16 Washington Mews (at University Place), NY, NY 10003
Monday, February 22, 7:00 p.m.
JANE KRAMER
European correspondent, The New Yorker; author of Lone Patriot; The Politics of Memory; Europeans; Unsettling Europe
Me, Myself, and I: Michel de Montaigne In and Out of the Tower
Reservation list closed as of 02/19/2010.
Wednesday, February 24, 7:00 p.m.
BARBARA CASSIN
Philosopher, philologist (CNRS/NYU); author of L'Effet sophistique; Avec le plus petit et le plus inapparent corps; editor, Vocabulaire européen des philosophies
Homme, Femme, Philosophie
In French.
Thursday, February 25, 7:00 p.m.
PHILIPPE FOREST
Writer, novelist; author of L'Enfant éternel (Prix Femina); Toute la nuit; Sarinagara (Prix Décembre); Le Nouvel Amour
Lecture de textes
Présenté par Emmanuelle Ertel, Department of French, NYU
In French.
Sunday, February 28, 3:00 p.m.
Concert and Conversation
Homage to Robert Casadesus (1899-1972)
DAVID DUBAL, celebrated Juilliard teacher and WQXR host of Reflections from the Keyboard, presents the French pianist and composer in conversations with his daughter, THERESE CASADESUS RAWSON, live performances of selected works, and film documentaries.
Dimitry Glivinskiy, pianist, Mannes School of Music will perform a movement from the First Sonata op. 14. He will be joined by Stephanie Song, violinist, The Juilliard School, in the Hommage à Chausson op. 51 for violin and piano. Cicilia Yudha, pianist, DMA candidate at University of North Carolina, Greensboro, will play the Toccata op. 40 and a movement of the Fourth sonata op. 56.
Performers are all alumni of the Conservatoire Américain at Fontainebleau.
Reservations: 212-998-8750; maison.francaise@nyu.edu
Tickets: $15. $10. students
La Maison Française is open Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The building re-opens a half-hour before evening programs. All events are open to the public and free of charge unless otherwise indicated.
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