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The Philharmonie de Paris wants to open its concerts to the deaf public

2023-05-14T14:47:42.449Z

Highlights: The establishment plans to equip itself with technology to feel music by vibrations. Vibrating "packs" the size of small cushions, which can be placed in the back or on the chest, and which will restore, in real time and with an infinity of variations, the degree of finesse of classical music. From the friction of bows to the melodic drawing of a piano line. from the orchestral complexity of Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony to the emotion of a voice.


The establishment plans to equip itself with technology to feel music by vibrations.


Vibrating "packs" the size of small cushions, which can be placed in the back or on the chest, and which will restore, in real time and with an infinity of variations, the degree of finesse of classical music ... From the friction of bows to the melodic drawing of a piano line. From the orchestral complexity of Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony to the emotion of a voice.

This is what the device that the Philharmonie de Paris will deploy, from next season, in its concert halls, looks like, in order to allow the deaf or hard of hearing public to "experience music from the inside", summarizes Olivier Mantei. The general manager, who wants to make accessibility to as many people as possible one of the strong markers of the establishment "without letting go of the artistic requirement", has partnered with the company SoundX to guarantee "the best possible vibration rendering".

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Source: lefigaro

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