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Music for piano and keyboard
In partnership with the Fondation BNP Paribas, Le Lieu Unique, the centre for contemporary culture in Nantes, is organising an annual festival of experimental music based around the piano and…
From 4 April 2026
To 12 April 2026
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Los Thuthanaka + One Leg One Eye + Malibu + Tryphème Dj

Founded by west coast artists Chuquimamani-Condori & Joshua Chuquimia Crampton, grupo Los Thuthanaka bridges the past, present & future of the mighty…
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Einstürzende Neubauten + Memorials

The legendary German band, led for over forty years by the uncompromising and charismatic Blixa Bargeld, returns to LU after a last date in 2017. Resolutely inventive,…
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Kim Gordon

Kim Gordon, an American artist born in 1953, has distinguished herself since her early days with a hybrid practice that combines contemporary art, experimental music…
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Miet Warlop

Inhale Delirium Exhale
Miet Warlop’s pieces are veritable journeys that immerse us in a funny and fascinating visual universe. In Inhale Delirium Exhale , she shows us the inner storm that…
sold out
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Bachar Mar-Khalifé

Postludes
The Lebanese pianist, percussionist, singer, and poet Bachar Mar-Khalifé grew up amid the political upheavals in his country. His music recaptures an inspiring…
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Pamina de Coulon

Fire of Emotions : Niagara 3000
Pamina de Coulon speaks as if overflowing. Tightly wound, her voice ploughs a furrow where sharp criticism, militant tenderness, and the dented beauty of the world…
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Mette Ingvartsen

Delirious Night
In Delirious Night , the Danish choreographer transforms the night into a wild party where dance spreads like wildfire. Following on from The Dancing Public , this…
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Juliette Kempf

L’Enveillée
With L’Enveillée , Juliette Kempf creates an echo chamber, filled with song, silence, and simple gestures to watch over our dead in a new way. Four stories for a…
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sold out
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Melaine Dalibert

Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett
Théâtre Graslin
On 24 January 1975, pianist Keith Jarrett gave an entirely improvised concert at the Cologne Opera House, a performance that has since become an iconic jazz record.…
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ONCEIM · Christian Marclay & Genevieve Murphy

L’Auditorium – La Soufflerie
With this double bill, ONCEIM calls upon two avant-garde figures, Christian Marclay and Genevieve Murphy. For Constellation , Christian Marclay—a pioneer of…
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Suzan Peeters

Musée d'arts de Nantes
Suzan Peeters is a Brussels-based accordionist, composer and improviser. She is constantly searching for new timbres and sound textures within the accordion, pushing…
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Purelink

Purelink are more than the sum of their parts - formed in 2020, the trio (consisting of Millia, kindtree, & Concave Reflection) has amassed a loving fanbase…
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Opus · Ryūichi Sakamoto

A film by Neo Sora (2025 • vostfr)
Le Cinématographe
In the fall of 2022, Ryūichi Sakamoto—an internationally renowned virtuoso pianist and member of the cult Japanese band Yellow Magic Orchestra—is diagnosed with cancer…
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Monk in pieces

A film by Billy Shebar (2025 • vostfr)
Le Cinématographe
A performer, singer, and dancer, Meredith Monk is a key figure in the American art scene. Since the 1960s, her work, particularly with the voice, has inspired many…
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La Nòvia

joue Jessica Ekomane & Conlon Nancarrow
Pannonica / Salle Paul Fort
La Nòvia is a French collective whose members explore the boundaries between traditional music and experimental practices. In 2025, they will tackle Conlon Nancarrow…

Tweak Soundsystem

Inspired by Jamaican pioneers, Tweak represents a true vision of soundsystem from their roots, transcribed into a modern and powerful woodwork. It adapts to all styles…
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Los Thuthanaka + One Leg One Eye + Malibu + Tryphème Dj

Founded by west coast artists Chuquimamani-Condori & Joshua Chuquimia Crampton, grupo Los Thuthanaka bridges the past, present & future of the mighty…
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Célimène Daudet joue Ryūichi Sakamoto

La Chapelle de l'Immaculée
Célimène Daudet is a classical pianist of French-Haitian origin, renowned for the finesse and expressive power of her playing. She performs regularly at prestigious…
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Einstürzende Neubauten + Memorials

The legendary German band, led for over forty years by the uncompromising and charismatic Blixa Bargeld, returns to LU after a last date in 2017. Resolutely inventive,…
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Clubbing

Takkak Takkak + Simo Cell

Takkak Takkak is a new duo project by producer Shigeru Ishihara and the multi-instrumentalist J. Mo’ong Santoso Pribadi. Each artist is known and loved for their…
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Debate

Talk with Suzanne Ciani

A pioneer of electronic and New Age music in the 1980s, Suzanne Ciani cut her teeth on the legendary Buchla modular synthesizer, renowned for its unprecedented sounds.…
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Thorn Wych

Thorn Wych makes instruments from tree branches in her backyard workshop, with which plays semi improvised devotional freak-folk, and she sings in tongues. This is all…
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Ak'chamel

Ak’chamel has built a solid reputation as a compelling stage project. Wearing nightmarish costumes and engaging in hallucinatory “rituals”, their singular sound…
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Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko

Гільдеґарда (Hildegard)
La Chapelle de l'Immaculée
Гільдеґарда (‘Hildegard’ in Ukrainian) is a unique reimagining of Hildegard von Bingen's music. It combines the vocal sound production approaches of authentic…
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Clubbing

Helen Island

A sign of the times, ghastly and hallucinatory – Helen Island creates alternative pop music that echoes late capitalism and the saccharine gaze of the digital world.…
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Actress & Suzanne Ciani + EYE & C.O.L.O + Smerz

The project Concrete Waves , which brings together two legends of electronic music from different generations and with distinct careers, fuses the organic fluidity…
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Clubbing

Tracey + Pauline Gompertz

Tracey is a London-based band formed in 2024. Their music is a blend of the fresh and the familiar, drawing from underground electronic pioneers, contemporary…
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Fine

Fine is an artist from Copenhagen's alternative scene, alongside Astrid Sonne, Erika de Casier, and ML Buch. Her music blends folk, dream pop, and electronic textures…
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Ganavya

La Chapelle de l'Immaculée
Ganavya is a singer and composer who was trained from childhood in harikatha—the art of storytelling combining song, music, and narration in the Hindu tradition. Her…
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Eiko Ishibashi & Jim O'Rourke

Pannonica / Salle Paul Fort
Between sound experimentation, pop, and instrumental compositions, the duo formed by Jim O'Rourke (former member of Sonic Youth) and Eiko Ishibashi (composer of the …
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Sombat Simla

Sombat Simla is one of the greatest living players of the khene, a mouth organ from Southeast Asia. A public figure in Molam music—a folk music genre from Thailand and…
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Kim Gordon

Kim Gordon, an American artist born in 1953, has distinguished herself since her early days with a hybrid practice that combines contemporary art, experimental music…
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Soizic Lebrat

Pensée à l’instant dite
Soizic Lebrat is a cellist from Nantes who has been focusing on composition, research, and improvisation for several years. In Pensée à l’instant dite , Lebrat gives…
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Chute libre

Brut(es)
Born in the ghettos of Los Angeles in the ’90s, Krump has a cathartic power. For hip-hop choreographers Annabelle Loiseau and Pierre Bolo, Krump is an extraordinary,…
Families
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Othman Louati & Jacques Perconte

Solaris
Théâtre Graslin
Solaris is a seminal work of literary science fiction written by Polish author Stanisław Lem in 1961. At a time when the impact of human activity is endangering the…
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Nassim Soleimanpour & Omar Elerian

ECHO (Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen)
ECHO is a meditation on exile and resistance. Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour, who is prevented from travelling with his plays, invites a performer to take…
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Mind the Gap

J’étais parti·e, pardon (dans un autre univers)
While attending a play, a class of 5th-grade pupils vanishes into thin air. What if this strange disappearance had something to do with the theme of their show:…
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Yvann Alexandre

N.éon
The choreographer Yvann Alexandre develops a precise body language, like a calligraphy of the intimate. His new piece is inspired by the Chevalier d’Éon: a diplomat…
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Autechre

After a long series of sold-out concerts throughout 2025, Sean Booth and Rob Brown, members of the band Autechre, are preparing for another busy year with more…
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