Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine April 2017 | Page 379

Summer Series in France” and the St.
Barts Music Festival
The weekend festival called “72 Heures de
Musique” will be holding its 26th season on August
18,19, 20, 2017 and is held at the Chateau d’Ainay-
le-Vieil. It is a smaller event with fewer number
of performing artists (11 so far this year) than in
St. Barths (which ha d 63 artists this season; Jan.8
- 22, 2017). Both are equally stunningly beautiful
venues and when we invite our musical friends
they always say Oui ! Most of the invitees are major
performing artists who travel around the world
and our two events are full of music and fun. Major
support for this intimate musical weekend is from
the Florence Gould Foundation (NYC) and the
Chateau’s Bigny and dePeyronnet families. It is a
small, local community and has small audience
numbers just like the island.
We include a friday night concert (Jazz with the
Aaron Goldberg trio; 2017), a Saturday evening
chamber concert with candlelit dinner afterwards
in the Chateau’s courtyard, a sunday children’s
concert then an early evening chamber music
concert. 4 magical events for under 200€ and
a weekend of fun! There are plenty of quaint
chamber d’hotes within 20 km of the Chateau.
Anyone can order tickets/reservation online at
http://chateau-ainaylevieil.fr
About Performance Venues
We perform in many venues on the island — on the
central wharf area, in various island churches, in
the schools and at City Hall. Next year during the
orchestra week we hope to give live performances
at Gustavia’s newly designed Open Park which is a
resting spot for the hospital visitors.