Musik Europa Breizh’s Los pasos perdidos follows the breath of flute traditions across medieval Europe and pre-Columbian America. Pierre Hamon moves among recorders, frestel, double and triple flutes, and instruments made from bone, reed, bamboo and wood, while Ananda Brandão adds percussion and voice. The program treats early sound as a path toward meditation, trance and jubilation within Clohars-Fouesnant’s musical life.
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Concert Envoûté in Peillac: Baroque & Folk Blend
Concert Envoûté avec Garenne brings the musicians of Garenne together with visual artists from Minoterie 21, the contemporary art centre in Peillac. Clémence Cognet and Noëlle Nioulou shape a repertoire where Baroque dance melodies meet laments and folk material from the Massif Central. Baroque instruments and artist-built huts give the performance a chamber scale rooted in craft, sound and place.
Organ and Bombard Concerts in Pont-l’Abbé: Summer Series
Les vendredis musicaux de l’été brings two concerts to Pont-l’Abbé. Claude Nadeau and Rémy Kergozien pair organ and bombarde in one programme. Guillaume Gionta and François Castang take part in a narrated concert version of Carnival of the Animals in the other. Les Amis de l’orgue organises the series, with free participation.
Circuit des Orgues in Carhaix: Duo Sirona Concert
Duo Sirona appears at Eglise Saint-Trémeur as part of Central Brittany’s circuit devoted to six contrasting church organs. Opera singer Erato Strongylou and organist Estelle Walter shape The Wheel of the Year from classical music and popular Celtic repertoire. A presentation of the instrument places its sound, period and construction beside the vocal programme in Carhaix-Plouguer.
Nohant Festival Chopin Concert in Mézières-en-Brenne: Piano
Pianist Dmytro Semykras performs at the collegiate church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine in Mézières-en-Brenne. His recital includes Scarlatti, Brahms, Chopin, Rachmaninov and Scriabin. The concert belongs to the Nohant Festival Chopin’s Hors les murs programme, which takes young pianists into venues beyond the festival’s home at Nohant.
Festival de Chambord 2026
The Festival de Chambord brings a programme of classical and contemporary music to the Château de Chambord. Repertoire from different periods shares the bill in the festival’s fifteenth edition. The château provides the concert setting, linking live performance with one of the Loire Valley’s major architectural sites.
Nohant Festival Chopin 2026
The Nohant Festival Chopin marks its sixtieth anniversary at the Domaine de George Sand in Berry. Concerts and literary events revisit the relationship between music and the writer’s world. The programme also commemorates Sand through an emphasis on women performers, continuing the festival’s longstanding connection with her home.
Chopin Pleyel Piano Competition in Nohant: Musical Showcase
The Chopin Pleyel piano competition brings 24 participants to the Domaine de George Sand at Nohant. Pianists perform Chopin’s music before a jury of seven concert performers and teachers. This first edition places the competition within Nohant’s established musical setting, closely associated with the composer and Sand.
Grand PianO Festival in Orléans: A Musical Celebration
Grand PianO brings twenty performances to indoor and outdoor venues across Orléans. Classical music shares the programme with jazz, pop, soul and electronic music. The fourth edition distributes these different approaches to the piano across the city, combining concert halls and open-air settings within the same festival.
Nohant Festival Chopin in Sainte-Sévère: Piano Evening
Pianist Gabriel Durliat performs at the Château de Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre as part of the Nohant Festival Chopin. The recital takes the festival beyond its home at Nohant to another venue in Berry. Piano performance and the château setting come together in a concert belonging to the festival’s wider regional programme.