The Palaz­zet­to Bru Zane — Cent­re de musi­que roman­tique fran­çai­se explo­res the music of the French Roman­tic peri­od. Sin­ce its foun­da­ti­on in 2009, it has signi­fi­cant­ly expan­ded the reper­toire of this eventful peri­od in the 19^th cen­tu­ry. Ophe­lia’s Cul­tu­re PR has been sup­port­ing the Palaz­zet­to Bru Zane Foun­da­ti­on in Ger­man-spea­king count­ries sin­ce 2012. The com­bi­na­ti­on of rese­arch, edi­to­ri­al work and per­for­mance prac­ti­ce has beco­me a prime exam­p­le of appli­ed musi­co­lo­gy. The pri­va­te­ly fun­ded insti­tu­ti­on owes its name to its loca­ti­on — a 17^th cen­tu­ry Vene­ti­an palace — and its patron Nico­le Bru.

The three annu­al fes­ti­vals of the “Palaz­zet­to” in Venice and Paris are the bea­cons at which key the­mes such as com­po­ser anni­ver­s­a­ries as well as socio­lo­gi­cal and his­to­ri­cal aspects of music are high­ligh­ted. In recent years, the focus has been on the mul­ti­face­ted gen­re of ope­ret­ta with the work of Jac­ques Offen­bach and his con­tem­po­r­a­ri­es, music against the back­drop of the First World War, Napo­le­on and music, but also the redis­co­very of num­e­rous unknown fema­le com­po­sers. Ophe­lia’s Cul­tu­re PR orga­ni­zes press trips and laun­ches reviews of the recor­dings of the in-house label. The­se regu­lar­ly recei­ve inter­na­tio­nal awards.

The Palaz­zet­to Bru Zane is an indis­pensable guar­di­an and ambassa­dor of the French Roman­tic music reper­toire — a place that pre­ser­ves histo­ry and at the same time brings it to life by ope­ning up new per­spec­ti­ves on Roman­ti­cism and pro­vi­ding a stage for lively inter­pre­ta­ti­ons of this music.