Paris is a city of music, all kinds of music and the cultural diversity is not just a concept but a reality. Throughout the city and its neighborhoods, Parisian’s music lovers participate in groups, orchestras or take courses to be perfect and of course there are many singing in amateur or professional choirs. There are over a hundred choral in Paris. LGBT choirs are obviously part of this movement, there is in Paris a dozen LGBT choirs and covering all musical genres.
Opening Ceremony
The choirs will be welcome at the beginning of the week of Gay Games and will be at the heart of the cultural program. In the prologue to this week, the opening ceremony will present a performance of 15 minutes by Melo'men and Equivox choirs accompanied by the Rainbow Symphony Orchestra of Paris.
A Singing City
Paris has the distinction of having many bandstands dating from the beginning of the last century for the most part in squares and gardens. There are even every summer a music festival held in Paris in all kiosks. During the Gay Games, it will be proposed to the choirs who came for the occasion to occur in kiosks with Parisian choirs. The bandstands of 3rd arrondissement (Square du Temple) and the 4th arrondissement (Ile de la Cité) will be open for registration on 6 and 7 August afternoon during the week of Gay Games so that the choirs can come and present their work to the participants and to Parisians.
Grand gala party
When: Thursday, August 9th at 8:00 pm (duration 2h15)
The grand gala party with all the choirs will take place in new Philharmonie de Paris, in the Parc de la Villette.
Program:
- A presentation and performance of choral "hosts" (30min)
- A great giant choir formed by all the singers of Gay Games participants on the theme of "All Equal" (15 minutes)
- Participation choirs representatives of cultural diversity in Paris but also in the world, culminating with a guest choir from an outreach region (1h30)
Venue
Located at the north-east of the capital in a changing neighborhood, part of a cultural park and visible from the outskirts of Paris, this equipment will be served by an innovative architecture. On the acoustic concert hall meet the most demanding international standards. It will stand models will focus strictly frontal and wrap the scene by the public to strengthen the sense of intimacy between the performers and their audience.
Choral Partners
- Equivox
- Gam'elles
- Melo'men
