





Scheduled 24 Novembre 2022 to 1st June 2023 Les Jeudis musicaux concerts are jointly organised by the CMBV, the public institution of the Palace of Versailles and the Paris CNSMD. Weekly concerts [...]
From 4th – 11th June 2023, the Boston Early Music Festival, CMBV partners for over fifteen years, will present a new stage production of one of Henry Desmarest’s finest scores, a tragédie lyrique from [...]
The advent of public concerts (Académies) from 1710 in around forty French towns was unprecedented. These official institutions, somewhere between a learned society and a public entertainment establishment, [...]
Knowledge about French opera has considerably improved over the last few decades, thanks to numerous research projects which have since become reference works. However, researchers have tended to focus [...]
Janus is the Roman deity of beginnings and endings, of choices, gates and transitions. He has two faces, one looking into the past and the other into the future. Mirroring this, for several years now the [...]
Scheduled 24 Novembre 2022 to 1st June 2023 Les Jeudis musicaux concerts are jointly organised by the CMBV, the public institution of the Palace of Versailles and the Paris CNSMD. Weekly concerts [...]
À l’occasion de la production de Castor et Pollux dans sa version historique (1737), jamais entendue depuis près de 60 ans et recréée grâce aux recherches du CMBV, dix-sept Membres du Cercle Rameau ont [...]
From 4th – 11th June 2023, the Boston Early Music Festival, CMBV partners for over fifteen years, will present a new stage production of one of Henry Desmarest’s finest scores, a tragédie lyrique from [...]
The circulation and the international exchange of composers, librettists, singers, musicians, theatrical architects, costume designers in 17th and 18th -century Europe modified the taste, creating new [...]
The advent of public concerts (Académies) from 1710 in around forty French towns was unprecedented. These official institutions, somewhere between a learned society and a public entertainment establishment, [...]
In a project headed by Jean Duron, the CMBV is producing a digital publication of two key collections of French sacred music from the first half of the 17th century, namely the Deslauriers manuscript [...]
Concerts, stage productions, teaching projects, recordings: the production department encourages the spread of French Baroque music.
Symposiums, study days, seminars, publications, performance practices : the CMBV Research Department is a musicology lab, working in partnership with the CESR and the CNRS.
Sharing knowledge of early music and practical expertise in French baroque music in particular, is one of the key missions of the CMBV.
The Centre de musique baroque de Versailles designs bespoke local activities and outreach projects, notably for youngsters.
Sheet music, books, CDs and DVDs. The Centre de musique baroque de Versailles offers a variety of publications.
The CMBV has multiple ressources: a specialised library, digital resources, stage set & costume collections, musical instruments, 18 rehearsal rooms, etc.