By becoming a member of the Franco-Scottish Society (Edinburgh Branch) - with membership of the French Institute included - you will help support the Institute’s activities.
You will also enjoy benefits and discounts from the Institute and its partners.
Including:
Full borrowing rights at the Institute’s multimedia library.
Reduced rates for cultural events.
Free admission to the Ciné-Wednesday screenings.
Full access to the online digital platform Culturethèque from your home.
Plus...
Concessionary rates at the Filmhouse.
Concessionary rates at the French Film Festival with screenings at Summerhall.
20% discount at Le Bistrot Restaurant.
10% discount at Blackwell’s Edinburgh (South Bridge).
The second part of the talk about the exiled French king, Charles X and the time he spent in Scotland.
Tom worked for many years in France so his talk, which is about differences in behaviour and what passes as normal in the two countries, will no doubt be peppered with ammusing anecdotes.
Emilie's talk is about the very strange, enchanting world of the composer Erik Satie.
In the 1880s Satie worked as a pianist in café-cabaret in Montmartre, Paris, and began composing works, mostly for solo piano, such as his Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes, which are the best known of his compositions.
Always an outsider and unconventional, he nonetheless had a profound influence on composers like Debussy, Poulenc and the group of avant garde artists known as Les Six.
Emilie Capulet (Talk delivered in French and English)
