Situated in la Villette
park, in the North-East of Paris, the cité de la musique was one of president Mitterrand’s
last great projects. Inaugurated in January 1995, it is a place
where music and its many facets can be discovered. A place
of teaching (educational activities for adults, children and
young people) and practice, of information and heritage, the
cité de la musique is open to the public at large: music-lovers,
the young, artists present and future. The French architect
Christian de Portzamparc, who was awarded the coveted Pritzker
Prize in 1994, has here succeeded in integrating a global musical
concept with a composition deployed on either side of the grande
halle. To the West is the Paris Conservatory of Music; to the
East, the cité itself, which we now invite you to discover.
Situated in la Villette
park, in the North-East of Paris, the cité de la musique was one of president Mitterrand’s
last great projects. Inaugurated in January 1995, it is a place
where music and its many facets can be discovered. A place
of teaching (educational activities for adults, children and
young people) and practice, of information and heritage, the
cité de la musique is open to the public at large: music-lovers,
the young, artists present and future. The French architect
Christian de Portzamparc, who was awarded the coveted Pritzker
Prize in 1994, has here succeeded in integrating a global musical
concept with a composition deployed on either side of the grande
halle. To the West is the Paris Conservatory of Music; to the
East, the cité itself, which we now invite you to discover.