Exhibition "Francis Poulenc, a composer in Amboisie (1899-1963)"

Name: Exposición "Francis Poulenc, un compositor en Amboisie (1899-1963)"
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée-Hôtel Morin

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the death of the famous French composer, Francis Poulenc (died 30 January 1963 at the age of 64), the City of Amboise presents an exhibition-tribute to this

16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the death of the famous French composer, Francis Poulenc (died January 30, 1963 at the age of 64), the City of Amboise presents an exhibition-tribute to this major figure of the musical world of the twentieth century. The exhibition will end at the end of the Heritage Days.

About the location

Musée-Hôtel Morin

Rue François-Ier 37400 Amboise

Indre-et-Loire
Centre-Val de Loire

The Museum - Hotel Morin is the private home of Pierre Morin, treasurer of Louis XII. Built between 1501 and 1505, it became in the eighteenth century the ducal palace of the duke of Choiseul, then the seat of the town hall of the French Revolution in the 1970s, date of the construction of a new building housing the town hall. By the end of the 19th century, the building was transformed into a museum, bringing together national repositories and collections acquired by successive municipalities. The Hotel Morin was listed as a historic monument on October 8, 1880\. Its architecture dates from the first French Renaissance, an alliance of French Gothic and Italian Renaissance.