Festival Musicancy presents Alkymia, directed by Mariana Delgadillo Espinoza, in a vocal and instrumental programme at Ancy-le-Franc. Sacred Baroque music and villancicos de remedo meet traditional Bolivian songs and dances. African rhythms and Andean melodies run through the repertoire, and an introduction before the concert offers listening guidance.
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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.
Les Nouvelles Traversées in Noirlac: Music Celebration
Les Nouvelles Traversées brings vocal and instrumental music to Noirlac Abbey. A programme devoted to the Middle Ages includes Patrick Boucheron, Dialogos and ApotropaïK, while Claire Lefilliâtre, Cristina Branco and Les Réveillés appear elsewhere in the festival. Classical repertoire and different vocal traditions meet within the abbey’s historic spaces.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gargilesse Summer Festival in Gargilesse-Dampierre: Music &
The Gargilesse summer festival honours George Sand through programmes devoted to friendship and women artists. Pauline Viardot is among the historical figures considered, with Chopin’s music and readings of Sand’s texts included. Classical repertoire meets traditional dance music from central France and Auvergne, alongside kora and Baroque harp in the wider festival.
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.
Festival Pierres qui chantent in Pouligny-Notre-Dame: Folk &
Duo Guidat/Mooken and Duo Bonnin/Campin perform at the church in Pouligny-Notre-Dame for Pierres qui chantent en Vallée Noire. Guitar and percussion move between flamenco, jazz and Celtic influences in the first duo’s programme. The second draws on mazurkas, bourrées and waltzes associated with folk balls, within the festival’s circuit of local churches.