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Hear tender piano-led works from the French composer and multi-instrumentalist behind the Amélie soundtrack, performing from his new album All.

All is the first recording from Yann Tiersen's new studio, The Eskal Project, built in an abandoned discotheque on the island of Ushant, positioned between Brittany and Cornwall.

Incorporating field recordings from his Brittany home, the redwood forests of California and Tempelhof airport in Berlin, plus guest vocalists, All continues the themes explored on Tiersen's earlier album EUSA.

Touted as the ‘Ben Stiller of France” and the “Jerry Seinfeld of French Comedy” Gad Elmaleh is arguably the biggest and most loved comedic star in France. Born in Casablanca, Morocco, he speaks Moroccan Arabic, French, English, and Hebrew. In 2006, he was awarded the “Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres” by France’s Minister of Culture and was voted “The Funniest Person in France.”

“One of the most important showcases for contemporary finger-stylists.” – San Fransisco Chronicle

International Guitar Night, North America’s premier mobile guitar festival, has featured the best performing guitar composers from around the world since 1995. Each tour, IGN founder Brian Gore invites a new cast of guitar luminaries to join him for special evenings of solos, duets and quartets that highlight the virtuosity and diversity within the world of acoustic guitar. Since the beginning, audiences have cherished the friendly informal ambiance of the performances. Participants have relished the chance IGN affords to express reverence for one another, and to collaborate rather than compete with one another.

A legend returns … Nana Mouskouri is one of the best-selling female recording artists of all time beginning with her 1961 hit, “The White Rose of Athens” and has since sold more than 200 million albums in over 15 languages.

Nana returns to the stage with her ”Happy Birthday Tour”, which will take her once more around the world for one year. Not just to celebrate her birthday… but also the composers and writers who inspired her singing for more than 50 years.

Join Alliance Française de Philadelphie at the Independent Seaport Museum for their annual Bastille Day celebration which will be hosted by NBC10 anchor Tracy Davidson as Mistress of Ceremonies.