Mercredi en fête spreads live music across Tréguier’s central streets and squares. Le Pottier and L’Haridon, Skol sonerien Landreger, Ducasse, La Waso, Youl and Slivovitsa move the programme from Breton sonneurs to brass-band colour and wider dance rhythms. By linking several stages within the historic town centre, the gathering lets audiences circulate between local musical practice and contrasting contemporary sounds.
Tag: instrumental-music
Les Nuits Celtiques de Peniti in La Forêt-Fouesnant
Les Nuits Celtiques de Peniti brings Breton music to La Forêt-Fouesnant through an open-air concert setting. Bagad de Lann-Bihoué gives the programme a strong sonneur identity, with pipes and drums carrying the sound of Breton public ceremony. Crêpes and refreshments support the festive frame while the music remains the main cultural anchor.
Musik Europa Breizh in Clohars-Fouesnant: Baroque Showcase
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.
Danse bretonne in Ploudalmézeau: Traditional Steps
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.
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.
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.
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.