11e Classical Music Festival
of the Côte de Nacre
16-24 August 2025
To enchant the end of summer
11e The Festival de musique classice de la Côte de Nacre will take place from 16 to 24 August 2025.
Now firmly anchored in its territory, this Festival was born in 2015 on the initiative of a handful of local musicians and elected professionals, eager to overcome the lack of musical encounters on the Mother's Coast during the summer.
Main instigators, Jean-Claude Montac (then professor at the conservatory of music and dance with regional influence and first bassoon at the Caen orchestra) and Alain Lepareur, (at the time vice-president responsible for the culture of the community of the Caen la Mer agglomeration), today president of the Académie musicale de la Côte de Nacre (AMI) took up the challenge and led in their wake ten municipalities and/or partner institutions of the coast: Bénuville, Lion-sur-Mer, Langrune-sur-Mer, Colleville-Montgomery, Hermanville-sur-Mer, Saint-Aubin d'Arquenay, Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, Ouistreham local community attached to the parish of Douvres-la-Déliverne, the Mémorial de Caen.
From 16 to 24 August, From Bénouville to Saint-Aubin of Arquenay, like a musical itinerary, the Festival will stop every evening in a different place (churches, party hall...). With the desire to make the repertoire and masterpieces of classical music accessible to all, concerts and appointments are multiplied. As a true participatory project, the Festival has, over the years, acquired its letters of nobility.
An original place of artistic transmission
The annual meeting of the AMI derives its reputation from the quality of its services but not only. Between festival and internship, this dual vocation makes him a place of artistic transmission recognized in France and beyond as an association providing a specific training of chamberists.
Its new format makes it possible to play some 30 trainees from all national and international backgrounds (Portugal, Morocco, Ukraine, United States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany... alongside professional musicians for everyone's greatest happiness. An immersion supervised by about ten musicians, both professors and concertists, who instill in them mastery of the work, self-control and ease on stage.
During the day, the rhythm is maintained around the work of the music and the practice of the concert in a friendly and warm atmosphere. In the evening, trainees and teachers share the same scene and offer beautiful and great moments of emotion.
From duo to large ensembles, the daily Chamber music classes allow to work major works of the repertoire for strings, winds, voices, piano. The trainees are divided into several groups, thus varying the formations and composers.
All aspects of the profession of chamber musician are discussed: collective work and by desk, setting up, balance, accuracy, style according to the repertoire, adaptation to different training and acoustics according to the place, management of the trac and much more.
Ten concerts on the Côte de Nacre.
The first concert – Saturday 16 August- will be provided by the teaching team to enable trainees to prepare themselves calmly. Then, the academicians will have the opportunity to play alongside both the artists-teachers and in autonomy.
The ambition is to offer an intensive practice of music in a professional situation, essential to acquire mastery of works, ease, self-control and thus enjoy, to the maximum, this unique moment of sharing with the public. It's also the opportunity to discover the brightest talents of classical music
10 municipalities – 10 concerts
Benouville: Saturday 16 to 20:30 at the gym
Lion-sur-Mer: Sunday 17 to 20:30 at the Church
Ouistreham: Monday 18 to 20h30 at the Chapelle Sainte-Thérèse de Riva-Bella
Langrune-sur-Mer : Tuesday 19 to 20h30 at the Church
Colleville-Montgomery : Wednesday 20 to 20h30 Salle du Caprice
Dover-the-Delivery: Thursday 21 to 20:30 at the Church of Saint-Rémi
Caen Memorial: Friday 22 to 7 pm at the Auditorium
Hermanville-sur-Mer : Saturday 23 to 8.30 pm at « The Farm »
Saint-Aubin of Arquenay: Sunday 24 to 11am at the Church
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer: Sunday 24 to 5 pm at the Church
Teachers
Tatiana Probst-Casadesus – Lyric Soprano
Alexandra Simpson – Pianist
Jean-Claude Montac – Bassoniste
Jean-Pierre Arnaud – Hautboïste
Thierry Besnard – Clarinettiste
Lisa Le Cornec – Flutist
Bruno Hiron – Cornist
Ventzeslava Choykova – Violinist
Patrick Lemonnier – Altiste
Kacper Nowak – Violincellist
Composers on the program
The musicians will be at the service of Dvorak, Rachmaninov, Mozart, Guimaraes, Haydn, Bizet, Beethoven, Schubert, Grieg, Rossini, Vivaldi, Stravinsky to perform some selected pieces of their works, on all 10 concerts.
It is highly recommended to arrive a few moments before each concert
A prestigious novelty
A concert at the Caen Memorial
Without the financial assistance of the City of Caen, the opportunity was presented to organize a performance in the auditorium of the Caen Memorial. Thus, thanks to the great interest of the director of the Memorial, a concert will take place on 22 August at 7 p.m. with musical programming related to the cultural themes undertaken by the institution.
Contacts
@AMI : . « International Musical Academy of the Mother Coast » – 63 rue Alexandre Georges – 14150 Ouistreham
Jean-Claude Montac – – 06 14 34 48 76
Alain Lepareur – – 06 84 06 33 21
Isabelle Crochard
