Concerts, Conferences & Events
For the bicentenary of Lise Cristiani's birth
December 4, 2025:
October 2025
October 10: Release of the album Sol Gabetta – Lise Cristiani (Sony).
October 14: Pre-premiere in Frankfurt of Simone Jung’s film Sol & Lise (93 min., blue marmot gmbh).
November 2025
November 7: Publication of the first biography, Lise Cristiani, by Waldemar Kamer and René de Vries, published by bleu nuit éditeur in Paris.
– 4:30 p.m.: Meeting with Waldemar Kamer at Librairie Monnier, Rue de Rome in Paris.
November 16: Concert & conference at the Couvent des Dominicains in Lille.
– 2:30 p.m.: Lecture by Waldemar Kamer: La redécouverte de Lise Cristiani.
– 4:30 p.m.: concert: Hommage à Lise Cristiani organised by Chambre à part, with the Romance op. 22 by Clara Schumann and the Trio by Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn – the three musicians knew each other – and the French premiere of the Trio by Latvian composer Lucija Garuta. With Morgane De Lafforest (cello), Lucia Barathova (violin), and Baptiste Tricot (piano).
November 30: Narrative concert at La Scène en forêt in Achères (Fontainebleau).
– 6:00 p.m.: Sur les pas de Lise, concert narratif imaginé par Marie-Thérèse Grisenti, with Héloïse Guillot (narration), Marie-Thérèse Grisenti (cello), and Marc Vitantonio (piano). Presentation Video on Youtube.
– Followed by a meeting with Waldemar Kamer and book signing of Lise Cristiani.
December 2025
December 4: Celebrations for the 200th anniversary of Lise Cristiani’s birth in Paris.
– 6:30 p.m.: Evening event in the Salle Rossini in the 9th arrondissement, the neighbourhood where Lise grew up and gave her first concerts. [Organised by the Mairie du 9e Arrondissement, 9e Histoire, Bleu Nuit éditeur and Les Amis de Lise Cristiani]
Programme:
- Welcome by Delphine Bürkli, Mayor of the 9th arrondissement, and Alexandre Gady, President of 9e Histoire,
- Presentation of Lise Cristiani by her biographers Waldemar Kamer and René de Vries,
- Musical accompaniment with Felix Mendelssohn's Romance sans paroles (Op. 109), "dédiée à Mlle Lise Cristiani !" [dedicated to Mlle Lise Cristiani] and world premiere of the Andante pour Violoncello solo composed by Lise Cristiani for Felix Mendelssohn, performed by Marie-Thérèse Grisenti (cello) and Marc Vitantonio (piano),
- Preview of the film by Simone Jung Sol & Lise (93 min., French version, blue marmot gmbh) in the presence of the director, the team and numerous friends of Lise.
Free admission after prior reservation on the town hall website:
https://mairie09.paris.fr/pages/bicentenaire-de-la-violoncelliste-lise-cristiani-33082
Start of the Lise Cristiani tour by Sol Gabetta & Capella Gabetta.
Information on these concerts: solgabetta.com
December 6: Brussels, BOZAR.
December 8: Munich, Prinzregententheater.
December 9: Bielefeld, Rudolf-Oetker-Halle.
December 10: Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie.
December 11: Düsseldorf, Tonhalle.
December 13: Cologne, Philharmonie.
December 13: Narrative concert at Petit Ivry Cabaret (Paris Métro Porte d’Ivry).
– 8:30 p.m.: Sur les pas de Lise, concert narratif imaginé par Marie-Thérèse Grisenti, with Héloïse Guillot (narration), Marie-Thérèse Grisenti (cello), and Marc Vitantonio (piano).
Followed by a meeting with Waldemar Kamer and book signing of Lise Cristiani.
February 2026
Reprint of the biography Lise Cristiani by Waldemar Kamer and René de Vries, published by bleu nuit éditeur (the first edition was already sold out in January).
February 15: Presentation in Berlin of Simone Jung's film Sol & Lise (93 m., blue marmot gmbh) on the sidelines of the Berlinale.
February 21: Gesprächskonzert at the Bellevue Palace in Kassel (Germany): Mit dem Cello nach Sibirien - Hommage an Lise Cristiani , Liudmila Firagina (cello), Julia Reingardt (piano), Simone Jung (narration).
March 2026
End of the Lise Cristiani tour by Sol Gabetta & Capella Gabetta
Information about these concerts: www.solgabetta.com
March 6: In Dortmund at the Konzerthaus.
March 11: In Berlin at the Konzerthaus.
March 12: In Lucerne at the KKL (Culture and Congress Centre).
March 27: Concert narratif at the Théâtre de l'Épopée in Arcueil, Sur les pas de Lise.
Concert conceived by Marie-Thérèse Grisenti, Xavier-Valéry Gauthier (narration), Marie-Thérèse Grisenti (cello) and Marc Vitantonio (piano), followed by a meeting with Waldemar Kamer and book signing of Lise Cristiani.
April 2026
April 2: Conference by Waldemar Kamer, organised by 9e Histoire at the Town Hall of the 9tharrondissement, La redécouverte de Lise Cristiani, followed by a book signing of Lise Cristiani .
[Other events in preparation]