MAGIC 2023 A

fter a few years of postponement due to the pandemic, the 6th Monaco Anime Game International Conferences came back to the Principality on 25th and 26th February 2023. There was a completely free and exciting line-up of events. The program includes animation, manga, video games, exhibitions, an international cosplay competition, an international manga competition and several special guests. Yōichi Takahashi, creator of the famous manga Captain Tsubasa attended and designed the MAGIC 2023 poster. Astronaut Thomas Pesquet was one of the guests of this 2023 MAGIC event. The relationship between space and pop culture comes alive as the astronaut interacts with great artists. The surreal is the norm in MAGIC and space is omnipresent in pop culture. The Final Fantasy genius, Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of the Final Fantasy franchise was also among the guests. Then the ultimate in make-up design from films and sagas such as Harry Potter, Star Wars and The Fifth Element … it’s none other than the designer Nick Dudman. Rounding out the incredible special guest line-up are William Simpson, the storyboarder of Game of Thrones, and Yoichi Takahashi, the author of Olive and Tom and designer of the poster of MAGIC in 2023. MAGIC was hosted by Jacky, the TV presenter from the famous 80’s and 90’s French kids show ‘Le Club Dorothée’.

Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo 2023

The biggest springtime festival dedicated to classical music in Monaco was held from 8 March until 2 April. Thirty-six concerts, conferences, masterclasses, lectures and more took over Monaco this spring. The festival, directed by Bruno Mantovani, had North American music as its major theme and featured performances that were inventive, inspiring and powerful. Opening and closing the Printemps des Arts, Michel Dalberto and the Quatuor Diotima were in the spotlight at the Festival. Four world premieres took place at the Festival. François Meïmoun questioned the myth of Antigone in a great work where the voice of Laurent Stocker responded to the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Philippe Schoeller created a new string quartet between fury and mystery (Extasis), the harpsichord cycle of Désordres by Christophe Maudot was performed for the first time in public, and Fabrice Jünger has concocted a polymorphic score for the young generation that made audiences rediscover the world around them.

The Rose Ball

This traditional ball was held on Saturday 25 March 2023, in Salle des Etoiles. The theme of this year was “Bollywood”. This evening has always symbolized the arrival of spring, encouraging good deeds. All the funds raised over the gala evening are donated to the Princess Grace Foundation’s charity projects. Since 1954 the Rose Ball has been organised every year in March by the Monte-Carlo SBM Group in the prestigious Sporting Monte-Carlo. This exceptional event brings together the elite and international high society for the first important social event of the year. Currently presided by H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince Albert II and H.R.H.

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Princess Caroline of Hanover, the Rose Ball is a symbol of glamour that maintains the fascinating Monte-Carlo legend that it has helped create. The aura is such that it attracts many people who wish to be part of the dream and enchantment of Monaco.