The 18th Nuit de la Voix will be broadcast live on Radio Classique and TV channel Mezzo at 8.30 pm on Tuesday 23 June, and will also be heard on Orange Liveradio

Each year, the Orange Foundation organises a private musical evening called Nuit de la Voix (A night of vocal music), giving various artists and ensembles sponsored by the Foundation the chance to perform on stage in Paris. This evening is an artistic platform for the young artists and ensembles who take part to perform in front of an audience of musical professionals.
In previous years, young ensembles who were still relatively unknown at the time were able to sign contracts with recording studios, festival directors or concert halls, after performing at these events. These include Concert d’Astrée, Accentus, Matheus, l’Arpeggiata, and more recently the Cercle de l’Harmonie, Pygmalion…

“La Nuit de la Voix is an essential event: it gives young groups of musicians the opportunity to present themselves under the best circumstances, to show the originality of their repertoire, and to reveal their true personalities. Performing side by side with other ensembles is often a very enriching experience. Many professionals often hear the choirs and ensembles who perform there for the first time. Accentus ant the young Parisian choir which I direct had the opportunity of being booked at their very beginnings. It is a true stepping stone, as well as recognition.” Laurence Equilbey, Musical Director of Accentus and the “jeune chœur de paris”, first participated in the Nuit de la Voix in 1996.

On 23 June 2009, five ensembles will appear on stage at the Cirque d’Hiver in Paris for a musical premiere.  
-    CREA from Aulnay sous Bois directed by Didier Grojsman with extracts from the operas “Marco Polo et la princesse de Chine” by Isabelle Aboulker and “Le Tour du Monde en 80 jours” by Louis Dunoyer de Segonzac,
-    Ensemble Aquilon represented by Sébastien Mahieuxe with works by Campra and Charpentier,
-    Les Cris de Paris directed by Geoffroy Jourdain with extracts from the show “La la la, Opéra en chansons” directed by Benjamin Lazar,
-    Les Paladins directed by Jérôme Correas with extracts from Grétry’s “Fausse Magie”, accompanied by Magali Léger, Anna Marie Panzarella and Alain Buet,
-    Ensemble Contraste directed by Arnaud Thorette and Johan Farjot shall perform musical interludes based on the tango.

This year again, vocal music is the theme, with a programme of opera, baroque and contemporary music, tango and songs arranged for choirs. Almost 100 artists will enjoy the magic of the Cirque d'Hiver for an evening of theatrical music.
The event has been organised with the support of Philippe Maillard Production.
 
Live on Radio Classique
Like last year, Nuit de la Voix will be broadcast live on Radio Classique on 23 June at 8.30pm. The night will continue with broadcast recordings chosen from among the CDs the Orange Foundation has supported since its creation.
From 20 June, the 5 ensembles’ artistic directors interviewed by Laure Mézan will also be on Radio Classique.

Live on Mezzo
MEZZO’s involvement in the live broadcasting of the Orange Foundation’s 18th Nuit de la Voix in 39 countries is part of its desire to be at the heart of the event and to support headline projects by broadcasting musical excellence in France and beyond its borders.

Live on Orange Liveradio
For this Nuit de la Voix , a special audio collection is available on the different interfaces of the Liveradio service (iPhone application, www.liveradio.orange.fr, iGoogle and Windows Vista widgets and Wi-Fi radio). The Nuit de la Voix concert recordings since 2007 can be found on Liveradio, as well as interviews with the main performing artists and contributors to his event.

The Orange Foundation supporting vocal music
The Foundation has been supporting vocal music since 1987. It contributes to the discovery of new voices, the training of young singers and the forming of vocal ensembles.
Over the past 20 years, the Foundation has supported the development of more than 100 choirs, vocal ensembles and choir schools in repertoires ranging from medieval, baroque, contemporary and world music. It accompanies every stage of musical endeavour, including research, training, production, recording and broadcasting.
It also teams up with festivals and opera houses which develop professional insertion programmes for young artists as well as social and educational projects aimed at creating awareness of musical creation among new audiences.

Radio Classique, elegance and harmony
Making a taste for classical music part of modern life for active, urban listeners, promoting the emergence of talented, new people who innovate and put classical music before a newer and larger audience, creating an image for Radio Classique based on elegance, accessibility and modernity. These are the main aims of the radio station which had record audience levels in 2009 reaching more than 1 million listeners a day.

MEZZO, broadcasting musical excellence from the heart of the event
The best opera, classical music, jazz and dance.
MEZZO is a unique channel in the world. With 16 million household subscribers in 39 countries, MEZZO is able to demonstrate that music is the only link which can unite people and cultures, a universal language spoken by all MEZZO viewers, from the corners of Western Europe to the heartlands of Asia and soon as far as the borders of North America. MEZZO is proof of people’s passion for classical music, opera, dance and jazz.  Present in 39 countries, with 16.6 million subscribers, MEZZO is a unique channel in the world and each day bears witness to the richness and diversity of international music.