The Luxembourg Festival 2016 includes outstanding productions at the Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg and the Philharmonie in October and November:
Opera and music theatre: Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate, a new production by Lee Blakeley (Théâtre du Châtelet production, co-production Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg); L’Autre Hiver by Dominique Pauwels (direction, stage and video: Denis Marleau and Stéphanie Jasmi) with United Instruments of Lucilin, Coro Gulbenkian, and the La Monnaie Children’s Choir; Dimitri de Perrot’s «Myousik» with the percussionist Julian Sartorius
Dance: Kaori Ito with the duo «Je danse parce que je me méfie des mots»; «Il Ritorno» by Yaron Lifschitz with Quincy Grant and the Circa Ensemble; Russell Maliphant’s «Conceal | Reveal» with 5 dancers; «Dança Sinfónica » and «Suite Branca» by Grupo Corpo from Brazil
Orchestras: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Hélène Grimaud; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Daniele Gatti; OPL / Gustavo Gimeno with Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Janine Jansen; Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern / Miguel Harth-Bedoya with José Cura; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique / Sir John Eliot Gardiner with Kristian Bezuidenhout; Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre / Valery Gergiev with Denis Matsuev
Recital: Janine Jansen; Pierre-Laurent Aimard; Anne Sofie von Otter; Gunnar Idenstam and Johan Hedin; Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber
Ciné-Concert: Jean-François Zygel / Fritz Lang
Jazz and world music: Michael Wollny and Vincent Peirani; Toumani and Sidiki Diabaté