Rétrospective de l'année 2022

Jahresrückblick 2022

2022

Repaso del año 2022

2022 was a tumultuous year: War in Europe, an energy crisis, record inflation…. But it was also a year of hope and discovery.

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The Year in Review

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Perseverance is the latest rover designed by NASA to explore Mars. A marvel of technology that is hoped will lead to new discoveries and help prepare for a future manned mission to the Red Planet in the 21st century.

Perseverance is the latest rover to explore Mars that could help prepare for a future manned mission to the Red Planet.

Perseverance: A Year on Mars

Brazil is in the midst of a fiery and divisive election between ideological opposites. In one corner is the former left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in the other is the incumbent right-wing populist Jair Bolsonaro. Filmed over four months, this documentary shows Brazilian society polarised, angry and fearful as the campaign reaches its climax.

Lula vs. Bolsonaro

Brazil is in the midst of a fiery and divisive election between ideological opposites. In one corner is the former left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in the other is the incumbent right-wing populist Jair Bolsonaro.

Brazil: Battle of the Titans

Parallel to the very real war in Ukraine, an information war is raging. Some Ukrainian newspapers are translating their articles into Russian to combat what they see as Moscow’s distorted media picture of the conflict.  

Ukraine: The Information War

ARTE Reportage

"Hard power" means economic, military, and demographic power; "soft power" means symbolic, cultural, and informational power. And now there is also "food power": the weaponised production of food. Wheat, one of the most consumed grains and traded on the stock exchange, has become a geopolitical issue.

The Weaponisation of Wheat

 Wheat, one of the most consumed grains and traded on the stock exchange, has become a geopolitical issue

Mapping the World

In June, inflation reached a record high of 8.6% in the Eurozone with the price of some essentials soaring.

Inflation: The New Global Menace

An Iranian boxer in France and an activist in Germany cannot return home because how they live is forbidden by the regime. But with the protest movement in Iran and abroad, they are hopeful that change can come to Iran.

Revolution in Exile

With the protest movement in Iran, many Iranians in exile are hopeful that change can come to their country.

Re: For a New Iran

The host of the World Cup this year is a tiny state with huge ambitions: Qatar, in little over a generation, has become one of the richest countries in the world. A focus on how the gulf state plans to reach new heights.

Qatar, in little over a generation, has become one of the richest countries in the world. A focus on how the gulf state plans to reach new heights.

Qatar - Conquering the World

Across Europe far-right parties are making significant gains at elections. A focus on Sweden, Italy, Germany and France and the strategies of the far-right parties to present themselves as ‘normal’.

The Normalisation of the Far Right

Pakistan is facing flooding on an unprecedented scale due to unusually heavy monsoon rains. More than 728 people have been killed in the past month, 31,000 homes have been destroyed and 500,000 livestock drowned, whilst 32 million people have been displaced.

Pakistan: Surviving the Deluge

32 million people are displaced in Pakistan in unprecedented flooding due to unusually heavy monsoon rains.

Community, solidarity and a better world through art: these were the watchwords of documenta 15 in Kassel, Germany. But shortly after the opening of the 2022 edition, this modern and contemporary art festival caused a scandal. The festival had given pride of place to a huge racist canvas by Taring Padi, an Indonesian collective.

Documenta 15: Art and Activism

How the Kassel documenta was eclipsed by an anti-Semitism scandal.

Twist

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, more than 30,000 Russians have left their country for Georgia. This is the case of Artyom Petukhov, organiser of an anti-war demonstration, who fled Putin's regime with only his smartphone in hand.

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, more than 30,000 Russians have left their country for Georgia.

Re: Russians Flee to Georgia

Energy from fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas made modern life possible in the first place; but that modern way of life is now in danger from the climate crisis and temperature extremes. Can we find an energy source that provides just as much energy as fossil fuels, but is still clean and easily available - a kind of perfect energy?

The Perfect Energy Source

Can we find an energy source that provides just as much energy as fossil fuels, but is still clean and easily available - a kind of perfect energy?

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Our most powerful weapon against the covid-19 pandemic has been the little known messenger RNA technology. But researchers have been developing it for the last 20 years with the initial goal of creating a cancer vaccine.

Can mRNA Vaccines Cure Cancer?

Over the last 20 years, researchers have been developing mRNA technology with the aim of vaccinating against cancer, not coronavirus.

A Polish cyber elf, a Ukrainian DJ on the front line, a militant Russian grandmother, and Belarusian hackers... On the face of it, they have little in common. And yet they are all resisting the Russian invasion of Ukraine, fighting back on different fronts.

Resistance

A Polish cyber elf, a Ukrainian DJ on the front line, a militant Russian grandmother, and Belarusian hackers...They are all resisting the Russian invasion of Ukraine on different fronts.

Tracks East

The Tigray region has been cut off from the rest of Ethiopia because of the civil war. Supplies are low and people are starving. Because of the fighting, crops could not be sowed and there is no harvest this year? It is the youngest that are the first to die in what is a major humanitarian crisis.

Ethiopia: Tigray Humanitarian Crisis

The Tigray region has been cut off from the rest of Ethiopia because of the civil war. Supplies are low and people are starving.

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Israeli choreographers Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar present their show Chapter 3: The Brutal Journey of the Heart at Nuits de Fourvière.

Nuits de Fourvière

The Brutal Journey of the Heart by Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar

Léo Delibes’ masterpiece returns to the Opéra Comique in a production conducted by Raphaël Pichon, staged by Laurent Pelly and featuring a superb vocal ensemble.

Sabine Devieilhe at the Opéra Comique

Léo Delibes’ masterpiece returns to the Opéra Comique.

Léo Delibes: Lakmé

MC Solaar, perhaps France’s most famous rapper, revisits his greatest hits accompanied by the New Big Band Project, the combination of the Orchestre national d’Île de France with jazz group The Ice Kream.
Programme
Lune solaire
Qui sème le vent
La fin justifie les moyens
Sequelles
Obsolete
Quand le soleil devient froid
Gangster moderne
A temps partiels
Victimes de la mode
In god we trust
Inch'allah
La concubine de l'hémoglobine
Nouveau western
Armand est mort
La devise
Bouge de là
Bouge de là (reprise)
Les boys bandent
La musique adoucit les mœurs
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With Live Orchestra at the Paris Philharmonie

Perhaps France’s most famous rapper, revisits his greatest hits accompanied by the New Big Band Project, the combination of the Orchestre national d’Île de France with jazz group The Ice Kream.

MC Solaar

Hania Rani was born in Poland and now divides her time between Warsaw and Berlin. Between these two cities, the pianist composes subtle and sensitive music reminiscent of Philip Glass or Erik Satie.

Piano Day 2022

Hania Rani

Is it a coincidence that so many of the top grossing Japanese films have a score written by Joe Hisaishi? He was a long-term collaborator of legendary Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, as well as Takeshi Kitano. Hisaishi returns to France with the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, to perform and conduct pieces from Ponyo and Princess Mononoke, along with his much-anticipated Symphony No. 2. This concert in Paris is a chance to dive into the fascinating world of a multi-faceted artist, at once composer, conductor, pianist, and lyricist. 


Programme:
Symphony n° 2
[Woman] for Piano Harp, Percussion and Strings
Princess Mononoké, Suite

Paris Philharmonie

With over 110 film scores to his name Joe Hisaishi is perhaps the most popular Japanese composer of our times

Joe Hisaishi in Concert

The Ring of the Nibelung at the Staatsoper Berlin is conducted by Christian Thielemann who is standing in for the indisposed Daniel Barenboim. This is only the second time that Thielemann, one of the world’s great Wagnerians, has collaborated with the Staatskapelle Berlin and it will actually mark his debut at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden!

Berlin State Opera

Christian Thielemann to stand in for the Staatskapelle’s own Daniel Barenboim, who is indisposed.

Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold

Nigerian superstar Burna Boy is one of the hottest artists around. Winner of the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album, BB has had one hit after another with his style that mixes Afrobeat, R'n'B and hip-hop.

Flow Festival 2022

Nigerian superstar Burna Boy is one of the hottest artists around with a style that mixes Afrobeat, R'n'B and hip-hop.

Burna Boy

The American instrumental ensemble are perhaps the best known Jazz collective in the USA today. Irresistible grooves, crazy instrumentation, and above all good humour, the group has never stopped renewing itself since its formation in 2004.

Nancy Jazz Pulsation 2022

Snarky Puppy

Pianist Maria-João Pires joins the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival in a concert featuring the music of Mozart, Mendelssohn and Schumann.


Programme:
Felix Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Overture, Op. 21
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat major, K. 271

Robert Schumann - Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, "Spring", Op. 38

Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival 2022

Pianist Maria-João Pires joins the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival in a concert featuring the music of Mozart, Mendelssohn and Schumann.

Maria-João Pires plays Mozart

With his distinctive headwear and inimitable jazz/soul style, Gregory Porter has become an instantly recognisable star on the international scene.

Baloise Session 2022

International sensation Gregory Porter brings his inimitable voice to the stage in Basel.

Gregory Porter

Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish perform at Hellfest 2022.

Hellfest 2022

Nightwish

After fifteen years with the White Stripes and The Raconteurs, Jack White started his solo career in 2012. 2022 marks a milestone for the Detroit-born artist with the release of two new albums: Fear of Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive. White is live in Paris at the legendary venue, the Olympia.

The White Stripes star is live in Paris to perform Fear of Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive.

Jack White at the Paris Olympia

Brazilian cult band Sepultura is back at Hellfest! They unleash their intense thrash metal in front of a white-hot audience.

Sepultura

Florence and the Machine are one of the most successful British bands of the last few decades, selling millions of albums worldwide. Led by musician, songwriter and producer Florence Welch, whose deep voice carries her dark, romantic songs.

Florence + The Machine

Down-tempo British group Morcheeba bring their special ambient sound to the intimate setting of the Baloise Session festival.

The British masters of chill perform in the intimate setting of the Baloise Session festival.

Morcheeba

As 2022 comes to an end we take stock of the fantastic performances we’ve hosted and give you a pick of the best.