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Please complete an enrolment form first (either the ONLINE enrolment form or complete the downloadable PDF version). Then please proceed to payment. Here is information on HOW TO PAY! You can:    Pay by internet banking/bank transfer/virement, using the bank account details below  This is our preferred mode of payment if you can, please Our […]

Please read the application form for full details of payment & participation agreement OPTIONS d’Héberegement – y compris Adhérence Discount – pas de logement €300,00 EURStandard – pas de logement €500,00 EURECON avec logement €900,00 EURSUPERIEURE logement €970,00 EURSUP – personne unique €1 170,00 EURDepot – ECON rés €500,00 EURDepot – rés SUP €500,00 EURDepot – SUP […]

Fundraising Evening 2016 Tickets on sale for our 2016 Fundraising Evening at the enchanting Moulin de la Camandoule between Seillans & Fayence. Evening includes aperitif, mise en bouche, three course meal with wine and coffee and will feature the return of two of our favourite singers – Dima Bawab Soprano & Pauline Sikirdji Mezzo-soprano accompanied […]

24 November 2015 We are thrilled to announce that Levon Chilingirian and Susie Mészáros, members of the celebrated Chilingirian String Quartet, will be joined by Jane Hyland, former principal cellist of the BBC Symphony and BBC Welsh Orchestras, to lead the strings course in the South of France from 28 July – 6 August 2016 culminating in […]

We are holding our first Friends’ event on Thursday 3 December at the Union Chapel, Islington, London On Thursday 3 December Graham Ross will be conducting the Choir of Clare College Cambridge, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and a terrific line up of soloists in Handel’s Messiah. We will be holding a pre-concert […]

Dimanche 3 août Seillans Salle Polyvalente, 19h00: Ouverture du Festival – Concert Amuse Bouche,  Chant, Ensemble et convivialité, Dima Bawab (soprano) Adam Javorkai (violoncelle), Clara Biermasz (piano), Entrée 25€ incl. Collation+boisson à l’entracte Lundi 4 août Concert de Midi 12h30: Chapelle Notre Dame de l’Ormeau Seillans, Entrée gratuite Lundi 4 août Domaine Val D’Iris Seillans 19h00: MUSIQUE et VIN, Féminine: […]

Catholic Herald, Michael White passionately spirited performances, packed houses and the culture of extended friendship that the name suggests Claviers: the concerts, which have minimal formality… but a habit of delivering miracles. A good example last week was a pair of countertenors singing Purcell side by side in one of those neglected churches that you […]

Join us for a night of delicious food, wine and song to raise funds for Musique Cordiale Festival Wednesday 8 July 2015, 19:00 La Salle Polyvalente, Seillans, 83440 France Champagne reception, dinner by the Institut Gastronomie Riviera, wine and performances by soprano Lydia Brotherton, baritone Adam Green and pianist Mark Austin Click here to book […]

Dimanche 10 août Église de Seillans 19h00 – CONCERT SURPRISE: Andrew Staples, ténor – récital, Rebecca Taylor piano, Entrée Gratuite. Fresh from the opening concert of of the BBC Proms this year and with us briefly between performances at the Salzburg Festival, Andy Staples is returning to Musique Cordiale for a recital in Seillans in an extra concert (that does not feature in […]

Champagne, musique, chanson & répas gourmand  Soirée Musicale au profit du festival Something for your diary if you might be in the Var in early July. Do come and join us for our enjoyable annual Musique Cordiale Gala Fund-raiser: Champagne, Dinner & Musical Entertainment: 19h30, La Magnanerie, 83440, Seillans, France. Venez partager avec nous cette soirée musicale […]

 CONCERT Tickets for the 2014 Festival will be on sale from  1 July 2014. Tickets may be purchased here or in person at the Office de Tourism (Tourist Office) in Seillans from July 1st. Click here for our ticket booking page for online-tickets.

Details of the lunchtime concerts will be here as soon as the programme is established. View lunchtime concerts 2013.

We would like to extend our appreciation to everyone who  helped to make the 2014 Musique Cordiale Festival & Academy possible. This includes all who have contributed time, energy, advice, donations in kind (including food & entertainment, prizes, car-driving and use, free accommodation) or the funds that are vital to make this ambitious enterprise happen. The free […]

We are happy that the music director for 2013 is Graham Ross and we are thrilled that the Ensemble in residence is to be La Nuova Musica, directed by David Bates. Both Graham and David have conducted at Musique Cordiale during past festivals.  More information about them and about our soloists and the leading musicians […]

2015 sees the launch of The Musique-Cordiale Trust. Our aims are to help secure the future of the festival and to encourage more  of the  education and the international development and exchange of musical talent of the kind that The Musique Cordiale Festival & Academy has promoted over the past decade across Europe. OUR INITIAL TARGET […]

Before flying, please check airline baggage rules. There are changes from 2 July 2013 to Easyjet’s baggage rules and specifically requirements re Musical Instruments. Other airline rules are somewhat different (and slightly less clear) and size restrictions have become tighter.

Do come and join us for our enjoyable annual Musique Cordiale Gala Fund-raiser: Champagne, Dinner & Musical Entertainment: 26 JUNE 2013: Opera Arias & Music (see programme here)  sung by Alena Sautier, currently at Munich Opera, with Joe Kennedy, baritone from London, accompanied by Debra Maxine Trattner who lives in the Alpes-Maritimes … It will […]

The 9th annual Musique-Cordiale international festival is scheduled to take place from 6-17 August 2013 with the Academy assembling in the previous week and rehearsals beginning on 4 August. The festival features 20 concerts, of which 9, including the “amuse bouche” opening concert and the jazz concert in Saint-Raphaël, will be free. Venues are the […]

TRAVEL TO THE FESTIVAL We know, from the well-documented experiences of Stephen Isserlis and others, how uncertain we always are about whether instruments larger than a piccolo can be carried in hand luggage (violin) and/or require you not to carry any other hand luggage as well and/or require a seat of their own (cello). Many […]

Ten years on…. 2023 Summer Festival Programme of CONCERTS is now available HERE For the 2022 Summer Festival Programme, see HERE The 9th annual Musique-Cordiale international festival is scheduled to take place from 6-17 August 2013 with the Academy assembling in the previous week and rehearsals beginning on 4 August. The festival features 20 concerts, […]

Download Admission Form  (translations into French, German and Dutch: please contact us: traductions en néerlandais, en allemand et en français disponible: s’il vous plaît contactez-nous.vertaling naar het Nederlands, Duits & Frans beschikbaar; gelieve ons te contacteren )  Download Flyer here 2014 Academy starts 1 August 2014. Full details here soon. Bookings from December 2013  Musique Cordiale Academy 3 […]

 2013:  CONCERTS 2, 4, 7, 10, 15 & 18 We will continue to use the Chappelle Notre Dame de l’Ormeau, one of the most beautiful monuments in Seillans, for free Lunch-time concerts. The 12th century Chapelle de l’Ormeaut, lies at the southern entrance to the village, opposite the old railway station, which was once part […]

Tuesday 7 August Gala Dinner & Taster ConcertSoirée musicale et gastronomique www.institut-gastronomie-riviera.comTickets 65€ (champagne, dinner & wine included) Wednesday 8 August 12h Seillans Chapelle Notre-Dame de l’Ormeau CONCERT DE MIDI Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin for wind quintet Bianca Hottinger, flute Lisa Gross, oboe  Moritz Roelcke, clarinet Lara Morger, bassoon Tiffany Stirling, horn Debussy String […]

Tom Seligman, a graduate of Cambridge University, Tom studied conducting in Glasgow, London and Amsterdam. Tom conducts regularly for the Royal Ballet in London, having made his debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 2010. He made his Lincoln Center debut conducting Balanchine’s Jewels for New York City Ballet last Autumn, returning in […]