Mozart à Montmartre avec les Artistes de l'Opéra et Pierre Génisson

Unique concert in the heart of Montmartre in Église Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre where Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Ave Verum, Clarinet Quintet in A major K. 581, Symphony No. 25, and Turkish March will resound.

Unpublished in concert! You will also hear the world premiere of the Mozart score rediscovered on February 2, 2026 and arranged for clarinet and cello.

Les Artistes de l'Opéra: excellence in service of music

Represented by Michèle Deschamps, former First Violin of the Opéra de Paris and president of All4Opera, they are directed by cellist Éric Zorgniotti. The ensemble champions classical and sacred compositions, and stands out for its collective listening and artistic sensibility.

Pierre Génisson, clarinettist

A major figure of the French wind school, Pierre Génisson trained in Marseille, then at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris, where he obtained his first prizes in clarinet and chamber music unanimously. He then completed his training in Los Angeles, at the University of Southern California, with Yehuda Gilad.

Winner of the Carl Nielsen and Jacques Lancelot international competitions in Tokyo, in 2018 he received the Prix Cino del Duca from the Académie des Beaux-Arts. He performs as a soloist with major orchestras across Europe and the world, and regularly shares the stage with quartets such as Ébène, Modigliani, or Jerusalem.

An exclusive Warner Classics/Erato artist, he devoted his first album on this label to Mozart, alongside Concerto Köln and mezzo-soprano Karine Deshayes. There he explores the famous Clarinet Concerto on period and modern instruments, extending the unique bond that united the composer with his clarinettist friend Anton Stadler.

The discovery

On February 2, 2026, François-Pierre Goy, curator in the Music Department of the BnF, identified an autograph composition notebook comprising seven pieces for harp and flute. In April 2026, Armin Brinzing, director of the Bibliotheca Mozartiana of the Mozarteum de Salzbourg, confirmed the attribution. He views it as the most significant Mozartian discovery in decades.

Mozart gave these daily lessons in Paris from May to July 1778, to Marie-Louise-Philippine de Bonnières de Guînes, daughter of the Duke of Guînes and an excellent harpist. It was for the duke and his daughter that he had written the Concerto for Flute and Harp in C major, K. 299. The pieces are co-written: they always start from an idea of Mozart, and the master's hand mingles with that of the pupil.

Organized in one of the finest acoustics at Église Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre, an alliance of Art Nouveau and early twentieth-century innovation, the concert promises a setting that sublimates the vitality of the music. This unique fusion between soloist excellence, ensemble mastery, and a historic venue guarantees a concert of rare beauty, in perfect harmony between sound and space.