Concerts, Conferences & Events
for the bicentenary of his birth on December 4, 2025
October 2025
October 10: Release of the album Sol Gabetta – Lise Cristiani on Sony.
October 14: Pre-premiere in Frankfurt of Simone Jung’s film Sol und 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.
– 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.: Meeting with Waldemar Kamer at Librairie Monnier, Rue de Rome, Paris.
November 16: Concert & conference at the Couvent des Dominicains in Lille.
– 2:30 p.m.: Lecture by Waldemar Kamer – The Rediscovery of Lise Cristiani.
– 4:30 p.m.: Homage to Lise Cristiani concert
featuring 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).
5:00 p.m.: In the Footsteps of Lise, a narrative concert imagined by Marie-Thérèse Grisenti,
with Héloïse Guillot (narration), Marie-Thérèse Grisenti (cello), and Marc Vitantonio (piano).
Introductory video available on YouTube.
December 2025
December 4: Celebrations for the 200th anniversary of Lise Cristiani’s birth in Paris.
An evening event is planned at the Town Hall of the 9th arrondissement, where Lise’s (adoptive) parents were married, in the neighborhood where she grew up and gave her first concerts.
[Evening organized in collaboration with the Mairie du IXe, 9e Histoire, and Les Amis de Lise Cristiani.]
Among the surprises in preparation:
World premiere of the Andante for solo cello that Lise wrote for Felix Mendelssohn in her album – the first time music composed by her will be heard!
(Performed by Marie-Thérèse Grisenti on cello.)
Start of the Lise Cristiani tour by Sol Gabetta & Capella Gabetta.
Information on these concerts and those in 2026: 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.
[Other events in preparation, including:]
December 13: Narrative concert at Petit Ivry Cabaret (Paris Métro Porte d’Ivry).
8:30 p.m.: In the Footsteps of Lise, a narrative concert imagined by Marie-Thérèse Grisenti,
with Selina Casati (narration), Marie-Thérèse Grisenti (cello), and Marc Vitantonio (piano).
