The International Music Exchange, who manages the Provençal Festival, has received a further £25,000 from the DCMS and Arts Council England as part of the Culture Recovery Fund to ensure that all of our Festivals and activities can continue in 2022, and the return to making music will be as accessible, successful and rewarding as possible.
HJSO TO PERFORM IN PROVENCE JULY 2021
UPDATE 10 JULY: We are devastated to have to cancel the HJSO concerts this summer because of a Covid outbreak; all concerts have been cancelled. We wish the orchestra a safe return home, a speedy return to making music together and look forward to welcoming them to Provence another year.
FULL IMMERSION FESTIVAL 2021!
For those orchestras who have been unable to rehearse as planned for 2020 and into 2021, why not celebrate the big REUNION with an intensive rehearsal schedule in Provence before your first concert?
Our accommodation options have excellent rehearsal facilities which you would be welcome to use for 3-6 days before your concert series begins. Please just contact us for details on how this could work for your orchestra.
TIME awarded lifeline grant from the Arts Council Culture Recovery Fund
We are hugely grateful to #HereForCulture for their invaluable support confirmed today as part of the Culture Recovery Fund. This support is a lifeline for many Arts organisations who have been in such turmoil over the last few months, ensuring the essential longevity of jobs, activity, innovation and culture for us all. As a result of this funding, TIME is now in a secure position to continue in its production and development of WOWFest: Wells Orchestral Weekend, the Provencal Festival of Youth Orchestras, our ambitious ODE TO BEETHOVEN project and our annual series of concerts, tours and musical collaborations for budding young musicians across the world. We can’t wait to be ‘on stage' again, enabling players and audiences alike to revel once more in the joy of music after so many months of silence!
VIOLINISSIMO 2020
The Festival may have been postponed this year, but nothing can stop the music.
The outstanding string ensemble VIOLINISSIMO from Munich, comprising 11 exceptional musicians has been blessing audiences from Nolay (Cote d’Or) and Provence with unforgettable concerts this week. Staged outdoors in courtyards, medieval market halls, town squares, Chateaux and amphitheatres, the sound of music has been met with rapturous delight and applause after months or silence and solitude.
We are so pleased to be able to welcome VIOLINISSIMO to France and to bring live music to towns and villages - many for the first time in months - and to witness the joy and appreciation that these young musicians have inspired. Thank you VIOLINISSIMO for your courage, vision, determination and brilliance that have enabled these concerts to take place and meant so much to those who have been lucky enough to see you perform this summer. VIVE LA MUSIQUE, VIVE LA FRANCE!!
GLANUM 2020
The breathtaking theatre in the roman archaeological site of Glanum, St Remy de Provence is available for a concert on one date only in 2020: Monday July 27. Apply NOW for the opportunity to perform in this once-in-a-lifetime venue!
Lovely review from Ludwigsburg Youth Orchestra, July 2019
This year, we took part in the Provençal Festival of Youth Orchestras for the first time – and we hope it won’t be the last time as the trip to the Provençe was definitely a memorable highlight for all orchestra members and chaperones. Thanks to enthusiastic audiences and outstanding locations, we truly enjoyed all the concerts and had a wonderful trip we will remember for a long time. The organisation of the festival was just perfect – a big thank you for a great experience. Reimund Schiffer, orchestra manager, Jugendphilharmonie Ludwigsburg/Germany.
Provencal Festival 2020: 26 June - 5 August
We have two places remaining for the 16th edition of the Festival in 2020. Outstanding concert opportunities await you!! Please get in touch asap to book your place: festival@timeconcerts.co.uk