Supporting and uniting composers worldwide

Since its creation, the Villa des Compositeurs has brought together composers, performers, and institutions united by a shared commitment: to sustain today’s music in all its dimensions — creation, reflection, and transmission.
To all those who have supported this journey, the Board of Directors expresses its heartfelt gratitude.

At its meeting on 16 June 2025, the Board decided to bring the activities of the endowment fund to a close at the end of 2025.
A closing concert will celebrate more than thirteen years of creative and artistic commitment, whose origins date back to 2010.

The year 2026 will be devoted to the liquidation and transfer of the archives — catalogues, recordings, and publications gathered since the fund’s foundation.

This website will remain accessible until the legal conclusion of the fund, ensuring the preservation and transmission of its catalogue and artistic legacy until its definitive handover.

The Villa des Compositeurs will present its Closing Concert, marking the conclusion of more than thirteen years of artistic creation and exchange. This evening is conceived as a concert of gratitude, paying tribute to the donors, artists and partners who have supported the Villa since its foundation.

Closing Concert — Wednesday 26 November 2025 – 7:30 pm
Salle André Marchal, INJA, Paris

The programme will bring together:

• a violin and piano duo (Franck Della Valle, violin – Marc Lys, piano),
• the Lucrecius Collection Trio (Laura Baudelet, soprano – Fleur Gruneissen, flute – Marc Lys, piano),
• and a final quartet uniting all performers in a joyful closing piece.

An evening celebrating creation, transmission and friendship, in the spirit that has guided the Villa since 2012.

16 June 2025, PARIS
Board of Directors, meeting

Every six months, the data in the Fund’s digital library and the catalogues is harvested by the National Library of France (BnF).
This honours the commitment made by the Fund at its inauguration at the Palazzo Farnese on 5 July 2012 in Rome, following which we received the patronage of the French Ministry of Culture:

(...) The digitisation of cultural heritage is one of the priorities of the Ministry of Culture and Communication. Your project contributes to this aim by promoting the physical and digital preservation of musical works from across the world. Moreover, the partnerships that you are establishing with libraries reflect my ministry’s desire to strengthen international cultural exchanges. (...)

On Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:07:38 +0200, the database of the catalogues of composers who are members of and affiliated to the Villa of Composers, contains:

• 84 composers registered to the Villa of Composers,
• 40 composer catalogues,
• 2075 documented works,
• 460 hours 37 min. of music for documented works.

On Wed, 5 Feb 2025 15:40:26 +0100, the directory of the Living Composers Project contains:

• 4678 composer entries,
• 502 composer catalogues,
• 101 countries.