Festival Baroque de Tarentaise
Baroque music in the most beautiful churches of the Savoy Alps
About Baroque de Tarentaise
The Festival Baroque de Tarentaise: over thirty years of music in a heritage setting
Since its creation in 1992, the Festival Baroque de Tarentaise (formerly Festival de Tarentaise) has established itself as one of the most unique baroque music festivals in France. Its peculiarity? Offering concerts exclusively in the baroque churches and chapels of the Tarentaise and Beaufortain valleys, jewels of the 17th and 18th century Savoyard heritage, adorned with gilded altarpieces, frescoes, and exceptionally rich trompe-l'oeil decorations.
Under the artistic direction of Jean-Luc Hyvoz, the festival programs about fifteen concerts each summer spread across a dozen emblematic locations, from Albertville-Conflans to Tignes-les-Boisses, including Moûtiers, Bozel, Aime-la-Plagne, Peisey-Nancroix, Séez, and Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise. The greatest international baroque ensembles and soloists perform in these historic buildings, where the natural acoustics of the stone amplify and enhance the sounds of ancient instruments.
A program balancing repertoire fidelity and artistic openness
The Tarentaise Festival is distinguished by the quality and boldness of its programming. While the baroque repertoire — Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Scarlatti, Rameau, Monteverdi — forms the foundation of each edition, the festival is not afraid to build bridges to other aesthetics. In 2025, the 34th edition titled “Mirrors” confronted baroque music with other artistic currents, offering alongside traditional concerts an electro-baroque show and a baroque-Bolivian ball, demonstrating the vitality and creativity of the artistic project.
Guest ensembles and artists
The festival hosts leading ensembles from the international baroque scene each year. The 2025 edition notably brought together the Ensemble Amarillis, The Gesualdo Six, the Concert Idéal, the Ensemble Alkymia, the Ensemble Céladon, L'Achéron, les Temps présents, the Ensemble Voces Suaves, the Compagnie Rassegna, the Ensemble Sarbacanes, and La Capriola, under the direction of renowned conductors and musicians such as Loris Barrucand.
A touring festival at the heart of Savoyard baroque heritage
Tarentaise boasts one of the highest concentrations of baroque buildings in the entire Alps. The Tarentaise Festival is intimately linked to this heritage: each concert is designed to resonate with its venue, creating a unique dialogue between music and architecture. Listeners are invited to discover these sometimes little-known churches and chapels, accessible only during the festival, transforming each concert into a true sensory and cultural experience.
Festival venues
Among the festival's emblematic venues are the Cathedral of Moûtiers, the church of the medieval city of Conflans (Albertville), the chapel of Peisey-Nancroix, the church of Bozel, the church of Séez, the chapel of Villargerel, the auditorium of La Léchère, the church of Courchevel-Saint-Bon, and the chapel of Tignes-les-Boisses.
Baroque de Tarentaise — edition 2026
The 35th edition of the Tarentaise Baroque Festival takes place from August 3 to 14, 2026, in the most beautiful baroque churches and chapels of the Tarentaise and Beaufortain valleys, in Savoie. Under the artistic direction of Jean-Luc Hyvoz, this edition brings together about ten internationally renowned baroque ensembles, including Ensemble Correspondances (Sébastien Daucé), Les Folies Françoises, La Chapelle Rhénane (Benoît Haller), The Curious Bards, countertenor Reginald Mobley, and The Modal Experience Ensemble by Keyvan Chemirani.
35th Edition — August 3 to 14, 2026
The Tarentaise Baroque Festival returns for its 35th edition from August 3 to 14, 2026. Under the artistic direction of Jean-Luc Hyvoz, the festival presents a dozen concerts and shows in the baroque churches and chapels of the Tarentaise and Beaufortain valleys, from Conflans (Albertville) to Peisey-Nancroix, passing through Moûtiers, Aime, Séez, Feissons-sur-Isère, Les Chapelles, La Léchère, and Saint-Martin-de-Belleville.
As every year, each evening is conceived in resonance with its host venue: from town to village, at the bottom of the valley or on a mountainside, each edifice and its history inspire the program. Alongside the baroque concerts, there is an exceptional dinner-concert and a ball, testifying to the vitality of the artistic project.
Programme Baroque de Tarentaise 2026
Monday, August 3, 2026 — 9 PM
- Église de Conflans, Albertville — Ensemble La Nébuleuse / Gabriel Rignol : « Il était une fois dans le Sud » (opening concert)
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 — 9 PM
- Église baroque de Séez (Haute-Tarentaise) — Ensemble The Curious Bards : « Sublimation », ancient Scandinavian music
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 — 9 PM
- Église baroque de Conflans, Albertville — Les Folies Françoises & Élodie Fonnard : « Le Soleil vainqueur des nuages »
Thursday, August 6, 2026 — 7 PM
- Hameau de Saint-Marcel, Saint-Martin-de-Belleville — Patrick & Raphaël Cohën-Akenine : « Fantaisies baroques » (dinner-concert at La Bouitte restaurant, special pricing)
Friday, August 7, 2026 — 9 PM
- Cathédrale de Moûtiers — Ensemble Correspondances, dir. Sébastien Daucé : « Un palais à Rome »
Sunday, August 9, 2026 — 3 PM & 9 PM
- EHPAD Les Cordeliers / Église baroque, Feissons-sur-Isère — Ensemble Nocturnalia : « Tartini et ses disciples »
Monday, August 10, 2026 — 9 PM
- Église baroque d'Aime — Ensemble Près de votre oreille : « Lighten Mine Eies »
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 — 8 PM then 9:30 PM
- Église then Salle des fêtes, Les Chapelles — Ensemble Prisma : « Streets of London » (concert then ball)
Wednesday, August 12, 2026 — 9 PM
- Auditorium de La Léchère, Vallées d'Aigueblanche — The Modal Experience Ensemble, Keyvan Chemirani : « Sarabande soufie »
Thursday, August 13, 2026 — 9 PM
- Église baroque de Peisey-Nancroix — Reginald Mobley : « Solitude »
Friday, August 14, 2026 — 9 PM
- Église baroque de Peisey-Nancroix — Ensemble La Chapelle Rhénane, dir. Benoît Haller : « Leipzig 1726 » (closing concert)
Prices Baroque de Tarentaise 2026
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Venues
The festival is touring and takes place in a dozen baroque churches and chapels in the Tarentaise and Beaufortain valleys (Albertville-Conflans, Moûtiers, Bozel, Aime-la-Plagne, Peisey-Nancroix, Séez, Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise, Tignes-les-Boisses, La Léchère, Courchevel-Saint-Bon, Villargerel, Les Chapelles).
Access
By car: the various locations are accessible from the A430 motorway then the RN90 towards Moûtiers and the high Tarentaise.
By train: SNCF stations in Albertville and Moûtiers-Salins-Brides-les-Bains (TER from Chambéry).
Ticketing
Tickets on sale at billetterie.festivaldetarentaise.com and at partner tourist offices.
Contact
Festival de Tarentaise
Website: www.festivaldetarentaise.com
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Églises et chapelles baroques de Tarentaise (itinérant)
14 rue du président Coty, 73200 Albertville, 73600 Moûtiers