed with a small camera attached to her wheelchair, she sets off on a journey across the country together with her friend Pini Newirth, also a polio child, to unfold and reclaim the story of the children affected by the Polio epidemic. In a futile attempt to rebuild their bodies so they could walk, the children were subjected to excruciating medical procedures with no parents or family at their side. But growing up together forged a group of remarkable, self-driven women and men with disabilities who eventually launched the Disability Rights movement in Israel.