Danse bretonne in Ploudalmézeau is led by the Dansal e Gwital association at the port. Participants learn traditional steps to local instrumental sounds, with the session open to beginners as well as experienced dancers. The outdoor harbour setting gives the workshop a strong place identity, joining dance transmission, music and the maritime edge of the commune.
Tag: instrumental-music
Les Escales Musicales in Perros-Guirec: Kerloi Duo
Etienne Kerbaul’s clarinet and Julian Loiseau’s diatonic accordion form a tightly woven Breton dance duo. Their long collaboration across Côtes-d’Armor lets melody and pulse move as one, building the lift and repetition that guide dancers through a set. The Escales Musicales appearance keeps that regional practice in the open air, centred on instrumental dialogue, collective movement and living fest-noz technique.
Nolwenn Arzel Concert in Guilvinec: Celtic Melodies
Nolwenn Arzel brings Celtic harp to the Chapelle Saint-Trémeur in Guilvinec. Her career includes collaborations with artists such as Nolwenn Le Roy and Carlos Núñez, and her repertoire links harp technique to stories of Breton lives and places. The chapel setting gives the concert an intimate frame where contemporary performance and regional musical memory can meet.
De Londres à Edimbourg in Bourges: Historical Celtic Music
Florence Bolton and Benjamin Perrot bring La Rêveuse’s De Londres à Edimbourg programme to Bourges. The duo works with English music from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, moving between traditional repertory and composed music. The concert is presented in connection with Noirlac’s Nouvelles Traversées festival.
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.
Piano Saltimbanque in Verdigny: Elegant Concert
Francis Clup and Sophie Parel perform Piano Saltimbanque in Verdigny. The concert belongs to the Cher cultural season Sur les pas de George Sand. It forms part of the writer’s commemoration, bringing a piano performance to the village within a wider programme connecting music and Sand’s place in Berry’s cultural life.
De Londres à Edimbourg in Plaimpied-Givaudins: Music Duo
La Rêveuse brings De Londres à Edimbourg to Plaimpied-Givaudins in collaboration with Noirlac. Florence Bolton and Benjamin Perrot perform English music from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Their programme follows exchanges between traditional and composed repertories as part of the Nouvelles Traversées festival’s wider activity.