The garden and the entrance to the palazzetto Bru Zane
The Centre de musique romantique française ("centre for French
Romantic music") is a French-administered cultural institution, research centre and concert hall, in
Venice, in north-eastern Italy. It is housed in the Palazzetto Bru Zane, an annex to the
Palazzo Zane Collalto [
it], on the
Rio Marin [
fr] in the
sestiere of
San Polo. The centre opened in October 2009.[1] It is funded by the
Fondation Bru, which also bought, restored and renamed the
Casino Zane.[2] 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
Palazzo Zane Collalto [
it].[3] 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 was responsible for the interior decoration.[4] Palazzo Zane later passed to the
Venier family, and in about 1784 was sold to the
Collalto.[5]
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.[6][7] The building now holds offices, studios, a library, and the original concert hall, which now holds an
Erard piano from 1902.[6] The
frescoes in the salon and on the grand staircase, now attributed to
Sebastiano Ricci, were also restored.[8]
Activities
The centre has a staff of fifteen,[7] and an annual budget of three million euros.[9] It organises concerts, opera performances, and festivals both in Venice and elsewhere.[9][10][6][11] It also organises musicological conferences[12] and publishes books, sheet music,[13] and musical recordings, either independently or in co-operation with more than 40 labels.[14] It operates an
internet radio station, Bru Zane Classical Radio, which broadcasts only French
Romantic music.[15]
References
^L'express international. 3001-3017 (in French). Groupe Express. January 2009. pp. 61–. Cette entreprise a été confiée à Renzo Piano, l'un des deux architectes du Centre Pompidou. Si l'installation de ... Il sera inauguré le 3 octobre 2009, date d'ouverture du premier festival consacré à la musique romantique. Objectif : valoriser ...
^Connaissance des arts - volumes 676–677, p. 14, 2009. "Le Palazzetto Bru Zane vu du canal Rio Marin. Olivier Raidt, la ... la Fondation Bru. Cette fondation suisse engagée dans le mécénat humanitaire et culturel a restauré tambour battant, mais dans les règles de l'art, le Palazzetto Zane."
^Massimo Favilla and Ruggero Rugolo, Notes sur l’histoire du casino Zane à San Stin, in: Le palazzetto Bru Zane. Histoire et renaissance, Venice 2009, pp. 5–27.