{"id":9000184,"date":"2026-09-30T16:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&p=9000184"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:02:11","slug":"a-silent-film-classic-turns-100-menilmontant-with-live-music","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/a-silent-film-classic-turns-100-menilmontant-with-live-music\/","title":{"rendered":"A Silent Film Classic Turns 100: M\u00e9nilmontant with Live Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Directed in 1926 by Russian-born French filmmaker Dimitri Kirsanoff<\/strong>, M\u00e9nilmontant<\/em> is set in a working-class neighborhood of Paris. Drawing on several cinematic styles, the film shares many of the qualities of French Impressionist cinema, while its poetic atmosphere remains strikingly timeless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this centenary presentation, French composer and violinist Blaise Magniere<\/strong>, Professor of Violin and Chamber Music and Richard O. Ryan Endowed Chair in Violin at Northern Illinois University<\/strong> in Chicago, has created a new score for the film. His music highlights the sensitivity and poetry of M\u00e9nilmontant<\/em> while reinforcing its larger structural arc. Combining musical material from the 1920s with more contemporary styles, the score creates a dialogue between the film\u2019s original era and the present day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oct 1 – 7:00 pm – Northern Illinois University – Recital Hall- Dekalb (IL)<\/a><\/strong>
More info here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oct 3 – 7:30 pm – Notre Ecole de Musique – Chicago (IL)<\/a>
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