Festivals and cultural events Chartres

Vibrate with the rhythm of the gospel… Chartres and neighbouring communes welcome each summer the international festival of Gospel and Negro Spiritual, organised by Cyprian Josson. World-renowned singers and singers come to take place during four or five concerts that take place at the end of June, in the churches of Chartres and the surrounding cities. So if you are amateurs of Gospel and Negro spiritual, do not miss these extraordinary voices, passing to Chartres.

Chartrestivales, they are 50 free concerts and shows to brighten your summer evenings. For over twenty years it lasts, and every year, success is with go. It must be said that brass band in the rock, via the classic one, jazz, the country, the blues and songs from all horizons, music is the festival! The concerts take place from 21:00 to 22:30 on the different places of Chartres, and although it rains, everyone will soon have made fold square Pool, sheltered under the large glass roof.

Every year, the greatest organists in the world meet in Chartres for a prestigious festival. Indeed, every Sunday afternoon, the chords of the great organ enchant the entire cathedral, to the delight of organ lovers. And every two years, it continues at the beginning of September with the International Organ Competition "Grand Prix de Chartres", the world reference of organ competitions, which consecrates the career of a young organist. So let yourself be carried away by the melodies that ricochet and resonate brilliantly between the stones and stained glass windows of the cathedral...

This national festival of school and university cinema is primarily intended to develop creative and artistic initiatives in Chartres; it is also an opportunity for exchanges between students, students, teachers and audiovisual professionals. The principle? For a few days, short films (fiction, documentary, reportage, clip, animation…) made by classes or by individual students are submitted to a jury, and screened publicly. At the end of the festival, films that have taken their cue from the game are rewarded. In addition, the Cinema-clap festival is enriched by the screening of professional films, by creative workshops, concert concerts and thematic exhibitions.

At the end of the autumn, from the end of September and the beginning of October, classical music makes the Eure-et-Loir vibrate. Under the artistic direction of Eve Ruggiéri, the Opera Days place the finest opera voices, not only in the cathedral and in Chartres theatre, but also in other rooms in the department. With a rich program, these concerts tend to gather everyone around opera, musical tales and conferences. For information about the 2012 edition, exact dates and rates, please contact the Tourist Office in Chartres… and let yourself be enchanted by these dream voices.

Organized by the Conservatory of Music and Dance, this festival joins in the spring to give us balm after winter. In the wonderful part of the Cloître Monastery, concerts (free!) are connected, musicians are running out. In speaking of them, they are only students of the Conservatoire and their teachers, who give to the results of a year of work. And the result is exquisite. Quite simply. The ears are open, they are not lost, they are eaten away, and they are being asked again and again.