Festival La Roque d'Anthéron : A Piano Under the Trees

International Piano Festival – Parc du Château de Florans – 13640 La Roque d’Anthéron

From 22 July to 21 Aug 2011

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the devotion of hundreds of volunteers. It creates an atmosphere conducive to some great times. It’s sometimes said that, on certain evenings in the park surrounding the Château de Florans, even the leaves on the big trees shiver with delight.

Over the years, thanks to its success, the festival has taken over other stages, each one more lovely than the next: the old quarries in Rognes, the Théâtre des Terrasses in Gordes, the Cucuron church, Château-Bas and the Silvacane Abbey. It’s an excellent way to reach out to as many people as possible. 

As for the audience, tired of snobbishness, they enjoy this open festival. The friendly atmosphere and unpretentious welcome are valued trademarks of the festival and testify to its professional nature,accompanied by

 for a month, becomes a perfect harbor for all music lovers. Since the event was set up back in 1981, renowned artists and future stars of the keyboard have regularly taken over the mythic stage with their talent: Boris Berezovsky, Zhu Xiao-Mei, Brigitte Engerer, Anne Queffélec, Alexandre Tharaud, Marie-Josèphe Jude, Hélène Grimaud, to name just a few, have delighted the thousands of aficionados who attend this world famous summer event.

It starts with a walk. In this early evening, it’s still light, and the low stone walls reflect the heat of the sun, which beam down on the village of La Roque d’Anthéron. We go back up a wide avenue of plane trees and hundred-year-old redwoods till we get to the stands set up outside. On the stage is a superb acoustic shell, entirely remodeled in 2007. The park surrounding the Château de Florans is an emblematic venue of the Roque d’Anthéron International Piano Festival. This green setting counts 365 incredible trees, clustered around a clearing that,

By Jean-Dominique Dalloz - July 8, 2011

For over 30 years, the piano is the uncontestable king of the Provencal summer. Classical scores or jazz improvisations fill the ears of an ever-growing crowd, who are thrilled to experience these exceptional al-fresco musical moments.

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