Event The European Night of Museums 2026

CONCERTS IN THE GALLERY OF GREAT BATTLES

The Palace of Versailles is offering visitors to European Museum Night an exceptional musical interlude in the Gallery of Great Battles, featuring four concerts for two pianos. Visitors will then continue their evening tour of the Empire Rooms, accompanied by students from the École du Louvre.

MUSICAL PROGRAMME

Four 30-minute concert sessions

Concert 7.20pm-7.50pm

• Johann Sebastian Bach, Concerto pour deux clavecins en ut mineur BWV 1060, I. Allegro, II. Adagio, III. Allegro

Pianists : Felicia Cheng and Claire Meissner Bernard

• Franz Liszt, Poèmes symphoniques, arrangement à deux pianos, 3. Les Préludes, d'après Lamartine

Pianistes : Julien Kurtz and Yannick Weiler

Concert 8.20pm-8.50pm

• Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski (arr. Nicolas Economou), Casse-Noisette, Suite extraite du ballet, 1. Ouverture, 2. Marche : Tempo di marcia viva, 3. Danse de la Fée Dragée : Andante non troppo, 4. Danse russe (Trépak) : Tempo di Trepak, molto vivace, 7. Danse des mirlitons : Moderato assai, 8. Valse des fleurs : Tempo di valse

Pianists : Olivier Dupont and Aloïs Scrizzi

• Modest Moussorgski (arr. Jura Margulis), Une nuit sur le mont Chauve (version à deux pianos)

Pianists : Deirbhile Brennan and Matthias Fischer

Concert 9.20pm-9.50pm

• Franz Liszt, Poèmes symphoniques, arrangement à deux pianos, 6. Mazeppa

Pianists : Florian Chevallier and Thomas Prat

• Alexander Tsfasman, 4 Songs, 2. Jolly night, 3. Dancing Fingers

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Abram Chasins, Fantaisie sur des thèmes de la Chauve-Souris de Johann Strauss

Pianists : Victor Amoureux and Romain Coharde

Concert 10.20pm-10.50pm

• Franz Liszt, Réminiscences de Norma, d'après Bellini

Pianists : Deirbhile Brennan and Thierry Goldwaser

• Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Greg Anderson), Le Cygne (version à deux pianos)

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Leonard Bernstein / John Musto / Xavier Aymonod, Danses symphoniques de West Side Story

Pianists : Xavier Aymonod and Tristan Legris

The International piano festival Les Amateurs virtuoses was founded in 2008 and is organised by the Pianestival association. Its original aim was to enable exceptional amateur pianists to perform in concerts on the biggest stages in France and around the world. Over the years, the festival has established itself in France and around the world as the leading event for showcasing high-level amateur performance: all participants are finalists in international competitions and also work in professions unrelated to music (teachers, lawyers, doctors, consultants, etc.). For more information about the festival, its past and upcoming events, visit www.lesamateursvirtuoses.com

Student Mediations

Visitors will be able to explore the Empire rooms in the Aile du Midi and discover one of the largest collections of works dedicated to the Napoleonic period.
Students from the École du Louvre will be on hand at various points throughout the tour to engage with visitors.

Practical informations

Free admission by booking a time slot online.

Booking opens soon.

Opening hours : from 7pm to midnight (last admission at 10pm)