What to do in the week of 20 March in Monaco

Monte-Carlo Spring Arts Festival ("Printemps des Arts")

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Exhibition

From Friday 17 March to Sunday 24 September, Nouveau Musée National - Villa Paloma
"Hercule Florence. The New Robinson" exhibition

From Friday 17 March to Sunday 24 September 2017

Nouveau Musée National de Monaco - Villa Paloma

56, boulevard du Jardin Exotique

+377 98 98 48 60

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Friday 24 March, at 8.30 pm Opéra de Monte-Carlo - Salle Garnier
Monte-Carlo Spring Arts Festival ("Printemps des Arts") – Piano Concept I – recitals with Ivo Kahánek and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. On the programme: Frédéric Chopin, Leoš Janáček, Bohuslav Martinů, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pierre Boulez, Béla Bartók and Maurice Ravel. As a prelude, five minutes of Patrick Marcland with Aurélie Bouchard, harp

Friday 24 March 2017, at 8:30 pm

Opéra Garnier Monte-Carlo

Place du Casino

Exhibition

From Monday 13 June to Sunday 21 May, Musée d'Anthropologie Préhistorique
"Monoïkos" exhibition – The ancient history of the Principality

From Monday 13 June 2016 to Sunday 21 May 2017

Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology

56 bis, boulevard du Jardin Exotique

+377 93 15 29 80

Exhibition

From Friday 24 February to Sunday 30 April, Nouveau Musée National - Villa Sauber
Exhibition on the theme of Poïpoï, A Private collection in Monaco " - F. and J. Merino Collection

From Friday 24 February to Sunday 30 April 2017

Nouveau Musée National de Monaco - Villa Sauber

17, avenue Princesse Grace

+377 98 98 91 26

Exhibition of photos of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia by Alain Hanel

From Wednesday 1 March to Friday 7 April, Carrefour Monaco
Exhibition of photos of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia by Alain Hanel

From Wednesday 1 March to Friday 7 April 2017

Carrefour Monaco

2, avenue Prince Albert II

+377 93 25 54 08

Monte-Carlo Spring Arts Festival ("Printemps des Arts")

From Saturday 18 March to Saturday 8 April, from 2 pm to 8 pm (closed on Mondays) Auditorium Rainier III
Monte-Carlo Spring Arts Festival ("Printemps des Arts") – Portrait of Berlioz 1 – exhibition of stringed instruments. Inauguration on Friday 17 March, at 6 pm

From Saturday 18 March to Saturday 8 April 2017, from 2 pm to 8 pm

Auditorium Rainier III

Boulevard Louis II

Collective Exhibition of Italian Designers

From Saturday 18 March to Wednesday 14 June, from 2 pm to 6.30 pm Galerie 11 Columbia
Collective Exhibition of Italian Designers on the theme of "Design Dialogues"

From Saturday 18 March to Wednesday 14 June 2017, from 2 pm to 6:30 pm

Galerie 11 Columbia

11, avenue Princesse Grace

+33 6 40 62 87 19

Lecture organised by the Prince Pierre of Monaco Foundation

Monday 20 March, at 6.30 pm Pavillon Bosio
Lecture organised by the Prince Pierre of Monaco Foundation – "Art and Architecture Cycle" on the subject of "Gradation of Intensity – the art of building the backgrounds to our lives" by Philippe Rahm

Monday 20 March 2017, at 6:30 pm

Ecole Supérieure d’Arts Plastiques, Pavillon Bosio

1, avenue des Pins

+377 98 98 85 15

Lecture

Monday 20 March, at 7 pm Médiathèque de Monaco - Bibliothèque Louis Notari
Lecture on the subject of "Photographic Ballads" by Adrien Rebaudo

Monday 20 March 2017, at 7 pm

Médiathèque de Monaco - Sonothèque José Notari

19, boulevard Princesse Charlotte

+377 93 30 64 48

Charity concert organised by a class from the Lycée Albert Ier

Monday 20 March at 8 pm Théâtre des Variétés
Charity concert organised by a class from the Lycée Albert Ier in aid of an association in Malawi

Monday 20 March 2017, at 8 pm

Theatre Variétés

1, boulevard Albert Ier

+33 6 07 93 51 62

The Art of the Cinema

Tuesday 21 March, at 8.30 pm Théâtre des Variétés
Cinema Tuesdays – Beliefs and Dependencies cycle - screening of the film "Cemetery of Splendour" by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, organised by Monaco Audiovisual Archives

Tuesday 21 March 2017, at 8:30 pm

Theatre Variétés

1, boulevard Albert Ier

+377 97 98 43 26

Organ Concert

Tuesday 21 March, at 8.30 pm Chapelle des Carmes
Organ concert by Marc Giacone, as part of World Bach Day (anniversary of the birth of J. S. Bach) with improvisations on the themes of the Passion as used by J.S. Bach, as part of the In Tempore Organi, IIIrd International Organ Cycle

Tuesday 21 March 2017, at 8:30 pm

Chapelle des Carmes

54, boulevard d'Italie

+377 98 98 83 03

Shows for children: "The Grasshopper and the Ant"

Wednesday 22 March and Saturday 25 March, at 2.30 pm and 4.30 pm Théâtre des Muses
Shows for children: "La cigale et la fourmi" ("The Grasshopper and the Ant") by and with Y. Henneguelle

From Wednesday 22 to Saturday 25 March 2017

Théâtre des Muses

45, boulevard du Jardin Exotique

+377 97 98 10 93

Monte-Carlo Spring Arts Festival ("Printemps des Arts")

Wednesday 22 March, at 2 pm Académie Rainier III
Monte-Carlo Spring Arts Festival ("Printemps des Arts") – Piano Master Class with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Wednesday 22 March 2017, from 2 pm to 5 pm

Académie Rainier III

1, boulevard Albert 1er

"Les Sérénissimes de l'Humour" 2017 Comedy Festival

Wednesday 22 March, at 8 pm Grimaldi Forum Monaco - Salle Prince Pierre
"Les Sérénissimes de l'Humour" 2017 Comedy Festival - "Show Man" by Anthony Kavanagh organised by Monaco Live Productions in partnership with Rire et Chansons in support of AMADE Monaco

Wednesday 22 March 2017, at 8 pm

10, avenue Princesse Grace

"Panorama" Singing Show by the "A Fleur de Chansons" Ensemble

Wednesday 22 March at 8 pm Théâtre des Variétés
"Panorama" Singing Show by the "A Fleur de Chansons" Ensemble in aid of the Soutien Entraide Bénévolat Association

Wednesday 22 March 2017, at 8 pm

Theatre Variétés

1, boulevard Albert Ier

+33 6 07 93 11 27

Theatre

Thursday 23, Friday 24 March, at 8.30 pm, Saturday 25 March, at 9 pm and Sunday 26 March, at 4.30 pm, Théâtre des Muses.
"Kamikaze Improvisation" by and with Eric Metayer and Elrik Thomas. Possible additional performance on Wednesday 22, at 8.30 pm

From Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 March 2017

Théâtre des Muses

45, boulevard du Jardin Exotique

+377 97 98 10 93

Opera

Thursday 23 March, at 8 pm (gala), Sunday 26 March, at 3 pm, Tuesday 28 and Thursday 30 March, at 8 pm Opéra de Monte-Carlo - Salle Garnier
"Il Barbiere di Siviglia" by Gioachino Rossini with Dmitry Korchak, Bruno de Simone, Annalisa Stroppa, Mario Cassi, Marco Vinco, Annunziata Vestri, Gabriele Ribis, Enzo Iorio, the Chorus of the Monte-Carlo and the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Corrado Rovaris, organised by the Monte-Carlo Opera

From Thursday 23 at 8 pm, to Thursday 30 March 2017

Opéra Garnier Monte-Carlo

Place du Casino

"Les Sérénissimes de l'Humour" 2017 Comedy Festival

Thursday 23 March, at 8 pm Grimaldi Forum Monaco - Salle Prince Pierre
"Les Sérénissimes de l'Humour" 2017 Comedy Festival - "Episode 5" by Sellig, organised by Monaco Live Productions in partnership with Rire et Chansons in support of AMADE Monaco

Thursday 23 March 2017, at 8 pm

10, avenue Princesse Grace

Theatre

Thursday 23 March, at 8.30 pm Théâtre Princesse Grace
"La Fille sur la banquette arrière" ("The Girl in the Back Seat") by Bernard Slade with Christian Vadim, Véronique Reboul, Isabelle Tanakil and three other actors

Thursday 23 March 2017, at 8:30 pm

Théâtre Princesse Grace

12, avenue d'Ostende

+377 93 25 32 27

Monte-Carlo Spring Arts Festival ("Printemps des Arts")

Thursday 23 March, at 8.30 pm St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat - Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild
Monte-Carlo Spring Arts Festival ("Printemps des Arts") – "Talented Young Artists" concert with Rachel Koblyakov, violin and Guillaume Bellom, piano. On the programme: Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert and Bernd Alois Zimmerman

Thursday 23 March 2017, at 8:30 pm

Ni Box

35, boulevard Louis II

Monte-Carlo Spring Arts Festival ("Printemps des Arts")

Friday 24 March, at 6.30 pm Théâtre Princesse Grace
Monte-Carlo Spring Arts Festival ("Printemps des Arts") – Piano Concept I – Meeting on the subject of "Pianistic Instruments of Torture" by David Christoffel, musicologist

Friday 24 March 2017, at 6:30 pm

Théâtre Princesse Grace

12, avenue d'Ostende

Concert

Friday 24 March, at 7 pm Médiathèque de Monaco
Concert by the group Needs (alternative Rock)

Friday 24 March 2017, at 7 pm

Médiathèque de Monaco - Sonothèque José Notari

19, boulevard Princesse Charlotte

+377 93 15 29 40

"Les Sérénissimes de l'Humour" 2017 Comedy Festival

Friday 24 March, at 8 pm Grimaldi Forum Monaco - Salle des Princes
"Les Sérénissimes de l'Humour" 2017 Comedy Festival - "Noël d'Enfer" ("A Hell of a Christmas") by Les Chevaliers du Fiel, organised by Monaco Live Productions in partnership with Rire et Chansons in support of AMADE Monaco

Friday 24 March 2017, at 8 pm

10, avenue Princesse Grace

Musical Show

Friday 24 March at 8 pm Théâtre des Variétés
"Bécaud" by the Compagnie Musicale Yveline Garnier with Ariane Alban, Yveline Garnier and Franck D. Giorcelli

Friday 24 March 2017, at 8 pm

Theatre Variétés

1, boulevard Albert Ier

+33 6 80 86 23 57

Book Fair

From Saturday 25 March to Sunday 26 March, from 10.30 am to 6.30 pm Hôtel Méridien Beach Plaza
6th Monaco Book Fair, organised by the "Fabian Boisson Literary Meetings." Saturday 25 March, at 6.30 pm: lecture by Jean-Louis Debré

From Saturday 25 to Sunday 26 March 2017

The Méridien Beach Plaza

22, avenue Princesse Grace

+377 93 30 98 80

Concert

Saturday 25 March, at 7 pm Auditorium Rainier III
Monte-Carlo Spring Arts Festival ("Printemps des Arts") – Piano Concept II – Meeting on the subject of "Whistlers of Concertos" by Etienne Jardin, historian and Publications and Colloquiums Officer at the Palazzetto Bru Zane

Saturday 25 March 2017, at 7 pm

Auditorium Rainier III

Boulevard Louis II

Choir

Saturday 25 March, at 7.30 pm Eglise Saint-Charles
Concert by the Sahak-Mesrop Choir in aid of Christians of the East, organised by the Union of Armenians of Monaco

Saturday 25 March 2017, at 7:30 pm

Saint-Charles Church

10, avenue Saint-Charles

+33 6 16 53 93 64

"Les Sérénissimes de l'Humour" 2017 Comedy Festival

Saturday 25 March, at 8 pm Grimaldi Forum Monaco - Salle Prince Pierre
"Les Sérénissimes de l'Humour" 2017 Comedy Festival - "Avec un grand A" ("With a Capital A") by Ahmed Sylla, organised by Monaco Live Productions in partnership with Rire et Chansons in support of AMADE Monaco

Saturday 25 March 2017, at 8 pm

10, avenue Princesse Grace

Concert

Saturday 25 March, at 8.30 pm Auditorium Rainier III - Salle Yakov Kreizberg
As part of the Monte-Carlo Spring Arts Festival ("Printemps des Arts") and the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra's Great Season Series – 1st part: symphonic concert conducted by Gábor Takacs-Nagy with Bruno Leonardo Gelber and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano. On the programme: Ludwig Van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 2nd part: symphonic concert conducted by Jean Deroyer with Ivo Kahánek and Jan Michiels, piano. On the programme: Bohuslav Martinu and György Ligeti

Saturday 25 March 2017, at 8:30 pm

Auditorium Rainier III

Boulevard Louis II

Cycling

Sunday 26 March, venue to be confirmed
Monaco Cycling Criterium, organised by the Monegasque Cycling Federation

Sunday 26 March 2017

Divers Lieux

+377 92 05 74 40

Concert

Sunday 26 March, at 4.30 pm Yacht Club de Monaco
Monte-Carlo Spring Arts Festival ("Printemps des Arts") – Piano Concept III – Round Table on the subject of "Musical Education Today" with Michel Decoust, composer and co-founder of the Pantin Conservatory, Pierre Chépélov, teacher and co-author with Benoît Menut of books on musical training for Lemoine publications, Frédéric Faupin, teacher of musical education and choral singing, holder of the Academic Palms and composer and producer of electronic music and Christian Tourniaire, Director of the Rainier III of Monaco Academy of Music, led by David Christoffel, musicologist

Sunday 26 March 2017, at 4:30 pm

Yacht Club de Monaco

Quai Louis II

Concert

Sunday 26 March, at 6 pm Yacht Club de Monaco
Monte-Carlo Spring Arts Festival ("Printemps des Arts") – Piano Concept III – Recital by Bruno Leonardo Gelber. On the programme: Ludwig van Beethoven

Sunday 26 March 2017, at 6 pm

Yacht Club de Monaco

Quai Louis II

Concert by Frank Turner

Sunday 26 March, at 7.30 pm Espace Léo Ferré - Espace bar
Concert by Frank Turner

Sunday 26 March 2017, at 7:30 pm

Espace Léo Ferré

25, avenue Albert II

+377 93 10 12 10

Concert

From Monday 27 to Friday 31 March, from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and from 1.30 pm to 5 pm Yacht Club de Monaco
2nd IanniX Workshop

From Monday 27 to Friday 31 March 2017

Yacht Club de Monaco

Quai Louis II