Every year since 1982, the Festival has welcomed young musicians in residence, who attend « Master Classes ». For a few days, the Festival turns into an open-air conservatory!

By offering Master Classes, the Festival confirms its ambition to promote a new artist generation. They usually come from the most important national conservatories. They work alongside renowned professionals to benefit from their advice and experience during a week of residency. These workshops offer an alternative and lively approach of musical practice. The public can attend these daily work sessions for free, which are held in the Château de Florans Park (date and time of classes to be announced soon).

Quintette Pelléas piano quintet
Oscar Nguyen, piano
Clément Verschave et Mathieu Guignier, violin
Clément Pimenta, viola
Gabriel Guignier, cello

Quatuor Igami piano quartet
Aino Akiyama, violin
Guillaume Flores, viola
Valentin Hoffmann, cello
Ayaka Matsuda, piano

Duo Reflet piano duet
Kazune Mori and Natsu Aoki, piano

Nicolas Garrigues viola and Rodolphe Menguy piano

Élise Bertrand violin and Gaspard Thomas piano

Teachers : Lise Berthaud, Olivier Charlier, Claire Désert, Emmanuel Strosser, le Trio Wanderer.

Master classes are supported by the Credit Agricole’s Company Foundation

Traditionally, August 15th marks the day of the Ensembles in Residence. They take over the village of La Roque d’Anthéron for 4 free concerts and at 8pm, to punctuate this week of exchanges, teachers and students meet on the stage of the Château de Florans Park for a collegial concert called « The Evening of the Ensembles in Residence ».

15 august programm :

11 a.m – Place Palmie Dolmetta – (cour de l’école Victor Hugo)
2 p.m – Place Palmie Dolmetta – (cour de l’école Victor Hugo)
4 p.m – Place de la République
5.30 p.m – Parc du Château de Florans – free of charge on reservation

In addition, every summer since 1998, the Bouches-du-Rhône Department has accompanied the « Sur les Routes de Provence » Festival. In the heart of the towns and villages of the department, the Ensembles in Residence perform free concerts. These concerts allow a wide audience to discover chamber music in a different light.

• 7 august – 6.30 p.m – Saintes-Maries de la Mer – Parc du Château d’Avignon
  Nicolas Garrigues alto et Rodolphe Menguy piano
  Duo Reflet four-handed piano
  Mozart : Sonate K. 497 pour 4 mains
  Brahms : Sonate opus 120 n°1 pour alto et piano

• 8 august – 6.30 p.m – Arles – Cour de l’Archevêché
  Élise Bertrand violin and Gaspard Thomas piano
  Duo Reflet four-handed piano
  Mozart : Sonate K. 497 pour 4 mains
  Saint-Saens : Sonate n° 1 opus 75 pour violon et piano

• 9 august – 6.30 p.m – Tarascon – Square Bâtonnier Louis Gontier
  Nicolas Garrigues alto et Rodolphe Menguy piano
  Quatuor Igami quartet with piano
  Brahms : Sonate opus 120 n°2 pour alto et piano
  Brahms : Quatuor opus 60

• 10 august – 6.30 p.m – Saint-Etienne du Grès – Place Jean Galeron
  Duo Reflet four-handed piano
  Quintette Pelléas quintet with piano
  Schubert : Lebensstürme pour 4 mains
  Dvorak : Extraits de « la Forêt de Bohème » pour 4 mains
  Fauré : Quintette n°1 opus 89

• 11 august – 6.30 p.m – Cassis – Jardin Public
  Élise Bertrand violin and Gaspard Thomas piano
  Quatuor Igami quartet with piano
  Mozart : Sonate K.454 pour violon et piano
  Fauré : Quatuor n°1 opus 15

• 12 august – 6.30 p.m – Mollégès – Espace Manson
  Nicolas Garrigues viola and Rodolphe Menguy piano
  Quintette Pelléas quintet with piano
  Hindemith : Sonate opus 11 n°4 pour alto et piano
  Brahms : Quintette opus 34

• 13 august – 11 a.m – Lambesc – Place Jean Jaurès
  Élise Bertrand violin and Gaspard Thomas piano
  Quatuor Igami quartet with piano
  Prokofiev : Sonate n°2 pour violon et piano
  Fauré : Quatuor opus 15

• 13 august – 6.30 p.m – Lamanon – Jardin du Cabaret
  Nicolas Garrigues viola and Rodolphe Menguy piano
  Quintette Pelléas quintet with piano
  Hindemith : Sonate opus 11 n°4 pour alto et piano
  Fauré : Quintette n°1 opus 89

• 14 august – 11 a.m – Mallemort – Esplanade du Bicentenaire
  Élise Bertrand violin and Gaspard Thomas piano
  Quatuor Igami quartet avec piano
  Prokofiev : Sonate n°2 pour violon et piano
  Mozart : Quatuor n°1 K.478

• 14 august – 6.30 p.m – Ceyreste – Parc de loisirs
  Duo Reflet four-handed piano
  Quintette Pelléas quintet with piano
  Schubert : Lebensstürme pour 4 mains
  Dvorak : Extraits de « la Forêt de Bohème » pour 4 mains
  Brahms : Quintette opus 34