For 30 years, the Festival des Heures Musicales has brought together internationally renowned artists and an audience of music lovers enchanted by the quality of the programming. Organized by the association of the Heures Musicales de Biot, this festival has become over the years an unmissable cultural event in the heart of the Alpes-Maritimes.
For the 31st Festival des Heures Musicales, Liliane Valsecchi, Artistic Director of the Festival, presents 6 concerts, with the fantastic artists who through their friendship and loyalty have brought so much beauty to these Heures Musicales, and the new fabulous musicians who wanted to take part in this great celebration.
With the same demand for quality, she proposes to introduce the public to masterpieces of the classical repertoire, authentic performances, unprecedented formations… a skillful balance that she holds the secret to so that the genius of music can be expressed.
The 31st edition of the Festival des Heures Musicales is in line with a concern for continuity, but also openness and innovation, for the greatest enjoyment of music lovers and enthusiasts.
After the first evening on May 20, during which pianist Rahman EL BACHA showcased his talent, the schedule becomes packed with the other five evenings on the program:
May 25: Nikolaï LUGANSKY, piano (C.FRANCK, F.CHOPIN, S.PROKOFIEV, S.RACHMANINOV)
May 30: Natalie DESSAY, soprano Philippe CASSARD, piano
(R.SCHUMANN, J.BRAHMS, R.STRAUSS, G.FAURÉ, F.POULENC, H.DUPARC, C.DEBUSSY)
June 2: Francis HUSTER, narrator Bruno RIGUTTO, piano and music Jean-Yves CLÉMENT, text “Le Chant de toi”
June 16: Renaud CAPUCON, violin Gérard CAUSSÉ, viola (A.ROLLA, G.F.HAENDEL, W.A.MOZART)
June 20: Gautier CAPUCON, cello (Frank BRALEY, piano (L.V.BEETHOVEN, F.SCHUBERT, C.DEBUSSY, B.BRITTEN)
