Chamber Music Festival
Classical music concerts at the Palais des Congrès de Trestraou in Perros-Guirec
2026
About Chamber Music
The Perros-Guirec Chamber Music Festival is a prestigious summer highlight for classical music on the Côte de Granit rose. Every Wednesday evening from mid-July to mid-August, the Palais des Congrès de Trestraou hosts world-class performers for a series of six chamber music concerts. Founded in 1985 by pianist Catherine Collard, the festival brings together pianists, string quartets and trios, piano duos, and soloists, showcasing a repertoire that spans from the Baroque era to contemporary music. The 40th edition will take place from July 15 to August 19, 2026.
Chamber Music — edition 2026
The Perros-Guirec Chamber Music Festival celebrates its 40th anniversary from July 15th to August 19th, 2026, featuring six concerts held every Wednesday at 9:00 PM at the Palais des Congrès, overlooking Trestraou beach. The Quatuor Hermès opens the summer with Haydn, Prokofiev, and Smetana, followed by the Duo Arborescence featuring violinist Iris Scialom and pianist Antonin Bonnet, a reunion between cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton and pianist Alexander Paley, the Trio Arnold performing works from Purcell to Jean Cras, Canadian rising star Sophia Liu playing Chopin and Tchaikovsky, and a closing recital by David Fray. Full price: 40 euros, reduced price: 20 euros, six-concert subscription: 203 euros.
Forty years of chamber music on the Pink Granite Coast
Founded in 1985 by pianist Catherine Collard (1947-1993), the Perros-Guirec Chamber Music Festival reaches its 40th edition in 2026, following two seasons cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. From Wednesday, July 15th to Wednesday, August 19th, 2026, this Breton event continues its tradition of bringing together emerging talents and established stars, all united by musical excellence. The six concerts take place every Wednesday at 9:00 PM at the Palais des Congrès Yves Le Paranthoën, a striking concrete and pink granite building perched by the sea, right at the edge of Trestraou beach.
Six Wednesdays, six ensembles
The program features a mix of string quartets, piano duos, string trios, and piano recitals. It kicks off on July 15th with the Quatuor Hermès, a leading French string ensemble, winners of the Young Concert Artists Auditions in New York and an ensemble in residence at the Singer-Polignac Foundation. On July 22nd, violinist Iris Scialom—playing a 1773 Guadagnini—and pianist Antonin Bonnet, performing as Duo Arborescence, will present a program of flamboyant Romantic music. July 29th marks the return of cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton, a fixture of the festival since its inception, accompanied by Moldovan pianist Alexander Paley.
August begins on the 5th with the Trio Arnold, founded in 2018 between Berlin and Paris and trained at the Seiji Ozawa International Academy in Switzerland, in a program spanning four centuries from Purcell to Jean Cras and Beethoven. On August 12th, Chinese-Canadian pianist Sophia Liu, born in 2008 and a student of Dang Thaï Son in Montreal, brings extreme clarity to Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and Balakirev. The festival concludes on August 19th with a recital by David Fray, an exclusive Erato/Warner artist, in an eclectic program ranging from Bach, Royer, Scarlatti, Rameau, and Couperin to Wagner.
A historic venue by the sea
The Palais des Congrès in Perros-Guirec, built in 1969 by architects Christian Cacaut and André Mrowiec, is a protected historic monument. Its concrete and pink granite silhouette, nestled into the hillside like a cave or dolmen, houses an auditorium with approximately 350 seats. All seats are numbered.
Highlights Chamber Music 2026
- The 40th edition of the festival, founded in 1985 by pianist Catherine Collard.
- Opening on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at 9:00 PM with the Quatuor Hermès performing Haydn, Prokofiev, and Smetana.
- The return of Sonia Wieder-Atherton, a festival regular since the beginning, on July 29th with Alexander Paley for Bach and Martinu.
- The Trio Arnold spans four centuries on August 5th, from Purcell to Jean Cras and Beethoven.
- Sophia Liu, the Canadian prodigy born in 2008, performs Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and Balakirev's Islamey on August 12th.
- Closing recital by David Fray on August 19th, featuring music from Bach and Couperin to Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.
- All concerts take place at the Palais des Congrès Yves Le Paranthoën, a historic concrete and pink granite monument overlooking Trestraou beach, with numbered seating.
Programme Chamber Music 2026
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 — Quatuor Hermès
- 9:00 PM — Quatuor Hermès · Omer Bouchez and Elise Liu (violins), Manuel Vioque-Judde (viola), Yan Levionnois (cello) · Palais des Congrès
- Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) — String Quartet in G major, Op. 33 No. 5, "How do you do?"
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) — String Quartet in B minor, Op. 50 No. 1
- Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) — String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life"
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 — Duo Arborescence
- 9:00 PM — Iris Scialom (violin) and Antonin Bonnet (piano) · Palais des Congrès
- Robert Schumann (1810-1856) — Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, WoO 27
- Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) — F.A.E. Sonata (Scherzo)
- Richard Strauss (1864-1949) — Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18
Wednesday, July 29, 2026 — Sonia Wieder-Atherton and Alexander Paley
- 9:00 PM — Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello) and Alexander Paley (piano) · Palais des Congrès
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) — Three sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord BWV 1027, 1018, and 1029, transcribed for cello and piano
- Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) — Cello Sonata No. 2, H. 286
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 — Trio Arnold
- 9:00 PM — Trio Arnold · Shuichi Okada (violin), Manuel Vioque-Judde (viola), Bumjun Kim (cello) · Palais des Congrès
- Henry Purcell (1659-1695) — Fantasia a 3 in D minor, Z. 732
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) — String Trio in E-flat major No. 1, Op. 3
- Henry Purcell — Fantasia a 3 in G major, Z. 734
- Jean Cras (1879-1932) — String Trio
Wednesday, August 12, 2026 — Sophia Liu
- 9:00 PM — Sophia Liu (piano) · Palais des Congrès
- Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) — Polonaise "Heroic" No. 6 in A-flat major, Op. 53; Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9; Introduction and Rondo in E-flat major, Op. 16; Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23; Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) — Dumka, Op. 59; The Seasons, Op. 37a (excerpts)
- Mily Balakirev (1837-1910) — Islamey, Oriental Fantasy for piano, Op. 18
Wednesday, August 19, 2026 — David Fray
- 9:00 PM — David Fray (piano) · Palais des Congrès
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) — Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, "Sicilienne"; Organ Sonata No. 4 in E minor, BWV 528 (Andante); Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 (Andante); Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major (Air); Cantata No. 29 "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir", BWV 29 (Overture)
- Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer (1703-1755) — Harpsichord pieces: L'Aimable, Le Vertigo
- Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) — Harpsichord Sonatas K. 466, K. 87, and K. 1
- Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) — Le Rappel des Oiseaux
- François Couperin (1668-1733) — Les Barricades mystérieuses in B-flat major
- Richard Wagner (1813-1883) — Sonata for the Album of Madame Mathilde Wesendonck, WWV 85; Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 (Prelude and Liebestod)
Prices Chamber Music 2026
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Practical Information
Access
Concerts take place at the Palais des Congrès Yves Le Paranthoën, 1 rue du Maréchal Foch, at the corner of boulevard Joseph Le Bihan, 22700 Perros-Guirec, facing Trestraou beach.
By car: Perros-Guirec is accessible via the D788 from Lannion (12 km). Parking is available near the Palais des Congrès.
By train: Lannion SNCF station (TGV), then take a bus or taxi to Perros-Guirec.
The venue is accessible to visitors with reduced mobility.
Schedule
Every Wednesday at 9:00 PM, from mid-July to mid-August. Concerts last approximately 90 minutes.
Ticketing
Online ticketing: boutiqueculture.perros-guirec.com, opens in early June.
On-site ticketing: Service Culturel, 12 rue des Sept-Îles, starting mid-June, Monday to Friday from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM and 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, phone 02 96 49 85 67.
On the evening of the concert: starting at 8:00 PM at the Palais des Congrès, subject to availability. Seats are numbered.
Contact
Service Culturel, Vie Associative et Communication, 12 rue des Sept-Îles, 22700 Perros-Guirec.
Phone: 02 96 49 02 45 or 02 96 49 85 67.
Email: [email protected] or [email protected].
Classical music on the Côte de Granit rose
The Perros-Guirec Chamber Music Festival is one of the major cultural events of the summer on the Côte de Granit rose in Côtes-d'Armor. Founded in 1985 by pianist Catherine Collard (1947-1993), it has established itself as a benchmark for chamber music in Brittany, attracting top international performers each summer to the exceptional setting of the Palais des Congrès de Trestraou, located right by the beach.
Six concerts every Wednesday evening
The festival features six concerts, held every Wednesday at 9:00 PM from mid-July to mid-August. The demanding and varied program covers a wide repertoire, from the Baroque—Purcell, Bach, Couperin, Rameau, Scarlatti—to the Classical and Romantic periods—Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Ravel—and on to 20th-century and contemporary music. The ensembles are diverse, including piano recitals, string quartets and trios, wind quintets, and violin-piano or cello-piano duos.
Internationally renowned performers
The festival regularly hosts leading artists from the international classical scene. Recent performers include the Quatuor Hermès, the Trio Arnold, cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton, pianists David Fray, Sophia Liu, Vanessa Wagner, and David Kadouch, the Geister Duo, the Quatuor Modigliani, the Quatuor Zaïde, the Trio Zeliha, and the Quintette Ouranos. This high-caliber programming makes the festival an unmissable event for music lovers vacationing on the Côte de Granit rose.
A listed historic monument venue
Concerts are held at the Palais des Congrès Yves Le Paranthoën, built in 1969 by Christian Cacaut and André Mrowiec at the edge of Trestraou beach. This concrete and pink granite building, nestled into the hillside and protected as a historic monument, houses an auditorium with approximately 350 numbered seats.
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