Every end of summer since 1966, the La Chaise-Dieu sacred music festival brings together thousands of music lovers and internationally renowned artists in the heart of the Velay highlands, around this small village where the majestic Saint-Abbatiale shines. Robert.
One of the classical music festivals
the most important in France
An exceptional heritage full of spirituality, astonishing acoustics, high-end programming, a warm atmosphere: everything combines to offer festival-goers exceptional moments. The La Chaise-Dieu Music Festival welcomes many artists each year during its 10 days of programming under the direction of Boris Blanco.
The festival takes place every summer at the end of August in the Casadée city and asserts its profoundly generalist identity. The training offers all styles, all genres and all periods, from oratorio to symphonic music, including choral repertoire, chamber music, jazz and opera. Inspired by Guy Ramona and continued by his successors, this particularity contributes to making La Chaise-Dieu Festival one of the most important events in France.
THE 2024 PROGRAM
In 2024, there will be 33 concerts and 39 free access offerings that the public will be able to discover during the duration of the festival. Sacred music, opera, jazz or chamber music will be on the program. The great tradition of sacred music of the festival will offer youth cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach but also works from the repertoire of Monteverdi, or even Mozart's Requiem
Georges Cziffra
founded the festival in 1966
Georges Cziffra is a famous Hungarian pianist born in 1921. The virtuoso initiated a festival at La Chaise-Dieu, after discovering the abbey church and its organ, then in ruins, during a private stay with the doctor Georges Mazoyer and his wife Suzanne. At the suggestion of the Mazoyer couple, Master Cziffra agreed to give a few concerts at La Chaise-Dieu and to donate the fees collected to the reconstruction of the organ. Accompanied by his son, György Cziffra (1942-1981), conductor, he gave several recitals and concerts starting in 1966.
Get your tickets
Every year you can get your tickets online ! You can also contact the La Chaise-Dieu Tourist Information Office on 04 71 00 01 16 or book at:
[email protected]
The story of the festival continues
with guy ramona
It was in 1976 and with the creation, by several music lovers surrounded by Guy Ramona, of an association dedicated to the festival that the event took on another dimension. Under the direction of Guy Ramona for 27 years, the La Chaise-Dieu festival grew, saw its number of concerts increase little by little but also progress territorially with recitals given in the four corners of Haute-Loire and Velay.
In the god chair, but not only that!
This is how the La Chaise-Dieu music festival becomes one of the major classical music events in France and delights fans listening to the great masterpieces of sacred and symphonic music ! in remarkable heritage sites in Auvergne and Velay such as the sublime Saint-Robert abbey church of La Chaise-Dieu, the Puy-en-Velay theater, the Basilica of Saint-Julien de Brioude, the church of Lavaudieu and the Collegiate Church Saint-Georges de Saint-Paulien.
Practical
Where to find the programming?
The program for each edition of the festival is revealed on the website. Click here
Where to book your tickets?
The concerts offered at the La Chaise-Dieu festival can be booked online. You can also book by telephone or by mail at the La Chaise-Dieu Tourist Information Office
43160 LA CHAIS-DIEU
04 71 00 01 16
[email protected]
How to get to concerts?
The concerts of the La Chaise-Dieu festival take place at the Abbatiale Saint-Robert or at the Auditorium Cziffra. Please note, some concerts may be relocated to other municipalities.
Who created the festival?
Georges Cziffra is a famous Hungarian pianist born in 1921. The virtuoso initiated the festival at La Chaise-Dieu, after discovering the abbey church and its organ. He gave several recitals and concerts starting in 1966.
Around the festival
practical information
Below you will find all the information for your visit to La Chaise-Dieu during the month of August. Discover our summer festivals!
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