The edition 2024 stands from 26 April to 4 May
The complete program 2024
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Concerts
The Opening Concert – 26 April at 8 p.m.
The closing concert – 4 May 2024 at 17 o'clock (FREE ENTRANCE – reservation strongly recommended)
Musical and visual journey to the heart of the Abbey
Musical and visual journey to the heart of the Abbey – day open to all, with the entrance ticket to Fontevraud
14h00 : performance with visual artist Dominique Paulin and participants
at the International Academy of Songs of Ulysses
17h00: workshop with opera singer Robert Expert“The voice, how it works"
21h30 : “A scientific and artistic strollunder the stars" with Patrick Michel.
Conferences
Conferences take place at 6:30 p.m., in Fontevraud (27/04 and 28/04) and at the Dome (30/04 and 2/05)
Conference 1 – 27/04/2024 – IN THE TRACKS OF ULYSSES- Olivier Py
Conference 2 – 28/04/2024 – COMMUNICATION EXTRA VERBALE- Etienne Klein and Romain Pomédio
Conference 3 -30/04/2024 – AN UNMISSABLE SKY – Dominique Paulin and Patrick Michel
2th edition / The meeting program
From 27 April to 2 May 2024 as part of the Les Chants d’Ulysse Academy, co-founded by Patricia Petibon and Héloïse Gaillard, in partnership with the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud and the Saumur Val de Loire Agglomeration
All conferences take place18p.m. to 8 p.m. and areopen to the public with free entry. They will be hosted by the journalist, animator, project manager at the Philharmonie de Paris Chloë Cambreling.
At the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud : 27/04, 28/04 and 1/05
At Le Dôme Theater : 30/04 and 2/05
and Mastery of Pays de la Loire 27 avril 2024 to the auditorium of the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud
The playwright, actor, author and director of the Châtelet theater Olivier Py
In the footsteps of Ulysses and Penelope
Olivier Py directed the Avignon Festival of 2013 at 2022. He has directed the Châtelet theater since 2023. Theater and opera director, playwright, director but also actor and author, Olivier Py anchors his work at the heart of the concerns of his contemporaries in order to be able to open a dialogue with them., poetics and politics.
Sunday 28 avril 2024 at the Abbey Auditorium
Physicist Etienne Klein with professor specializing in communication Romain Philippe Pomedio.
Communication extra verbale
Etienne Klein is a physicist and philosopher of science. He directs the material science research laboratory (Larsim) and is also dedicated to the popularization of science (radio broadcasts and many books). He teaches at the Ecole Centrale de Paris. His latest work, Courts-circuits, appears in april 2023 (Gallimard, NRF).
Romain Philippe Pomedio is a French teacher-researcher, doctor in information and communication sciences and lecturer at the University of Paris-VIII, President of Cinaps TV (TNT television in Île-de-France). He teaches the semiology of the image, He specializes in the impact of mental images and the plasticity of cognition . With Bernard Baschet , He opens a research workshop : Musical production and formulation of mental images in autistic children. He founded with Howard Buten "KOSCHISE", a center for studies on the communication of autistic children. Research focuses on shaping imitation techniques (mirror neurons) to develop empathy.
Mardi 30 avril 2024 at the Théâtre le Dôme
Dominique Paulin, plastic artist, with Patrick Michel, astrophysicist
From the origin of life to the roots of trees: an unmissable sky
Dominique Paulin works as a painter in parallel with his career as a doctor. In 2008, she reveals to the public the works she has always painted.
High in materials and admirable colorist, she plays the alchemist mixing oil, pastel and ink with unexpected materials ( Walnut, lands, ashes, beauty products). The worked material gives substance to a world in creation, where gesture and light structure the canvas. She manages to capture the tiny, tame it and finally reveal it.
The question that Dominique Paulin asks us is that of the future of man and his space.: our planet. Natural disasters, uncertainties, anxiety of the unknown, nourish his work which approaches art as a means of anticipation, exploring possible outcomes.
Patrick Michel is an Astrophysicist, Director of Research at CNES at the Côte d’Azur Observatory. He leads or contributes significantly to research projects and space missions devoted to asteroids and planetary defense.. He is notably the scientific manager of the ESA Hera mission which, with NASA's DART mission, carried out the first asteroid deflection test., as part of protection from the risk of impact from celestial bodies. He received the NASA Silver Medal, the Carl Sagan Medal of the American Division of Planetary Sciences for his excellence in his communication with the general public, the Gold Medals of the City of Nice and Saint-Tropez, and the Young Researcher Prize 2006 of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The asteroid 7156 Patrickmichel was attributed to him by the International Astronomical Union. His latest work published by Editions Odile Jacob is entitled “Meeting the asteroids: space missions and defense of the planet” with a preface by astronaut Jean-François Clervoy.
Wednesday May 1 2024 Artistic excitement at the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud (for all!)
14h performance with the visual artist Dominique Paulinand participants in the international Academy Les Chants d’Ulysse (nave of the Church or Chapel)
17h Workshop with the opera singerRobert Expert : The voice, how it works
21h30 Patrick Michel, astrophysicista scientific and artistic stroll under the stars
Thusday 2 May 2024 at the Théâtre le Dôme
Elisabeth Fresnel, phoniâre, with the actors Corinne and Gilles Benizio, alias Shirley et Dino
The Voice in all its forms, Find your voice without mistreating it
Doctor Elisabeth Fresnel is a phoniatrist, attached to the O.R.L Service. of Foundation A. from Rothschild to Paris. She created a "voice laboratory" "in 1985, structure then almost unique in France. From 1992, she leads it and works as a team, with speech therapists, psychologists and a singing teacher. This multidisciplinary work led him to take care of the "" voice professionals "" that are the teachers, the artists, the lawyers, the journalists, politics.
Corinne and Gilles Benizio meet in 1982 at the University of theater - Paris III. Of the 1987, with the company Achille Tonic, they imagine shows on the theme of the Music Hall. In 1988, we discover for the first time as part of the Off festival in Avignon the characters of Shirley and Dino. Corinne and Gilles Benizio now devote themselves to directing operas. Their first production was entrusted by Hervé Niquet for the Concert Spirituel, with King Arthur for the Radio France Festival at the Montpellier Opera in 2008. Still with the Spiritual Concert , the duo stages La Belle Hélène by Offenbach, Sleeping Beauty by Hérold and Don Quixote at the Duchess of Boismortier, and more recently Platée de Rameau in 2022. A March 2023, they present in Grenoble their production of the opera Turandot, de Franco Alfano and Giacomo Puccini.
| The second edition takes place from 26 April to 4 May 2024 |
| It will welcome participants from 18 years (or accompanied minors) Singing Class – Patricia Petibon Vocal Conductor Class nouveau – David Levi Instruments : Recorders and Baroque Oboe, ornamentation – Heloïse Gaillard Violin, improvisation – Matthieu Camilleri Baroque viol and cello, improvisation – Atsushi Sakaï Harpsichord and Vocal Director – Brice Sailly Singing Director – Erika Guiomar Open to groups already formed Workshops : Improvisation musicale – Thierry Escaich Pilates – Emma Delahaye Physical Theater – Corinne and Gilles Benizio Dance – Sabine Novel Costumes, makeup Zelia and Angelique Humeau Conferences with renowned artistic and scientific personalities Opening concert on 26 avril 2024 at the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud / Honor to Eleanor Artistic direction Héloïse Gaillard, and Patricia Petibon Closing concert on 4 May 2024 at 5 p.m. at the Théâtre le Dôme in Saumur |
Register for editing 2024
| Opening concert on 26 avril 2024 at the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud / Honor to Eleanor, Artistic direction Héloïse Gaillard, and Patricia Petibon Closing concert on 4 May 2024 at 5 p.m. at the Théâtre le Dôme in Saumur |
The Chants d’Ulysse logo was designed and produced by Patricia Petibon
“I am proud to sponsor the magnificent project of Héloïse Gaillard and Patricia Petibon.Their vision of transmission far from academicism is an example of interbreeding and openness. We can never link the artistic and the educational enough, the past and the future, the public and the requirement. In these superb places cradled by the Loire and under the heraldry of Eleanor of Aquitaine will invent aunparalleled artistic incubator. Mixing the arts has always strengthened the disciplines, the two fairies leaning over this cradle, meeting and workshop, show and research, have everything to make this adventure a great success. This oasis of intelligence and emotion on the banks of the Loire is for everyone. Those who want to deepen their gesture, those who discover harmonic magic and those who listen and admire fleeting beauty. There is no doubt that there will be created an innovative project essentially built on the democratization of culture. »
Olivier Py, godfather of the Academy Les Chants d’Ulysse
Original teaching combining music and science (…)
A new source of inspiration which fascinates the trainees. This emulsion is the goal of the Academy.
FRANCE CULTURE
“The approach is exemplary : she reinvents pedagogy and multidisciplinary transmission, communicates another vision of the world. »
Classiquenews
The Amarillis Ensemble, the Dôme de Saumur theater and the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud join forces for an international academy, The Songs of Ulysses.
Imagined and designed bysoprano Patricia Petibon and flautist and oboist Héloïse Gaillard, artistic director of the Amarillis Ensemble, it promotes transversality and the plurality of artistic disciplines. It is aimed at students, singers and musicians, future professionals and emerging artists.
Do not hesitate to contact us for any questions :
contact.leschantsdulysse@gmail.com / + 33 (0)6 24 35 62 15
This international academy offers to students from 18 years and accompanied minors a personalized musical development course to meet everyone's expectations. It is part of a process of development and enrichment on a personal level while giving access to collective practice and common reflection thanks to the intervention of exceptional artistic personalities..
The AcademySongs of Ulysses offers participants the opportunity to work on the crossing of the arts thanks to multidisciplinarity: master classes and collective workshops (musical improvisation and physical theater).
concerned public
It is aimed at students, singers or musicians, pre-professionals, and professionals but also to chamber music ensembles made up. Registration is subject to validation by the teacher..
8 maximum students per class in order to promote a personalized approach.
Selection process
Sending a cover letter, CV and a video recording (singers), video or audio (musicians) at the address contact.leschantsdulysse@gmail.com + Registration Form to be completed online before 29 February 2024.
The pedagogical team
The pedagogical team, gathered around the soprano Patricia Petibon and the musician Heloïse Gaillard, is made up of internationally renowned artists, members of the Amarillis ensemble or loyal accomplices, all sharing a great experience of the stage as well as a passion for the transmission. The sponsor of this Academy is the director, poet, writer Olivier Py. See the speakers on the site.
Course of the Academy
1. At the Dome theater in Saumur
– Daily master classes
It is provided 40 individual lesson minutes.
– Daily group workshops: 4 hours
In music, Improvisation practice with the composer Thierry Escaich
In theater the director duo Corinne and Gilles Benizio
Dancing with the choreographer and dancer Sabine Novel (company Le Miroir des Songes)
In Pilates with Emma Delahaye
– One hour of group practice daily : Each day, one hour is devoted to overall practice.
– the closing concert on Saturday 4 May 2024 at 5 p.m. showing the work of the participants, with space, costumes and makeup.
2. At the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud
The opening concert on 26 avril 2024. Programme: Carte blanche to Patricia Petibon and the Ensemble Amarillis.
In the evening, exceptional conferences hosted by journalist Chloë Cambreling and involving personalities from the artistic and scientific world (2 meetings will take place at the Dôme)
A day within the walls of the Abbey: -exploration of the acoustics of the Abbey, putting students in a situation as part of a performance with visual artist Dominique Paulin, voice workshop with Robert Expert
Prerequisites
The teaching of the Academy focuses on technique and interpretation, the works covered in class must therefore have been worked on beforehand. The participants bring a program worked upstream according to the following criteria by discipline. A minimum of 4 pieces of different styles for the following disciplines taught:
- Singing class
- Singing leader class New in 2024
- Baroque recorder and oboe class
- Baroque violin class
- Baroque Viola and Cello Class
- Harpsichord class
- Chamber music class on historical instruments
Diapason 415 Hz (harpsichord) and 442 Hz (piano)
SINGING CLASS Patricia Petibon / David Levi
Open to all singers, students, pre-professionals and professionals wishing to perfect their skills in the interpretation of baroque music. Open to all singers, students, pre-professionals and professionals wishing to perfect their skills in the interpretation of baroque music. The repertoire covered may also be the repertoire of Offenbach and French melody, as well as the American musical ( Sondheim/Bernstein). The repertoire will be selected from your proposals by the teachers. It is expected to know two or three pieces by heart in order to concentrate on the interpretation. It is imperative to bring the scores in two copies.
Singing leader : Joseph Birnbaum
SINGING LEADER CLASS / Erika Guiomar
Open to pianists and accompaniment students, preferably from the end of the 2nd cycle.
BAROQUE RECORDER AND OBOE CLASS Heloïse Gaillard
Open to professionals or in training with a minimum level of end of 2nd cycle and 3rd cycle.
For flautists: free repertoire to prepare from the first half of the 17th century until the second half of the 18th century.
For oboists: free repertoire from the end of the 17th century until the middle of the 18th century.
BAROQUE VIOLIN CLASS Matthieu Camilleri
Open to professional or pre-professional violinists and violists, end level 2nd cycle minimum, free directory (French music orientation), 17th and 18th centuries. Gesture work, stage presence and stage fright management.
BAROQUE VIOLA AND CELLO CLASS Atsushi Sakai
Open to students with a minimum level of end of 2nd cycle and 3rd cycle, pre-professionals, and professionals.
For violists: Free directory (from the middle of the 16th century until the second half of the 18th century).
For cellists: Free directory (from the end of the 17th century until the beginning of the 19th century).
HARPSICHORD AND CONTINUOUS BASS CLASSBrice Sailly
This course is intended for student harpsichordists from the 3rd cycle, or young professionals wishing to perfect their instrument, whether for solo play, the realization of the continuo or the work of vocal master. The repertoire is left to the choice of the trainees. For harpsichordists, it is also an opportunity to practice ensemble playing and the vocal and instrumental repertoire, in connection with the other classes of the academy.
The Academy is also looking for two students capable of tuning the harpsichords, and provide some of the support recorder/oboe classes, violin and viol or cello. Two students will therefore be able to share the chords and accompaniments during the week. If you are willing, do not hesitate to report. The two trainees who will carry out these missions will have no educational costs to pay.: the Academy will be offered to them, and the round trip from Paris will be reimbursed.
CHAMBER MUSIC CLASS ON HISTORICAL INSTRUMENTS work-study teachers
Open to training 2 at 8 pre-professional and professional musicians wishing to perfect their skills in the interpretation of the Baroque repertoire on historical instruments.
BAROQUE RECORDER AND OBOE CLASS Heloïse Gaillard
Open to professionals or in training with a minimum level of end of 2nd cycle and 3rd cycle.
For flautists: free repertoire to prepare from the first half of the 17th century until the second half of the 18th century.
For oboists: free repertoire from the end of the 17th century until the middle of the 18th century.
BAROQUE VIOLIN CLASS Matthieu Camilleri
Open to professional or pre-professional violinists and violists, end level 2nd cycle minimum, free directory (French music orientation), 17th and 18th centuries. Gesture work, stage presence and stage fright management.
BAROQUE VIOLA AND CELLO CLASS Atsushi Sakai
Open to students with a minimum level of end of 2nd cycle and 3rd cycle, pre-professionals, and professionals.
For violists: Free directory (from the middle of the 16th century until the second half of the 18th century).
For cellists: Free directory (from the end of the 17th century until the beginning of the 19th century).
HARPSICHORD AND CONTINUOUS BASS CLASSBrice Sailly
This course is intended for student harpsichordists from the 3rd cycle, or young professionals wishing to perfect their instrument, whether for solo play, the realization of the continuo or the work of vocal master. The repertoire is left to the choice of the trainees. For harpsichordists, it is also an opportunity to practice ensemble playing and the vocal and instrumental repertoire, in connection with the other classes of the academy.
The Academy is also looking for two students capable of tuning the harpsichords, and provide some of the support recorder/oboe classes, violin and viol or cello. Two students will therefore be able to share the chords and accompaniments during the week. If you are willing, do not hesitate to report. The two trainees who will carry out these missions will have no educational costs to pay.: the Academy will be offered to them, and the round trip from Paris will be reimbursed.
CHAMBER MUSIC CLASS ON HISTORICAL INSTRUMENTS work-study teachers
Open to training 2 at 8 pre-professional and professional musicians wishing to perfect their skills in the interpretation of the Baroque repertoire on historical instruments.
Premises
A privileged working environment between the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud, UNESCO World Heritage Site and Le Dôme Theater in Saumur, on the banks of the Loire. A friendly atmosphere in two magnificent places conducive to exchange and creative effervescence.
Registration fees
700 euros includes tuition fees and meals (lunches and dinners)
450 euros per person for the Groups formed (educational costs + meal)
Meals and Accommodation
Meals taken together on site to make the most of the training. Caterers provided by the two venues.
AccommodationOffered thanks to the support of our patrons: Provision of rooms (do not mix) of 2 at 6 people at the Saumur International Stay Center, at 15 min walk from the Théâtre du Dôme. Breakfast included. OR by the participants' own means, a choice.