AU GRAND AIR SESSION

For the third consecutive year, the Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée’s "Au Grand Air" session, in partnership with Passerelles, the Festival d'Aix's cultural action department, is open to 4 young instrumentalists, singers, arrangers or composers from the Mediterranean basin.

Led by Violaine Fournier, this session invites 4 young artists from a wide range of musical backgrounds (classical music, jazz, traditional Mediterranean music, etc.) to create a musical walk through the discovery of an exceptional natural site: the Bibémus quarries. The music will be specially composed by the artists by immerging themselves into the environment and in dialogue with the history of the site. In this way, they become atypical guides offering a sensitive experience of the site to the public, as well as a genuine artistic discovery and encounter.

This program aims to strengthen the creativity of young artists, their awareness of the need to respect and value the environment around them, and their ability to interact with audiences as part of a shared musical narrative.

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Au Grand Air's musical creations are the fruit of a week-long OJM advanced training session led by the actress, singer and musical show creator Violaine Fournier. The program is developed with Passerelles, the Festival d'Aix's cultural action department, which is committed to making music accessible to as many people as possible.

The musical walk’s creations offer an original and sensitive discovery of the Bibémus quarries. Situated in the heart of the Grand Site Sainte-Victoire, these old quarries were shaped by the extraction of blocks of stone, and made famous by the paintings of Paul Cézanne depicting these lanscapes and the Sainte-Victoire mountain.

PERFORMANCES

• May 16 and 17, 2024: musical walks for Passerelles audiences.
• May 19, 2024 – at 2.30 pm and 5 pm: musical walks open to the public as part of La Biennale d'Aix 2024.

RESIDENCY PROGRAM

May 12 to 19, 2024
Travel days on May 11 and 20, 2024

• May 12 to 15: creative residency for the 4 selected artists under the mentorship of Violaine Fournier.
• May 16 and 17: musical walks for Passerelles audiences.
• May 18: day off.
• May 19: musical walks open to the public as part of La Biennale d'Aix 2024.

MENTORSHIP

Violaine Fournier is a singer, playwright and author with a particular affinity for the Mediterranean heritage. During this “Au Grand Air” session, she shares her expertise in the creation of live shows, which aim to raise musical awareness among a wide range of audiences, by opening up and diversifying performance spaces and creations’ forms.