Les Arcs Academy Music Festival

The 52nd edition of the Académie-Festival des Arcs will take place from July 13 to 25. The main theme for this year's edition will be Nature.

Since humans have composed music, Nature has always been a source of inspiration: the moon, the seasons, the sea, birds, rivers, fire, forests, mountains... The list is extensive, with landscapes, animals, or bucolic scenes having inspired timeless masterpieces.

Some highlights for this 52^nd edition: firstly, the second edition of our now traditional “Jazz in Les Arcs,” dedicated this year to Duke Ellington, echoing a wonderful tribute concert to Stéphane Grappelli. A change of scene with a concert dedicated to the Waltz, and since we're talking about dance, we're delighted to once again welcome next summer two exceptional dancers in a choreography by Benjamin Millepied, who is now a regular at our festival!

A Bach day, a Chopin recital, conferences, public master classes, various screenings around Glenn Gould or David Oistrakh, carte-blanche events, concerts for children, performances by our approximately 160 trainees, concerts from our vocal department—some of them staged—young talents concerts, open-air or off-site concerts... All concerts are FREE!!!

We look forward to seeing you there in great numbers!

Event highlights:

. Opening and Closing Concerts

Sunday, July 13 at 6 pm: The Marriage of Figaro

Friday, July 25 at 9 pm: The Carnival of the Animals

. Classical, but not only...

3 jazz concerts: Wednesday, July 16; Friday, July 18; Saturday, July 19

Thursday, July 17 at 9 pm: Concert dedicated to the Waltz

Saturday, July 19: Wine tasting concerts

Thursday, July 24 at 6 pm: Igor Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale with Sylvain Tesson

Thursday, July 17 at 6 pm: World Music concert “Journey to Persian lands”

. Screenings in partnership with the Arcs Film Festival

July 15: “Boléro”, July 20: “Là où naissent les glaciers”

July 23: “Les Chemins noirs”

. Film-Concerts:

July 20: “Le Ballon Rouge” by Albert Lamorisse

July 21: “Go West” by Buster Keaton

. Films by Bruno Monsaingeon

July 23: “Un art de la fugue”

July 24: “Oistrakh”