Grand PianO Festival
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Edition 2025 — Grand PianO Festival
Third edition of the Grand PianO Festival, themed around New Orleans. Four days of festival with Lucas Debargue, L'Impératrice, Ayọ, Baptiste Trotignon, Victor Campbell, and Sarah McCoy.
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Third edition: heading to New Orleans
From June 26 to 29, 2025, the third edition of the Grand PianO Festival paid tribute to New Orleans, a city twinned with Orléans since 2018 and the cradle of jazz. The theme “Fa Si La Rêver” guided a program celebrating music as a philosophy of life.
Pianist Lucas Debargue, winner of the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition, opened the festival at the Salle de l'Institut with a program dedicated to Fauré and Ravel. The main evening of Friday, June 27, at the Campo Santo brought together New Orleans-based pianist Victor Campbell, the major figure of French jazz Baptiste Trotignon, the soul-folk singer Ayọ, and the group L'Impératrice.
On Saturday, Sarah McCoy and Cocodrile Gombo performed outdoors at Place de Loire. Sunday concluded the festival with the Duo Jatekok, a conference on the culture of Black Masking Indians, the group RedFish, and a Second Line parade through the city streets.
Programme
2025 Program
- Thursday, June 26: Screening of the documentary “Nord & Sud” (6:30 PM). Masterclass by Ben Toury (7 PM). Lucas Debargue — Salle de l'Institut (8:30 PM, paid). Moorea (9:30 PM).
- Friday, June 27: Sweet'n Smart (5:30 PM). Victor Campbell + Baptiste Trotignon + Ayọ + L'Impératrice + Le Syndisque — Campo Santo (paid).
- Saturday, June 28: “The Cradle of Jazz” (11 AM). Philippe Hattat (12:30 PM). Ivaanyh (4 PM). Svetlana Andreeva (4:30 PM). Baptiste Dubreuil plays Keith Jarrett (5:30 PM). Victor Campbell (6:45 PM). Sarah McCoy — Place de Loire (8 PM). Cocodrile Gombo (9:45 PM).
- Sunday, June 29: “Le manège du contrevent” (10 AM & 2 PM). Duo Jatekok (12:30 PM). Workshops “Parade!” (2 PM). Black Masking Indians conference (2:30 PM). Mack & the Keystones (4 PM). Second Line — parade (5 PM). Lizzy Bourbon Duo (6 PM & 8 PM). RedFish (7 PM).
Highlights
- Theme: New Orleans, cradle of jazz
- Lucas Debargue in opening concert (Fauré and Ravel)
- L'Impératrice, Ayọ, Baptiste Trotignon at Campo Santo
- Victor Campbell, pianist from New Orleans
- Sarah McCoy and Cocodrile Gombo outdoors at Place de Loire
- Second Line parade through the streets of Orléans
- Duo Jatekok, RedFish, Mack & the Keystones
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Where does it take place — Grand PianO Festival
Campo Santo, Salle de l'Institut et centre-ville d'Orléans
Campo Santo, 16 rue Dupanloup, 45000 Orléans