Category: Press

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 […]

Reviews Var Matin, Août 2016, Christian Godet « On savait que le niveau de cette édition serait exceptionnel : ces deux incroyables voix [Dima Bawab & Pauline Sikirdji]…en ont apporté la preuve » « Un public de connaisseurs, mélomanes, amateurs et curieux de tous âges, a fortement apprécié et longuement applaudi, comme il se doit […]

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 […]

Conductor Graham Ross writes today:  Crazy long working days here in Provence but always beautiful music, wonderful people and rosé aplenty. Glorious RVW Serenade this evening, with Rejoice in theLamb (orch. Imogen Holst), Brahms Geistliches Leid (orch. J E Gardiner), a cappella Purcell and Bruckner, and Peter and the Wolf, narrated (in French!) by the […]

Crazy long working days here in Provence but always beautiful music, wonderful people and rosé aplenty. Glorious RVW Serenade this evening, with Rejoice in theLamb (orch. Imogen Holst), Brahms Geistliches Leid (orch. J E Gardiner), a cappella Purcell and Bruckner, and Peter and the Wolf, narrated (in French!) by the brilliantMaurice MacSweeney. How lucky I […]

This is a rare gem: the kind of jazz concert that classical music-lovers LOVE! And so do jazz-lovers! Don’y miss it! and all part of the 2013 Musique-Cordiale festival! Maria Markesini from Greece + Klazz Brothers from Dresden. 21h, en pleine aire, Place de Valat, SEILLANS, Var, Provence!

We regret to announce, 20 July 2013, that Michel Tirabosco has incurred an injury and will NOT be able to play this year. We currently expect to CANCEL the ‘concert, ‘Musique du Monde,’ on 12 August 2013 at 21h rather than replacing it with an alternative programme. This is most disappointing for us and for […]

PRESS: 11 juillet 2013:                9ème Festival International de Seillans MUSIQUE CORDIALE Du 6 au 17 août 2013 Seillans – Mons – Correns – Claviers – St Raphaël – Bargemon – Callian – Bagnols-en-Forêt www.musique-cordiale.com LA NUOVA MUSICA • DAVID BATES • GRAHAM ROSS • KLAZZ BROTHERS • MICHEL […]

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 17 concerts, of which 6, including the “amuse bouche” opening concert, will be free. Venues are the medieval hill towns of Seillans, Bargemon, Mons, Callian, Bagnols-en-Forêt, Correns and Claviers in the Var, […]

Between 6 and 17 August, there is to be a full and diverse programme of 17 concerts during the 2013 festival. The expanded  Academy for young and talented music students will take place for a week from 3-10 August and the orchestra & La Nuova Musica, our ensemble in residence for 2013, will deliver ardent […]

2013: KLAZZ Brothers Classic meets Jazz – rencontre Classique et Jazz  + Michel Tirabosco – Music with a difference  2013 information here soon:  Musique Cordiale Festival jazz concerts this year in Seillans & St Raphael      _______________________________________ The jazz concert at Musique Cordiale 2012 consisted of a piano trio who came together specially for the festival…….. […]

A TRULY EUROPEAN MUSIC FESTIVAL 3 – 13 August 2011 Named as one of the top ten European music festivals in 2010, Musique Cordiale is celebrating its seventh year with a programme more varied and exciting than ever.  This year the festival has a distinctly French flavour, held in Seillans, a small and exquisite French […]