Nuit des Musées 2025 at the Cité de la Musique - Philharmonie de Paris: the musical program

The Philharmonie de Paris is once again taking part in European Museum Night with a free nocturne! To mark the occasion, the Cité de la Musique is unveiling a special program on Saturday, May 17, 2025. A musical evening to remember!

A not-to-be-missed event in Paris, the Nuit des Musées brings together the curious and the passionate for a fine program of free nocturnes at the heart of museums, monuments, art foundations and other cultural venues. Paris andthe whole of the Île-de-France region are taking part in this legendary springtime event, which returns for its 21st edition on Saturday, May 17, 2025.

Music lovers take note: in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, the Philharmonie de Paris, also known as the Cité de la Musique, awaits you for Nuit des Musées. Located in the Parc de la Villette, the Philharmonie combines a concert hall, rehearsal rooms and exhibition spaces, including the Musée de la Musique. The venue also offers regular educational workshops, making it a true living space built around the musical arts.

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So why not rock out to the rhythm of the special program that awaits us at the Philharmonie de Paris during this 21st edition of Nuit des Musées? We'll take you on a tour of what's in store for this free nocturne in the heart of the Cité de la Musique.

The program for Nuit des Musées 2025 at the Cité de la Musique - Philharmonie de Paris

A museum transformed
Saturday, May 17, 2025
8pm to 11:30pm
Musée de la Musique
The Museum preserves one of the world's most important collections of instruments, both in terms of rarity and diversity of objects.
It unveils the new presentation of its collection, dedicated to comparing and reconnecting musical heritages from all over the world.

Music and worlds
Saturday, May 17, 2025
8:00 pm to 11:30 pm
Musée de la Musique
Students from the jazz and improvised music department of Pôle Sup' 93, under the artistic direction of Vincent Segal, celebrate music in all its diversity and explore the sonic potential of the historic instruments in the collection.
With Abel Ait-Mouhoub and Nicolas Ruiz, 1957 Fender Telecaster and 1962 Höfner Ambassador 2000 guitars (Musée de la musique collection), Mona Cave, Cau Dang Vu Do-Khac and Pierre Martinet, flutes, Anis Faris Dupuis, trumpet, Arlet Feuillard, piano Steinway 1928 (Musée de la musique collection), Martina Gouet, percussion, vocals, Louis Gourmaud, drums, Gerardo Gunst, percussion, Mahmoud Sadi, saxophone

Le programme est mis à jour en fonction des informations officielles