Liszt would not have disowned such a place. Perched at an altitude of 1100 metres, the familiar clouds, the abbatiale Saint-Robert dominates the Haute-Loire. Each year, for the 53rd time this summer, takes place the Festival de La Chaise-Dieu. From 22 August to 1 September, twenty-five concerts are organized in the most beautiful vaults of Auvergne. Those of Saint-Julien in Brioude, the collegiate church of Saint-Bonnet or the cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation at le Puy-en-Velay. “To make the masterpieces of the classic in the most beautiful treasures of the heritage, that is our vocation”, calm, not without pride, the director of the event Julien Caron.

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in the Face of the black Virgin of the romanesque basilica of le Puy, Christophe Rousset and the musicians of the Talens lyriques will be performing pieces from the Italian baroque. “These are not simple concerts, specifies the thirty-year-old. This are more and more initiatory experiences, …

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