Only four concerts, but a quality and diversity of expression always appreciated by a large audience in the magical setting of the Olive Grove and the Notre-Dame du Brusc Chapel, in Châteuneuf-de-Grasse, here is what is announced in this early summer from June 27 to 30 the poster for the “Châteauneuf sous lesétoiles” festival.
Favorite artist of the festival, trumpeter Romain Leleu opens the ball Thursday June 27 in the gardens of the chapel with his sextet and brings the dazzling sound and musicality of his trumpet to offer a premiere of the program of his latest recording Fantastic night, where the romantic worlds of Mozart and Dizzy Gillespie, of Schubert and Cole Porter, of Saint-Saëns and Darius Milhaud meet, and where magic and imagination mingle in a captivating ballet.
Friday June 28 this time in the intimate setting of the chapel, the cellist Christian-Pierre La Marca, a leading soloist and chamber musician, offers under the title Cello 360 a completely new and timeless journey, through the multiple repertoires of the solo cello.
A very personal mirroring with a program of baroque, modern or contemporary pieces from Marais, Bach, Sainte-Colombe, Dowland and Rameau to… Chaplin, Casals, Billie Eilish and other Beatles.
Saturday June 29, the young virtuoso violinist Luka Faulisi (photo), 22 years old who started playing the violin at the age of 3, trained by Boris Belkin at the Maastricht Conservatory, and who is at the dawn of a great career, joins the guitarist Gabriel Bianco to perform famous pieces by Piazzolla, Paganini, Bartók and Sarasate.
Finally, Sunday June 29, return of an instrument that Thomas Leleu, through his talent and tireless energy, was able to bring out as a soloist from the depths of the orchestra. Outsider, his new project, embodies a fusion of genres, a celebration of musical diversity. It is a tribute to all the music that inspired him and made him the classical middle child, passionate about pop, jazz and Latin rhythms…
>> Concerts at 9 p.m. Ticket prices 20 euros. Four-evening pass: 60 euros. Information at 04.92.60.36.03. Reservations on www.ville-chateauneuf.fr
