Concert hall · 19e

Philharmonie de Paris

The Philharmonie de Paris, inaugurated on 14 January 2015, is a French cultural centre comprising a 2,400-seat concert hall known as the 'Pierre Boulez' hall, exhibition spaces, educational workshops, and rehearsal rooms.

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Actually paid

260.8€M

Deliberations 2006–2025

Works & capital 159.7 €MSubsidies paid 101.1 €M

Subsidies paid to the operator101.1 €M

LA CITE DE LA MUSIQUE →over 7 years · 2018–2024

Break down by year (7 years)

202415.9 €M

202315.1 €M

202211.1 €M

202112.5 €M

202017.1 €M

201917.2 €M

201812.2 €M

This grant funds the public establishment Cité de la musique - Philharmonie de Paris, created by the merger of the Cité de la musique and the Philharmonie: it covers both neighboring sites at La Villette (19th arrondissement), not just the Philharmonie.

Works paid for, year by year159.7 €M

159.7 €M

See the works programme in detail (2014–2014)

PROV SUB EQUIP PHILHARMONIE DE PARIS159.7 €M

Payments traced in the City’s published accounts: detailed per works programme until 2017, then only for some large projects from 2019. Each line links to the online accounts.

Key moments

JULY 2007The institution's founding actThe Council decided to create, together with the State and the Region, the public establishment 'Philharmonie de Paris', tasked with building the grand auditorium.

JULY 2009The City takes on exposureThe City guaranteed the association's loans up to €117,167,610, committing to pay in the event of default.

OCTOBER 2014The debt shifts onto the CityAgreement for the City to repay the association's loan; the opposition put the cost at €381 million against the €118 million originally estimated.

NOVEMBER 2014The openingLast grant to the association before opening to the public on 14 January 2015.

SEPTEMBER 2016Official criticism followed by renegotiationReport by the regional audit chamber (Chambre régionale des comptes) on the construction; the Société Générale loan was renegotiated from 5.186% to 4.7%, a €4.35 million reduction.

DECEMBER 2023The venue finds its audienceAt the vote on the annual grant, the executive highlighted more than 1,400,000 visitors in 2023 and a 57% increase in the under-28 audience.

See 2 more moments

DECEMBER 2006Starting pointFirst municipal grant (€240,000) to the association temporarily responsible for project ownership of the grand auditorium.

MAY 2018Cultural life enters the Council chamberAlongside the annual grant, the Council adopted a motion for a Pierre Henry exhibition, scheduled from 9 April to 11 August 2019.

AI reading of 35 documents out of the 178 returned by the search — each line links to its deliberation.

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