Festival des Musiques d'été

A summer of music, talent and emotion at the Château de Lourmarin

Faithful to its mission as an artists' residence, and always motivated by the promotion of young talent, the Château welcomes some twenty musicians from leading national and international conservatoires. They will be honouring classical music and its great masters, promising magnificent moments of mastery and poetry.

In the middle of the summer, there will be two events on the Château's superb terrace:
- Theatre evening
- The not-to-be-missed traditional jazz evening

We're looking forward to some great evenings as visitors and locals alike celebrate music in a prestigious historic setting!

Doors open to the public from 8pm for exceptional picnics on the château terraces before the classical music concerts starting at 9pm. This is your chance to take full advantage of the incomparable sunsets over the charming Provencal village and the Luberon mountains.

Programming for the 2025 season 

JULY 

Saturday 12 July - 9pm - Gala evening: Violin and piano duo 

Duo Con Fuoco - Camille Théveneau (violin) & Florent Ling (piano), musicians in residence selected by the Fondation de Lourmarin Laurent-Vibert, will perform Mozart, Beethoven & Franck.

Programme:
Mozart, Sonata for violin and piano in E minor, K. 304
Beethoven, Sonata for violin and piano No. 5 in F Major ‘Spring’, Op. 24
+++ intermission +++
Franck, Sonata for violin and piano in A Major

Thursday 17 July - 9pm - Piano recital 

Florent Ling, musician in residence, selected by the Fondation de Lourmarin Laurent-Vibert. Florent Ling will perform Beethoven, Bach, Liszt & Brahms.

Programme:
Solo
Bach/Brahms, Chaconne for the left hand
Liszt, Après une lecture du Dante
+++ intermission +++
Beethoven, Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

Monday 21 July - 9pm - Piano recital 

Mika Akiyama will perform Chopin, Ravel & Bizet

Programme:
Chopin: Waltz in A flat major op.42
Chopin: 2 Nocturnes op.27 (no.1 in sharp minor and no.2 in D flat major)
Chopin: Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor op.31
Chopin: Sonata No.2 in B flat minor op.35
+++ intermission +++
Ravel: jeux d'eau
Ravel: La Valse
Bizet: excerpt from Les Chant du Rhin (l'aurore, le bohémienne, les confidences et le départ)
Bizet: Romance de Nadir
Bizet-Moszkowski: Bohème song from the opera Carmen

Saturday 26 July - 9pm - Theatre on the terrace 

"L'Avare" by Molière performed by the Beaumes de Venise TRAC troupe, directed by Vincent Siano.
*No picnic required
TRAC (Théâtre Rural d'Animation Culturelle de Beaumes-de-Venise) is a popular education association that has been involved in cultural development since 1979, particularly in rural areas. 

 Monday 28 July - 9pm - Piano recital

Mila Gostijanovic will perform Schumann, Mozart, Debussy & Bartok

Programme:
Schumann
Papillons op2
Arabesque op18 in C Major
Davidsbündlertänz op6, 2nd booklet
+++ intermission +++
Debussy
Un Prélude du Livre 2 (to be decided)
Premier Cahier d'Images : I Reflets dans l'eau, II Hommage à Rameau, III Mouvement
Un prélude du livre 2
Bartók :
Sonate Sz 80

 AUGUST 

Saturday 2 August - 9pm - Traditional jazz evening on the terrace 

"Baby Face Hot Five is a five-piece band from the south of France that pays tribute to the HOT American music of the 1920s, by the great creators of New Orleans jazz, Louis Armstrong, Jimmie Noone, Sidney Bechet and Jelly Roll Morton. This popular, upbeat music for dancing and partying has been stirring hearts and feet all over the world ever since its creation.
Claude Luter, a disciple of Sidney Bechet in France, used to give nicknames to the musicians around him, and nicknamed Renaud Perrais “Baby Face” when he came to him for clarinet lessons as a child, so this is also a nod to the French traditional jazz musicians who came before them.
The band is made up of five multi-instrumentalists:
Marie Gottrand on piano, washboard and vocals
François Corbi on clarinet and alto saxophone
Renaud Perrais on trumpet, saxophone and clarinet
Thibaut Roussel on banjo
Alexis Borrely on trombone and soprano
On the programme:
Traditional jazz classics from the 20s. 

Monday 4 August - 9pm - Piano recital 

Karen Kuronuma will perform Poulenc, Granados, Debussy & Prokofiev

Programme:
Francis Poulenc I Les chemins de l'amour
Enrique Granados | Goyescas op.11
- no.1 Los requiebros
- no.3 El fandango de candil
- no.4 Quejas, o la maja y el ruiseñor
Claude Debussy | L'isle joyeuse
Serge Prokofiev | Romeo et Julliette
Dmitri Schostakowitsch l Waltz no. 2 from the suite for variety orchestra

Thursday 7 August - 9pm - Piano recital 

Leonardo Hilsdorf interprets Beethoven, Villa-Lobos, Chopin & Seixas

Programme :
Carlos Seixas - Sonate en La mineur
Fernando Lopes-Graça - Trois Mélodies Rustiques Portugaises
Anne Victorino d'Almeida - Quand viendra le printemps
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Impressions Seresteiras
Lorenzo Fernandes : la Suite Brasileira n°2 de Lorenzo Fernandes
Chopin : 3 Mazurkas op. 59
--- Entracte ---
Ludwig van Beethoven- Sonate op. 111
Frédéric Chopin- Scherzo No. 3 en Do Dièse Mineur, Op. 39

Monday 11 August - 9pm - Piano recital 

Ryutaro Suzuki plays Chopin, Liszt, Debussy & Scarlatti

Programme:
Domenico Scarlatti: Three Sonatas
K.27 Allegro
K.141 Allegro
K.380 Andante commodo
Claude Debussy: Deux Préludes
"No. 5. Les Collines d'Anacapri ‘
’ n°10. La Cathédrale engloutie ‘
Hisatada Otaka : Suite Japon
’ n°1. À l'aube ‘
’ n°4. Fête villageoise"
Julio Ituarte: Caprice de concert
+++ intermission +++
Manuel Ponce: Gavotte
Alberto Ginastera: Argentine Dances Op.2
"I. Dance of the Old Cattleman ‘
’ II. Dance of the pretty young girl ‘
’ III. Dance of the cunning gaucho
F.Chopin: Barcarolle Op.60
F.Liszt : Venezia e Napoli ( Years of Pilgrimage / 2nd year, supplement)
" I. Gondoliera ‘
’ II. Canzone ‘
’ III. Tarantella

Thursday 14 August - 9pm - Piano recital 

Mirabelle Kajenjeri will perform Rachmaninov, Ravel, Debussy & Chopin

Programme:
Viktor Kosenko - Etude Nr.8 Op.8 ‘Moderato’
Igor Shamo - excerpts from the ‘Ukrainian Suite’
Frédéric Chopin - Ballade Nr.3 Op.47
Claude Debussy - "L'Isle Joyeuse
+++ intermission +++
Maurice Ravel - "Miroirs
1. Noctuelles
2. Sad Birds
3. A boat on the ocean
4. Alborada del gracioso
5. The valley of the bells
Fritz Kreisler/ Sergei Rachmaninoff (transcription) - Liebesfreud

Monday 18 August - 9pm - Piano recital 

John Gade plays Bach, Liszt, Ravel & Scriabin

Programme:
- Alexandre Scriabine
Sonate n°3 op.23
- Franz Liszt
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses S173 n°4
- Alexandre Scriabine
Sonate n°5 op.53
- Maurice Ravel
AIborada del Gracioso ‘ extrait des ’ Miroirs "
- Johann Sebastian Bach BACH CANTATA BWV 147: JESU, JOY OF MAN'S DESIRING
BACH-KEMPFF SICILIANO BWV 1031

Thursday 21 August - 9pm - Piano recital 

Célia Onéto Bensaid will perform Chopin, Bizet, Ravel & Gershwin

Programme:
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne op.48 no1
Georges Bizet: Variations Chromatiques
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne op.27 no2
/Valse op.64 no2
Stephan Heller: Elegy and Funeral March based on Chopin
+++ intermission +++
Louise Farrenc: Air russe varié op.17
Maurice Ravel: Oiseaux tristes
/Une barque sur l'océan
/Alborada del Grazioso
Gershwin: Blues, excerpt from An American in ParisCélia Onéto Bensaid will perform Chopin, Bizet, Ravel & Gershwin

Monday 25 August - 9pm - Piano recital 

Ingmar Lazar will perform Chopin, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Franck & Debussy

Programme:
Franz Liszt: 6 Polish songs after Chopin
/Życzenie
/Wiosna
/Pierścień
/Hulanka
/Moja pieszczotka / Mes joies
/Narzeczony
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne Op. posth. 72 no. 1
/Mazurka à Émile Gaillard
César Franck: Grand caprice
+++ intermission +++
Claude Debussy : Images oubliées
/Lent
/Souvenir du Louvre
Nicolas Nabokov : Trois danses
Felix Mendelssohn : Rondo capricciosoIngmar Lazar will perform Chopin, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Franck & Debussy

Thursday 28 August - 9pm - Violin and piano duet 

Manon Galy (violin) & Ingmar Lazar (piano) perform Mozart, Brahms & Franck

Programme:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata for violin and piano No. 21 in E minor K. 304
Johannes Brahms
Sonata for violin and piano No. 2 in A major Op. 100
+++ intermission +++
César Franck
Sonata for piano and violin in A major FWV 8

SEPTEMBER 

Saturday 13 September - 9pm - Piano recital 

Maxime Alberti plays Scarlatti, Chopin, Mozart, Tchaikosky & Ginastera

Programme:
D. Scarlatti: 3 Sonatas
Mozart: Sonata in F major KV 332
+++ intermission +++
Chopin :
Nocturne in F major opus 15 n*1
/Nocturne in A flat major opus 32 n*2
/Impromptu n 1 opus 29
Tchaikovsky : Dumka
Ginastera : Argentine Dances

Saturday 20 September - 9pm - Piano recital 

Rodolphe Menguy plays Bach, Rachmaninov, Debussy & Tchaikovsky

Programme :
J. S. BACH - F. LISZT: Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 543
E. Grieg: Lyric piece Opus 54 No. 3 "March of the Dwarfs
J. S. BACH: Toccata in E minor
E. Grieg: Lyric piece Opus 62 No 6 "Homeward
J. S. BACH: Prelude and Fugue in F sharp minor L. 2
E. W. Korngold: Märchenbilder Opus 3 No. 7
I. Stravinsky - G. Agosti: The Firebird (Infernal Dance - Lullaby - Finale)

Friday 26 September - 6pm - Viola and piano duet 

Nicolas Garrigues (viola) & Rodolphe Menguy (piano) perform Franck, Shostakovich & Hindemith

Programme:
D. Shostakovitch: Sonata for Viola and Piano
+++ intermission +++
P. Hindemith : Sonata Opus 11 no 4C. Franck: Sonata

OCTOBER 

 Sunday 5 October - 6pm - Piano recital

Gaspard Thomas will perform Chopin, Bach, Brahms, Scriabine & Ravel

Programme:
BACH: Italian Concerto
BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Handel op. 24
+++ intermission +++
CHOPIN : Mazurka op. 59 n°3
PADEREWSKI : Intermezzo Polacco op. 14 n°5
PADEREWSKI : Nocturne in B flat major op. 16 n°4
SCRIABINE : Sonate n°4 in F sharp major
RAVEL : La valse

Saturday 11 October - 6pm - Violin and piano duet 

Elise Bertrand (violin) & Gaspard Thomas (piano) will perform Beethoven, Brahms & Szymaowski

Programme:
SZYMANOWSKI: Myths op. 29
BRAHMS: Sonata No. 3 in D minor op. 108
+++ intermission +++
BEETHOVEN : Sonata No. 9 in A major op. 47 "à Kreutzer