Rencontres musicales de Vézelay

Du 21 août au 24 août 2008

La vie du festival


Become a Friend of the Vezelay Festival.

The Vezelay Music Festival has become in eight years an important event for vocal music lovers. Well-known choirs and orchestras from around Europe come here  at the end of August to give ten concerts along the theme chosen by the artistic director Pierre Cao.
In 2005 it was David, the music king, Mozart was featured in 2006, and 2007 it was sacred music from here and elsewhere. For 2008, the theme will be Music in the courtyards and chapels of Europe.

Famous names participate in this festival: Jordi Savall and the Concert des Nations, La Capella reial de Catalunya, Concerto Köln, Daniel Reuss and the Rias Kammerchor of Berlin, Cantus Cölln, Christophe Coin and the Ensemble baroque de Limoges, the ensemble Gilles Binchois, Bruno Cocset and the Basses Réunies, the Nederlands Kamerkoor, the Schola Gregoriensis of Prague, the Concert Spirituel, La Fenice, the Sututtgarter Kammerchor, the Folies Francoises, Les Paladins , Arsys Bourgogne, and many others.

The quality of the concerts is unanimously agreed upon by the national and international press as well as the audience in attendance (almost 6,000 spectators in four days, a figure that is constantly increasing). The atmosphere of the festival is simple and welcoming, the spectators rub shoulders with the musicians in the streets and gardens.

The Vezelay music festival would like to create a strong link with the spectators. Do you like vocal music, the Burgundy region, and are you ready to support a dynamic festival?
We have several different options to become a member of the Friends of Vezelay festival association:
Member: 20 euro gift
Member supporter: 120 euro gift
Member sponsor: 300 euro gift

Your one-year membership will allow you to be informed first of our activities and concerts, and to buy your tickets before the general public.

Gilles Huser
President of the Friends of the Vezelay Music Festival association


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