La Folle Journée
la folle journée french annual classical music festival held nantes largest classical music festival france festival name refers pierre beaumarchais play marriage figaro whose alternative title la folle journée mad day rené martin founded la folle journée festival intention presenting short classical music concert diverse audience one day primary venue cité de congrès de nantes since founding festival expanded cover five day event year focus theme initially composer mozart beethoven since expanding encompass subject tolstoy death ivan ilyich festival expanded city pay de la loire including challans cholet fontenaylecomte la rochesuryon la flèche sablésursarthe saint nazaire saumur lîledyeu fontevraudlabbaye city developed festival based format la folle journée including madrid bilbao tokyo yekaterinburg rio de janeiro warsaw first edition festival february dedicated unique composer like mozart beethoven schubert brahms bach recent edition broader criterion french composer russian composer today baroque italian romantic generation associated complementary composer haydn mozart beethoven friend schütz bach year celebrated two european theme harmony nation harmony people mirare record label festival official website