Summer Festivals: a musical Tour de France in 12 stages

Concert at the abbey at La Chaise-Dieu

The famous acoustic shell at La Roque-d'Anthéron

The Berlioz Festival in full swing in the courtyard of the Château Louis XI

Carmen at the Chorégies d'Orange in 2015

Philippe Herreweghe, a regular at the Festival de Saintes, is on the podium in the Abbaye aux Dames

Blank out, by Michel van der Aa, this summer at Aix-en-Provence

The Orchestre de Bretagne opens the Dinard Festival, in front of the Château de Port-Breton

Our estival festival Tour de France

By Tristan Labouret, 26 April 2019

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Lawrence Dunn, 10th March

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Lawrence Dunn, 17th December

From Buxtehude, Bach and Handel, to contemporary composer Liza Lim, we take a tour of the myriad forms of composers’ handwriting and calligraphy – and how music makes itself on the page.

Force of passion: the origins of Ballet Rambert

Alexander Simpkins, 12th December

A century after its founding in 1926, former members of Ballet Rambert recall the joys and challenges of working directly with Dame Marie Rambert, one of the trailblazers of British ballet.

Christmas gifts for music, opera and dance lovers in 2025

Bachtrack, 5th December

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Inventing the diva: ballet stars of the 19th century

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The great ballerinas of the 19th century were perhaps the first modern celebrities. Rather than bare all, their images cultivated a mysterious, supernatural aura that made them seem unattainable.

Tristan Labouret

Musicologue diplômé du CNSMD de Paris, Tristan Labouret collabore avec de nombreux artistes et institutions musicales (Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, festivals de musique de chambre de Deauville, Just Classik Festival…), menant des activités de médiation à destination de tous les publics. Ex-altiste toujours passionné par les répertoires chambristes et symphoniques, il occupe depuis 2018 le poste de rédacteur en chef de la partie francophone de Bachtrack.