The Centre de musique romantique française ("centre for French

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") is a French-administered cultural institution, research centre and concert hall, in

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, in north-eastern Italy. It is housed in the Palazzetto Bru Zane, an annex to the , on the in the

sestiere A (plural: ) is a subdivision of certain Italian towns and cities. The word is from (‘sixth’), so it is thus used only for towns divided into six districts. The best-known example is the ''sestieri'' of Venice, but Ascoli Piceno, Genoa, M ...

San Polo San Polo ( vec, San Poło) is the smallest and most central of the six sestieri of Venice, northern Italy, covering 86 acres (35 hectares) along the Grand Canal. It is one of the oldest parts of the city, having been settled before ...

. The centre opened in October 2009. It is funded by the Fondation Bru, which also bought, restored and renamed the Casino Zane. The centre uses the name Palazzetto Bru Zane − Centre de musique romantique française.

The Palazzetto

In 1695, Marino Zane (1639–1709) commissioned the construction of a library (no longer extant) and a ''casino'' ("small house") next to the Zane family palace, the . This Casino was to house his collection of books and paintings, and to serve as a venue for art, music, and amusement. The architect

Antonio Gaspari Antonio Gaspari was an Italian architect of the late-Baroque, active in both Venice and the terrafirma of the Veneto. He was a pupil of Baldassarre Longhena, and upon his master's death in 1682, he completed some of his projects, including Longhena ...

was responsible for the interior decoration. Palazzo Zane later passed to the

Venier family The House of Venier was a prominent family in the Republic of Venice who entered the Venetian nobility in the 14th century. Notable members *Pietro Venier (died 8 May 1372) who was the Governor of Cerigo *Antonio Venier (circa 1330 - 23 Novemb ...

, and in about 1784 was sold to the Collalto. In 2006 the Fondation Bru bought the Casino from Dominic Habsburg-Lothringen for eight million euros, and then spent more than four million more on restoring it.Allison Zurfluh
Profile: Nicole Bru
Swiss Style Magazine. Retrieved 6 March 2017. The building now holds offices, studios, a library, and the original concert hall, which now holds an

Erard Erard may refer to: * St. Erard or Erhard of Regensburg, bishop of Regensburg in the 7th century * Erard I, Count of Brienne (1060 - 1114) * Sébastien Érard (1752 - 1831), French instrument maker of German origin who specialised in the production ...

piano from 1902. The

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es in the salon and on the grand staircase, now attributed to

Sebastiano Ricci Sebastiano Ricci (1 August 165915 May 1734) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque school of Venice. About the same age as Piazzetta, and an elder contemporary of Tiepolo, he represents a late version of the vigorous and luminous Cortonesqu ...

, were also restored.

Activities

The centre has a staff of fifteen, and an annual budget of three million euros. It organises concerts, opera performances, and festivals both in Venice and elsewhere.Volker Hagedorn
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'', 20 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2017.Marie-Aude Roux
''Venise, capitale à distance de la musique romantique française''
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'', 8 October 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2017. It also organises musicological conferences and publishes books, sheet music, and musical recordings, either independently or in co-operation with more than 40 labels. It operates an

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station, ''Bru Zane Classical Radio'', which broadcasts only French

.http://www.icma-info.com/the-palazzetto-bru-zane-launched-web-radio International Classical Music Awards ( IMCA) Online. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

References

External links

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Bru Zane Mediabase

Bru Zane Classical Radio

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