Festival Paysages Imaginaires
Rennes festival of instrumental and intimate music
About Paysages Imaginaires
Paysages Imaginaires is a Rennes festival dedicated to instrumental and intimate music: neoclassical, ambient, electronica, and chamber pop. Created in 2025 by musician Ô Lake (Sylvain Texier), head of the Night-Night Records label, each spring it invites emerging artists to draw true soundscapes in atypical venues in Rennes — chapel, library, brewpub — for human-scale concerts and attentive listening.
A festival for instrumental and contemplative music
Paysages Imaginaires is a Rennes festival dedicated to instrumental, intimate, and cinematic music. Neoclassical, ambient, electronica, chamber pop: the program is woven around sound territories where the delicacy of musical textures creates landscapes conducive to attentive listening.
A project born in 2025 on the initiative of Ô Lake
The festival was created in 2025 by Rennes musician Sylvain Texier — alias Ô Lake — also founder of the Night-Night Records label (which notably publishes Fragments and Ô Lake). Observing that there was no format dedicated to instrumental musicians in Rennes, he imagined Paysages Imaginaires as an annual event highlighting the emerging scene of these sensitive aesthetics.
Venues chosen for their acoustics and atmosphere
Rather than confining itself to a single venue, the festival invests several Rennes locations with complementary atmospheres: the Chapelle du Conservatoire (26 rue Hoche) for piano concerts on a Steinway, the Bibliothèque Thabor-Lucien Rose (11 Square Lucien Rose) for experimental formats such as headphone concerts, and the Bloom Pop BrewPub (34 rue des Munitionnettes) to conclude in conviviality.
A program focused on the emerging scene
Paysages Imaginaires prioritizes discovery: artists at the beginning of their careers, original formations, recent creations. The festival brings together contrasting universes — neoclassical piano, post-ambient with headphones, introspective electronic music — around a common artistic standard and a shared listening experience with the Rennes public.
Paysages Imaginaires — edition 2026
The 2nd edition of the Paysages Imaginaires festival took place from Thursday, March 26 to Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Rennes, under the title « Retour de l'horizon » (Return of the Horizon). Four days of instrumental and intimate music — neoclassical, ambient, post-ambient with headphones, contemporary piano — spread across the Chapelle du Conservatoire, the Bibliothèque Thabor-Lucien Rose, and the Bloom Pop BrewPub. The edition deliberately coincided with « Piano Day », an international event conceived by composer Nils Frahm.
2026 Edition — « Retour de l'horizon »
For its second edition, Paysages Imaginaires unfolded over four days, from Thursday, March 26 to Sunday, March 29, 2026, in three venues in Rennes with contrasting atmospheres. The festival confirmed its positioning: to showcase the emerging instrumental scene — neoclassical, ambient, electronica, chamber pop — in settings conducive to attentive listening.
Three Highlights
Sensitive Touches at the Chapelle du Conservatoire, an opening evening centered around the piano on a Steinway, with two female artists known for their direct emotional signature. Inside ØLLØ's Head at the Bibliothèque Thabor-Lucien Rose, a headphone concert experience blending post-ambient, neoclassical, and post-rock influences. Rebellious Piano at the Bloom Pop BrewPub, a convivial closing event around an itinerant piano.
A Coincidence with Piano Day
The 2026 edition deliberately aligned with « Piano Day », an international event conceived by Nils Frahm, which celebrates the instrument on the 88th day of the year — a nod to the 88 keys of the piano and the neoclassical aesthetic championed by the festival.
Programme Paysages Imaginaires 2026
Thursday, March 26, 2026 — « Sensitive Touches »
Chapelle du Conservatoire (26 rue Hoche) — from 8:00 PM — 12 €
- Vivian Roost — Franco-Swiss pianist, whose album From Home achieved great success. His music is part of a « gentle modernity » with hypersensitive and direct signatures.
- Marjorie Vagner — pianist trained at the Versailles Conservatory. Released Suspended Piano Underscores with BMG in 2024.
Saturday, March 28, 2026 — « Inside ØLLØ's Head »
Bibliothèque Thabor-Lucien Rose (11 Square Lucien Rose) — 4:30 PM — free, reservation recommended
- ØLLØ (Glenn Besnard, former keyboardist of Bumpkin Island) — headphone concert, blending post-ambient, neoclassical, and post-rock influences. Album Unreal Landscapes released in 2026.
Sunday, March 29, 2026 — « Rebellious Piano »
Bloom Pop BrewPub (34 rue des Munitionnettes) — 4:30 PM — free, open entry
- Björn Gottschall — German pianist based in Rennes, itinerant piano performance in a convivial atmosphere.
Highlights Paysages Imaginaires 2026
- « Retour de l'horizon » edition coinciding with international Piano Day
- Unique headphone concert at the Bibliothèque Thabor-Lucien Rose
- Three Rennes venues involved: Chapelle du Conservatoire, library, brewpub
- Programming focused on the emerging instrumental scene
Prices Paysages Imaginaires 2026
Practical information — Paysages Imaginaires
Locations
- Chapelle du Conservatoire — 26 rue Hoche, 35000 Rennes
- Bibliothèque Thabor-Lucien Rose — 11 Square Lucien Rose, 35000 Rennes
- Bloom Pop BrewPub — 34 rue des Munitionnettes, 35000 Rennes
Access
All venues are located within Rennes city limits and are accessible on foot or by public transport from the city center (STAR metro and bus).
Prices
Paid concerts: 12 € (Chapelle du Conservatoire). Free concerts with recommended reservation: Bibliothèque Thabor-Lucien Rose, Bloom Pop BrewPub.
Reservations & ticketing
Information and ticketing on the official website of the Night-Night Records label and on the festival's Facebook page.
Accommodation and catering
As the festival takes place in Rennes city center, there is a wide range of hotel and catering options: hotels and guesthouses in the immediate vicinity of the venues, and numerous restaurants and bistros in the Hoche / Thabor district.
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Where does it take place — Paysages Imaginaires
Chapelle du Conservatoire, Bibliothèque Thabor-Lucien Rose, Bloom Pop BrewPub
Chapelle du Conservatoire, 26 rue Hoche, 35000 Rennes