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TheMaison de la Mutualité (French pronunciation:[mɛzɔ̃dəlamytɥalite]; often shortened tola Mutualité) is aconference center at 24 Rue Saint-Victor,5th arrondissement of Paris,France. The closest métro station isMaubert-Mutualité.
It is the headquarters of the federation of nonprofitmutual insurers of theÎle-de-Francerégion, which rents its halls and rooms to outside users. The conference center has an attached restaurant.
La Mutualité hosts a variety of events, from the yearly meeting of the shareholders of small companies to important meetings of national political parties. Because of the latter, it often appears in the news.
The theatre of the Maison de la Mutualité was used as a classical recordings venue, particularly for many records by theParis Conservatoire Orchestra after the Second World War,[1] but also in more recent years, for instance byDeutsche Grammophon for Messiaen'sQuatuor pour la fin du temps and byPhilips forCavalleria rusticana conducted Semyon Bychkov.[2]
Frenchanarchist singer-songwritersLéo Ferré (see live albumLéo Ferré Mai 68) andRenaud sang here. Congolese bandZaïko Langa Langa headlined many concerts in the hall between 1989 and 1991.
In 1950 theAssociation Internationale de la Mutualité was established during a conference in the Maison de la Mutualité.[3]
