French Flutist Jean Ferrandis and pianist Angela Favazza perform Franck’s Sonata, Bizet/Borne’s Carmen Fantasy and Poulenc’s Sonata. Ferrandis is an internationally renowned flautist and conductor who has performed in prestigious concert halls around the world, including the Salle Pleyel and Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris.

Come and enjoy live performances by Laure Briard (Toulouse, France) The Bluebonnets (Austin, TX) and They Call Me Rico (Québec, Canada).

This FREE and family-friendly event is organized by the Cultural Service of the French Embassy in Houston.
Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney, Houston, TX 77010

Recital by French pianist Philippe Bianconi, including works from Chopin, Debussy and Schumann. He has been described as an artist whose playing is “always close to the soul of the music, filling the space with poetry and life” (Washington Post). After winning the Silver Medal in the Seventh Van Cliburn International Competition, Bianconi made an acclaimed recital debut at Carnegie Hall in 1987 and, since then, has enthralled audiences and critics throughout the world.

A chamber opera presented by the Houston Grand Opera, celebrating Houston’s iconic Rothko Chapel, which is internationally known as a home for Mark Rothko’s work, an ecumenical sanctuary, and a global rallying place for human rights.

In March, the Nasher Sculpture Center presents a series of events honoring French artist Pierre Huyghe, 2017 Nasher Prize Laureate. The Nasher Prize celebration month is supported by the Cultural Service of the French Embassy in Houston.

Scholarly work presented by masters and doctoral students with a keynote presentation by French art historian Nicolas Bourriaud at 3 p.m.

The process leading up to the selection of 2017 Nasher Prize Laureate Pierre Huyghe.

Nasher Prize Juror and Senior Curator at the National Gallery of Art, Lynne Cooke speaks with 2017 Nasher Prize Laureate Pierre Huyghe about his artistic philosophy and practice.

Open to the public. Free with advance registration.

ReCollecting Dogon at the Menil Collection, supported in part by the Cultural Service of the French Embassy in Houston, showcases over 25 examples of artistry from the Bandiagara region in Mali acquired by Jean and Dominique de Menil during the mid-20th century. Recently commissioned masks, videos by Sérou Dolo and contemporary works by artists Amahigueré Dolo and Alaye Kene Atô serve as counterpoints to historical representations of Dogon peoples.

Tournées Film Festival is a program of the FACE Foundation, in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, which aims to bring French cinema to American college and university campuses.Texas Christian University will screen Pierrot le Fou Jean-Luc Godard, School of Babel by Julie Bertucelli, Phantom Boy by Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli, Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, May Allah Bless France! by Abd Al Malik, and Far From Men by David Oelhoffen.

With the 2017 Five Funny French Films series, don't miss the uniquely French sense of humor in these Houston premieres at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston of Struggle for Life by Antonin Peretjatko, Uncompleted Song by Orelsan and Christophe Hoffenstein, The Brand New Testament by Jaco Van Dormael, One Man and his Cow, by Mohamed Hamidi and We are Family by Gabriel Julien-Laferrière.

The Ultra-Seeing film series is presented by the School of Arts, Technology and Emerging Communication (ATEC) at the University of Texas at Dallas and Light Cone, at the Nasher Sculpture Center with the support of the Cultural Service of the French Embassy in Houston.

Dis-moi dix mots is a project initiated by the French Ministry of Education for classes to create a collective of literary and artistic pieces of work corresponding to a selection of 10 French words. This year's words are: AVATAR, CANULAR, ÉMOTICÔNE, FAVORI, FURETEUR, HÉBERGER, NOMADE, NUAGE, PIRATE, TÉLÉSNOBER.

Spoken by more than 274 million people on the five continents and by 2.1 million people in the United States, French language is the second most widely learnt language in the world. Since 1970, French language has been celebrated on March 20, which marks the birth of the Intergovernmental Organization of French-speaking nations (Organisation internationale de la francophonie).

French language, music, art and sport competition organized by the Texas French Symposium. The Cultural Service of the French Embassy in Houston will award the laureate a language stay in France.

The Texas A&M Melbern Glasscock Center for Humanities Reasearch presents a conference entitled 1917: A Global Turning Point in History and Memory, with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy. Participants include: Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau, Director, School for Advance Studies in the Social Science (EHESS, France); Mark E. Grotelueschen, Lt. Col. and Professor at United States Air Force Academy and Nicolas Werth, Research Director, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS, France) and Senior Fellow at the Institute of Contemporary History (IHTP), Paris.