From April 15 to 19, the first World Sacred Music Meetings will take place in Grasse. They will bring together artists from different countries, cultures, and religions to foster intercultural dialogue.
Grasse is the tenth city to sign the charter of the “Worldwide Sacred Music” International Festival Network.
Pierre Lelleux, the mayor of Grasse, was the initiator of this event: “Thus, on the upcoming April 14, as a prelude to these meetings and after receiving authorization from the next City Council, I will solemnly sign the ‘Charter of the World Sacred Music Meetings’ and the adherence to the ‘International Network of Sacred Music Festivals’ association, created on June 3, 2007, in Fez, with headquarters and presidency located in Perpignan.”
From Mayotte, Corsica, Gypsy, Judeo-Andalusian or Oriental music: Sacred music encompasses a much broader scope than religious music. Indeed, they include music for ceremonies, votive or pagan festivals, rituals, hymns, and allegories to Mother Nature…
Originating from all ethnic and religious communities, they touch the deepest parts of human beings. By creating, reproducing, and reinterpreting these music styles over the centuries and through various journeys, humans have bestowed upon them a sacred character.
Today, it seems important and necessary to contribute with great conviction to intercultural dialogue among the different communities that coexist.
This event, aimed at being perpetuated, will be a building block for the current coexistence, and the music that will be shared will contribute to this intercultural dialogue, necessary for understanding and tolerance within the republican context, which is necessarily the frame of reference.
