A joyous musical revolution is about to take over neimënster for the 4th year running! The Institut français du Luxembourg, with the support of the Association Victor Hugo, invites you to discover the show Les Basketteuses de Bamako!

         —     Big Bang Festival

The Big Bang Festival will open the doors to an explosive journey of sound, taking young and old alike on a unique musical adventure.

For one day, the abbey will be transformed into a gigantic laboratory of sound experimentation, accessible to all ages from 5 upwards, offering a vibrant kaleidoscope of musical creations. From singing to brass bands, interactive shows, sound installations and other swirling surprises, the day promises to be an unforgettable experience.

         —     Les Basketteuses de Bamako

“After the creation of Maputo-Mozambique, I want to return to Africa and experience its gestures and musicality.

The plan is to create an artistic piece based on what I see as heterogeneous practices (sport and juggling-dance-music); to play with the qualities of Malian women basketball players and their sense of music, song and dance, and then to create a piece of juggling-music from that.”

Thomas Guérineau

      The winners received their prizes on Wednesday 27 March at the Résidence de France!

         —     Awards ceremony of Prix Victor Hugo de la Francophonie 2024

For this 6th edition of the Prix Victor Hugo de la Francophonie, more than 75 budding writers were inspired by this year’s theme, based around the vocabulary of sport and its values, as part of the Paris 2024 Games!

The Prix Victor Hugo de la Francophonie was a competition for the best text in French, based on the 10 words of the “Dis-moi dix mots” operation, organised each year by the French Ministries of Culture and Education. Participants were invited to use the following words in their compositions: adrénaline ; aller aux oranges ; champion; collectif ; échappée ; faux départ; hors-jeu ; prouesse ; mental ; s’encorder !

This year’s eighteen winners, twelve prizes and three special mentions for the ‘lycée’ category and two prizes and one special mention for the ‘higher education’ category, received their prizes at a ceremony at the Résidence de France, in the presence of the French Ambassador, Claire LIGNIERES-COUNATHE, the Director of the Institut français du Luxembourg, Maxime Dafri, the co-presidents of the jury, Jean Portante and Ian de Toffoli, and the sponsors of the prize.

This literary production competition is being organised as part of the Mois de la Francophonie by the Institut français du Luxembourg and the French Embassy in Luxembourg, in partnership with the Association Victor Hugo, the Association des Professeurs de Français au Luxembourg, the Luxembourg Embassy in France and with the support of Mansart S.A.

      From 26 February to 2 March 2024, the comics fair organised by Vauban was held for the third time. In partnership with the Belgium Embassy in Luxembourg – Wallonie-Bruxelles International, and the support of Association Victor Hugo, we invited the authors Johann G. Louis & Nina Six!

         —     Workshops

Johann G. Louis & Nina Six, author-illustrators and colourists, visited primary and secondary school classes to share their experience and talk about their profession.

These encounters and experiences generated a great deal of enthusiasm within the classes, creating lasting memories for the students!

         —     Comics Fair

During a panel discussion, the two guest authors talked about their albums, Swamp, un été dans le Bayou, by Johann G. Louis, published by Dargaud, and Les Pissenlits et La Mousse, by Nina Six, published by Sarbacane. They also discussed their working techniques and future projects.

The authors met their readers at signing sessions.