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.
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Terres du Son 2026
Terres du Son brings national and international musicians to the Domaine de Candé in Monts. The festival combines its concert programme with a free-access Eco-Village. Activities devoted to ecological transition accompany the performances, bringing the musical gathering and its environmental commitments together on the estate.
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.
Salbris Historical Festival: Roman Experience
Salbris’s historical festival centres its Roman programme on the Year of the Four Emperors. Re-enactment groups and stunt performers stage episodes of conflict, while a historical banquet introduces food associated with antiquity. Nataverne and Prima Nocta provide music after the meal, bringing performance and reconstructed Roman life into the 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.
Campagne(s) in Saint-Lactencin: Literary Tribute
Jean-Yves Patte’s Campagne(s) brings actor Anne Trémolières and musician Sandrine Charluet to the Manoir des Fauves in Saint-Lactencin. Texts by George Sand, Raymonde Vincent and dialect writer Betty Jacquey shape the performance. Literature and music connect the three writers through their attention to countryside and place.
Festival Hop Pop Hop in Orléans: Emerging Music Experience
Hop Pop Hop turns central Orléans into a broad listening ground for emerging music, bringing thirty groups together across five stages. Its programming is built around discovery, with young artists moving between hybrid genres, amplified performance and more experimental musical languages. Audiences can follow several strands of the contemporary scene across contrasting styles, moving from one venue and atmosphere to another. Dance, collective energy and close contact with new performers are central to the festival’s identity, but the focus remains on musicians who are still shaping their public voice. That commitment gives Orléans a direct role in circulating new sounds and identifying artists before they reach larger stages. Together, the contrasting groups and live settings form a compact portrait of current music in motion.
International Dance Stage Festival in Châteauroux: Live Arts
Châteauroux’s International Dance Stage Festival brings more than 650 dancers together for teaching across 24 disciplines. Modern jazz, flamenco and Bollywood dance are among the styles taught by international instructors. A final performance concludes the training, while concerts at Place Voltaire extend the festival’s programme into the city.
Grand Night Market in Châtillon-sur-Loire: Summer Flavors
UCAC organises a semi-nocturnal market in Châtillon-sur-Loire. Local produce, handmade objects and food stalls occupy the market, with music accompanying the sellers. Producers and craftspeople take part in the same gathering, bringing shopping and live entertainment into the town’s market programme as the day turns into evening.