On Saturday and Sunday we are going to visit Château d'Ars and listen to folk music from all over the world within the framework of 'Rencontres internationales de luthiers et maîtres sonneurs 2010'.It's the second time it's held at Château d'Ars, a charming castle not far from La Châtre where we live (and 302 km south of Paris).
Last time we visited this castle was in connection with an exhibition on George Sand and Frédéric Chopin, as a part of the bicentennial celebrations commemorating the birth of Chopin.
Earlier years 'Rencontres Internationales...' was held in another castle by the name of Saint-Chartier and this name is perhaps still more known to folk musicians around the world but Château d'Ars will hopefully be as popular as Saint-Chartier.
When living in Stockholm, we sometimes visited the medieval restaurant 'Sjätte tunnan' ('The Sixth Barrel') and there they sometimes had live music and one of two musicians was Johannes Hellman, who played the vielle (à roue), hurdy gurdy or (vev-)lira.
There are small differences between the signification of these words.
He was only seventeen years old and his teacher sometimes played at the very same restaurant.
He had long dreamt of visiting this festival. His teacher had been there and also performed.
The festival started today the 15th of July and ends the 18th.
As we don't have any pictures from this festival until the 17th or 18th we have gathered some examples from the festival in 2009 below.
The poster (at the top of the page) is made by a friend of ours, Florent Choffel, who is a graphic artist but also one of the responsible for the short film festival in La Châtre, Berry Movies.
Saint Chartier 2009
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RE-FÛT DE CHÊNE
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(Picture poster copied from: http://leguidedesfestivals.com/upload/fiche/6812-2.jpg)
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