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Simon Jeffes and the Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Simon Jeffes and the Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Opéra National De Lyon

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Seventh episode in this series of lecture-narratives, which celebrates great singular figures of art. Richard Robert recounts the adventures of the English musician Simon Jeffes, founder and leader of the unclassifiable Penguin Cafe Orchestra, who for more than twenty years broke down in a most delightful way the artificial barriers between popular and art music.

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Penguin Cafe Orchestra (PCO)

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Opéra National De Lyon

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1 dates (29 Oct - 29 Oct)

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29

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