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Musique at hospital 2024-2025

30 May 2025
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The benefits of music

Les Talens Lyriques and the Groupe Hospitalier Saint-Vincent, an establishment of the Fondation Vincent de Paul, have joined forces to carry out a musical project for the benefit of patients in the palliative care departments of the Clinique de la Toussaint in Strasbourg.

Thanks to a bequest from Eva Kleinitz – the late director of the Opéra National du Rhin, who past away in the same clinic in May 2019 – and her parents Ulla and Wolfram Kleinitz, the project was inaugurated on the 14th of September 2021 with a first grand concert from Les Talens Lyriques in the Chapelle de la Toussaint, on the clinic grounds, in front of fifty patients, their families and the clinic’s teams and staff.

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the food of the soul

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Aware of the importance of reaching out to all audiences, Les Talens Lyriques has been performing regularly in this healthcare establishment since September 2021. Following the ensemble’s exceptional inaugural concert in the chapel, Murielle Pfister, a musician from Les Talens Lyriques, has subsequently performed once a month in the various palliative care departments. Playing her violin in patients’ rooms and communal areas, she performs a wide variety of repertoires ranging from baroque to pop, at the request of patients, their families and nursing staff.

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Xavier Mattelaer, the doctor in charge of the clinic’s palliative care service

Our work in palliative care is not limited solely to controlling physical symptoms. Our aim is to provide the most comprehensive care possible for each patient we care for, taking into account their psychological, social and spiritual dimensions (…) Let’s not leave those affected by illness to face it alone. Let us dare to share with them the bond that makes them both more alive and more human.

Eva Kleinitz,the late director of the Opéra National du Rhin

Les Talens Lyriques is running this partnership with the Clinique de la Toussaint, in tribute to Eva Kleinitz, the late director of the Opéra National du Rhin.

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Social cohesion

Building on the experience gained through numerous performances in varied settings and formats, and firmly convinced of the value of bringing music to patients and caregivers, Les Talens Lyriques is committed to deepening its presence at the Clinique de la Toussaint in Strasbourg.
Through the power of music and the presence of its musicians, the ensemble seeks to foster meaningful connections with — and among — people who are socially isolated due to illness, and to help combat that isolation.

Les Talens Lyriques aims to reach out to patients at the Clinique de la Toussaint, offering them moments of shared pleasure, emotion, and comfort through music.

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The project was initially designed to develop musical interventions by artists from Les Talens Lyriques within various areas of the Clinique de la Toussaint.
We established a regular programme of workshops, concerts (in patient rooms or communal spaces), musical encounters, and open rehearsals throughout the year.

In a second phase, we hope to expand the initiative to other healthcare institutions in the Strasbourg or Paris regions that are eager to bring music into patients’ daily lives.

We believe this project can offer valuable support to patients, their families, and care staff, helping to reduce social isolation caused by illness and providing moments of emotional and spiritual comfort.

Our cherished initiative, If Music Be the Food of the Soul, was featured on France Musique in December 2023. Listen to the programme below, produced by Mathilde Cariou.

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Palliative care: at the Strasbourg clinic, the Talens Lyriques ``add life to the days``.

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