Festival International de Quatuors à Cordes du Luberon

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Since 1976, in the heart of the spectacular Luberon region of Provence, a festival that celebrates the music of the String Quartet.

For 35 years, the festival has been welcoming world famous String Quartets, as well as international award winning younger quartets. The festival is privileged to organize concerts in important heritage sites such as the cloister of Silvacane Abbey in La Roque d’Antheron and the pretty, little churches of  Luberon villages such as Roussillon, Cabrières d’Avignon, Goult and Gordes. We will host masterclasses in the beautiful natural surroundings of Saumane's Castle, a few kilometers from the famous village of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse.

 

The 37th festival in 2012 is dedicated to the Czech Republic

The ambassador of the Czech's Republic in France will sponsor the Festival.

  • Like in 2011, the Festival takes place over 2 and a half weeks. 16 concerts in which the attendants will enjoy 52 works including 19 Czech ones composed between 18th and 21st century.
  • Eight string quartets are invited to play, 3 of them coming from the Czech Republic : Cambini (France), Debussy (France), Elysée (France), Kapralova (Czech Rep.), Quiroga (Spain), Talich (Czech Rep.), Vlach (Czech Rep.) et Voce (France).
  • During the Festival, a string quartet academy will give the chance to young semi-profesional quartets to receive several masterclasses from  french quartet Debussy and czech quartet Vlach. Some of the masterclasses will be public.
 

Academy 2012

Week from August 18th to 25th : Young semi-profesional quartets will start to receive masterclasses in the Château de Saumane (Saumane-de-Vaucluse) from the following quartets: 

  • French quartet Debussy
  • Czech quartet Vlach.

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