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The French government asked Jean-Luc Beylat, president of Nokia Bell Labs France in Paris, and Pierre Tambourin, general director of the biocluster Genopole in Evry, to review the so-called Allègre Law of 1999, which sought to make it easier for scientists to engage in entrepreneurship, as well as similar initiatives.

Throughout the set, which included such once-popular items as “Caprice Viennois,” “Tambourin Chinois,” “Liebesleid” and “Liebesfreud,” Chalifour paid allegiance to Kreisler’s sometimes gooey playing style without overdoing it.

Kreisler’s “Tambourin Chinois,” a popular encore piece, showed off Mr. Vengerov’s virtuosity in more traditional technique but suffered from coordination problems with the orchestra.

And while Rameau’s “Les Cyclopes” had urgency and his “Tambourin” a steamy heat, his more deliberately characterful pieces were wrapped in uneasy intensity.

Five decades later, Léger created Danseuse au tambourin.