One of Europe's largest piano festivals, every autumn in Charente
Piano en Valois is a classical music festival created in 1994 in Angoulême, which has established itself as one of the largest piano festivals in Europe. With a balanced and eclectic program mixing classical piano, jazz, and world music, the festival hosts keyboard legends and young talents every autumn in October in the halls and cultural venues of the Angoulême agglomeration and the Charente region.
Piano en Valois was created in 1994 in Angoulême and quickly established itself as one of the largest piano festivals in Europe. For over thirty years, the festival has offered a balanced and eclectic program, mixing classical piano, jazz, and world music. The greatest legends of classical and jazz piano have contributed to building the reputation of Piano en Valois, and the festival has enabled many young talents to launch their French careers.
While the Théâtre d'Angoulême is the main venue for the festival, the organizers of Piano en Valois diversify the concert locations throughout the Charente department. Pianists perform in performance halls, churches, castles, and heritage sites in the agglomeration and beyond: La Couronne, Soyaux, Ruelle-sur-Touvre, Ruffec, Fléac, La Rochefoucauld, L'Isle-d'Espagnac... This touring nature makes the festival a true departmental event.
Piano en Valois is not limited to classical recitals: the festival explores crossings between musical genres and artistic expressions. Jazz concerts, collaborative performances, jam sessions, and meetings between pianists and other musicians enrich the program. The festival also offers special events such as "A Parent / A Child", designed to introduce the youngest to the world of piano.
33rd edition of Piano en Valois, scheduled from October 3 to 17, 2026. The festival will offer a program of classical and jazz piano concerts in the halls and cultural venues of the Angoulême agglomeration and Charente. Programming to come.
The 33rd edition of Piano en Valois is scheduled from October 3 to 17, 2026. As every year, the festival will offer a program of piano concerts in the halls and cultural venues of the Angoulême agglomeration and Charente, mixing classical piano, jazz, and world music. The artistic program will be announced in 2026.
Théâtre d'Angoulême (main venue) and various cultural venues in Charente: La Couronne, Soyaux, Ruelle-sur-Touvre, Ruffec, Fléac, La Rochefoucauld, L'Isle-d'Espagnac.
Tickets online at pianoenvalois.fr, at the Angoulême Tourist Office (05 45 95 16 84) and at the Théâtre d'Angoulême (05 45 38 61 61).
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