Nothing is ever too good for Zinedine Zidane. The Philharmonie de Paris will host a sound and visual installation around the 1998 world champion from October. origin, a film released in theaters in 2006, plunges the visitor into the heart of a football match between Real Madrid and Villarreal, filmed in 2005 in real time at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.
Seventeen giant screens will broadcast, “by spatializing them, specific sound content” inviting the visitor to immerse themselves in “Zidane’s breath, his inner voice, the noise of clashes on the pitch, the chanting of the supporters, the sounds of the clash of the body and kicking the ball. All combined with original music by the Scottish group Mogwai.
“Concert matches” during the Rugby World Cup
The Philharmonie will also organize “match-concerts” during the Rugby World Cup: the matches broadcast live on the big screen will be accompanied by musical interludes and the recreation of the musical atmosphere of the stadiums.
But it won’t just be sports. As every year, the most prestigious orchestras and soloists will jostle in the Pierre Boulez room, and Philip Glass, one of the most influential contemporary composers, will be honoured. A new edition of the La Maestra competition, dedicated to female conductors, concerts devoted to “women composers of yesterday”, dance performances and the first festival devoted to children are also on the program.
Inaugurated in 2015 in the east of Paris and has become a reference in terms of acoustics, the room will launch “La Balise”, a local radio antenna involving young students or people working around the building.
A deficit of 2.5 million euros
Despite an increase in attendance, the Philharmonie recorded a deficit of 2.5 million euros in 2022, widened by inflation in the cost of energy (+ 40%), the increase in the payroll (+ 3 .5%) and, above all, the withdrawal by the City of Paris of one million euros of its subsidy. In addition, the State has not unfrozen part of its grant set aside (1 million).
For 2023, the situation remains complicated, with a probable deficit of between 3 and 4 million euros, due to the explosion in energy costs (+ 240%). However, the Philharmonie expects increased support from the State and the thawing of credits, as well as an increase in the share of sponsorship by nearly 30%. Subsidies represent 60% of the cinema’s total budget (119 million euros).