In the Rotonde
24th April at 6.30 pm : Concert – musical
entertainment in honour of Yannis Ritsos :
« Les vieilles femmes et la mer » (Old women and the
sea )
« We know many things about the sea, we have taught these
things, we have forgotten them, as though we had moved beyond
the shore to the higher pathways where the vines grow… »
The text is accompanied by works by Ravel, Poulenc, Messiaen,
Nagel… and improvisations (classical Iranian music).
Performed by Blandine Jeannest : soprano
Martine France : guitar, zarb
From 1st to 20th May : Exhibition « L’Art
de Mai » (in partnership with the Conseil Général).
Theme for 2010 : « Flash »
Reaction and/or inspiration provoked by a photograph or a fragment
of an image. Interpreted by 9 artists, free choice of technique
: painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography and others.
Preview on Saturday 1st May at 6pm.
Simiane artists Guest artists
Stéphanie Mutrux Didier Boisgard from Reilhanette
Georges Derie Jane Merelle from Banon
Pascale David
Maarie-Laure Couet Delinchant
Roger Legrand
Paul Salmon
Isabelle Oudot
From 22nd May to 27th June : Exhibition «
Paintings and enamels by LOEK LAFEBER »
« The world is full of poetry, of lyricism, and in spite
of violence it is fragile ». This quotation from the artist
could well express that which one feels on discovering his work.
Awarded first prize at the biennial exhibition of the enamelists
at Limoges, he has succeeded in mastering old techniques and surpassing
these, evolving his own personal mode of expression. In 1976 Loek
Lafeber settled in Lioux and his work from then on became profoundly
influenced by the colours, the light and the elements of Provence.
Preview on Saturday 29th May 2010 at 6 pm in the Castle.
From 29th June to 29th July : « Exhibition
by PAULE RICHÉ»
Following her professional life in Paris (degree in the History
of Art, Diploma of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux
Arts, and a teaching post in plastic arts) Paule settled in Serres
in the Hautes-Alpes. In addition to her own creative work, she
takes part in activities with children and adults.
This event marks a return to Simiane for Paule. She exhibited
at the Maison de Brian in 2007.
This time, however, she will show her great kakemono designs on
rice paper. With her personal script she re-interprets ink washes,
a technique from the far east. Light, dancing gestures on paper
seem to fly up into the cupola of the Rotonde. Paule is sensitive
to the mysteries of the centuries and of this place.
From 1st to 29th August : Exhibitions in tandem
with the Music Festival :
« Love and delights », paintings and drawings by
EDLEF ROMENY.
Edlef Ter Haar Romeny is a Dutch painter, one might say seduced
by Provence, where he settled thirty years ago. He does not fit
into any « movement » in painting, he care little
for fashions in painting. He paints subjects as he sees them,
as they are, to him, sometimes in abstract form. He has exhibited
in Sweden , Holland, Japan, Switzerland, Poland, Germany, the
United States as well as in France. His latest exhibition in Carpentras
in 2009 was a great success.
At the same time, ANNE-MARIE BERTHON presents her photographs
: «From the photographic archive of the Simiane Festival
».
From 5th to 19th August : SIMIANE FESTIVAL OF
EARLY MUSIC
« Les Riches Heures Musicales de la Rotonde »
Theme for 2010 : « Love and its delights… »
(www.festival-simiane.com)
CONCERTS :
Thursday 5th August at 9 pm :
Baroque duo (instrumental) : Natalia CHERACHOVA : harpsichord
and piano forte, Wieland KUIJKEN : viola da gamba. « Cordes
sensibles ». Works by J-S Bach, K.Ph-E Bach, Marin Marais.
Saturday 7th August at 9 pm :
Ensemble « ENERGEIA » (voices and instruments) Directed
by Jean-Dominique ABRELL
With Jennifer ATTIA :mezzo-soprano, Michel GERAUD : counter-tenor,
Guillaume COCHARD : ‘cello, Jean-Dominique ABRELL : harpsichord.
« La Solitudine et la Lucrezia » Italian cantatas,
duos and sonatas by Georg Friedrich Haendel.
Tuesday 10th August at 9 pm :
Ensemble « CELADON » (voices and instruments) Directed
by Paulin BUNDGEN
« The garland of love » Baroque music. With Clara
COUTOULY : soprano, Paulin BUNDGEN : counter-tenor, Wanda KOZYRA
: lute. Works by Lully, Monteverdi, Purcell, Frescobaldi, Guédron.
Friday 13th August at 9 pm :
Trio « ALLA FRANCESCA » (women’s voices and
instruments) « Non è tempo d’aspettare »
- love according to Marchetto CARA (470-1525), Vivabiancaluna
BIFFI : voice, viola bastarda, Hélène DECARPIGNIES
: voice, dulciane, Brigitte LESNE : voice, harp, tambourines.
Frottole : polyphonic songs by Marchetto Cara, Bartolomeo Trombocino,
Giovanni Battista Zerzo.
Tuesday 17th August at 9 pm.
Ensemble « BARCAROLE » directed by Agnès MELLON.
Music and readings (voices and instruments). « I write to
you… » Correspondence between Héloïse
and Abelard (12th century). Agnès MELLON : soprano and
readings, Marco HORVAT : voice, lute and theorbe. Works by Lambert,
Le Blanc, Guédron, Boesset, Richard.
Thursday 19th August at 9 pm :
Ensemble « LES BIJOUX INDISCRETS » directed by Claire
BODIN. Music and readings, première created for Simiane.
« ..Moments from my life » - letters of Julie de Lespinasse.
Baroque music from the end of the 18th century. With Marie-Louise
DUTHOIT : soprano, Hélène FOUCHERES : violin, Elisa
JOGLER : ‘cello, Véronique DIMICOLI : actress, Claire
BODIN,: harpsichord and direction. Works by Gluck, Dufly, Balbastre,
A-M.Couperin.
From 1st to 30th September : Exhibition by Suzy
LAUGIER paintings
« Giono, Pagnol, Provence.. this is where I grew up, absorbing
all the splendour of this beautiful place : lavender, its shades
of light and its intoxicating perfume, metallic-coloured olive
trees bending in the Mistral wind, the special, seductive luminosity
of the sky. I try, through my canvases to share my passion for
Provence and for impressionnisme with warm and contrasting colours.
»
Sylvie LAUGIER.
From 1th October to 11th November : programme
to be announced.
Renaissance Room
From 1st April to 11th November : Permanent
exhibition : «Glass»
Glass makers and glass works in Simiane and in the region, from
ancient times up to the 19th century.
In Simiane
La Maison de Brian (Gallery)
1st to 31st May Hélène Belin,
engravings
Roland Dautry, ceramics
Daniel Lacomme, paintings
1st to 29th July Martine Cazin, drawings
Florence Pauliac, ceramics (raku)
Birgitta Wretling Jansson, ceramics (stoneware)
Paule Riché, ink drawings (in the Rotonde, Castle of
Simiane)
1st to 31st August Pierre Humbert, paintings
Marie-Laure Levitan, ceramics
Information 04 92 75 91 49
Gallery “La Maison de Brian” opening hours : everyday
from 3pm to 7pm.
Saturday 19th June In the evening : Summer solstice bonfire.
“Vivre à Simiane”
Saturday 3th July Concert “Plateau de
Musique et la famille sombriflou”
at 8.30pm. Castle’s « Rotonde ». Free concert.
Tuesday 13th july “Pistou Soup”
Meal by the Comité des Fêtes
Bookings at the grocery shop Vival.
Information from 04 92 73 11 34
From 25th july to 6th August Patchwork Exhibition
2010
From 3pm to 7pm every day (Salle des fêtes)
Private view 24th July
Sunday 8th August Car boot sale organized by
“Vivre à Simiane”
Bookings 04 92 75 94 95
Saturday 14th August “Mussel & Chips”
Meal by the Comité des Fêtes Bookings at the grocery
shop Vival.
Information from 04 92 73 11 34
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