{"id":9744,"date":"2018-11-06T09:47:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T08:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vtc-limousine.fr\/?p=9744"},"modified":"2025-02-20T09:50:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T09:50:22","slug":"private-driver-piano-festival-la-roque-dantheron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vtc-limousine.fr\/en\/private-driver-piano-festival-la-roque-dantheron\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Chauffeur Piano Festival la Roque d'Antheron"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nCar with Driver La Roque d'Antheron Piano Festival<\/a>
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For almost 38 years now, the Festival International de Piano de La Roque d'Anth\u00e9ron has been an exceptional fixture on the world piano and music scene.<\/p>\n

While the Festival's venues have diversified over the last few years, the Parc du Ch\u00e2teau de Florans is still the place to be for these unclassifiable encounters that bring together all kinds of creations: classical, contemporary... all kinds of styles: jazz, electronic... and all kinds of artists: young talents as well as the greatest international performers.<\/p>\n

The acoustic qualities of this stage, ideal for piano recitals as well as concertos and symphonies, only add to the charms of this mythical and magical garden, which bears the entire history of the Ch\u00e2teau de Florans.<\/p>\n

The big story...<\/h2>\n

It was between 1598 and 1667 that the \"petit Ch\u00e2teau\" and then the \"grand Ch\u00e2teau\" were built under the impetus of the powerful de Forbin family, largely under Annibal de Forbin Janson. In 1653, the seigneury of La Roque became a Marquisate. The Ch\u00e2teau remained the property of the Forbins until 1818, when the buildings and land were sold to Louis Rapha\u00ebl de Cordoue, whose daughter married the Marquis de Florans, from a family originally from the Comtat Venaissin. It was therefore during the 19th century that Ch\u00e2teau de Forbin became Ch\u00e2teau de Florans. The 20th century marked an important turning point in the Ch\u00e2teau's destiny.<\/p>\n

In 1937, the Marquise Marie de Florans, the last of her name and sole survivor of an era, bequeathed the property to the Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence. A decade later, in 1948, Paul Onoratini rented and renovated the Ch\u00e2teau, which he quickly transformed into a medical and dietary centre. He became the owner nine years later, thanks to his rigorous management and hard work. Over time, the Centre M\u00e9dical Soleil et Repos became what is now the Clinique du Ch\u00e2teau de Florans.<\/p>\n

A brief history...<\/h2>\n

Taking a keen interest in local life, Paul Onoratini was elected mayor of the commune of La Roque in 1959. In 1971, with the help of his son Bernard, an interior architect with a passion for the piano, he launched \"Musique \u00e0 Silvacane\", a group of seven concerts a year. Soon the DRAC (Direction R\u00e9gionale de l'Action Culturelle) put Paul Onoratini in touch with Ren\u00e9 Martin, whose ambition was to create a piano festival in Aix or the surrounding area. The latter's discovery of the Parc de Florans gave him a glimpse of extraordinary possibilities. Paul Onoratini was enthusiastic about the project. The first Festival was held in 1981.<\/p>\n

Bernard Onoratini, Paul Onoratini and Ren\u00e9 Martin:<\/em><\/p>\n

In the heart of the park, bordered by three hundred and sixty-five plane trees and hundred-year-old redwoods, the clearing has been transformed by the Festival into a land of refuge, where summer evenings are a must for all music lovers.<\/p>\n

From the very first Festival in 1981, on the single stage in the Parc du Ch\u00e2teau de Florans, 9000 spectators came to attend the 12 concerts programmed with prestigious performers such as Youri Egorov, Vlado Perlemuter, Martha Argerich, Krystian Zimerman...<\/p>\n