La Folle Journée

La Folle Journée (French: " The great day " ) is a major classical music festival, held annually in late January / early February held in Nantes since 1995. It is considered the largest of its kind in France. The name of the festival was taken over by Beaumarchais ' La Folle Journée play ou le Mariage de Figaro, the presentation of Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro.

Initially, La Folle Journée lasted a day now, the concert program extends over five days. Founder and organizer René Martin, whose aim was to classical music almost a wide audience. At various venues found in 2007 held more than 250 concerts, which were attended by more than 100,000 people.

Topics

• 2008 La Folle Journée was themed ... dans tous ses états Schubert. For the first time the television, the Festival transferred arte live one day.
• In 2009, Heinrich Schütz, Johann Sebastian Bach and the great German Baroque composer the subject.
• The 2010 festival was dedicated to Frédéric Chopin.
• Motto of the year 2011 was Les Titans: De Johannes Brahms à Richard Strauss