Serre Chevalier Summer Jazz Festival

3rd Edition: Jazz in All Its Diversity

The 3rd edition of the Serre Chevalier Summer Jazz Festival took place from August 19 to 22, 2025 in the valley's heritage sites. The program offered five musical events combining intimate recitals and ensemble concerts.

The festival opened on Tuesday, August 19, with Marylise Florid in a solo guitar recital at the Casset church, followed on Wednesday by the Duo “Doux Désir” at the Saint-Chaffrey church. On Thursday, a conference on Thelonious Monk by journalist Lionel Eskenazi preceded the concert by the Duo Bonacina/Dehors, featuring Céline Bonacina on baritone saxophone and Laurent Dehors on saxophones and clarinets. The festival concluded on Friday with the Louis Sclavis Quartet performing the album “India” at the Monêtier-les-Bains church.

2025 Program

• Tuesday, August 19, 6:00 PM: Marylise Florid (solo guitar) — Church of Le Casset
• Wednesday, August 20, 6:30 PM: Duo “Doux Désir” — Church of Saint-Chaffrey
• Thursday, August 21, 11:00 AM: Conference “Thelonious Monk” by Lionel Eskenazi — Cinema Le Monêtier-les-Bains
• Thursday, August 21, 6:30 PM: Duo Bonacina/Dehors (Céline Bonacina, Laurent Dehors) — Church of La Salle-les-Alpes
• Friday, August 22, 6:00 PM: Duo Monk + Sclavis Quartet “India” — Church of Le Monêtier-les-Bains

• 3rd edition of the festival in the Serre Chevalier valley
• Louis Sclavis, a major figure in European jazz, with his quartet
• Céline Bonacina and Laurent Dehors in duo
• Conference on Thelonious Monk by Lionel Eskenazi
• Concerts in the valley's historic churches