From July 17 to August 14, 2023, the Vendée Department is organizing the fifth edition of Voice and Music at the Priory. Come and discover concerts in an unusual place in the heart of Vendée Bocage, with family or friends!
Within a bond naturally conducive to listening and vocal expression, the purity of the voices of different ensembles will resonate during 5 concerts scheduled every Monday evening.
The 2023 program
For a month, great voices are honored during the festival. Discover intimate and varied concerts: Jazz / Blues / Gospel or even World / Soul / Funk, in a prestigious place: the Priory of Grammont.
- Information and reservations on 02 28 85 85 70.
Monday, July 17, 2023 – PAUL LAY
For this concert at the Priory of Grammont, he will reinterpret with Isabel SÖRLING on vocals and Simon TAILLEU on double bass a voice and double bass duo, American popular music from the end of the 19th to the 20th century. From Gospel Songs to Nina Simone, the trio will showcase these great classics that have inspired generations of jazz artists. His latest solo album is #1 in sales in the jazz/blues category.
- 21h
- JAZZ music
Monday, July 24, 2023 – GABI HARTMANN
Star in the making, Gabi Hartmann, singer and guitarist, is protected by Jesse Harris, mentor of Norah Jones and Melody Gardot. Drawing from her universe (Brazil, Guinea, Portugal, United States, Paris), she invites you on a musical journey of jazz, blues, bossa and soul, and combines French chanson with world music.
- 21h
- JAZZ, FOLK, World Music
Monday, July 31, 2023 – KEYVAN CHEMINARI / HÂL
A family affair, this renowned quartet, at the crossroads of Iranian, Indian and Irish music, is recording a poetic album in English and Persian. A true initiatory journey of rearranged traditional pieces, it is also a loving and philosophical journey glorifying love as a philosophy of life!
- 21h
- World music (between East and West)
- Le Voyageamour – favorite album of the Charles CROS Academy in 2022
Monday, August 7, 2023 – DAFNE KRITHARAS
Franco-Greek singer, Dafné KRITHARAS, draws her cultural and musical influences from the cultures that lived together for four centuries under the Ottoman Empire: Greek, Sephardic, Bosnian, Armenian, Turkish songs... Virtuoso, she breathes a modern tone borrowing from jazz or electro and expresses through her repertoire the strong attachment that connects her to what she calls her "origins". With her album "Varka", Dafné KRITHARAS was awarded the Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros in 2022.
- 21h
- World music (Greece)
- boats
Monday, August 14, 2023 – EGREGOR VOCAL
Nourished by current influences, Egregor vocal, a Vendée ensemble, has become a lasting part of the A Cappella landscape in France and abroad thanks to the quality and originality of its concerts, around a limitless repertoire of styles, or eras ranging from medieval music to contemporary music, including jazz/pop standards.
- 21h
- A CAPELLA Choir
2023 prices
- Full price: 14 €
- Reduced rate: €10
- Free for children under 7 (ticket to be reserved by telephone on 02 28 85 85 70)
Packages 2, 3, 4 or 5 concerts
- 2 concerts of your choice: full price: €24 / reduced price: €18
- 3 concerts of your choice: full price: €33 / reduced price: €27
- 4 concerts of your choice: full price: €40 / reduced price: €32
- 5 concerts to choose from: full price: €48 / reduced price €40
The Priory of Grammont
The Priory of Grammont today offers fine testimony to a certain “austerity” of Grandmont architecture. Indeed, the conventual buildings form, with the chapel, a perfect quadrilateral around the cloister.
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