{"id":522,"date":"2024-05-21T17:26:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T15:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fionamonbet.com\/?page_id=522"},"modified":"2025-05-18T22:47:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T20:47:12","slug":"english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fionamonbet.com\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Fiona Monbet is a Franco-Irish violinist, composer and conductor.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For the 24\/25 season, my latest project, Faubourg 23, composed for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, is touring in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the conducting side, I will meet with a dozen orchestras on a wide range of programmes, from Haydn to Gershwin with Orchestre de l&rsquo;op\u00e9ra de Lyon, Bournemouth symphonic orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Pfalzphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestre national d&rsquo;Avignon Provence, Ulster Orchestra, BBC NOW, Orchestre national de Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Orquestra Cl\u00e1ssica de Espinho, Orchestre Colonne. I will also be collaborating with world music and jazz musicians such as Seckou Keita and Paul Lay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With my ensemble Miroirs Etendus, we are also putting on Mozart&rsquo;s opera Cosi fan tutte rewritten by Ma\u00ebl Bailly and directed by Antonio Cuenca Ruiz, as well as an ensemble concert featuring Graal Theater by Kaija Saariaho and Peer Gynt rewritten by Arthur Lavandier.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fionamonbet.com\/?page_id=2\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fionamonbet.com\/?page_id=2\">ONGOING PROJECTS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img 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class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fionamonbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/photo_2023-09-09_18-38-01.jpg?resize=720%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-480\" style=\"width:318px;height:237px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fionamonbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/photo_2023-09-09_18-38-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fionamonbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/photo_2023-09-09_18-38-01.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fionamonbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/photo_2023-09-09_18-38-01.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, 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rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hoddinot Hall<\/a> and was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 on October 18, 2023, it will tour in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Portugal for the 2024-2025 season.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.6%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fionamonbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PHOTO-2024-02-29-12-17-43-1.jpg?resize=720%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-770\" style=\"width:315px;height:238px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fionamonbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PHOTO-2024-02-29-12-17-43-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C575&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fionamonbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PHOTO-2024-02-29-12-17-43-1.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, 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