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Jour de l’orgue – 14 mai 2023

Je ne sais pas si vous avez eu le tuyau, mais aujourd’hui, c’est le jour de l’orgue…
Cette journée mondiale a été créée par l’association Orgue en France et est célébrée chaque 2ème dimanche du mois de mai (en réalité l’événement est étendu au week-end entier). Elle souhaite fédérer chaque année des centaines de manifestations dans toutes les villes et les villages disposant d’un orgue. Elle reçoit le soutien et le parrainage du Ministère de la culture et de la communication. À cette occasion, les organistes de tous niveaux, les facteurs d’orgues, les amoureux de la musique d’orgue, unissent leurs efforts pour valoriser le patrimoine organistique français.

850 concerts sur 5 continents

Depuis 2013, l’événement a pris une nouvelle ampleur et concerne désormais les 5 continents, avec plus de 850 concerts qui font résonner les œuvres du répertoire aussi bien dans les lieux de culte que dans les salle de concerts.

Compte-tenu des décalages horaires, les concerts s’étendent sur plus de vingt-quatre heures et conférent à cette manifestation une envergure sans précédent.

Un site à visiter : www.orgue-en-france.org    Source: Texte: Journée mondiale    Image: Unsplash (Eric Mok)

World Piano Day – 29 March

If you’re a fan of classical music, then you assuredly know about the famous piano. Used in concerts everywhere, the piano has a long history of bringing music to life with its delicate sound and beautiful resonance. 

Learn about World Piano Day

World Piano Day has been designed to celebrate this incredible instrument, which has brought many of us joy over the years. No matter whether you play the piano yourself or you have an appreciation for this sort of music, we can all appreciate that listening to a quality pianist is a joy.

History of Piano Day

The invention of the piano began through its predecessors, mainly through medieval times as a dulcimer, a fretted string instrument with three or four strings attached. From there it developed into the clavichord, the spinet, virginal, clavecin, gravicembalo, and finally, the harpsichord in the 15th century.

The harpsichord was invented by Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori and the harpsichord is considered to be to the closest predecessor to what modern-day people know as the piano because of the keyboards that activated the strings. From there, the harpsichord developed further over the next 300 years into what we know as the modern piano.

Piano Day began as an idea by the German pianist/composer/producer Nils Frahm. Nils Frahm composes classical piano music with electronic music, reforming piano music with an unconventional approach. He launched the holiday back in 2015. When Frahm was asked why the world needs a Piano Day, Frahm replied back “…mostly, because it doesn’t hurt to celebrate the piano and everything around it: performers, composers, piano builders, tuners, movers and most important, the listener.”

Since then, the holiday expanded as people held concerts, recitals, lectures, and demonstrations. An official website, Pianoday.org, lists all the concerts and events you can go to all over the world to help celebrate the beauty of the piano.

 

Source: Text (abridged) & Image: https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-piano-day/