#Lectures

Monday 17 April 2023, at 6.30 pm, Théâtre des Variétés
Throughout history, many authors have joined the fight for justice. Voltaire, Balzac, Victor Hugo, Zola, and Mauriac all devoted their energies to defending the innocent. But more widely, writers' stories satisfy another human aspiration: the desire for a more just world. Maupassant, Balzac, and Tolstoy sought to defend natural law, the law to which individuals aspire, against the social law imposed by the ukases.

Monday 24 April 2023, at 6.30 pm, Théâtre des Variétés
Composer and new President of the Musical Board of the Prince Pierre of Monaco Foundation, Julian Anderson presents a commentary on his oratorio EXILES, created in 2022 under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle. He will explain the plethora of links between this new work and his other recent creations, and his assiduous membership of the Musical Board of the Prince Pierre Foundation, to which he was appointed in 2007. Organised by the Prince Pierre Foundation.

Monday 5 June 2023, at 6.30 pm, Théâtre des Variétés
Philosophers - of whom I am one - are in the habit of presenting their ideas. Most of them are versed in the art of talking: giving lectures, addressing conferences, and speaking in public. Most of them also writing, publish articles and books. But in recent years, I have tried a different way of presenting certain ideas that go to the heart of my work. I was keen to present those ideas through "exhibitions", in institutions that are not academic but museal. Yet I am neither an art historian nor a specialist in aesthetics, and certainly no curator. Nothing had prepared me for it. Organised by the Prince Pierre Foundation.

Thursday 30 March 2023, Yacht Club de Monaco
Nine chefs working on 40+m superyachts have a rendezvous with the Superyacht Chef Competition, presided by the three-Michelin star Chef Yannick Alléno, surrounded by gastronomy experts and supervised by Chef Joël Garault, President of Goûts et Saveurs. Held under the aegis of YCM’s La Belle Classe Academy training centre, the competition puts the spotlight on gourmet cuisine at sea, another facet of yachting professions. Fully supported by their owners and crew who always come along to encourage them, contestants have to come up with dishes from a basket of mystery ingredients while complying with the contest’s anti-waste criteria.

Thursday 13 April 2023, from 7 pm to 9 pm, Théâtre Princesse Grace
Two school pupils commit the same offence. But their teacher punishes only one and lets the other off, as he just happens to be his nephew. Nobody could fail to see the unfairness. But is there truly a human feeling that enables us to recognise justice and injustice? And if such a feeling exists, is it innate? Or is it shaped by social mores, varying according to era or society? Does justice not have objectively identifiable traits? What is certain is that in all the history of philosophy, thinkers have sought as much to define it as to find arguments showing the very exercise to be impossible. Organised by Les Rencontres Philosophiques de Monaco. With the participation of students and teachers from the Institution François d’Assise - Nicolas Barré and the Lycée Albert 1er de Monaco.

Friday 31 March 2023, at 7 pm, Médiathèque de Monaco - Bibliothèque Louis Notari
The musician began his career with legendary group Marquis de Sade and went on to collaborate with Etienne Daho, Brigitte Fontaine, and Jacno. Françoise Sagan said "Arnold Turboust has something of the fluidity of Trenet, the detachment of Gainsbourg, a kind of gentle indulgence towards others, but demanding of himself; a humour without cynicism and the most pleasing musical diversity".

From Wednesday 3 to Friday 5 May 2023, One Monte-Carlo
The MEWS is a B2B Metaverse Entertainment & Web3 leadership summit in Monaco; providing an exclusive networking opportunity between tech, content & money. The MEWS showcases the best in metaverse, entertainment, Web 3, NFTs & immersive experiences. The MEWS Awards honour 10 outstanding companies and creators during a Charity Gala with a “Foodie Extravaganza” dinner by 3-Michelin Star chef Yannick Alléno. Take a look at our Website for further details and enquires.