“The political message of transforming a former prison into a music school is magnificent.
It's a beautiful symbol.
» Construction helmet screwed on his head, it is with wonder that Jean-François Copé, the president of the Meaux urban community (CAPM), visits the construction site of the future Cité de la musique on this Monday afternoon Simone-Veil.
Located in the city center of Meaux, of which he is also the mayor, in a former prison which welcomed its first inmates in 1857 and finally closed in January 2005, this music school will open at the end of January 2025. first notes of apprentice musicians should resonate in the classrooms which for decades have been the place of confinement for habitual criminals.
The original cells were small (less than 9 m²), and it was necessary to knock down thick load-bearing partitions and install large cement beams so that the building still stood.
And so, the 31 music theory and instrumental practice classrooms have decent dimensions.
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